Re: [FYI] World's Longest page on tracks vs wheels

John Atkinson wrote:

> --- Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > The F-15 only excels in situations where BVR kills
> > are allowed.  If the
>
> That's generally a given in real combat.
>

It wasn't true in Viet Nam, was occassionally false in Operation Desert
Storm, and won't be true if there isn't absolute confidence in the IFF.
Never fall into the trap of assuming that all your gadgets work all of
the time.  For nations with a second rate (instead of third rate)
airforce, an AWAC is not that hard for the determined enemy to kill (if
it cannot radiate, it may as well be dead), so there may not always be
someone who knows where all of the good guys are.

It is only a given in naval combat over the high seas, as, in some spots
unpopulated by civil skyways, all inbounds are hostile.