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Pastimes : The Boxing Ring Revived
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To: goldworldnet who wrote (3144)4/19/2002 1:30:16 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 7720
 
The overall point of the article (that Israel is very powerful and even has more power in the region then the US does) is right, but some of its statements are innacurate or at least misleading.

Israel can field 19 divisions of ground troops, by some counts; the United States boasts 13 divisions worldwide and would need weeks to move any significant military force into the region.

Israel's air force, which flies souped-up U.S. F-15 and F-16 fighters, can generate nearly 3,000 sorties, or combat missions, per day. The United States can sustain about 1,600 sorties a day.

This makes it seem like Israel's army is bigger then America's and that their air force can sustain more sorties a day. The first part is simply not true. The second is probably true if you are talking about forces in the region, but not if you are talking about the total number of sorties that the US military can sustain.

Tim
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