zorglub wrote:
armament question the us are always one step ahead in quantity, but I think that at a smaller radius, our technique is not bad
I recently saw on a review, the development of laser shots from a modified boeing
The tests based on laser are already old (fifteen years): it works well provided that the atmosphere is clear (...)
With regard to more conventional armaments, including nuclear missiles, helicopters, planes, etc., from a qualitative point of view, France has nothing to envy the Americans and even has a head start on certain specific points. , in particular with regard to the radar on board the Rafale and also the maneuverability of the Rafale, equivalent to certain advanced US planes nevertheless using much more sophisticated techniques (vector thrust) ... But our means being what they are, their armament is more homogeneous and above all more numerous, not forgetting that the% of the state budget, all things considered, devoted to the US armies is 2x higher (and even 3x if we include that of research and top secret programs) to that of European countries, including France, whose own budget is however burdened by the cost of nuclear deterrent weapons ... which leads to ubiquitous situations: for example, the French Navy, a few years ago, orders " x "Panther helicopters, Finally receives only a part (budget restriction) and part of this is used in addition to reserve parts for the maintenance of machines in service, because there is no money to buy spare parts ( budget re-restriction following external operations ...)
As far as "futuristic" armaments are concerned, the USA have them, but everything is bathed in extreme secrecy, stashed in the famous area 51 (Groom lake) which is as large as Switzerland, as was the case with the F117 which is appeared in public only at the end of his career when he appeared at the end of the 70s ... Before that this plane was unknown ... Its successor, the hypersonic Aurora, first flight in 1984, nobody 'yet has never seen one, and we do not know what is even more surprising ...
