JediMaster

But the F-22 CAN do A2G work, and as time goes on they'll be able to do more and more as the software gets upgraded. The main thing to remember is right now the F-22 costs LESS than the JSF will. The first 2-3 dozen F-35s will likely cost $150m+ each because there will be no economy of scale. Not until we've already got hundreds in the air will they drop below $100m. Also, the F-35 isn't in service yet! We've got what, 4 flying, 2 A's and 2 B's, of which I think only 2 of those are "production representative" at all? While building 240 never looked like it would happen, I think we should have at least 200. As mentioned with the B-2s, if your "silver bullet" force is too small you risk losing it all in accidents like takeoffs and hangar fires. The biggest issue is the F-22 is the only fighter we have right now, and the only plane other than the B-2, that we can send into SAM "hot spots" without fear of losing them all. FORGET enemy fighters, that's NOT the threat that will shoot them down, that's just the threat THEY shoot down. No F-15 or F-16 or Super Hornet, no matter what upgrades it gets, is going to get as close to an SA-10 or higher as an F-22 can.

Jets don't fly formation with little planes like that. They make passes back and forth, circling it and crossing it. I saw that happen here in 2004 when the President was in town and some shmo flying VFR along I-95 passed within 1/4 mile of the stadium he was in. Watching a little tail-dragger doing no more than 80 getting buzzed by 2 F-16s was quite a sight.

They better rethink their strategy for their engine because no matter what you thought of the 2 Crysis games, the performance was woefully lacking on current hardware.

Hopefully they'll be able to get some better results from this one than on the Caylee Anthony case where the long passage of time has hurt the investigation.

I think they were waiting to see if debris was heading towards them, and only then would they have fired. Of course, even if it broken up already as soon as they fired the NK's would accuse them of shooting it down.

Not the place one would expect an earthquake...

One of these sentences is not like the others. One of these sentences just doesn't belong...

Well it launched and nothing happened except for claims and counterclaims about whether or not it was successful.

I can't imagine it would help them as much as the TVC engines would. Even the Flankers have dropped using them again.

Those missiles are far too long to be R-73s, just look at the shot above it. Anyway, the Su-34 looks like the winner of the "can you make a Flanker look ugly?" contest. Interesting that it has an external fuel tank, I didn't think they'd ever need one with as much internal fuel as they can hold.

It's the whole "which threat is worse" scenario. Sure the country could collapse, but it could also get in a fight with Iran again and this time get overrun...would that be better or worse?

Why don't we just do what Dr No did 50 years ago and beam bad radio waves at it to make it crash? Blowing it up is so 80s...just hack it down!

He obviously chose the right weapon the first time, the AT rocket. However, you never attack a tank inside an enclosure! You have to get it out in the open where you can get a solid lock and the missile can attack the lightly-armored upper deck! Duh!!!

The press never reports things accurately. That is total program cost, including I'm sure things like some extra engines (so you can in theory have all birds flying with a couple of engines out for repair/overhaul), other parts and services, possibly weapons, training, and maybe even lifecycle costs. It's all about who's doing the accounting. The REAL number is usually referred to as "flyaway" cost, also known as plain parts and labor for the plane. For instance, the flyaway cost of the Raptor is down to under $140m now, but in the early days it was well over double that. Add in the R&D and testing and such and divide by the number of planes built and it goes up a lot more...but it's all about the accountants!

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That will likely be in the inevitable expansion, Farmer's Gambit.

Biggest issue with the Russian planes is usually small ammo load. You get maybe 10 seconds of continuous firing max and you're out, while the cannons seem to last 1/3 that. Every plane has less cannon than MG ammo unless the plane is cannon only, but the Russian ones seem very stingy with it.

I found a used copy of Over G for $18 at Gamestop, and picked up AC6 new for $20 at Walmart. For those prices, both are worth it.

I should clarify, I ONLY fly co-op MP! I have no interest in H2H because I also have little time to practice and I play a ton of different games so when I do fly I don't want to be killed in 30 seconds by some guy who does nothing but fly THAT sim for 20+ hrs/week!

There are a lot of Samsungs on the base here. Every new one that comes in it seems.

So, the consensus then is other than some mildly entertaining co-op that isn't worth the purchase price, this title should be renamed Tom Clancy's S.U.X?

I guess I'm in the minority in that I like games to have both SP and MP, and both to be good of course! Sims like Il-2 annoy me because the AI is so lousy (and I'm not one of those who define AI quality by "whether they shoot me down a lot or I can shoot them down a lot", I define it by believability and historical realism, which IL-2's AI fails in both) for both SP and coop MP, and TW's MP shortcomings have bugged me as well. By contrast, I found CFS3, LOMAC/Flanker, EECH, and F4 to be more balanced. Whether you fly SP or MP only or both, there was something for all 3 groups.

Well, God Emperor is the book following Children of Dune, and I think that would be a hard sell for a movie script.

I can't be certain, but this may well be the first time such a phrase has ever appeared.

I liked the premise, but it was too much an uber click-fest for me. I don't think that should be the focus of strategy games, even RTS ones. I'd love to see a WiC-universe game done like CoH, though.