Heres one for the F-35 heads around here.
Does the F-35B have the strengthened landing gear of the C model

How hard would it be to put the tougher landing gear, hook and catapult nose gear so the F-35s could just fit into a normal carrier circuit?

I remember a bou making a hard landing and being lifted out by a…. chinook!

I am concerned we are only ordering 7, I thought we would have been after a few more.

Also could see an add on to the P-8A order

Agreed, all UOR should be weighed against the risk faced and long term future of the product.

Yes, but neither Spain nor Australia have spent over 20 bln £ in Afghanistan and Iraq like Britain has, as i just found out with a quick search…

And ok, in Iraq let’s say that Britain will get her money back, since BP has taken the rights for oil extraction in one oil field. What’s the gain from Afghanistan? Unfortunately Britain has drawn the short stick in the alliance with USA. Now RAF will be sacrificed in order to maintain the presence in a lost cause.

excuse me? War is not a money making investment:mad:

australia is the largest non-NATO army contingent in Afghanistan

And since when can a guerilla force not be defeated? Malaya, Borneo, Oman come to mind.

The war WILL be won, as long as nay sayers dont pull us out before we get the chance to win:(

And the taliban doesnt have the support of the majority of people in afghanistan.ever been there? didnt think so

We retired the F-111 and bought 24 new aircraft because it was cheaper!

Then you have a strange way of showing it. Your posts have been full of both implied & outright criticism of British equipment (much of which you have suggested we scrap & replace with what Australia operates), senior officers, military administration & political leadership, all of which you have compared unfavourably to their Australian equivalents, & I haven’t seen any of the respect for the rest of the forces that you say you feel. Perhaps you have not fully realised how your posts come across.

I dont care if you use martian equipment, i am just saying if some of your procurements had been wiser and better thought out, some good savings could have been had. exactly like what happened here with the idiotic seasprite order. if we had spent the money on seahawks, we would have them already, and have saved money. are puma upgardes better than more chinooks and merlins?

And since the armed forces cant and wont protest(who wants to see what happened in london again-thats not protesting its hooliganism and thuggery), the best way for the message to get across is for a few brass to resign in disgust, and speak out.

I blame Die hard 4.0:diablo: