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> So all airbase runways are destroyed but the planes are untouched? You should read the news regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has been opera

by rewmie 3y ago

> So all airbase runways are destroyed but the planes are untouched? You should read the news regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has been operating their air force out it's highways and is making a fool out of Russia's armed forces with opsec tricks like fixing airways and hangars bombed by Russia but printing tarps with images of the bombed out runways to fool it to believe they are still decommissioned. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/04/11/to-dodge-russian-missiles-the-ukrainian-air-force-went-on-the-road-literally/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/04/11/to-dodge-ru... Ukraine has been playing Russia so masterfully that they led Russian intelligence into believing Ukraine's air force was operating out of a secret network of tunnels.

coryrc 3y ago
If the USA's airbases are all bombed there's nothing going to be left on the planet. It's not a credible scenario. There may be other reasons, but this is a dumb one.
- SonicScrub 3y ago
  The F-35 is owned and operated by many nations besides the US. For example, those in the article itself (Norway).
- WrongAssumption 3y ago
  The US operates 750 bases in 80 countries. I don't know why you are fixated on US operations, when military operations primarily take place outside of the US.
  - CydeWeys 3y ago
    And we don't necessarily want to start the nuclear war that ends the world just because a small outlying base was hit ..
- psd1 3y ago
  Space-based weapons should make you uneasy about America's home-soil impunity. This increases when rival powers gain heavy-lift capability. If you can lift a few tons into orbit, you can drop rocks on targets. Not sure if there's much a target can do about that, other than not be there when it falls. It's not quite as apocalyptic as nuclear holocaust, which is nice.
heavenlyblue 3y ago
You do realise that the fact that this is one the news completely makes this tactic unworkable anymore?

by rewmie 3y ago

coryrc 3y ago

If the USA's airbases are all bombed there's nothing going to be left on the planet. It's not a credible scenario. There may be other reasons, but this is a dumb one.

SonicScrub 3y ago
The F-35 is owned and operated by many nations besides the US. For example, those in the article itself (Norway).
WrongAssumption 3y ago
The US operates 750 bases in 80 countries. I don't know why you are fixated on US operations, when military operations primarily take place outside of the US.
- CydeWeys 3y ago
  And we don't necessarily want to start the nuclear war that ends the world just because a small outlying base was hit ..
psd1 3y ago
Space-based weapons should make you uneasy about America's home-soil impunity. This increases when rival powers gain heavy-lift capability. If you can lift a few tons into orbit, you can drop rocks on targets. Not sure if there's much a target can do about that, other than not be there when it falls. It's not quite as apocalyptic as nuclear holocaust, which is nice.

heavenlyblue 3y ago

You do realise that the fact that this is one the news completely makes this tactic unworkable anymore?