Yesterday I read a couple of articles along the same lines. Taking statistical data and get it so wrong. Sprey is one who made the charge that a well trained pilot with helmet mounted display system (HMDS) in an F-5 is competitive to the F-22! He feels the F-4 was poorly designed and while the F-15 was better the F-16 is even better. He might not be a formal member of the light weight fight lobby but should be a card carrying member.
He makes the charge that USA pilots would have about the same as Syrian pilots did over the Bekaa Valley. He failed to mention the statistics of American pilots had to honor bias rules of engagement (ROEs). That the Israelis did not calculate any BVR shots or that the IAF pilots had HMDS. What would you expect the results to be? This is so much like Cope India, it isn't funny!
The following articles are 'basically' accurate but they get it all wrong. Distortion URLs;
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=062906E
http://www.strategypage.com/respect/articles/d_day.asp
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Originally Posted by urmomma158
there is nothing new about this article. Every US weapons system has been calleda piece of crap,junk,wadte of money,failure,turkey etc.
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After real combat these people are silent and never again talk about that particular item.
Adrian