Interesting….. it seems that UK still has to buy a few F-35B…..

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5078474&c=AME&s=AIR

Defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a contract worth $3.48 billion to manufacture 31 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft for the U.S. and U.K. militaries, the Pentagon announced Nov. 19.

The contract for the Lot IV aircraft will cover the production and delivery of 16 short take-off, vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning aircraft for the Marine Corps, four F-35C carrier variants for the Navy, 10 F-35A conventional landing jets for the Air Force and one STOVL aircraft for the British Royal Navy, according to the announcement.

The president still has the right to veto any attempt of reviving F-22 from the Congress.

The GOP won’t be able to revive the project of F-22 until:

1. It gets back The President of USA in the next election.

or

2. It changes the mind of Obama successfully.

Unless directly confirmed by the relevant parties or using named sources, any such news should ALWAYS be taken with a pinch of salt. Fiction is fiction. But anyone who reads it should know how easy it is to plant a story in papers – for parties with resources, and there are plenty of them in this case.

ps. If this telegraph news item is false??? i dont think anyone expects to go through the BBC-like iraq dossier grilling.

AH, another European-style Trilogy of military exportation…….

“Our product has been proved to be the best of best !!:eek:”

“Our chance to win the competition has become higher and higher !!!:D”

“We lose the game because of nothing wrong with our product, but the God damn American political pressure !!!!:mad:”

A Raptor which under US law isn’t available for export!

Who cares?? Dr Carlo Kopp only tells you (in almost every his articles) that F-22A is the only western fighter which is deserved to buy right now. So, it is not his fault if your country has no way to buy it ~ It is your fault that why you are not born to be an American 😀

i dont think power is the problem, compactness and cooling solution is a bigger factor.

With the same generation and class of technology, the bigger fighter often has:

1. More fuel for the more powerful electrical generator and cooling system to generate more power and better cooling function.

2. More space and loading to equip the bigger, heavier, and more powerful electrical generators and cooling systems.

No matter how compact the NG electrical and cooling systems can be, the bigger fighter with the same generation of electrical and cooling systems often has more space and fuel to do the thing better.

The only real highlight in that magazine is that the internal fuel of the Typhoon is finally disclosed on an official public document. Five tons.

Personally, I think the most interesting part in this magazine should be the Mr. CRAIG PENRICE’s explanation of the advantage of swashplate techonology for Typhoon’s future AESA radar (Page 15):

“The WFoR Repositioner AESA equipped Typhoon pilot will be able to increase his separation from a threatening missile at almost twice the rate of his fixed plate AESA equipped opposition.”

“This wide field of view has significant benefits in both air-to-air and air-to-surface engagements allowing Typhoon to turn away from, but still engage, target aircraft and carry out high resolution SAR modes whilst maintaining a safe distance from enemy forces.”

And as for the Air Combat Effectiveness Chart according to DRA’s study in page 11:

(Air Combat Effectiveness results are scenario dependant. Data shown versus non-VLO threat fighters)

* EF-2000 + AIM-120 + CAPTOR-M + EJ-200: 75% (or 3 : 1 of exchange ratio).

* EF-2000 + Meteor + CAPTOR-M + EJ-200: 85% (or 5 to 6 : 1 of exchange ratio).

* EF-2000 + Meteor + CAPTOR AESA + EJ-230: 91% (or 10 : 1 of exchange ratio).

* F-22 Air Combat Effectiveness Band: 85% to 98% (up to 49 : 1 of exchange ratio).

In 1982, when Argentina invaded Falkland islands, the UK’s military power on that island was: 57 marines, 11 sailors, and 25 to 40 citizen soldiers. And Argentina amphibious assault force sent 600 troops to conquer that island.

Today, the daily UK’s military power for Falkland islands is:
* Army: 500 soldiers.
* Navy: one destroyer or frigate + one SSN.
* Airforce: four Eurofighters + one AAR tanker.

If Argentina wants to invade Falkland islands once again in the near future, lets see how its amphibious assault force to pass the attack from the Astute SSN with 38 spearfish torpedos and TALM cruise missiles, and then sending thousands of troops to the island at first………