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Since this chart was made, they’ve lost another F35+the pilot, and an $83M Chinook helicopter. So, this is what Kegsbreath means when he says the US has total air superiority. The arms manufacturers must be popping champagne bottles every night.
shit’s falling out of the sky so fast that it’s hard to keep up
This also answers the question of why they’re sending in A10s. They’re literally cheaper than reaper drones!
I remember all my life hearing they where literally unable to be shot down
“””Unable to be shot down by MANPADs”””
And even that’s pushing it. Yes the airframe is fairly resilient and is designed to withstand small arms fire, 20mm ground fire, or maybe one MANPAD hit. But at the end of the day all that means is that a pilot could make a few extra passes before getting obliterated by a SPAA SAM or intercepting fighter.
This is because of stockpiles from the bush’s “iraqi wmd” adventurism from 25+ years ago, right?
That might be the reason.
