Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: Hey, the Phantom Eye looks like a thermos bottle: >
No doubt that is what it is. I think they said they need only 8 or 10 to cover any spot in the world. Not if a few of them get shot down they don't! U.S. defense planners are beginning to act as if we will never face a technologically sophisticated enemy again. Before WWII, they had the notion that a handful of B17D bombers based in Manila would be such a potent threat to burn down Japanese cities, it would keep the Japanese from attacking. The Japanese destroyed half of the Philippines-based U.S. air force 9 hours after Pearl Harbor, and the rest of it within a week. - Jed
