Message from @Antiboom
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@Antiboom If you want long loiter time, why not use this?
brrrt
I love how we're bringing back light attack aircraft.
*Classic.*
I have concerns how they'd fare against other developed countries, but they're excellent for counter-terror
You wouldn't use them against developed countries
only against little shits with no air capacity
like luxembourg
Like the foothills of the Himalayas
or luxembourg
I think the (quite possibly misguided) idea behind the f-35 is that it can be used in counterterror, but still be viable against developed countries
lol yeah, I've found that argument pretty retarded
```Armament
Guns: 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AN/M3 autocannon
Hardpoints: 15 external hardpoints with a capacity of 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
Other: bombs, torpedoes, mine dispensers, unguided rockets, and gun pods```
Look at the weaponry on this bad boi
not gonna lie, that thing looks similar to a bearcat in design
```"Hardpoints: 11 (8× under-wing and 3× under-fuselage pylon stations) with a capacity of 16,000 lb (7,260 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
Rockets: *** 4× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19×/7× Hydra 70 mm/APKWS[194] rockets, respectively)
6x LAU-131 rocket pods (each with 7x Hydra 70 rockets)[195][196]
Missiles: *** 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles for self-defense
6× AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles
Bombs: *** Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs or
Mk 77 incendiary bombs or
BLU-1, BLU-27/B, CBU-20 Rockeye II, BL755[197] and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 cluster bombs or
Paveway series of Laser-guided bombs or
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) (A-10C)[198] or
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (A-10C)
Other: *** SUU-42A/A Flares/Infrared decoys and chaff dispenser pod or
AN/ALQ-131 or AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods or
Lockheed Martin Sniper XR or LITENING targeting pods (A-10C) or
2× 600 US gal (2,300 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for increased range/loitering time."```
plus gun
With a fleet of motion tracking and target painting drones in the sky, and working your way systematically through the country, you could finish up Afghanistan pretty quickly.
"Three helicopter companies, with night-vision capabilities, to help Border Patrol officers to reach remote locations quickly" @Fitzydog inb4 apaches
oh shit lol
someone donate that caravan some tanks, lets get real
theory says if they use tanks, even just to try to force through the physical barriers
the national guard can defend itself
and at that point, who *knows* who's a noncombatant and who's not?
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such a fluid situation
"will include three engineering battalions with "heavy equipment""
hmm
Personally I would just equip a few m60’s with flamethrowers
m728s anyone?
tbh canister on an abrams would probably work fine
hydras with flechette warheads maybe?
Can 3 battalions build the border wall in record time?
I think we'd want more troops, but maybe
*ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET!*
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I suppose any time would be record time, seeing how we've never had one before
We still haven't finished some of the segments Bush ordered reinforced back in 2006
something something thanks obama