Replace F-22 with F-15, that’s like replacing the word Queen with King, one has balls the other doesn’t, still totally different.
The problem is that the average punter in the street here in Oz has NFI regarding Defence or the more finer and ‘accurate’ details of Defence.
So they end up reading verbatim what is in front of them and believe that it’s true, but it’s not, rarely ever is.
And because of that lack of knowledge by the punters, the so called expert Defence writers (paid idiots) can get away with blue murder writing crap and complete lies too.
Again, don’t rely on the general media for accuracy, you’ll be waiting a very long time for that to happen, if ever.
Cheers,
Hi John, yes I’m fully aware of that, as far as Australian media Defence reporting goes, if it flies it’s a bomber, if it has wheels it’s a tank and if it floats it’s a battleship. And that‘s about the level of intellectual thought that goes into it.
Reporting on Aussie property prices, interest rate rises etc are a much higher priority, apart from thrashing the kiwi’s or poms at whatever sport.
Yep the author maybe was sent something, or maybe skimmed an ASPI article or something, threw together a crap article, and sold it to SMH
And yes, I still believe that the original content that he used, related to F15, and he obviously doesn’t know the difference between an F22 and F15, and doesn’t care, as long as he gets paid for the article
Anyway, not arguing with you, just expressing my view
cheers