The Mexican economy must be stronger than I assumed it was. :confused:

Wasn’t landing at the old HK Kai Tak airport a bit of a challenge?

I landed there many times as a passenger & saw many planes land as a ground spectator.

A fair few sharp turns at low level involved, as far as I can recall.

hyperwarp,

can SL afford any new fighters at the moment?

I’ve visited SL & I like it, shame about the politics 🙁

Would SL be able to acquire any 2nd hand upgraded Mirage III/5/50s e.g if/when SAAF retires its Atlas Cheetahs or Chilean Panteras?

What about the Chengdu J-7G/J-7MG? I would guess they are relatively inexpensive.

$7.3 billion?

That’s quite a chunk of change.

How much does a new USN CVN cost nowadays? US$3 billion?

How much would a carrier battle group cost?

F-22 – very nice piece of kit, but a tad pricey. 🙂

As a UK taxpayer, I find it incredibly frustrating how little we spend on defence,
despite the fact we are engaged in not one, but two wars.

As the Typhoon takes over more roles from the Tornado, it would make financial sense to increase the emphasis in tasking of Tornado F3s towards SEAD, since I asume the Typhoon will be the UK’s primary air defence/superiority fighter.

As an aside, would the Jaguar (now prematurely retired) have been a good SEAD platform, with a couple of ECM pods & ALARMs?

props vs jets

I’ve always wondered what effect, if any two propellers turning at high-speed only a few metres away fro the AEW radar would have on the E-2 Hawkeye radar performance.

I would guess this would be a big factor in favour of jet-powered AEW aircraft vs. turboprop-powered AEW aircraft.

Anybody know the answer?

C-X export potential?

I know Japan has restrictions on arms sales, but do you think there could be an export potential for the C-X?

It would be inconceivable that the C-X would be armed in any way.
Presumably export sales would help reduce the unit cost through economies of scale…?

The P-X does look a little oddly proportioned – as was said above, maybe a stretched version could be made in future? Wouldn’t it be more efficient, with more internal volume?