My comments were not really informative or noteworthy for a news thread 😉

We shld make a dedicated thread for hot Chinese girls in Stockholm (a blind try).

Well, in the waiting, here is the mightiest and grand-full one. So lean forward, cheers for the greatest of all time, the strongest and the true backbone of US military might:

(nor really a pic)

Greetings to all!

“Critical” for the Gripen, it’s a good word. That fits what a reasonable mind shld think around it.

Let’s wait and see what the beast is made out and then state such arguments as: Sea Gripen […] will make the their carrier a real force when at sea

Gripen Demo is fairly close to what the Gipen F would end up being (i think sexy is the word).

Regarding source codes etc i think its more likely that we will see an extensive API where users could design their own “stealth search”-modes with higher false target probability and longer filtering time (just to name one thing you might play with without needing the source code for the radar).

So if the Brazilians want the Gripen F I assume SAAB will let them design it (it’s part of the tech transfer programme)

Brillant!

Swedes generally know how to pack and market a product. Dassault shld sign an agreement with them to sell their own aircraft 😀

There is also one thing that we hve forgot to discuss that this deal tells us: Br has turn its back to the possibility of being a strategic mil partner in the region. There is a lot of missions that they hve discarded with this choice.

I think it is noteworthy to say without insulting Saab and the (laser) Saaber’s. So please, don’t rebound with that argument :love-struck:

Osprey under fire in South Sudan

“were fired on by small arms fire by unknown forces, according to U.S. Africa Command. All three aircraft sustained damage during the engagement.”

4 U.S soldiers were injured

Sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/
CNN.com

The Mi-28NM a modernized version of a fifth-generation.

Russia to Develop 5th-Generation Attack Helicopter by 2017

Extracted from the above link:

he capability to combat fighter jets and have a speed of up to 600 kilometers (370 miles) per hour.

!!!

I think the “joint” program idea is good, but its implementation (at least on F-35) is clearly not. F-35 program should have gone for a more common airframe on A and C variants, and that should have been based on carrier variant, similar to MiG-29K/MiG-35. I ask, what advantage does A variant have over C? An internal gun and 9G capability instead of 7.5G, and that’s it. As F-35’s maneuverability and CAC capabilites againist other 5th gen will always be questionable, I dont believe those “improvements” make any meaningful difference.

The VTOL “B” variant was always risky and should have been considered as a bonus: They should have made F-35 airworthy and combat capable first, than go for a VTOL derivative. If by that time, it turned out to be difficult, there was always X-32; which would then only need to fill the VTOL role.

9G is not nothing. 9g is where anyone can go. It’s an upper limit until we’ve got something like gyroscopic cockpits. yes some claim 10G. But wait. Hve you ever seen a pilot after it pulled its max G over a brief period of time? He ‘s almost knocked-off. There is a reason why aerobatics pilots learn their choreography on the tip of their fingers: to not having to think. Good luck to you if you are pulling 9G for minutes during a dogfight against my GrandMa flying an F4 Phantom!

No seriously. The post stall maneuverability is all abt pitching fast WITHOUT pulling g. To be convinced, borrow one of your kid’s roller, stand straight on top of it on the tip of your toes and then swirl like hell around the vertical axis*… Done? Ok, seat down for a minute… How much G did you feel? 5? 6? 9+? A mere 2 (sry long time I didn’t do the math on this one but the answer is close by). So with 2+G you was able to get a 180deg turn rate per second. That’s impressive. Do you get it now?

9G it for the speed. There is a reason why the 16 and the 35 hve tiny wings. You know that: to turn at a high rate without depleting too much energy. That’s where one of the fruit is in aerial combat. The other one i wich we put so much emphasis nowadays is supersonic fight.

Regarding the X32, in a world where marshmallows can grow on trees, perhaps the DoD will have founded two different planes. But giving that Boeing is heavily involved in the 35, I am not sure that pushing the 32 from Boeing forward for the Marines will have resulted in any economy being done. More the opposite!

*Wait! drop that laptop somewhere before!