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  • in reply to: Should Germany Bring Back the Iron Cross? #1913986
    sealordlawrence
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    Go for it, great symbol with a great history. Obviously the Swastika would be different (in the German context, of course it is benign in India) but I have no problem with the Iron Cross.

    in reply to: An interesting report on where SM-3 is going. #1788082
    sealordlawrence
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    I’ve read about the Deathstar, and I won’t be suprised if U.S. had it, SO WHAT, is your point??

    The point is that you have made a claim and refuse to back it up.:mad:

    in reply to: CVF #2087086
    sealordlawrence
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    I have been wondering and I’m increasingly worried about a capability gap when we may not have any carriers at all. The current carriers seem to be falling apart and I’m not surprised they are getting on a bit now will they last until the new ones are in service? What do people think?

    Are they falling apart?

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya delayed until 2011! #2087192
    sealordlawrence
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    You’ve made a great argument that you can read sources the best. . . . not. . .

    I have a lead over you in that I can actually provide sources.:rolleyes:

    What is your point about the Zhuk-M/F again? The F uses a Passive phased array, big deal. Fact of the matter is it was one of the SMT possible upgrades other than the Zhuk M.

    No it was tested on a Mig-29SMT. I have yet to see any evidence that it was actually offered and the fact that it has not been ordered by anybody does rather suggest that it was never offered. There are multiple levels of possible. The overriding point was that you know nothing about Russian airborne radars just like you know nothing about Russian missiles or the Russian Navy.

    I wasn’t talking to you anyway.

    Which begs the rather obvious question as to why you were quoting me. Not to mention an apparent inability on your part to understand how a public forum works.:rolleyes:

    in reply to: KC767, KC330….what latest? #2490064
    sealordlawrence
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    I’m only old enough to know about the JSF, but the countries that bought those planes could have bought other (European) planes. From the Saab 37 Viggen and JAS 39 Gripen to the Panavia Tornado and Dassault Rafale.
    But they decided that the American planes offered the best value for their money. Numerous countries also decided otherwise, because there are not only American planes in Europe. If you look at the fighters I think there are more European-made fighters than American-made fighters.

    And the partners in the F-35 project do spend some $4.4bn on the development of the aircraft. I agree that they might not have been able to develop their own aircraft (although I think the UK could have done that), but they could have also decided to go for the Rafale or Typhoon and invest their money in those planes.

    Not necessarily, many countries are tied into particular procurement cycles so they procure what is best at the time.

    in reply to: An interesting report on where SM-3 is going. #1788096
    sealordlawrence
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    If I’m a fanboy, the posts I posted would have been debunked as false, but scince it can’t, it shows just how weak your argument is.

    America has a death star. I dont need to provide any proof because you can not disprove it.

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya delayed until 2011! #2087364
    sealordlawrence
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    Typo. Meant Zhuk-MF. Supposedly more powerful processing than the M.

    Far more importantly (and something else that you clearly do not know) it uses a phased array rather than a slotted array. However as a project it is almost certainly dead now the Zhuk-AE is being developed.

    Yeah, and your maturity is just through the roof.

    Compared to yours it certainly is.

    in reply to: KC767, KC330….what latest? #2490241
    sealordlawrence
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    Except one thing Sealord I work as a Lobbiest on the Hill and I see what goes on everyday its part of my job so maybe folks you might want to rethink some crap alright because the Made in the USA thing has been come for a very long time.

    Oh and before someone ask what type of Lobby I do I’ll make it simple I and three other folks have been for the past two years been working with Congress to have the US Navy Ownership rules on aircraft over turned, for the record this is has lead to some items being allowed to be recovered IE stuff on Private Land but the fight is far from over, We plan on after the submitting a report on how and why the Naval History Center and the Navy Dept. are in direct violation of the very act they claim to use to uphold ownership on.

    As for this tanker well I had a very powerful Sen. tell me today that happens to sit on the Military Oversite Committee that they plan on freezing the funds.

    But then again you armchair folks seem to know more about what goes on in DC then I do right.

    On this forum, and indeed most others, you are not somehow superior to everybody else you are an equal as is everybody else. The fact is that you made a ridiculous suggestion and got a beat down for it.

    in reply to: KC767, KC330….what latest? #2490269
    sealordlawrence
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    I dont think that I have seen this forum rally against an child like this in quite a long time. Good show everybody and well done for insuring common sense wins the day.

    in reply to: KC767, KC330….what latest? #2490300
    sealordlawrence
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    ok fair enough….when you’ve finished removing all the engines from the USMC AV8’s can you leave them on the quayside and we’ll send a boat over to pick them up……..oh we’ll have the Navy T45’s back as well and I believe you’ll soon get a call from the Swiss for those Texans

    Not to mention that the M1A2’s main gun is a German design, the M9 pistol is from Italy, the SAW from Belgium, the new HK Grenade Launcher was designed in Germany, some of the new .50 cals are also FN, not to mention alot of the Israeli stuff that is floating around. This Scorpion89 guy is clearly crazy.

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya delayed until 2011! #2087528
    sealordlawrence
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    With a Zhuk-M, or especially ME model I don’t see how a MiG-29SMT is any worse than a Block 50/52 F-16.

    Where do you get this nonsense from, the Zhuk-ME is just the export variant of the Zhuk-M, if anything the latter would be the better radar.

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya delayed until 2011! #2087551
    sealordlawrence
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    Right back at you. :rolleyes:

    Well that was mature.:rolleyes:

    in reply to: Cavour vs Vikramditya #2087554
    sealordlawrence
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    :confused: Where do you see that in his response? I have been thru it several times but failed to locate any racistic context.:confused:

    If you go through star49’s posts on this forum you will find a continual overtone of racism. The theme being that asians can not do science.

    in reply to: INS Vikramaditya delayed until 2011! #2087831
    sealordlawrence
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    Probably the only way to go. MiG-29SMT wasn’t exactly the aircraft to keep you in the premier league. Offering an allrounder of roughly F-16C Block 40 standard might be enough for Chinese and a dream for Iran or the likes, but probably a deep embarassment for MIG which built premier Soviet fighters for last 60 years. Customers like Yemen or Eritrea hardly keep your pockets full.

    I personally am pleased to see MIG back in business and certainly wish the 35 a long export run as I have severe doubts that it will be welcome in its home country. If they build it somewhere on the level of a Rafale, then *My hat is down, gentlemen!*

    I doubt that would impress the Chinese anymore either.;) If the Mig-35 gets the MMRCA contract then I see no reason why it can not compete with the Typhoon (If Rafale loses in India its a dead duck as faras exports go) its just unfortunate the the Su-35 stops it in its tracks at home.

    in reply to: CVF #2087898
    sealordlawrence
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    Clearly, Super Carriers and able to carry more than 40 Aircraft. With a flight deck nearly the size of the USN Nimtz Class. Also, consider the footprint of the F-35B and Merlin. Only forty aircraft is laughable……….;)

    The only way you will ever find out how many aircraft these things can really take is if there is a very difficult conflict.;)

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