next!

nooo that wont work .. hand wavium

so, back to reality

F-35 😃

where fook is my wallet

10 KMs away from a tank, and you don't think there will be multiple ground to air missiles and enemy jets on you?

s'what the Typhoon and various long range air to ground munitions are for

We're talking modern war against a great power

oh, wait... no typhoons for the US

guess your fucked ;P

Air to ground missile you say?

Intercepted by a Missile Defense program

dont tell me, some chappie with a tennis racket right?

uh

missile defence dont work that way

I know I am being unrealistic

But I'm talking cost-effectivenes

you're getting mixed up between a JAASM / SCALP / APACHE / STORMSHADOW and a theatre / regional ballastic missile

Since that F-35 costs a lot, doesn't it?

yes, but if you were to argue an A10

Its actually cheaper

A-10 seriously needs to die

A Warthog would be reasonable

too expensive for its current role

and not survivable in its projected role

Tanks are actually a bit old fashioned, I'd say

and, only you would say

They'll just get taken out by hand held AT

no one else who is responsible for the role would say

Or any plane

right, chap with AT gets slotted by dismounted infantry flanking the approach of armour

I mean real AT

plane gets shot down by opposing airforce or battlefield air defence

Not the ones you'll have to flank to use

real AT gets suppressed by artillery

ikea, I've dropped enough hints at mo

time for you to get a clue

I think we're on different subjects

I'm talking about the need of tanks

And how it's a bit old fashioned

no one really envisions ANY system to opreate in solation on its own