tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4477859462381137673..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: End of an EraGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-91386900856896866152009-09-12T08:58:18.919-04:002009-09-12T08:58:18.919-04:00"What assets, if any, are contemplated the So..."What assets, if any, are contemplated the Southern US region and are the F 35s enough?"<br /><br />Don't worry SSSailor: The F22's will do the job. If they are not in Guam, or the Gulf, or the former Eastern Europe. <br /><br />Mind you, if the Administration's approach to Honduras is any indication, we will either be studiously neutral, or allies of the Venezualans (This of course will aid us in our negotiations with the Iranians.davodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272330967156237637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-24186218683233016732009-09-10T22:31:23.294-04:002009-09-10T22:31:23.294-04:00When gorillas fly MIGs die!When gorillas fly MIGs die!Gatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06722864701367403837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-42553488929647808432009-09-10T10:53:40.723-04:002009-09-10T10:53:40.723-04:00While the replacement of F-15s at Eglin will resul...While the replacement of F-15s at Eglin will result in a technical tactical upgrade, I question the ability to field and maintain line operational assets in sufficient numbers to cover the southern patrol areas of the Gulf and Caribbean. During the Cuban Missile Event, a firsthand appreciation of the logistical effort to muster assets to prosecute a credible response in an under-defended region created a lightning strike shock up and down the military establishment of that day. <br /> The probabilities are rising for an Iran/Venezuela connection resulting in the deployment of Iranian missile assets in the Southern Gulf region and will be billed ostensibly as a self defense measure, but the effect is to influence South American geopolitics. As such those same birds would present a potential shake-down threat into the northern areas within their operational range in the continental US.<br /> What assets, if any, are contemplated the Southern US region and are the F 35s enough?SSSailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467466700306421463noreply@blogger.com