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I was hoping I could get some insight. My nation has a population of 2.725 billion, tax rate of 67%, is a democratic socialist nation, has an economy rated as frightening, and has defense listed as the third priority being juggled by the government. I've been working on a map and military of my nation, and was hoping to get some input since I don't have any experience RPing. Any pointers would be much appreciated. I've nearly finished my airforce and was wondering if it was too big or too small for a nation of my size. My nation is imagined to be mainly an air and sea power with a weaker army of 8 or 9 divisions.

My current airforce consists of:

96----- B-1 Lancers
288--- B-52 Strato-Fortresses
-----Total 384 heavy bombers


300----- F-22 Raptors
1200--- F-15E Strike Eagles
2600--- F-20 Tigersharks
700----- F-111 Aardvarks
180---- A-7 Corsair II's
-----Total 4980 strike fighters


180----- C-5 Galaxies
120----- C-141 Starlifters
40------ C-17 Globemaster III's
155----- C-130 Hercules'
-----total 540 Cargo aircraft


320----- T-38 Talon Training aircraft
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I haven't finished my mid-flight refueling aircraft and AWACS composition yet, but was wondering if what I had is good. I've made a chart dividing my aircraft into wings and listing thier bases on a national map as well. I've never RPed before, but thought I might eventually get into it. Again, I would be thankful for some pointers on if it's too big or small.

I was also thinking about giving my navy 16 Nimitz class/Enterprise sub-class aircraft carriers. Is that too much? Thanks for any input.

For a nation that big, I think it'd be almost realistic.... but 2600 fighters of one type is a hell of a lot.

Your nation must be floating on a sea of oil.

BTW, my army has a corps of 10000 snipers. They infest cities that are being invaded and systematically take down the enemy army... it means I often take all of their equipment intact.

This would be unrealistic, if I didn't have auto-conscription :)

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For a nation that big, I think it'd be almost realistic.... but 2600 fighters of one type is a hell of a lot.

Your nation must be floating on a sea of oil.

BTW, my army has a corps of 10000 snipers. They infest cities that are being invaded and systematically take down the enemy army... it means I often take all of their equipment intact.

This would be unrealistic, if I didn't have auto-conscription :)

The F-20 is the cheapest fighter ever to operate. They cost about 2/3s that of an F-5 to operate. You can operate three F-5Es for the price of one F/A-18A/B.

Snipers are very rarely picked from conscripted troops. Additionally that strategy wouldn't work because enemy police and citizens would almost certainly fight back against the snipers. It would work in a defensive or civil war situation however, because then you don't have to deal with infiltration.

Our prefered strategy is a blitzkrieg with an aerial assualt behind enemy lines once air superiority has been gained.

I was hoping I could get some insight. My nation has a population of 2.725 billion, tax rate of 67%, is a democratic socialist nation, has an economy rated as frightening, and has defense listed as the third priority being juggled by the government. I've been working on a map and military of my nation, and was hoping to get some input since I don't have any experience RPing. Any pointers would be much appreciated. I've nearly finished my airforce and was wondering if it was too big or too small for a nation of my size. My nation is imagined to be mainly an air and sea power with a weaker army of 8 or 9 divisions.

My current airforce consists of:

96----- B-1 Lancers
288--- B-52 Strato-Fortresses
-----Total 384 heavy bombers


300----- F-22 Raptors
1200--- F-15E Strike Eagles
2600--- F-20 Tigersharks
700----- F-111 Aardvarks
180---- A-7 Corsair II's
-----Total 4980 strike fighters


180----- C-5 Galaxies
120----- C-141 Starlifters
40------ C-17 Globemaster III's
155----- C-130 Hercules'
-----total 540 Cargo aircraft


320----- T-38 Talon Training aircraft
-----


I haven't finished my mid-flight refueling aircraft and AWACS composition yet, but was wondering if what I had is good. I've made a chart dividing my aircraft into wings and listing thier bases on a national map as well. I've never RPed before, but thought I might eventually get into it. Again, I would be thankful for some pointers on if it's too big or small.

I was also thinking about giving my navy 16 Nimitz class/Enterprise sub-class aircraft carriers. Is that too much? Thanks for any input.

Don't use so much American technology. News flash: it's expensive, and not worth the price. Develop some of your own weapons, son. Indigenous stuff, so you're not America's bitch.

For a nation that big, I think it'd be almost realistic.... but 2600 fighters of one type is a hell of a lot.

Your nation must be floating on a sea of oil.

BTW, my army has a corps of 10000 snipers. They infest cities that are being invaded and systematically take down the enemy army... it means I often take all of their equipment intact.

This would be unrealistic, if I didn't have auto-conscription :)

Good luck keeping that army against armor or helicopters or napalm.

I was hoping I could get some insight. My nation has a population of 2.725 billion, tax rate of 67%, is a democratic socialist nation, has an economy rated as frightening, and has defense listed as the third priority being juggled by the government. I've been working on a map and military of my nation, and was hoping to get some input since I don't have any experience RPing. Any pointers would be much appreciated. I've nearly finished my airforce and was wondering if it was too big or too small for a nation of my size. My nation is imagined to be mainly an air and sea power with a weaker army of 8 or 9 divisions.

My current airforce consists of:

96----- B-1 Lancers
288--- B-52 Strato-Fortresses
-----Total 384 heavy bombers


300----- F-22 Raptors
1200--- F-15E Strike Eagles
2600--- F-20 Tigersharks
700----- F-111 Aardvarks
180---- A-7 Corsair II's
-----Total 4980 strike fighters


180----- C-5 Galaxies
120----- C-141 Starlifters
40------ C-17 Globemaster III's
155----- C-130 Hercules'
-----total 540 Cargo aircraft


320----- T-38 Talon Training aircraft
-----


I haven't finished my mid-flight refueling aircraft and AWACS composition yet, but was wondering if what I had is good. I've made a chart dividing my aircraft into wings and listing thier bases on a national map as well. I've never RPed before, but thought I might eventually get into it. Again, I would be thankful for some pointers on if it's too big or small.

I was also thinking about giving my navy 16 Nimitz class/Enterprise sub-class aircraft carriers. Is that too much? Thanks for any input.

Don't use so much American technology. News flash: it's expensive, and not worth the price. Develop some of your own weapons, son. Indigenous stuff, so you're not America's bitch.

Well, I prefer to use real life hardware instead of made-up indigenous stuff. It makes it easier to compare multiple militaries, ie a force of 200 F-111 Aardvarks is clearly outclassed by a force of 250 MiG 29's - but if a force of 200 DF-861 Hellions meet up with 250 EBF-46L Skyfuries, it seems like everything would be much more confusing. And, with that, I tend to prefer American hardware to Russian and European hardware. I will admit that you do have a point on that though, my airforce is totally American at this point. I'll look at changing the F-15E Strike Eagles into EuroFighter Typhoons, seeing if there's another aging "on its way out" strikefighter I can use instead of the A-7, and seeing what alternatives there are for the cargo and training aircraft.

Thank you for the pointer, but I still want the F-111's long range since my nation is imagined to be a collection of multiple islands, some big and some small, the F-20 is so cheap I don't think there's a viable alternative that offers similar performance, and nothing comes close to the performance of the F-22.

American heavy composition aside, since there appears to be no comments on it, I take it that the rough numbers and costs of my airforce are fairly realistic for a nation of my size?