mattIt seems that the US want more airports and runways.. with a lot of decent runways being crossed out all over the US and new ones coming in.. just does not make sence why they want to build a new one, when their are 1313+ big and small airports in the US that could in theory be converted for military use.
In fact their are probably 3000+ airports in the US/PAZA area that could be used.
mattI don’t know why we all so obsessed with thrust-to-weight ratio of the FC-1 engine.
excess thrust ring a bell with you ???
mattNo, no! I didn’t put the question properly. What I meant was, there were several articles posted in some threads here stating that the Russians and the French were going to develop a 5th gen fighter. Any comments on that people? :confused:
Well i have posted news in Su signing a MOU with a french company once, and then similar news was posted a month or two later by some one else, all i can say is that its probably for the PAK-FA!
mattI wish the UK had got the Mi-28’s instead of wasting valuable money on the apaches.
mattTheir was news that BAe will be awarded the contract for the new set of drones of the QF-4, i think the QF-16 is wishing or dreaming.. good dream though .. 🙂
mattChina, Pak Joint Venture to Produce JF-17
(Source: Press Trust of India; issued Apr. 27, 2004)
LONDON — A joint venture between China and Pakistan will begin initial production of 16 Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunder fighters in 2006, according to a report.
The joint venture would be between Chengdu Aircraft Industry in China and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), the Janes’ Defence Weekly reported today.
First deliveries to Pakistan Air Force will start mid-2006, Air Vice Marshal Lateef told the weekly.
Eight aircraft would be delivered to China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force, and eight to the PAF, four of which would be built entirely in Chengdu and four assemble at PAC’s Kamra facility. The PAF has a requirement for 150 JF-17s.
According to the report, currently two prototypes of the FC-1/JF-17 are flying. The first took to the air on August 25, 2003, with the maiden flight of the second prototype on April 9, both from the Chengdu facility in China.
Two Pakistani test pilots flew the initial prototype for the first time on April 7, beginning regular participation in the flight test program.
The first two prototypes will explore the aircraft’s operational flight envelope and the operation of its subsystems. A third prototype is planned for system integration and certification of the avionics suite and weapons fit.
The Chengdu Aircraft Industry and the PAC are in equal partnership and jointly developing and producing the fighter, the report said.
The JF-17/FC-1 is described as a multi-role attack fighter with delta wings, a conventional tail and a fly-by-wire flight control system.
mattIndia, UK to Boost Joint Interaction Between Armed Forces
(Source: Press Trust of India; issued Apr. 27, 2004)
NEW DELHI — India and Britain today decided to boost joint interaction between armed forces of the two countries and develop potential for collaboration in joint development of futuristic weapons system and defense research.
A decision to this effect was taken at a two-day meeting of the Indo-UK Defence Consultative Group, which began here today, with the two sides also discussing strategic and security interests.
A ten-member British delegation, led by Kevin Tebbit, Permament Under Secretary for Defence, arrived here yesterday on a four-day visit.
The delegation includes Air Vice Marshal David Hobart, Assistant Chief of Defence staff, Brig Ian Rees, Defence Advisor, Patrick Jones, Adviser Science and Technology. The Indian side is led by Defence Secretary Ajay Prasad.
Britain, on the lines of recent Indo-US army exercises, is keen to have joint maneuvers between Indian Special Forces and UK Special Air Service, the world renowned commando forces specializing in anti-hijacking and anti-kidnapping actions.
Tebbit also called on the Defence Secretary and Air Chief S Krishnaswamy and Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen Shantanou Choudhary.
The Group was constituted in March, 1995.
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mattThis is similar to what the EFA has with Nagging nora i think, it says in what vympel has posted that it is just aiding the pilot! that means taking cue’s lining up next most dangerous targets etc etc etc etc etc.
An artificial intelligence system will be installed in it which improves the pilot’s awareness of the situation and aids him in the process of decision making
The newer aircraft also have limiters to make sure they dont fly into hills for example.
matthttp://www.global-defence.com/2003/anti_ship.htm
Please check the above link.
mattEither stiffners for the fins or a antenna.. but dielectric sounds move like a stiffner.
hmmm found this link..
dielectric material
A dielectric material is a substance that is a poor conductor of electricity, but an efficient supporter of electrostatic fields. If the flow of current between opposite electric charge poles is kept to a minimum while the electrostatic lines of flux are not impeded or interrupted, an electrostatic field can store energy. This property is useful in capacitors, especially at radio frequencies. Dielectric materials are also used in the construction of radio-frequency transmission lines.
In practice, most dielectric materials are solid. Examples include porcelain (ceramic), mica, glass, plastics, and the oxides of various metals. Some liquids and gases can serve as good dielectric materials. Dry air is an excellent dielectric, and is used in variable capacitors and some types of transmission lines. Distilled water is a fair dielectric. A vacuum is an exceptionally efficient dielectric.
An important property of a dielectric is its ability to support an electrostatic field while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat. The lower the dielectric loss (the proportion of energy lost as heat), the more effective is a dielectric material. Another consideration is the dielectric constant, the extent to which a substance concentrates the electrostatic lines of flux. Substances with a low dielectric constant include a perfect vacuum, dry air, and most pure, dry gases such as helium and nitrogen. Materials with moderate dielectric constants include ceramics, distilled water, paper, mica, polyethylene, and glass. Metal oxides, in general, have high dielectric constants.
