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  • #16
    bingo !
    "Ceterum censeo Ben esse expellendum."

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    • #17
      Originally posted by FrostyBoy
      Bashing Russia, when it has accomplished more in 20 years, than Canada has in its entire existence.

      You can't even link to videos properly, who are you to pass judgment?
      "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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      • #18
        The air frames are around 50 years old but EVERYTHING on them are fairly new. Big air planes are like big ships they cost a lot so you keep upgrading them. Most air craft carriers have a life span of around 50 years too but everything is constantly being upgraded.

        Given that the Tupolevs aren't even jet powered it doesn't seem like they're all that useful in a modern military context.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by onodera
          How old are B-52s, by the way?
          Same age, but they are much better aircraft.

          Faster (jets!) and (much) larger payload.
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          • #20
            Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
            Eh, long after F-22's have been scrapped as obsolete, those things will still be flying.

            Is that a finnish Hornet? Looks to have a blue and white roundrel, or what you call those. Awfully small, though.
            Are you referring to the plane that says "Canada" on the side of it?
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            • #21
              at this thread...

              I am sure it is the US that is more scared of the Russian pilots than the other way around.
              Is it me, or is MOBIUS a horrible person?

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              • #22
                I find it amusing that Russia gets its panties in a twist when we propose building an inconsequential defensive missile base nowhere near them, while at the same time flying actual offensive bombers over our assets/airspace and saying "what?".
                "The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by MOBIUS
                  at this thread...

                  I am sure it is the US that is more scared of the Russian pilots than the other way around.
                  Not much damage you can do in an unarmed, rustbucket airplane.
                  "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Patroklos
                    I find it amusing that Russia gets its panties in a twist when we propose building an inconsequential defensive missile base nowhere near them, while at the same time flying actual offensive bombers over our assets/airspace and saying "what?".
                    Because the best defence is to do an offensive, so planning for defensive stuff means that you're actually going to attack /logic

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Patroklos
                      I find it amusing that Russia gets its panties in a twist when we propose building an inconsequential defensive missile base nowhere near them, while at the same time flying actual offensive bombers over our assets/airspace and saying "what?".
                      They miss being a superpower. The US will experience this angst someday.
                      "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
                      "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Wezil


                        They miss being a superpower. The US will experience this angst someday.
                        what's to miss about it? the absurdly expensive foreign adventures? Being hated by all foreigners?

                        I can't imagine why the people of any country actually want their country to be a superpower. There is almost no upside.

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                        • #27
                          Quit crying and get bullying, you.
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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Oerdin
                            Given that the Tupolevs aren't even jet powered it doesn't seem like they're all that useful in a modern military context.
                            What, like the Hercules?



                            or it's Spectre variant:



                            Or the Hawkeye:



                            or the Orion:



                            All of which are also Turboprop aircraft in current active US military duty?
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                            • #29
                              Do you have a concept of the difference between support craft and attack craft?
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                              • #30
                                Transports and radar planes don't need to go fast. Bombers do.
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