outside of the US, what other countries would find suitable use for the LCS type ships?

Any nation that operates FAC’s that operate in a high threat environment. It;ll never happen, but I am sure Iran could use a dozen of these.

Personally I would take a few Visby’s and perhaps a couple Danish Stanflex vessels instead.

A lot of Canadian military personnel (current and former) are gutted about this. This guy was a Challenger and Airbus A-310 qualified pilot. He flew the Prime Minister and the Governor General (Canada’s Head of State) overseas on multiple occasions and he also commanded at least one rotation at “Camp Mirage” Canada’s forward logistical base somewhere in the UAE that supports our ongoing committment to Afghanistan. Scuttlebutt was that he was also potentially up for command of our Air Force element in Kandahar (Heron UAV’s, Griffon and Chinook helos) in a future rotation.

He was also being groomed for General. If true the fact that he allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered a subordinate is just simply shocking and unbelieveable to Canadians, miilitary and civilian…. Let alone the possibly dozens of transgressions with civilians.

If true (innocent till proven guilty of course) how this guy was able to compartmentalize these sorts of heinous activities from his spouse, his family and a huge staff at a large military base is beyond me.

The C-X looks to be an excellent aircraft.

If I were South Africa wondering what to do without the A-400M I would be looking to Japan.

Infact if I were Japan I would be heavily marketing this aircraft around the world asap.

Good luck with that mate!

The Japanese kit has always been grossly overpriced as the Zaibatsu are more interested in having expensive homegrown projects they can overcharge the Japanese defense ministry for than anything else.

When the UK hangs Storm Shadows on the new Nimrods they will have a “poor man’s” B-52 long range bomber capability. That in of itself will increase the utility of the design.

If the UK wishes to continue to “punch above their weight” this is something they need to fund.

The question posted by this thread is not a sensible one with all due respect to the questioner, as it does not really address the realist such as it is. The F-35 is not going to be stopped in its entirety. Which of the three models that ees the light of day is another story.

The F-22 will never be exported. If the F-35 is cancelled the F-22 is not a viable replacement for F-16’s, A-10’s and F/A-18C’s. The only other relatively modern American fighter in the pipeline os the F/A18E-F.

At this point the F-35A is a done deal. The USA needs it and has no alternatives as they’ll never buy anything but domestic. Billions have been spent at this point and the program has ay too much momentum within the USA at least. It could be debated that virtually everybody else outside of the USA has other options (Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen, Rhino, etc.). How it would fly politically in nations that have already spent tens of millions in R&D to buy something else is another matter.

The F-35B is needed by the UK, Spain, Italy and the US Marines (assuming the Marines want to keep V/STOL as a capability). Again I ask where are the other options available?

The F-35C is the on that is most vulnerable I believe if the USA is looking to save some dollars. At this point only the USN I believe is committed to it.

I for one think the “A” model should be trashed and development of the “B” and “C” models continued. Nations like Australia and Canada for example have had much success with navalized Hornets and the “C” model has some advantages over the “A” model when it comes to range and payload.

This will cost lives. Plain and simple.

Innocent civilians will die needlessly due to the simple fact that SAR will be degraded with the loss of such an important asset.

I am reminded (as a Canadian) of the Liberals under Chretien canceling the EH101’s as a Sea King replacement back in 1993. Numerous Canadian flight crews have died in ancient CH-124’s as a consequence of running on in worn out helicopters.

I hope Chretien can’t sleep at night. And I guarantee that the Brown government will rue the day they did this.

Waste of time. Canada will nicely shut up and get that comical fat sluggish bird that accelerates better than clean Block 50..

Unfortunately I agree with you Flex. Fanboys can spin it all they like but the F-35 is a pig, and flying a small number of SINGLE engine aircraft over the second largest nation on earth does not seem to make a lot of sense to me. I would even be happy with F18E/F or Rafale than F-35. The Typhoon would be ideal, but it’ll never happen.

With all due respect, we all share “public domain” information here regularly and freely amongst one another. But you will not likely get help in violating copyright on a forum posted by a publishing company.