The prime asset of high-dielectric-constant substances, such as aluminum oxide, is the fact that they make possible the manufacture of high-value capacitors with small physical volume. But these materials are generally not able to withstand electrostatic fields as intense as low-dielectric-constant substances such as air. If the voltage across a dielectric material becomes too great — that is, if the electrostatic field becomes too intense — the material will suddenly begin to conduct current. This phenomenon is called dielectric breakdown. In components that use gases or liquids as the dielectric medium, this condition reverses itself if the voltage decreases below the critical point. But in components containing solid dielectrics, dielectric breakdown usually results in permanent damage.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci211945,00.html
mattChina’s military buildup raises concerns in US
25/04/2004 at 01:42:37
Date line: WASHINGTON
From the Pentagon to Capital Hill, China’s military buildup is causing renewed concerns in the United States as the Asian giant arms itself to deter any separation moves by Taiwan or American involvement in a cross-strait conflict.
Compounding the concerns is a prospective European plan to lift a 15-year embargo on arms deliveries to China that US experts fear could exacerbate the military imbalance in Asia and speed up Chinese capability to manufacture even more powerful weapons systems.
China’s military prowess increasingly appears to be shaped “to fit a Taiwan conflict scenario and to target US air and naval forces that could become involved,” officials from a key bipartisan panel warned at a Congressional hearing last week.
Roger Robinson and Richard D’Amato, the chairman and vice chairman respectively of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said “a significant component” of China’s defense modernization strategy was to develop capability to deter US military involvement in any flareup over Taiwan.
“The United States cannot wish away this capacity,” warned the two officials from the commission, entrusted to report to Congress on the security implications of the rapidly growing US-China bilateral trade and economic ties.
“We cannot assume China will stay its hand because it has too much at stake economically to risk military conflict over Taiwan,” they said in a joint statement.
The United States is Taiwan’s biggest ally and arms supplier and is bound by law to provide weapons to help Taiwan defend itself if the island’s security is threatened.
But Washington also acknowledges Beijing’s position that Taiwan is part of China.
Taiwanese President Chen Shiu-Bian has recently angered the Chinese leadership with his persistence in wanting to give the island a new constitution, a move Beijing fears will lead to independence.
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory despite a split 55 years ago at the end of a civil war, and has said it will invade if the island declared independence or descended into chaos.
Richard Lawless, US deputy undersecretary of defense, said China was expected to spend 50 to 70 billion dollars on defense expenditures this year — more than double the 25 billion dollars that had been budgeted.
He said the determined focus of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on preparing for conflict in the Taiwan Strait “raises serious doubts over Beijing’s declared policy of seeking ‘peaceful reunification’ under the ‘one country, two systems’ model.”
The PLA is the largest purchaser of foreign military weapons and technology on the back of China’s rapidly growing economy, experts say.
“What I am worried about is we are going to end up facing a communist military backed by a capitalist industrialist base of enormous power,” said Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee.
Some experts forecast a scenario where the United States, tied down by the Iraq and Afghanistan crises, can only afford to send one aircraft carrier to Taiwan’s rescue if China launches a surprise strike.
“The forces that China is putting in place right now will probably be more than sufficient to deal with a single American aircraft carrier battle group,” said Richard Fisher, Asian Security Studies Fellow at the US-based Center for Security Policy.
China already has 500 to 550 short range ballistic missiles deployed opposite Taiwan and Fisher said “land attack cruise missiles will be deployed against the island, if not already, at least by next year.”
“Taiwan is the near term objective, the longer term objective is hegemony in Asia and removing the American military network from Asia and to contain India,” he said.
China has repeatedly said it has no military ambitions and wants peaceful co-existence with neighbours.
Fisher warned that if the European Union lifted its arms embargo on China soon, as speculated, the PLA could create new arms industry alliances that would further accelerate its access to and use of advanced military technologies and worsen the arms imbalance in Asia.
Arthur Lauder, professor of international relations at the University of Pennsylvania, said the Chinese military “is the only one being developed anywhere in the world today that is specifically configured to fight the United States of America.
“My own view is that no objective reason exists why China, if she stays on her present course, should not eventually pose an even greater threat to the United States and its friends and allies than did the Soviet Union.”
mattDielectric?
for earthing during a lightening strike maybe ?
stiffen the verticle fin ?
mattWouldnt this go some way in negating Stealth?
mattOriginally posted by Gavin.O
That’s not capitalism. A 100 percent monoply will give militaries higher prices and fewer alternatives.
Well the UK is experiencing this already with the Black mailing of the government by BAe Systems !
which generally gose, “give us the contract or we will have to fire some employees”
mattYou would need to be able to track and triangulate the position of the asteriod at a far enough distance to allow for a significant course correction using nominal force. Blowing it up into smaller fragments might be a second option simply because the required energy abosorbtion by earth per direct hit would be less then that of a single larger bulk object.
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