danielpalos
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equal protection of the law makes it easier for the poor, on an at-will basis.
Trump to save money by giving our troops cheaper equipment
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rightwinger
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Actually, they are required
New missile technology makes having stealth technology with a low thermal output a necessity
eagle1462010
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No doubt, but to the point...............Lockhead can't get their shit together on this aircraft............It has had test failure after failure and low scores..........
They need to get their heads out of their asses and PRODUCE what they promised..........Not just asking for more and more and more money. Deliver the dang aircraft or we will cut off funding or find someone who can produce it.............
Or just produce more battle tested strike eagles.
eagle1462010
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Russia's Su-35 Fighter vs. America's F-16 Fighting Falcon: Who Wins?
According to this the F16 can be upgraded with the new AESA radar...........Perhaps this aircraft can be upgraded at a lower cost than the F35's.
It also gives higher scores to the F22 which no longer has the bugs and is a match for any fighter in the world.......Since the F35 is a combination aircraft, multi mission it doesn't score as high as the F22 which is mission specific.
According to this the F16 can be upgraded with the new AESA radar...........Perhaps this aircraft can be upgraded at a lower cost than the F35's.
It also gives higher scores to the F22 which no longer has the bugs and is a match for any fighter in the world.......Since the F35 is a combination aircraft, multi mission it doesn't score as high as the F22 which is mission specific.
jknowgood
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Let's remember why our military didn't have the equipment. Clinton was handed a strong military and cut spending big time. Then handed Bush a recession and 911.
danielpalos
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omitting the lowest unemployment rate in thirty years and federal budget surpluses instead of budget deficits?
Flopper
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Apparently, you like Trump do not understand how a president's foreign policy is created. He does not create foreign policy with a document. He creates foreign policy by statement and deed. After the candidate becomes the president elect, every tweet, speech, news conference, or press release he makes about foreign affairs becomes part of his foreign policy structure. If the president makes contradictory or ambiguous statements, he weakens the structure. If he says one thing and does the opposite, then he becomes untrustworthy.It is a single tweet and you like others are trying to DRAMATIZE IT.........The current treaty allows us as well the Russians to maintain the current systems. When Trump said "we must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nuke." and "Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all,". He clearly was not talking about keeping what we have working but rather expanding it, which is a clear violation of our nuclear arms reduction treaty, New Start, which Trump incorrect calls Start UP. It was approved by Congress and Signed by the president. Trump is not likely to violate the treaty. What Trump does and what Trump says can be quite different. I suspect this is Trump's reaction to accusations that he's a buddy of Putin.The deterrent is the MAD principle. Always has been and always will be...............The question is should we allow our systems to remain degraded and prevent possible accidents as a result of neglect................If we have only 4800 warheads instead of 7300 warheads, no one is going to notice once Trump gives the command to launch and most of the large cities in both countries are piles of ashes.
It is now down to 4500..........so your numbers are wrong..........
The dangers of our aging nuclear arsenal
READ.............
The Chinese have only about 250 warheads, but as one Chinese military strategist said, ten times the number of warheads does not create ten times the deterrent.
Our systems are in need of an overhaul...........not only the silo's but the missiles themselves.............
And a SINGLE TWEET doesn't mean he's gonna build THOUSANDS OF THEM..........that is you just spouting guesses trying to make a LARGE STORY over a single line tweet.....................
Everyone keeps talking about Trump's foreign policy. I don't think there is going be one, just an endless series of Tweets and press announcements, constantly changing and often contradictory.
In other words, a president should not make idle comments about foreign affairs, question whether some action should be taken, or issue ambiguous or misleading statements. This leads to confusion as to what the intent of the US really is. That strategy may work well in corporate negotiations but is extremely dangerous in international diplomacy.
Borillar
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No, but we should at least maintain superiority over the Russians and Chinese. A F-18 isn't going to give STOL or stealth capabilities that we need.
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Faced with the possible loss of this huge contract, anyone think that the Military pulling out of the F-35 program might be a negotiation tactic to get costs down and production more efficient while saving taxpayers money?
Naw, couldn't be that at all.....
Naw, couldn't be that at all.....
jknowgood
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Who was in control of both houses then?
Flopper
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Nuclear arms reduction agreements have certainly been relevant in reduction of nuclear weapons.
Since Salt 1 back in the 1970s, nuclear weapons have been reduce by 75%. Reductions have been significant on both sides but there are still enough to destroy both nations. We have no nuclear arms reduction agreement with China.
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No, it is not.
It is an organization dominated by people who want to advance their interests at the cost of ours.
Flopper
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After spending 400 billion on the F35 design development, and production of the first plane for fight testing, the pentagon is not about to scrap the program for two reason. First, there are no other good alternatives for the Air Force and Marines and secondly the plane offers great promise despite the plane missing the mark during flight test. For the pentagon to cancel the contract and pay Lockheed cancellation costs and rebid would make no sense because Lockheed would very likely be the low bidder since no other manufacturer will know the plane as well as the company that designed and built it. Negotiating with Lockheed is probably the Pentagon's best bet.
AvgGuyIA
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It's laughable to think a bunch of liberals giving a shit about our servicemen.
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Save money to buy more nukes, er.... great, and he'll scrap a plane which has had $1.5 trillion spent on it already. Dumping this makes the money already spent wasted. Going for the F-18 will still cost a lot of money. If the US gets rid of the F-35 then they'll lose orders from many countries, like the British who have an aircraft carrier coming on line next year build solely for the F-35.
Trump doesn't realize the political aspects of this fighter, and doesn't realize that changing things half way through costs a lot of money to do, and often costs MORE MONEY!
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Why?
Bush got how many US servicemen killed? 4,000 in Iraq alone. Plus the 40,000 who lost limbs and suffered mental damage and who may have committed suicide.
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UK soldier and veteran suicides 'outstrip Afghan deaths' - BBC News
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UK soldier and veteran suicides 'outstrip Afghan deaths'"
Army Chief Ray Odierno Warns Military Suicides 'Not Going To End' After War Is Over | The Huffington Post
"The Army’s annual death toll from suicide has more than tripled since 2001, when 52 active-duty soldiers took their own lives."
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rdean
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Didn't Republicans do that under Bush?
Troops confront Rumsfeld, ask for better battle gear / Challenges from National Guardsmen bound for combat unnerve Pentagon chief
Republicans have a loooong history of ******* our troops over before, during and after wars. And the media lets them get away with it.
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