British humor?

What?

Thanks for posting! Are there any plans to re start this program? I would not be surprised if there is considering the recent developments in Russian strategic forces.

My speculation comes from the simple understanding of the trade-offs one has to do for a Mach3 aircraft. Either you get a very expensive bird like the Blackbird, which is close to unusable for normal squadron service. Or you get a flying compromise like the MiG-25.
And first of all: the USAF had an aircraft that could perform the mission.

Why hunt subsonic jets and turbo-props with Mach 3 interceptors? The distance between Island and UK is good for F-4 with triple drop tank. No need for dogfight anyways. No Russian supersonic bomber would have made it into the “GUIK” gap, at least not if he uses supersonic speed at any time. Minimum radius required is 3500km, which actually reduces the possible aircraft to Tu-16 and Tu-95.

Its GIUK, Greenland Iceland United Kingdom. Russian bombers can and do make there way there.:rolleyes:

Why not use a Mach 3 aircraft? In fact why use a supersonic aircraft at all.:rolleyes:

The F-108 never came beyond mock-up, and detailed design wasn’t even started. Your performance figure is pure speculation, and when one compare the gap between promised performance and actual performance, especially of design in 1960s, we can assume that F-108 would have been another billion-dollar mediocre aircraft, something like the American MiG-25, which can be rated a desaster in episodes for the first 10 years of development.

First you dismiss the Mach 3 figure as pure speculation and therefore useless, then you speculate that the program would have been a faliure. So by your own standards that post is utterly useless.:p

I can exactly see Sferrins point, use could certainly have been made of the F-108 both over and around North America and in the GIUK gap and North Sea.

Thanks radar:

I just saw this article in google. Anyways based on what you said, the CEA-Mount can atleast handle 4-8 missiles in 180 degree threat axis using 2 directors in ICWI mode.

This is a vast improvement given that the Hobarts can handle less than that if they get the SPG’s.

CEA should hurry up developing this illuminator, the US can even use it to improve the the Burkes while waiting for the SPY-3.

Your thoughts?

Well the USN will ultimately have about 80 Aegis ships and they will be in service for decades yet so there is certainly a large possibility that upgrades will be pursued and new illuminators would be a good start.

Like a bolt out of the blue!
The talk of ‘Flankers and know 100 x Bell 412!
Where did Mexico come across all this cash?

Regards
Pioneer

The Flankers have been canned- that is not happening.

Why the CF-105 over the longer range, faster, better radar F-12 or F-108? I realize the F-12 had some logistical issues to solve (which were for the most part) but the F-108 was designed from the outset for line service.

That is exactly what I was thinking!!!;)

Does the delay really matter?

If the Indian defense agancies can´t even get the vessel´s delivery underway on time, how does anybody expect the same persons responsible (on the Indian side) for the delay to operate this carrier to the fullest of its limited abilities, MiG29Ks or not?

A vessel of this size and power requires pretty deep logistics; if the ship is not just to sit in its harbor and rust.

The Delay is coming from the Russian side.:rolleyes: