Thursday, December 01, 2005

Indian Air Force, in war games, gives US a run -- This is an interesting article about some recent wargames between the US and India. Apparently the Indians in Soviet/Russian fighters outperformed at least some Americans in US fighters. The author doesn't mention it, but of course the US Air Force has an interest in convincing reporters that Russian jets are much better than current US fighters. The Air Force is pushing hard for a new air superiority fighter (the hideously complex and expensive F-22) but the air supremacy the US enjoys in its wars makes it difficult to convice people to spend billions on new models. So expect a trickle of articles from Air Force sources that warn of the obsolenece of current US hardware.