I didnt realise my previous post was the 100th one 😀 , I agree its some what over priced , but definately not over hyped , Over priced in the short run , but when you consider its maintenance record and high uptimes it gives you , its worth the every penny you pay for , come on matt , its a good fighter , its surely not as agile as the 29’s are in close combat but it can hold on its own , Consider the fact that it can carry 6.5 tons of weapons load , which even the modified 29 or what they call it the “MRCA” cant carry more that 4 tons of load , It can carry the MICA , most of the precision guided weapons , it gives you good range ,its pilot friendly or just call it the darling of the pilots , whats wrong with this aircraft matt.

Just look at the IAF XPerience with the Mirages , its surely not a paper tiger as its closest competator with whom it is competing with for the MRCA program is.

it can carry more then the agil 29’s because it was designed primarily as a bomber, it doesnst matter what electronic wizardary you put into the aircraft its always going to be a bomber first.

i have the spec of the 2000 in my bombers book and also several publications including one by AFM.

Also that article means didly squat. No offence to the ACM of the Bomber Jockeys but the Mirage was not designed to be a fighter and will never be, its an outdated design now and needs to remain in the old century not the new. Its overpriced and over hyped.

I’m with you, matt! 🙂
By the way, original Canon 300D costs in Russia approx 800 USD, i.e. 1.8 times cheaper than in the UK, with all-over-the-world warranty! 🙂

I got a special discount on the Rebel Kiss kit, with 18-55mm USM EF-S lense, battery grip and 256mb ultra 2 card.

I really hope they dont go for the Mirage 2000-9.. or any Mirage.. *fingers crossed.

X-scaled composites

Extremely fortunate that there were no fatalaties, apparently the obstruction had been reported but no NOTAMs issued! 😮

-Dazza

Those notams dont get taken very seriously do they? i just thought i was about to ATC to deal with runway obstructions and threshold problems.

Or did you just mean that the US is a bunch of nasty warmongering arms merchants?

Well not arms merchants they are very particular about that, so I would not go that far…

1) If the US is to keeps its economical strength it needs to keep its aggressive stance. It can’t threaten economic wars like it did with Japan, EU etc while having an impotent military arm.

2) It can not also be content to just handle small countries like Iraq that have been embargoed into ruin and dilapidation in the future.

3) Their will also be a question of oil, where, if the US wants not to waste the lives currently being lost in Iraq, it has to secure the oil supplies it must stay strong to defend the pipelines. That will be what everyone will be after in the future. For example what do you think Sudan is about and why no WESTERN country has jumped into stop the Arabs moving out the tribes?

Do not be so upset or suprised if the current US admin gets called warmongers. Heck I am still waiting for our beloved Tony Blaire to present us with the WMD’s that can hit UK interests within 45 minutes!

So now anyone who buys the JSF is a warmonger? Does one have to buy something like the Gripen, Rafale, or EF-2000 to not be considered “hostile”?

The UK just isnt in the limelight like it used to be half a century ago because it has no power, but if it did, it would apply to it too. past Actions also count with regards to who buys WARCRAFT and hence is called a warmonger

If I buy a stealth multirole F-35, I will not waste money for something inferior in stealth and double my support cost by that. 😉

you know if the wind changes direction your eye could get stuck like that.

and will stealth help it miraculously go all the way into chinese /russian/ korean territory ?