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May 11, 2010 at 6:43 pm in reply to: New Swedish stealth Aircraft concept? #2398855

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does anyone see the the remblance with earlier concepts? 😉

That’s the one…it looks like a single-engined version of the one in the drawing.

I hope something comes out of it and gives the international community more stealth fighter options.

—–JT—–

May 10, 2010 at 5:43 pm in reply to: New Swedish stealth Aircraft concept? #2399480

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Interesting…it’s a stealthier Gripen. Similar to some designs that were proposed by SAAB.

—–JT—–

May 4, 2010 at 3:46 pm in reply to: PAK-FA complement ? #2404016

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The LFI would make it more attractive in the international market. Besides the F-35, there are no other light 5th gen fighters out there.

—–JT—–

April 20, 2010 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Iranian "stealth fighter" #2416549

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Those drawings look very similar to the old MiG I-2000 drawings but with the wings reshaped.

—–JT—–

April 1, 2010 at 6:42 pm in reply to: Japanese ATD-X makes first flight #2396766

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April 2nd headline “ATD-X Grounded Indefinitely After First Flight” 😀

—–JT—–

March 30, 2010 at 4:57 pm in reply to: Pocket Stealth fighter – asymmetric ace card? #2399690

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I agree, it would be too specialized. For such a niche role, I would say a good UCAV would be better. Small, very stealthy and more affordable to these countries. It may not match a human pilot but these machines do have their benefits (such as higher g-loads).

—–JT—–

March 10, 2010 at 4:51 pm in reply to: Mig vs Sukhoi:PAK-FA Design #2427067

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Funny enough…that picture actually came quite close to the actual flying prototype of the PAK-FA.

—–JT—–

March 9, 2010 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Mig vs Sukhoi:PAK-FA Design #2427416

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This reminds me of the YF-23 vs YF-22. The MiG design looks more like the YF-23 (and looks to be the stealthier than the Su design) and the Sukhoi more like the YF-22.

—–JT—–

March 1, 2010 at 3:57 pm in reply to: Falklands War 2010 #2430209

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Sorry gents – but I was just looking at a book which states –
‘Argentina continues to be a good Israeli customer, and it was reported in 1984 that IAI had begun to supply three Gabriel III/AS missiles for each A-4 Skyhawk.’

Can anyone confirm that Argentina uses or has Gabriel ASM’s??

Regards
Pioneer

I don’t believe this transaction ever went through. As far as I know, Argentina only uses the Exocet missile.

—–JT—–

February 23, 2010 at 9:55 pm in reply to: Falklands War 2010 #2431039

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I guess it would be interesting to see the reaction if the scenario was reversed a bit and let’s say there was a similar situation where there’s a small island off the coast of the UK in the same proximity as the Falklands/Malvinas are to Argentina but the Chinese have occupied it for over 150 years and they found oil around the island and are now ready to begin drilling for it. How would the UK gov’t deal with it? Not sure if they would also take it very lightly and would probably be making the same types of protests.

—–JT—–

February 23, 2010 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Falklands War 2010 #2431117

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It’s a shame that both governments (UK and Arg) didn’t use this as an opportunity to strengthen their relationship instead of getting to this point. Both countries could have cooperated and shared the expenses of developing the oil fields as well as reaping any profits. That way both sides win without getting into this political battle. If that initial cooperation worked, who knows what other positive measures would come in the future.

—–JT—–

February 3, 2010 at 8:16 pm in reply to: 6th generation combat aircraft? #2394695

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That’s an interesting idea being proposed by Boeing but I doubt anyone who would spend a lot of money on F-18’s Block 3 aircraft (which will still be very expensive) will be willing to then quickly purchase a 6th Gen fighter. The only way would be if Boeing sets up a lease program where an interested country could lease the new F-18’s and maybe use part of the money that they invested with that as a payment towards the purchase of the 6th Gen aircraft.

—–JT—–

February 3, 2010 at 8:11 pm in reply to: the Novi Avion(cancelled Yugoslav project-4th Eurocanard) #2394698

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Looks like a mini Rafale. Would have been a great project for them.

—–JT—–

February 2, 2010 at 4:59 pm in reply to: COIN aircraft carrier #2008512

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I like the idea of a small UCAV aircraft carrier. UCAVs can be a great option for COIN and low-intensity warfare.

Check out BAE’s proposal:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/09/18/216843/bae-systems-stealth-ship-concept-to-operate-unmanned-systems.html

—–JT—–

February 1, 2010 at 3:37 pm in reply to: 6th generation combat aircraft? #2397760

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http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2009/October%202009/1009fighter.aspx

Good article. I agree that hypersonic cruise capabilities may not be developed for the 6th Gen but definitely some of its weapons will be able to go at those high speeds. More likely that a 6th Gen UCAV will have the capability to reach hypersonic speeds and may be the first wave of attack in a future 6th Gen fighter scenario.

If they also need to be able to shrink the power requirements for directed energy weapons to the point where it will fit in a fighter sized aircraft, the 6th Gen may still be some decades away.

—–JT—–
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