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  • March 20, 2025 at 4:34 pm in reply to: General Discussion #254826
    xena
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    Well, Europe is the the same like any of the other governments in Europe. It’s only bigger, much bigger. 😉

    July 6, 2019 at 1:27 pm in reply to: Hypothetical Dogfight EE Lightning v Mig21 #2093598
    xena
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    Where are the charts?

    June 11, 2019 at 3:53 pm in reply to: Franco-German next generation fighter #2095811
    xena
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    Fins and logistics (not our Nordic friends): If you need to airlift a box that has twice the volume and 10 to 20% more mass (think at the box material etc…) 200 times a week during war operation, this will impact directly your logistical train, cutting frontline units from needed supply etc… Logistics means choice: operational choices first and mainly.

    AFAIK fins are not mounted on transport. So the box remains small.

    May 7, 2019 at 2:29 am in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2100506
    xena
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    Not for me, rear seems very different

    1Saludo

    The One on the F-4 was a LAD (Low Altitude Dispenser). The one on the F-16 was a LOCLAD (LOw Cost Low Altitude Dispenser). The LOCLAD was a cheaper and lighter and powered LAD with three Sidewinder motors.

    May 7, 2019 at 2:21 am in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2100510
    xena
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    Did it really fly in this configuration?

    April 22, 2019 at 2:19 pm in reply to: Su-15TM vs F-104G #2101942
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    What was the job of the Su-15? Wasn’t it a pure interceptor? So agility wasn’t demanded. Phantom can not be taken for comparison, because it was a multi role fighter. I would not compare similar aircraft. I would compare specific fighter with their likely opponents. Who were the opponents of the Su-15? In the southern area it was F-104 and F-4. The typical indicators say, that Su-15 should be more agile than F-104. Now we should take a deeper look into the details. Is there a flight manual of the Su-15 around?

    April 22, 2019 at 2:04 pm in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2101945
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    Are you sure? In this F-4D, the LAD it’s very different…

    https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81VQljbyivL._SL1500_.jpg

    1Saludo

    Yes, I am sure. You showed the same picture and the missile is the same. 😉

    April 14, 2019 at 10:43 am in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2103060
    xena
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    This is LAD from Brunswick. It was part of a NATO wide program for a dispensing weapon. This led for example to the Franco German Apache wich was split into French Scalp/EG and German Taurus.

    April 14, 2019 at 10:22 am in reply to: Postwar luftwaffe aircraft acquisition #2103065
    xena
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    BTW… Mirage III was not considered. The choise was on Super Tiger or F-104. The responsible Luftwaffe general opted for the Super Tiger but Lockheed intervened with a lot of money for certain politicians…

    In the end, F-104G performed very well on tree top level missions for these days, but was a very unsafe aircraft.The Mirage was droped because with it’s big wing performed bad in tree top level.

    Tornado performed much better in tree top level than any other fighter, better than F-16 and other contemporary jets. It was the right choice for that job in these days.

    January 15, 2019 at 4:23 am in reply to: Impressive Weapons Load 2 (again) #2121732
    xena
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    Isn’t this a fake?

    November 25, 2018 at 4:28 pm in reply to: ASELSAN CAFRAD #1783290
    xena
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    This is the radar. OK. But what are the missiles?

    October 28, 2018 at 4:01 pm in reply to: 2018 F-35 News and Discussion #2124959
    xena
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    Isn’t that called banana ware, because it matures in the hands of the customers?

    October 27, 2018 at 4:47 pm in reply to: "New" Forum issues. #218123
    xena
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    Seems that Brexit is in progress. The availability of Key Publishing Forums is worse than ever here on the continent. What happens?

    October 4, 2018 at 5:21 am in reply to: RuAF News and development Thread part 15 #2125756
    xena
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    Thank you totoro.

    October 3, 2018 at 4:52 am in reply to: Russian Space and Missiles thread #5 #1783399
    xena
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    I am not sure. There are rumors of a new anti satellite weapon. May be this is it.

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