Indeed, now we got M109 Paladins and buddy2 with Uncle Sam, why not get a couple squadrons of Super Hornet too, biar commonality sikit.

looks like what, 1 or 2 platoons caught by a much larger force in close quarters unfavourable & unfamiliar terrain and little fire support? anybody also would die in such a case. they must have had comms otherwise how they call for extraction, so likely no arty or air support available anyway given how bare the pinoy army is.

this is spec ops company? their spec ops trainees will go on 1 real mission before graduating... maybe a whole platoon of newbies involved

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Apr 12 2016, 01:09 AM

I have the Canucks final decision saved somewhere with the chart of expected costs... in the end didn't buy any fighter aircraft because Superbug and F35 same life cycle cost

its also already 2 billion dollars per ship, for a soft LPD thats not even a helo carrier like the America class. better to plow the money into more F18s and properly sort out the Ford class carriers

yeah heard of it, like a very big AA missile cruiser
meh. lotsa eggs in 1 basket.
better think of how to replace their Arleigh Burkes and what to do with the LCS mess

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Apr 13 2016, 06:03 PM

Global Firepower, ptui

Then what continent is Russia in, Europe? Asia is right, the top part that is.

The smaller, typically uninvolved EU countries don't have much of a military actually... just big enough for minimal self defence like us.

except for the small matter of the Bering strait... then takkan class it as Europe, like that the whole world other than America can call Europe lah

this part is where you might as well design and build a ship from scratch. its a bit more complex than hillbilly armouring a Toyota Hilux.

I'd prefer we just bang out those Gowinds ASAFP and 10+ patrol boats plus a few maritime patrol aircraft. Numbers over quality at this stage.

you've got a good point there re: ramming wars. But China don't play fair like other countries, I feel they will shoot before ram. Also their APMM ships are ex-mil and built to mil standard, converted civilian ships cannot match even in ramming war.

Main reason for using those big 10k+ ton ships IMO is fuel and supply, they have few logistics ships and until recently were not able to do at-sea replen IINM but still needed long range patrol ships to extend their territory. Now that they can put depots on Fiery Cross they may switch back to smaller ships, IDK...

Fast Attack Craft (Missile)
yeah I dream of it too but likelihood of getting

p.s. but must call it Littoral Combat System (Modular) Low Observation Surface Access Denial Operations Vessel

willing to bet no one likes either closing within range of ASM armed boat, or being painted with fire control... and more FACs means more eyes and better chance of saturation attack. At least a little more credible than 76mm or ramming by a civilian ship*.

*speaking of which, not sure many civilian ships can hit 25-30 knot speeds...

I REALLY DUNNO MANG But dyou think they will worry about ramming either, when they have already exchanged shots with Viet and Phil navies? Advantage I'm thinking is that antiship missile certainly talks bigger than ramming, whether in peace or war, and China is afraid of actual war and diplomatic embarrassment - Indon basically called their bluff and they didn't dare retaliate for their fishing boats.

I feel they're like school gangster - try to pick on weak opponent but takut daring opponents even if the opponent is weaker

they are in US.

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Apr 18 2016, 04:21 PM

Nice tank pics.

That Korean KFX sure looks a lot like Eurofighter

That M1A2 looks fully upgraded with TUSK, RWS, Boomerang, everything

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Apr 21 2016, 06:34 PM

Thanks I keep forgetting that it exists

anyone else think we're taking the gatling obsession a bit far?

But on 2nd thought, maybe they're looking at the range or canopy penetration power?

.50 cal is a big bullet, could've just stayed with 7.62 or even 5.56, the bigger the bullet the less ammo and other stuff the chopper can carry... I'm thinking of sustainability here. So they must have a reason for picking .50 cal, and I'm wondering if it has to do with getting the bullets through our thick jungle canopy...

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Apr 22 2016, 09:12 AM

Getting tired of the A-10 circlejerk... its done excellently so far but in truth its like the T-64 of the skies. It would not last long in today's SAM environment and it certainly is not a fantastic maritime strike aircraft.

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Apr 23 2016, 10:40 AM

Frankly the attackers didn't look amazing, their weapons seem poorly maintained. But though their accuracy sucked their fire discipline does look better than it used to be. Watching the video I can only wonder how ill prepared the other side is to have lost so hard to the attackers.