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I'll look into it, but I was under the impression from those I talked to that Iraq wasn't getting the full Abrams package. I imagine they'd even be happy if we sold them m60-2000m, and they probably wouldn't even know the difference.
I'm going to go on a limb here and say that until tracks are...
RE: SR-71
Does NASA still use the blackbird? Pics look recent.
I loved the sr71..I had a model of it when I was a kid. I'd love to get to see one takeoff and fly someday.
I wonder what the next evolution of US armor is going to be? The Abrams is going on 30 years pretty soon (Came out in 81/82 or so?). I wonder what will replace it.
Yep. Wait till we put DU, Chobham, and ERA ontop of the Abrams turret. Yeah, let's see if they'll go through that. Probably add 3-4 more tons to an already heavy tank, but the ability to survive tank killers cannot be ignored.
I stand corrected.
The whole reasoning for selling Iraq American weapons is:
1) To make Iraq counter out Iran's influence..Cold war era M60s aren't going to cut it. Neither are scads of obsolete russian stuff.
2) Togive Iraqis the teeth so we don't have to be there
3) To get work for our...