If you don’t cancel out parasitic drag then your propeller only becomes a liability as speeds increase. Large props have great efficiency at the L/D Max, but anything beyond that you quickly lose performance. Jets on the other hand don’t have that limitation.

Here’s a theory to blow everyone’s minds. The F-16 was taboo in as much as it would be taboo to admit an Su-30MKI was shot down. Both sides would be wise to offer little evidence anything but a MiG-21Bis(on) fighter and Mi-17 helicopter was shot down by a JF-17. Neither side would have to have egg on their face. The U.S. would be upset the F-16 was used. The Russians would be unpleasant if a Flanker of any type was admitted to be lost. Everyone goes home a winner. The second thing the IAF doesn’t have to mention is how awful the Su-30MKI drops bombs without the situational awareness and western navigation aids.

The hangars were designed for Category 3 storms. Maybe we should sprinkle them with magic pixie dust whenever a potential storm is coming. The base was already basically maxed out making the preparation they did do.

People don’t understand the magnitude of this storm. It’s an event that’s only happened three times in American history and the cone spanned an area that contained hundreds of miles of potential entry points.

With the turks joining the “One Belt One Road” alliance, what platform from China might they adopt? J-10? FC-1? J-31?

There comes a certain point where too much turns your vertical stab into a slicer.

Some Dassault love

Germany impose a fighter on Sweden. Phfft.

Until there is a drastic re-awakening of the German public, don’t expect military spending to increase drastically any time soon. Its a shame such a beautiful country is being stolen underneath their noses. The Russia-friendly Merkel government loved shifting money to their equivalent of socialist welfare. Do it for the poor children. Do it for the helpless elders and the invalids. Do it for the innocent migrant children. Putin just laughs at the west and how easy they’ve made it for him to run his scheme. Lots of German government spending sucked directly to Moscow for oil & gas supplies. Allegedly. Everyone knows Merkel is a Putin puppet. Even if America sells LNG to the EU, the fake eco-friendly German government will justify buying the dirtier supplies from Russia. German ministers lied to their population about green energy and money went east. I hope Typhoon technology doesn’t get sucked up, too.