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  • July 24, 2011 at 6:23 am in reply to: KFX-III TENDER IS ON #2374236
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    Don’t be so sure they will not. Russia needs cash for future development and ROK is willing to spend cash for it. The ROK can manufacture anything the Russians can design, so really all they need is the engineering know-how behind the project.

    July 24, 2011 at 5:57 am in reply to: F-111 retired early? #2374242
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    USAF should have kept EF-111 Raven in service, especially since there was no replacement available in a near future. Raven offered much better performance than USN’s Prowler in terms of speed/acceleration, while its avionics could have been upgraded to Prowler’s level.

    Speed and acceleration aren’t the key metrics for electronic warfare. The EA-6B was rightly retained and EF-111 retired.

    July 23, 2011 at 4:00 am in reply to: Der Pak-Fa Episode 17, return of the stealth #2374376
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    Foxpaw (as in Faux Pas)

    July 22, 2011 at 6:19 am in reply to: Compare/Contrast: JAS-39 and JF-17 #2374514
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    It’s really big, whatever it is.

    July 20, 2011 at 12:43 pm in reply to: will the F-4 outlast the MiG-29 in service in 2020? #2374951
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    F-4’s have a 19 year head start so to outlast the F-4 they’ll need to be flying until around 2040.

    July 17, 2011 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Compare/Contrast: JAS-39 and JF-17 #2375695
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    Jf-17 is more conventional design; whereas the Gripen is designed around Sweden’s needs of operating from dispersed airfields, ease of maintenance in the field, and network-centric operations. Basically until we know more it’s comparing a third generation design that’s been reworked versus a true fourth generation design.

    July 17, 2011 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Six Su-30MK2 deal for Uganda #2375728
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    What can they possibly prove with six?

    July 17, 2011 at 4:55 pm in reply to: J-20 Black Eagle – Part 5 #2375758
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    Yes, not to you.

    July 17, 2011 at 5:25 am in reply to: J-20 Black Eagle – Part 5 #2375838
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    The gap you identify is probably just the edge of the RAM laminate.

    July 14, 2011 at 11:47 pm in reply to: F-111 retired early? #2376321
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    GPS Guidance made their weapon system obsolete.

    July 14, 2011 at 11:16 pm in reply to: F-111 retired early? #2376343
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    F-111, like the Mirage IV, were retired to sate the Russians.

    July 14, 2011 at 12:59 pm in reply to: Pakistan Air Force Thread 4. #2376511
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    So the PAF will operate what air-to-air missiles in the 2015-2020 timeframe?

    July 14, 2011 at 4:15 am in reply to: J-20 Black Eagle – Part 5 #2376590
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    What’s a Snow Owl? If ASIC designated the J-20 surely they would honor it’s Russian design roots by naming it Foxtail or something along those lines.

    July 13, 2011 at 12:29 pm in reply to: KFX-III TENDER IS ON #2376718
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    What engines appear to be candidates for an indigenous KFX? The Japanese Shinshin project has something akin to an M88. The MCA is using Kaveri, right?

    July 11, 2011 at 11:56 am in reply to: Nice MMRCA News and Discussion 9 #2377145
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    If firing ARMs makes you pack it up and move then it’s out of action and the ARM won. S300 wasn’t intended to shut down for ARM, rather it was meant to operate under conditions of an attack. The S300 system is also meant to operate in an aggressive ECCM environment.

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