Red Dawn said:i'm a great F16 fan too (falcon 4.0 was my favourite game!) but aren't those attack choppers like the Apaches meant to take the role of the A10 instead of fighter jets like the f16?
i know an f16 can handle the CAS role, but ultimately, how many AGM-65e Mavericks can an f16 carry before it starts to hamper its manoeuvrability to the point of it having to jettison its missles just to defend itself?
I don't think we can compare the AH-64 vs A10, one is Army and the other Air Force. As if the US Air Force would let an Army puke replace their own. ;p
Trading a mav for a tank is too expensive. Much cheaper to ripple Mk82s over the tank formation, a f16 can carry 24 at a time. These iron bombs are effective aginst tanks too.
First batch (read: problems everywhere u turn). Actually speculations that we would never get a M1A1 are probably true since we seem to have a very distinct of idea of how heavy our armour gets. Not only that, the footprint of the vehicle to be able to move effectively in jungle-ish terrain. That's one reason why we didn't just buy the American Paladin 155mm SPH instead. It's too big/heavy. Other stuff i don't know if i can mention... :think:
