Mr. Woof Woof
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Nope,You're making a common mistake perpetuated by defense amateurs. That is you're thinking solely on capabilities and not that of logistical cost.
Yeah, the A400M obviously can carry more but with that 158,8 tons there is literally millions of $$$ in logistics. There's a reason why all competent air forces standardize their airframes. With a new airframe, you're going to have to not only retrain your maintenance and flight crews (which cost money if you don't realize), you also need to build a new logistical infrastructure, which if you don't know is the most expensive part of operating an aircraft (which even if it doesn't fly you would still need to maintain).
It would make more sense if the Air Force (let's face it, this is just a political stunt, the A400M's are eventually going to the Air Force) replaced all their C-130's with A400M's, but they're only ordering 6 airframes whilst also simultaneously ordering C-130J's.
Those are 3 different logistical infrastructures.
Those infrastructures are going to cost us hundred of millions, if not billions, of wasted funding solely on spare parts and maintenance alone. Funding that would be better off spent on training or buying other equipment.
It would make more sense if the Air Force had just stuck with their original plan of replacing the entire C-130 fleet with J's and ordering more to make up for the original tonnage requirements. But somewhere down the line somebody probably got a commission from somebody else and now we have this clusterfuck today.
Keep in mind I work in the Defense Industry, and this blatant refusal to standardize almost anything is a VERY big problem in our military, more than you or other people realize or care to admit.
Paham?
A400m can carry heavy duty tools with larger capacity but Herky C130J cannot do the same.
Example :
Caterpillar 420D loader backhoe has 2,77 m high on its cabin roof. While C130J only has 2,74 m high on its cargo space. So C130J can't load this vehicle. On the other hand A400m could easily load this tool and another bigger one.
Please remember that natural disaster is the most treat against this country.
When there is a disaster and we have to rescue people trapped in the debris as fast as possible, we have to deliver the right tools to the right place with the right transportation due to we are running out of time. More people we can save IF the right tools could arrive earlier.
Kalo barangnya nggak bisa dimuat di herky dan nggak ada pesawat yang lebih besar yang bisa muat, maka alat berat tersebut akan dimuat di kapal yang hanya akan tiba 36 jam sesudah bencana. Keburu orangnya yang tertimbun mati atuh. Lebih cepat kalo ada A400 bisa naik A400 lebih cepat sampai bandara terdekat hanya perlu waktu 2-3 jam dan dari bandara diangkat pakai helikopter sampai titik bencana.
Intinya : The faster the right tools arrive, the more people we can save.
Mosok kalo ada bencana kita musti minjem A400 dari Singapur sampai sebulan buat angkutin heavy duty tools seperti backhoe loader ?
Trus itu duitnya yang untuk beli A400 bukan dari pajak elu (sebab pajak elu dikali 20 tahun pun nggak bakal cukup buat beli A400 walau cuma sebiji) tapi dana pengadaan itu dari duitnya pertamina sebab pertamina yang beli. A400 yang dua biji itu bakal jadi milik pertamina, walaupun AURI yang jadi pilotnya.
Paham ?
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