Comments on: Comanche Grounded http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/comanche_grounded/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:13:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/comanche_grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-13001 Paul Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5192#comment-13001 As a layman who watches military advancements and technology closely, I kinda think that any weapon system that requires a quarter of a century to develop probably has some problems. As a layman who watches military advancements and technology closely, I kinda think that any weapon system that requires a quarter of a century to develop probably has some problems.

]]> By: dj of raleigh http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/comanche_grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-13002 dj of raleigh Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5192#comment-13002 A manned helicopter for a country who thinks 600 troops killed while defeating two countries a half-a-world away is a disaster, that country must use unmanned craft or mercenaries. A manned helicopter for a country who thinks 600 troops killed while defeating two countries a half-a-world away is a disaster, that country must use unmanned craft or mercenaries.

]]> By: AST http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/comanche_grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-13003 AST Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5192#comment-13003 When RPGs are as available as spitwads and AK-47s in the places we're going to have to fight in, is spending more money on aircraft that can be destroyed by one really a good use of our money? You can expect a lot of malice to come from the Pentagon leak-work, congressmen with plants in their districts and retired Army colonels, mostly aimed at Donald Rumsfeld, but maybe this is like Nixon going to China. Only someone who isn't worried about appearing weak on defense could cut this boondoggle. Remember the Crusader (great name for war in the Middle East) artillery system? A lot of the same people are still mad about that cancellation. When RPGs are as available as spitwads and AK-47s in the places we're going to have to fight in, is spending more money on aircraft that can be destroyed by one really a good use of our money?

You can expect a lot of malice to come from the Pentagon leak-work, congressmen with plants in their districts and retired Army colonels, mostly aimed at Donald Rumsfeld, but maybe this is like Nixon going to China. Only someone who isn't worried about appearing weak on defense could cut this boondoggle.

Remember the Crusader (great name for war in the Middle East) artillery system? A lot of the same people are still mad about that cancellation.

]]> By: Bravo Romeo Delta http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/comanche_grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-13004 Bravo Romeo Delta Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=5192#comment-13004 IN the great scheme of things, this is really just another manifestation of the defense drawdown of the '90s. Clinton cut funding such that a lot of procurement programs were pushed back until we got a "procurement bow wave" effect where the deployment dates of a huge number of systems kept getting pushed back and piled on each other. There are two ways out - extra-super-horrendous-monumental defense budgets, or axeing programs right left and center. --- IN the great scheme of things, this is really just another manifestation of the defense drawdown of the '90s. Clinton cut funding such that a lot of procurement programs were pushed back until we got a "procurement bow wave" effect where the deployment dates of a huge number of systems kept getting pushed back and piled on each other. There are two ways out - extra-super-horrendous-monumental defense budgets, or axeing programs right left and center.

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