RBS 15 just like the Gripens and those wonderful Sisu trucks.

So says the brochure, but my point was are they actually integrated yet? 😎

But what would be the point? UK isn’t going to operate F35B now.

Exports.

If aircraft overtly damage the ozone layer, why would they try to repair it covertly??

If any airline (or military) are trying to do some good in this world, why are they not jumping up and down shouting “Look at us, we’re saving the planet!!”

You know why?……………they’re not.

That’s why this is still bo****ks.

Tridents pretty much nailed it, end of.

If you are interested in debating this, getting all heated and attacking me is probably not going to get you anywhere as I am just relaying information I have read and take no position on the topic. Also, try to be less emotional 😉

Are there any pictures of the construction of the flight deck so far?

What would be in these ‘chemicals’?

Why?? To what end??

Releasing ‘chemicals’ at 30,000′ say over London, would probably land on Moscow, hardly precision:rolleyes:

So why has nobody been caught refilling a BA B757 at LHR with chemicals??

Is it a conspiracy theory?

Who is doing it??

I can tell you why there are no answers to the above…..

Its bo****ks:rolleyes:

How anybody can be suckered into this rubbish is beyond me.

I doubt they would want to dump chemicals over London, more likely the North Pole as thats where the ozone damage is worst.

The Chemicals could be something to reduce global warming, so perhaps some thing like fine bit of aluminium to form some kind of reflective cloud. That is of course assuming you believe in global warming or the possibility to prevent global warming or that they are attempting to do so, all are well up for debate.

Where do you intend to buy them:confused:
Plus, they are of not so great value without proper delivery means. Or you plan on sending a lunatic with a backpack who is about to become the most famous suicide bomber?

Or you have idea of buying one of Russian Typhoons (fully packed) which are about to be decommissioned? Which wouldn’t be that bad idea:D

Most of the equipment of Durango seems obsolete and any assault by its neighbors would be a walk in the park for them. Even $2bn would hardly change the situation. Buying a bit of everything for all armed forces would just make them look nice but would hardly make for a credible deterrent.
It really takes a lot of thinking to figure out what can be done with this amount of money, so I’ll think of it tomorrow…

Obviously one would have to develop them, though its hard to say what this would cost. Nerve gas would probably be more economical anyway. The deterrent could probably be based on two to three diesel SSKs with some high speed land attack missiles.

This was not for that reason that i posted the same kind of message asking for the topic not to drift away.

The reason is simple: This is a topic about a missing person so i check for news hoping he’s okay; i check for news by seeing bold thread titles indicating you have new messages in this thread hoping to have news…instead i have a dicussion on manned vs unmanned planes..

As Grey Area said, there is a difference between being respectful, and acting like we are standing there whilst the family is speaking at the funeral. Sure, if we start talking about manned vs unmanned aviation at the funeral while the family is giving a speech then that would be one thing, but discussing unmanned vs manned aviation as related to the incident (not my idea btw) on a forum about aviation then its quite another. We need to avoid going OTT with it, its not as if anyone here is a close friend of the pilot, and if that were the case then it would be better to have one thread for the incident and another for condolences in any case.

People already try to sue the SAR guys. My Uncle worked for the MOD once and had to deal with a case where the rescued people sued because the winch crew popped the inflatable raft they’d drifted out to sea on so it didn’t get pulled up into the rotor.

I’d be tempted to smack them in the mouth 😡