June 12, 2014
...I suspect (click here) what makes revenge so satisfying in both literature and sport is that, while the real thing can turn rather ugly, revenge thusly mediated can be experienced not just vicariously but schematically.
After all, there is nothing satisfying about watching a well-armed real-world thug like Vladimir Putin chew up neighboring countries to avenge the Soviet collapse of 1991. Or the Crimean giveaway of 1954. Or was it Czar Nicholas’ misadventure of 1917-18?
His statement today was, "There cannot be a US air campaign without boots on the ground in Baghdad."
This is a distance calculator for Baghdad as the crow flies.
Well, golly gee whiz, look at that. It is a no fly zone. I think US jets can fly further than Baghdad to Turkey and/or Kuwait and back.
The most remarkable (click here) feature of the engines is "supercruise" - flying faster than the speed of sound without using gas-guzzling afterburners. No other jet fighter can do that.
The Raptor can fly at Mach 1.7 - 1,122 miles per hour at 40,000 feet - without frequent refueling. Top speed with afterburners blazing: more than 1,300 miles per hour.
Charles you lied.
I do believe the F-22 Raptor can fly more than a half hour. I saw them fly in New Hampshire once. No it wasn't an air show, I first that it was an Eagle above the tree tops. It wasn't. I sincerely believe USA aircraft are designed to fly a distance regardless of the altitude.
It is about 1,215.4 miles as a crow flies from Kuwait to Turkey. Please stop lying to people. Charles you haven't got a clue about anything you talk about. I'll betcha real money that an F-22 Raptor can fly from Kuwait to Turkey and turn around to land back in Kuwait on far less than one tank of fuel. That is about 2400 miles and it covers 1200 miles in an hour with ease. I have a really tough time believing the USA has a jet that only stays in the air for an hour without refueling. That would be one very busy refueling squadron.
Charles you lied.
I do believe the F-22 Raptor can fly more than a half hour. I saw them fly in New Hampshire once. No it wasn't an air show, I first that it was an Eagle above the tree tops. It wasn't. I sincerely believe USA aircraft are designed to fly a distance regardless of the altitude.
It is about 1,215.4 miles as a crow flies from Kuwait to Turkey. Please stop lying to people. Charles you haven't got a clue about anything you talk about. I'll betcha real money that an F-22 Raptor can fly from Kuwait to Turkey and turn around to land back in Kuwait on far less than one tank of fuel. That is about 2400 miles and it covers 1200 miles in an hour with ease. I have a really tough time believing the USA has a jet that only stays in the air for an hour without refueling. That would be one very busy refueling squadron.
