I feel his most valid point is that, while we most likely will not be fighting WWIII with Russia anytime soon, that we still need powerhouse bombers with legs on our flight decks, as Afghanistan is apparently proving. The model of the future threat as the "small third world, rogue neation, brush fire" type war which will only need short range, light bombers and precision munitions is being tested now. To the credit of our people the job is getting done but if we were carrying out the same type of operations under similiar geographic circumstances, against a nation with a more capable air defense network/AF, who was willing to use it, (like say...oh, I don't know...CHINA maybe???) I think it might be a different story. History is full of losers who prepared for the wrong war.
Edited by - Dave Shutter on 08/06/2002 15:10:03