I really feel that somebody has to point out that the technology to put out these fires has existed for almost 15 years ... in the form of the Russian-designed Ilyusian IL76 Water-Bomber plane, which has the capacity to carry 16,000 gallons of water, able to put out a fire the size of 10 football fields lined up end to end, in fifteen seconds.
This is over TWICE the biggest US plane used for the job, and most planes used for wild fire fighting in the US are much, much smaller and drop chemicals, not water.
One cannot help but wonder why the US do not avail themselves of this superior technology. It couldn't be because these planes are made in Russia, could it ?
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