Originally posted by MC_Honky
Don't you see!!! I haven't seen Lock-On's retail Box but I bet the F-15 or A-10 is featured prominently. You’re right- this IS A RUSSIAN SIM. But Nobody in the civilized world gives a CRAP ABOUT RUSSIAN HARDWARE and UBI knows it. So they use smoke and mirrors to trick us.
Russian hardware is for some third world army that can’t afford American or Euro equipment.
When I want to outfit a band of terrorists I’ll go out and buy RPG’s and Ak-47’s.
When I want to outfit an Air Force I go buy F-15’s and F-16’s.
Nobody gives a crap eh? Then why, pray tell, are we spending over 400 billion on defense--about 7 times what the Russians can afford. Paranioa?
Also, unless you're brain dead, you'd understand that military purchases are motivated as much by politics as they are by quality. More countries want to be on our side than not(and I'm by no means saying this is a bad thing). Buying American weapons says a great deal about your allegiance. Buying weapons other than American says something else, and those who do are in a shrinking minority.
If the Chinese wanted to swallow their pride, they could buy all the f-16s they need. It's the swallowing that they're trying to avoid.
