A bit outside the usual hardware focus here, but I thought it fit in this thread:

South Korea and Russia agree open skies agreement for Vladivostok, Code Share agreements for rest of Russia

So assuming UK goes ahead and gets F-35B instead of C, what does that mean for UCAVs?
I suppose the Taranis-Neuron successor could still be CATOBAR-capable even if the UK doesn’t use that capability,
but would the UK just give up on carrier-based fast jet UCAVs? What is the scenario here? STOVL UCAVs?
It seems like CATOBAR capability is a feature that doesn’t overly impact performance in CTOL scenarios (and thus is acceptable for users who don’t operate carriers, like Germany), but a V/STOVL platform implies more signifigant changes and compromises that wouldn’t make sense for CTOL users. Of course, the UK could adopt both a CATOBAR capable platform (with France, and other partners interested in CTOL usage) along with a V/STOVL platform with parters interested in that (Italy, Spain, Japan, Australia, US Marines) but realistically speaking, that is going to be an additional level of expense… which the supposedly the rationale for dropping the otherwise more capable Cat and Trap system.
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Uh… F-35 isn’t a VTOL aircraft.

Anyhow, assuming the F-35B news is true, what repurcussions would it have?
I’m thinking the Taranis/NEUron follow-on strike UCAV platform.
I suppose UK would be OK in joining it as a CTOL-capable platform anyways even if they don’t plan on using it immediately?

A single controller can authorise multiple UAVs, the UAV just needs to alert the controller to take a look at a live feed for a few seconds to check the target and push the button. A single controller can therefore control many, many UAVs.
9th May 2012 21:22

(discussing man-in-the-loop UCAVs) Theoretically true, but in actual fact it’s more like a team of several operators are tasked to cover a ariety of tasks (navigating, piloting, targetting, deconfliction, etc) at a ratio above 1 human to 1 UCAV.

has ‘raptor2019’ ever posted any actual post, i.e. commentary, or just these ‘way too late’ pieces?
what is with this xairforces.net site anyways?
the whole thing just smells like traffic phishing to me… he doesn’t even respond IN ANY WAY to criticism.

Upgrades for the Rafale M F1 was decided before the final decision by India.

Thanks for the info.

Thanks for all the info, although I’m moderately informed of Japanese history, I don’t really follow Japanese military that closely, and given it’s not used by the other branches of JSDF my mind just remembered where I HAD seen that flag the most.

I completely understand the concept that it was ‘just Japan’s military flag’ previously, but the date of it’s emergence IS pretty much in line with Japan’s rise as an imperial power re: Korea, etc. That ultra-nationalists love to use the sunray version is also a fact that is going to reinforce people’s perceptions about this. JSDF land forces ceasing to use the sunray version while the Navy continues to use it is rather the sort of contrast whereby the sunray version would continue to be seen as a symbol of criminality, etc. Personally, I believe dealing with issues of substance re: Japan’s imperial heritage, which Japan has never done in the way that occured in Germany (popularly, both retained fascist power structure with US backing) would make symbolic issues like this much less charged, as well as improving Japan’s relations with all it’s neighbors.

Rising Sun Flag
Japanese subjugation of Korea

does it hold true when one side has DIRCM and the other doesn’t?