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 "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
 Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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 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.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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 Same age, but they are much better aircraft.Originally posted by onodera
 How old are B-52s, by the way?
 
 Faster (jets!) and (much) larger payload."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
 Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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 Are you referring to the plane that says "Canada" on the side of it?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."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
 Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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  at this thread... at this thread...
 
 I am sure it is the US that is more scared of the Russian pilots than the other way around.
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 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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 Not much damage you can do in an unarmed, rustbucket airplane.Originally posted by MOBIUS
  at this thread... at this thread...
 
 I am sure it is the US that is more scared of the Russian pilots than the other way around."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
 Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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 Because the best defence is to do an offensive, so planning for defensive stuff means that you're actually going to attack /logicOriginally 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?".
 
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 They miss being a superpower. The US will experience this angst someday.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?". "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow "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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 what's to miss about it? the absurdly expensive foreign adventures? Being hated by all foreigners?Originally posted by Wezil
 
 
 They miss being a superpower. The US will experience this angst someday.  
 
 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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 Quit crying and get bullying, you. DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts. DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.
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 What, like the Hercules?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.
 
  
 
 or it's Spectre variant:
 
 
 
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 All of which are also Turboprop aircraft in current active US military duty?If you don't like reality, change it! me
 "Oh no! I am bested!" Drake  
 "it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
 "Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard Shaw
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 Do you have a concept of the difference between support craft and attack craft?"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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 Transports and radar planes don't need to go fast. Bombers do.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.
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