Afghan Suite

[Daryl J.]

You are going to Afghanistan in two years time, presume the conflict carries on unabated.    You cannot increase the number of Hornets/Super Hornets or helicopters available to you. Minot's B-52's are available on a somewhat limited basis.   You've been tasked with bringing additional aircraft.

What are you bringing?  Why?




Daryl J., crediting Jeffry F. with the idea..............

[Fulcrum]

Whatabout bringing Super Tucano's?


or more Reaper U(c)AV's?

[beowulf]

Vanguard class SSBN...........16 tridents.......problem solved...........

[wikxie]

Vanguard class SSBN...........16 tridents.......problem solved...........

Ah, the 'Kurtz' solution

[Gary]

Who needs airplanes. Take 1200 strippers, really good ones, and have them work all around Afghanistan for 6 months. Have them dance for all the locals and then tell the male dominated population that the dancing girls will have to leave because the local population gives too much support to the Taliban. The local men, mullas and all will take to the streets themselves to rid the country of the Taliban to keep the dancing girls. Until the entire country is cleared out of the rabble, no titty dancers. When all, and I mean all that rebel rabble are gone and it's confirmed, bring back dancers to teach the locals how to dance properly and not be prostitutes.

When you have a masoginistic society, you need to appeal to their wants. Forget food, education and medicine. Give them boobs!

[The Rat]

Gary and I are on the same meds. I seriously had an idea a few years ago to start a campaign that would push for the use of 'porn bombs'. The idea would be to drop huge quantities of pornography into the areas where the rebels hang out. Some would grab it and hide it for themselves, others would try to stick to their ultra-conservative views. Then we just sit back and wait for the infighting when little Achmed is found at the back of the cave with his porn stash. I might yet take this public.

[beowulf]

. I seriously had an idea a few years ago to start a campaign that would push for the use of 'porn bombs'.

genius.....pure genius 

[Hobbes]

Harriers, to provide quick-reaction ground support. Any platform that can loiter and has good sensors for plinking targets of opportunity; maybe an A-10 with an EO sensor pod.

[anthonyp]

Vanguard class SSBN...........16 tridents.......problem solved...........

Hmmm, Lake Asia Minor...  I like.

[Fulcrum]

Well... looking at that map , not only we would have solved the Afghan problem, but also the Iranian, Iraqi, Saudi, Eritrean, Persian Gulf & the Israel-Palestine problems.


Too bad that they would have no oil then , Canada & Russia would be the new oil-producing giants .

[Sisko]

I thought this post was about what aircraft you would bring given the proposal in the original post?

Instead we seem to have been side tracked by fantasies of Armageddon.

[Army of One]

I'm with Hobbes.......as well as something like SU25's.....prob cheaper than those mentioned and maybe a bit more robust than Harrier......carries a hefty punch as well....being of Eastern origin....is it easier to maintain??? or is that a myth....Russki stuff being simple n easy to maintain.....?

[Weaver]

I'm with Hobbes.......as well as something like SU25's.....prob cheaper than those mentioned and maybe a bit more robust than Harrier......carries a hefty punch as well....being of Eastern origin....is it easier to maintain??? or is that a myth....Russki stuff being simple n easy to maintain.....?

They're usually simpler to maintain but need it much more often, so you need more Russian aircraft than Western ones to get the same operational readiness rate. The Su-25's engines are basically non-afterbuning MiG-21 engines, so they're not exactly the latest thing. On the other hand, you've got a better chance of getting hold of 2-seat Su-25s than A-10s, and a 2-seater would be better for using targeting pods etc.. from altitude.

[Gary]

What about those tiny UCAV's that could seek out targets automatically and lead other UCAV's with mini nukes. The big trick isn't using the nukes very often if at all. The trick is to make the enemy know they cannot hide... ever! Harassment with the option to kill at will can cause your opponent to reconsider.  I recall in Gulf War 1 several accounts of enemy troops surrendering to UCAV's.

[frank2056]

I would bring as many UCAVs as I could afford, from the lowest tech predator to Real Airplane sized stealth monsters. I would use ground intelligence (if needed) and go Roman on the bad guys, both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Then I would drop all sorts of porn on them.