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> If this conflict continues we're going to see a lot of US assets in fragments. Yep, Iran recently destroyed a high tech radar plane ("AWACS") at a base in Sa
by hypeatei 6mo ago
> If this conflict continues we're going to see a lot of US assets in fragments.
Yep, Iran recently destroyed a high tech radar plane ("AWACS") at a base in Saudi Arabia: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-war-attack-us-base-saudi-arabia-sentry-jet-destroyed-strike-rcna265764 https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-war-attack-us-base-s...
- jeffbee 6mo agoIt's only "high tech" to the aforementioned cavemen. To everyone else it's a 707 you can't even get spare tires for any more, equipped with some truly obsolete technology aboard. I mean it has a mechanical waveguide for crying out loud.
- paganel 6mo ago> equipped with some truly obsolete technology aboard. So I guess the US won't have any issues replacing it at a cheaper cost (as far as I understood that one cost $500 million, give or take).
- jeffbee 6mo agoThe prototype E-7 cost $2 billion. It's a 737 with some radios.
- eqvinox 6mo ago"On 22 March 2019, the UK Defence Secretary announced a $1.98 billion contract to purchase five Boeing E-7 Wedgetails" Prototype price isn't really that meaningful (Also it's a 767 not a 737, that was the E-3 I think.)
- jeffbee 6mo agoYou must be thinking of a different boondoggle, the E-767, which is the obsolete radar package from the E-3 bolted to a 767. The E-7 is a 737.
- eqvinox 6mo agoAh right, it's a bit confusing between the bunch of these. Nonetheless the price tag was only $400M/ea E-7 for the UK in 2019 (usual later price shenanigans not included)