Originally posted by plawolf
not really, CAC has been ‘leaking’ J10 pics for years now. the way i figure, the J10 is only secret in name, and the main reason that it hasnt been unvailed yet is because there is no reason to do it. cos the j10 will not be offered for export in teh forseeable future. so there is no need in telling the world abt it.

I thought there was the possibility of seeing the J-10 in PAF colors by 2005. At least that was what rumor mill was a buzz with when Musharraf (or the ACM) visited China few months back.

The IN is also lookin to give the Harriers a much needed BVR weapon.

I am glad you stand by your words, really.

Your words:
“mature individuals can handle almost anything and everything that life can throw at them”

“Chinese kids were simply returning [the flame]. Quite a
natural response if you ask me.”

Hmm… returning flame for flame is natural to you yet you say mature individuals can let almost anything slide?

What am I to infer about you from those two statements?

For anything bleeding edge… expensive is the name of the game.

The Raptor’s tech will set the US aero industry apart from everyone else for at least a decade and a half and set the direction for even better things to come later.

The same was the case for every other platform that truly defined the first of a new generation: the super-carriers, the Aegis system, the nuke sub, etc. But later on, the price of the program turned out to be well worth it.

For the Raptor program, the key word is perseverance. The promised land is in sight.

Re: Re: Formal Apology

Originally posted by Haleyoneshoemak
they (Chinese) had been pushed into making the comments they did.

So, in your opinion, rapists are forced into raping their victims? Or are you saying that the Chinese kids on that forum are so weak willed that a rag tag group can manipulate them to do/say things they wouldn’t otherwise say?

Those are the 30MKs not the MKIs or the MKKs. Both the MKI and the MKKs have one more pylon under each wing and it is that pylon that can’t handle the R-73.

A more plausible method of developing bridges b/w India and China is by increasing trade rapidly where both countries become important trade partner of the other. Trade is where it’s at.

But India and China will remain strategic competitors. Both countries have skeleton crews manning the mutual border as a show of confidence in their relationship. But the underlying strategic (economic, political, and military) strains will be there. Just not as open as it is b/w India and Pak or China and Taiwan.