Here you are, this is a Canadian VDS under test.

Except its not designed for the fighter/interceptor role especially not at high altitude. Sort of alot a money to spend on something that cant do the role its intended.

Well from what I hear they don’t need an interceptor for high altitude work, Drug runners always fly at low levels in order to throw of governement radar. Besides the AMX/T is a LIFT and thus can do the job of both the F-5 and the old T-33’s and also they could still buy their Super Tucano’s

Personally I think the FAM would do well with a squadron or two of AMX/T’s. These are cheap enough and non European/American and they won’t ring any alarm bells in America since these are not Chinese or Russian.

Failing that, India could have it’s first customer for their Tejas, these too would be rather cheap.

On an extreme measure, SAAB has long been known to do very favourable deals in offsets for purchasing their Gripen.

In any case I don’t think the FAM want more “hand-me-downs” from the US or any other country. They have started dealing in the home built market and perhaps the Javelin might be a solution, but there again the US will want to control their actions, this is why Mexico has started buying non US equipment.

Very nice pics mate, what camera do you use and what film?

LPD’s and LPX’s are used for different missions, I know about the TNI-AN’s purchase, their so called “Hospital ship”, be interesting to see what becomes of it.

From my sub experience a good Skipper will hug a thermal like a child hugs a blankie. If he launches an attack, he’ll program the torp to snake above and below the layers like a dolphine on the surface, that way he is assured that the fish will be assured of finding a target both above and below.

A Skipper under attack with ride a layer in order to help confuse the incoming, he would porpoise the layers and drop a few countermeasures on either side of the layer to help throw it off. then he’d either go deep and silent (the Russian way) or blow and surface running at all speed (the American way). IMHO a good Skipper will think about what happens after the worst case, at least on the surface some of the crew can survive, down deep if you’re hit no one will survive.

Has SK offered this ship on the market? I could think of a few countries who would buy them