And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Most of what we have now in Naval Aviation will not survive the coming peer war. The Russians are the masters of electronic warfare. Our new Naval Aviators don't even get carrier qualified in the strike pipeline before they get their wings; they expect Magic Carpet to land for them. Meatball, lineup, angle of attack is a far distant backup. Our fancy electronics, magic carpets and comm gear will be quickly taken away by our enemies, and this generation will be unable to cope with it. The 1984 generation had aircraft that would be degraded, but would survive in such a war. Then we had A-6's and A-7's flown with hydraulics to deliver even nukes in a severely degraded environment, and they would have succeeded if it had come to that. Time, distance, heading, computer as backup. Not so today.
The Russians actually dropped live nukes, even the biggest Tsar Bomb, from actual Bear Aircraft with 20 somethings flying it, and they survived (you can see videos from YouTube), because they used vacuum tube technology which is not affected by EMP. They still fly Bears, MIG-31's and SU-24's that will survive the coming war. Our modern aircraft are mostly fly-by-wire, and have simulated tests done to them. The pilots are told they are EMP hardened. They will find out the hard way, sadly.
I liked 1984 the best, in hindsight.
ReplyDeleteBut at that time I thought 2024 would be even better.
We were supposed to have flying cars and vacations on Mars. 🫤
ReplyDeleteTake it back another 40 years to the Wright Flyer.
ReplyDeleteNow if the 2024 picture didn't have a pilot in it....
ReplyDelete1984 was best for the US.
ReplyDeleteMost of what we have now in Naval Aviation will not survive the coming peer war. The Russians are the masters of electronic warfare. Our new Naval Aviators don't even get carrier qualified in the strike pipeline before they get their wings; they expect Magic Carpet to land for them. Meatball, lineup, angle of attack is a far distant backup. Our fancy electronics, magic carpets and comm gear will be quickly taken away by our enemies, and this generation will be unable to cope with it. The 1984 generation had aircraft that would be degraded, but would survive in such a war. Then we had A-6's and A-7's flown with hydraulics to deliver even nukes in a severely degraded environment, and they would have succeeded if it had come to that. Time, distance, heading, computer as backup. Not so today.
The Russians actually dropped live nukes, even the biggest Tsar Bomb, from actual Bear Aircraft with 20 somethings flying it, and they survived (you can see videos from YouTube), because they used vacuum tube technology which is not affected by EMP. They still fly Bears, MIG-31's and SU-24's that will survive the coming war. Our modern aircraft are mostly fly-by-wire, and have simulated tests done to them. The pilots are told they are EMP hardened. They will find out the hard way, sadly.
God bless each and every single Navy and Marine Corps pilot!!!
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