Lawman

So what you’re saying is this has nothing to do with any actual responsibility and is entirely producing campaign fodder for a mid term electing cycle… noted. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

You probably just solved for X on why we can’t seem to get any further investment into them. For less than the price of a Hellfire I can get 3 of these with a dual mode fire and forget guidance section, but all anybody wants to talk about is how great JAGM will be someday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It could be an F load better if we’d drop the “smokeless” requirement from the next version and tell the EPA to accept some new cocktails in its production. They’ve got a motor and flight profile modification to the software that nearly doubles the range for the same mass. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I think if we’re being honest we need to put ore emphasis and red team for expected attrition, at levels that would be very uncomfortable to the last few decades leaders. So we need more of all things, but particularly a shift towards a deeper roster of enablers to the ratio of final effects. Silver bullets are going to be a losing proposition. And there won’t be a one piece solution to this, it’s probably a package of assembled capabilities at a linear/ladder of positional input points to put an effect at a final point. Ways that we cheapen that is munitions/effects that can go further on their own, ways of executing denial to the opponent targeting cycle *especially on ground* and probably a big wings with booms/cargo space that feeds smaller wings that feeds to those forward logistics and extended mission platforms/ISR/strikers operating at distance. And we need to harden the F out of sanctuary points for those things that simply can’t hidden and have executable Survivability moves when conflict looks likely. Army and Navy is facing a similar issue in how to mass from assumed (key word) sanctuary to the point of where it’s useful in a world of cheap prevalent precision fires and threats. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Curious how you missed the rest of the mission sets listed that we currently do with 707 or similar massive footprint aircraft. Yeah having one boom to rule them all or a massive grey tail disgorging masses of equipment is great, it also means you need a Ramp the size of multiple football fields and buildings that can be seen from space. In an age of democratized information collection, near real time targeting, and the proliferation of ways to go kinetic from ballistic missiles to things that fit in a back pack, maybe having a giant grey airplane isn’t the sole way we should be fighting. If an opponent like China is willing to get caught sticking stuff in our critical infrastructure that can only serve as a lever to pull in a big war fight, does anybody honestly believe they would avoid hitting things like Honolulu or JBLM with a sleeper capability. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If we’re serious about disaggregating formations to provide for Survivability, it would make loads more sense to start using things that can be hidden more easily than an airliner sized aircraft. Let alone discuss what that buys in flexibility of ramp space. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I see you’ve Boeing’ed before… “Hey guys here’s version 6… massive improvements and upgrades over 4… sorry about taking away the ability to enroute RNAV.” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In a world where we can fly a drone from the back of a van wearing FPV goggles over a satellite network somehow we can’t figure out how to see out the ass end of an airplane. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve known more than a few people who faced and felt repercussions of what was the interruption of ROE/MISSION in AFG mostly. A lot of it was just nit noid lawyering on the tape to make sure their pillars were met before they were excused for doing what the ground force asked for during the post surge phase of Obama era. A couple people had careers crushed… one I remember had to basically be sent out of country because somebody wearing a silver bird wanted a pound of flesh. Somewhat different but then again if you look back at 91 gulf war there are some discussions of early strafe runs that very quickly we’re ket with a 3 star level KIO. I don’t doubt that will always be part of war for us. “We want you to win, but make it easy to put it on camera while you do it,” kind of mantra. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

The Romeo and the Lima 7 have both downed aircraft in the 100-300 knot threshold. Some rather recently, and the Lima is still using the gas based control system vs the Romeo with the fully electric articulation of its control surfaces. Against a dynamically maneuvering target it’s probably got no terminal endgame just with how small a control surface it has for the missile mass, but against something with predictable pro nav it can handle cross ranging velocities a lot higher than anybody expected. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

By the time a 4th location has an airliner explode and burn on the runway it would institute a ground stop that would last days. We need to seriously think about how ready to escalate to mass casualties any opponent would be with us. 1-4 airliners full of injured people would overwhelm local response at any major metro area… for tens of thousands of dollars you could neutralize air travel across a continent if you were so bold to chose that as your method of delivery. Shutting down Honalulu, Narita, Ninoy Aquino for 72-96 hours would be a hell of a problem to solve while we don’t make positive movements to solve the other big one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Another point to the idea that booster money may be more important to this new era of college football. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOR7QnxgQLq/?igsh=MTB3YmMwZ2t0cDNkMg== Basically what I sent to every Gator fan I know. As dumb as it’s gotten for them, I still have more respect for them than the Bama people trying to take a victory lap off last nights pee wee football team they played against. I especially like the ones calling for targeting or unnecessary roughness on a kicker making a tackle but ignoring their guys going lights out against a guy when they were up by 60 pts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Spend 30 minutes with the JTF-North guys down at Eagle Pass…. You’ll very quickly come to the conclusion we were doing TF3-10 in the wrong place. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Same point was made the other night on ESPN. Talk of firing the current Alabama couch and what his buyout would cost per contract, turns out when your boosters aren’t making oil or Fortune 500 money and your fan base largely shops at dollar general, you can’t afford nice things. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk