Wild_Bill_Kelso
Senior Master Sergeant
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- Mar 18, 2022
Okay, the Wi-Fi here is a bit wonky so that edit got posted twice.
The Americans did benefit from from British jet technology. We also made our own improvements.
The F-4 was limited by ROE that eliminated its advantages. It was really superior to the MiG-21.
I don't think that is really born out by the record. It had both advantages and disadvantages, but the MiG 21 in my opinion was just as good, while being MUCH cheaper both to build and maintain.
I said the T-62 was scary, and I'm a fan of the M60. The T-62 made us come up with something better. We did.
The M-60 had a fairly poor record in combat. I think they expanded it to be too big, among other problems.
I said the SA-2 was a surprise. I think I said it was quite good.
The F-117 shoot down was a combination of NATO complacency and a surprising bit of initiative and luck on the other (non Russian) side. BTW, the F-117 pilot and the missile battery CO are now friends and have played some b-ball together.
The Serbs adapted the technology to the situation, much as the Soviets repeatedly did.
What does your last point have to do with Soviet craptitude?
My point is that it wasn't always "crapt". And a fair amount of both their and our military kit was not very good, we have a tendancy to make a different type of (design, production and implementation) mistakes than they do. Our kit (or the British) is not always better, by a long shot.