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I get what you are saying but one aircraft loss doesn’t constitute loss of air superiority. The way I see it you are inferring “US abandoned air superiority” from losses and reduce…

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That’s true. China dominates globally but I found that the US installed European and Japanese models. There is a big supply chain concern and set of reviews happening all across th…

> Even if I assumed maximum malice, how are these inverters going to perform a coordinated attack on the grid? They’re network-connected and remotely controllable. The concern is c…

> It also made solar inverters illegal last week. That’s overstating it. A couple clarifications. It banned foreign (edit) made equipment because it’s known for cybersecurity issue…

70% figure isn’t dependence on foreign oil for 70% of our consumption. The US both imports and exports huge amounts of petroleum. And most US crude imports come from Canada, not th…

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For onshore wind, probably wind. For offshore wind, not nearly as clear. The US still lacks a lot of the specialized vessels, ports and manufacturing capacity. Solar has bigger ups…

I disagree. The US is the largest producer of oil and natural gas in the world. We’re also a net energy exporter. We import some crude because our refineries are set up for it. Tha…

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See 1. https://www.energy.gov/cmei/systems/securing-us-supply-chain... 2. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/84710.pdf 3. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107769 4. https://www.…

US has absurdly large domestic energy resources like gas reserves, coal reserves, uranium, and thermal energy infrastructure. Then, there is the supply chain argument: the speciali…

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It was a win for the US military. I agree the political objective ultimately failed. My point is that political failure is not the same thing as military defeat. The US withdrew; S…

That establishes that North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam. It doesn’t establish that North Vietnam defeated the US military.

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That’s a lot of assertions, but none demonstrate Iran denied US air operations. You’re describing increased friction, not loss of air superiority.

You’re moving the goalposts. First it was missile attacks on bases, now it’s logistics and refueling. Those influence air operations, but they aren’t the definition of air superior…

Again, the US ceased combat operations in 1973; the Republic of Vietnam fell in 1975.

Sure, every logistics system has limits. But “it would take time to ramp up” isn’t the same as “the US can’t do it.”

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Then explain what you think it means, because your examples are about missile attacks on fixed bases, not control of the air.

US hasn’t lost a war yet. US also has a large strategic-sealift force: dozens of RO/RO ships, commercial shipping agreements and prepositioned Army equipment in the Pacific and Ind…