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You know... There is one thing, that even African militaries do understand, but somehow, US and Nato does not.
You need to make your soldiers look immortal. Even if it was a single squad made for parades and "one of impossible to fail" missions. showing this kind of equipment will recruit many more men, then inflatable tanks.
@LukeAlmighty strange to think about F35 like that.
@SuperBobo
Why is it strange? What else do you expect a $109 million dollars VTOL capable plane to be used for :D
@SuperBobo
Also, there is a 2nd problem, that people aren't naive enough to believe, that they will end up in a plane. ;D
@LukeAlmighty if i remember the inflatable tanks were originally to fuck with aerial surveillance back in the day 
- https://the-mad-pirate-prints.teemill.com/
@icedquinn @LukeAlmighty During WW2, it was necessary to distract the German forces from any action near Normandy, so inflatable tanks would be "deployed" to eastern Europe and Africa to make the Germans believe the Allies were trying to invade from those vectors.
And yes, I do know, that F-22 did serve that purpose, but it's 26 years old, and has a total kill count of one baloon.