Page 69 – Key Publishing

jbritchford

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 1,021 through 1,035 (of 1,693 total)

← 1 2 3 … 68 69 70 … 111 112 113 →

Author

Posts
April 28, 2008 at 9:49 pm in reply to: KC767, KC330….what latest? #2465386

jbritchford
Participant

I think this is the main problem most people have, Rogerout.

If the US had just offered the contract to Boeing from the start purely to protect US jobs, that would be fine. They might not be getting the best for their money, but its a completely understandable move.

If you have a competition, then you have to be prepared to let any entrant win it; its no use saying ‘well, we didn’t want YOU to win, so we’re giving it to the other guy anyway’, which is really what US politicians and Unions are saying. It makes a mockery of the entire procurement process, and if the protests go through would ultimately be worse for the US, it would put off foreign manufacturers from entering anything for decades to come.

April 27, 2008 at 10:06 pm in reply to: Another Tamil Air-raid #2465826

jbritchford
Participant

If you are advocating firebombing large areas in the hope of hitting something useful, a certain superpower has already tried this strategy in south east Asia and came back with nothing in the way of results.

Unless they have actual targets to pinpoint you might as well not bother.

On a side note, if anyone has read the latest issue of AFM there is a very interesting article on Slovenian AF PC-9s, bear with me.
On training flights with USAF F-16s, they have actually performed very well as mock dogfights, even managing to splash a few vipers, partly because (crucial bit here!) the F-16s found it very difficult to get an IR lock on the small heat signature of the swifts.
Admittedly they got the swifts every time in BVR, but you can’t have it all! 😀

So until the Sri-Lankan AF gets some BVR kits or other radar guided weapons, it looks like the LTTE will keep flying. What odds do we give them on taking down a Kfir? :diablo:

April 27, 2008 at 11:09 am in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon news II #2465983

jbritchford
Participant

If they do want half of their order second hand, can that be matched by any of these offers? If it is a vital condition to the agreement, we can probably rule out the F-16, F-18 and Rafale straight away.

April 10, 2008 at 11:06 am in reply to: The real price of European fighters #2472007

jbritchford
Participant

Are they comparing flyaway costs to lifetime costs or just pulling numbers out of the air?

March 25, 2008 at 1:23 am in reply to: Confusing Russian Aircraft. #2477987

jbritchford
Participant

Has Tu-160 production of new parts begun again or are they still using up spares left from the 1990s?

Do we have any official announcements about re-starting new builds?

March 22, 2008 at 10:52 am in reply to: Affordable lightweight fighters #2479982

jbritchford
Participant

The aircraft itself might be viable, but the costs of setting up a production line and tooling up would be high, eliminating the ‘affordable’ from it.

March 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Five MiG-29s for Sri lanka. #2481189

jbritchford
Participant

If these things get delivered they might as well paint a bullseye on all of them for the LTTE.

The propaganda value of decimating the Sri lankan AF’s new toys would be immense, and from their recent operations it seems it is well withing the capabilities of the LTTE

March 20, 2008 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Should the UK get the F35C? #2481192

jbritchford
Participant

Wishful thinking: (:diablo: )

150 F-35B for the RAF
100 F-35C for the RN

What we will get:

150 (if we are very lucky) F-35B for the both of them. 🙁

March 14, 2008 at 2:27 pm in reply to: KC-45: Lockheed, are you listening? #2484591

jbritchford
Participant

I think that licence built would be fine for the US, just depends on whether they can resist the lockheed lobby.

March 14, 2008 at 2:25 pm in reply to: Super Hornet on verge of becoming export success? #2484594

jbritchford
Participant

SH is a decent enough Airplane, but when nations have the choice of Gripen, Typhoon, Rafale, F-15 late models, and F-35, it has alot of competition.

I did muse about the possibility of the USAF considering some, to fill the huge gap that may happen if the F-15 had to be withdrawn early and the F-35 IOC dropped back a few years. Either that or they could buy some new build F-15s?

March 11, 2008 at 4:43 pm in reply to: Hornets 'n Harriers: Question #2486249

jbritchford
Participant

Thats what I was thinking. There is too big a gap between F-35 introduction and F-16 retirement.

March 11, 2008 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Other EJ200 based aircraft #2486253

jbritchford
Participant

The only things I can think of is the MAKO (Which has decided against anyway) and the T-50/A-50, which has no reason to be changed.

March 10, 2008 at 10:39 am in reply to: Help,about the 21630 artillery ship #2085843

jbritchford
Participant

http://warfare.ru/?linkid=2553&catid=271

Basic specs here

March 10, 2008 at 10:38 am in reply to: Mexican General Mexico needs F-16s and F-18s by 2012 #2486953

jbritchford
Participant

What do we think Mexico would buy?

Block 50/52 F-16s of second hand models?

As for Hornets, from what i hve read there are no current operators that are willing to give up any, so that might mean an order for Super Hornets?

March 10, 2008 at 10:36 am in reply to: General Discussion #345196

jbritchford
Participant

By builidng both this and the Columbus module for the ISS, ESA probable has the know-how to create a manned module based on the Jules Verne?

I suppose it would need a re-design for re-entry systems, but the principles are in place at least
Author

Posts

Viewing 15 posts - 1,021 through 1,035 (of 1,693 total)

← 1 2 3 … 68 69 70 … 111 112 113 →