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  • in reply to: Military Aviation News-2014 #2248308
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    Kuwait receives uniquely-liveried C-17

    http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getasset.aspx?itemid=54419

    Looks good. Anyone able to grab the high-res version from Boeing site?

    Why would Egypt go for the Mig-29 and not a Flanker variant?

    Amongst other reasons probably because Russia would much prefer to sell MiG-29s. Flanker lines are running at capacity just for RuAF these days…

    in reply to: Chinese Air Power Thread 17 #2248522
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    I don’t think Japan is too worried about ‘insurgents’. They’re more in the business of, well, what the military should be in the business of.

    in reply to: The PAK-FA News, Pics & Debate Thread XXIV #2248528
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    For the life of me, i cannot find the laughable article a while back about how India’s T-50 will be super duper and with bigger share of composites. One of which was vertical tails being made into composite one etc. Anyone who remember more details about that article?

    So you are tired of Jo Asakura, ActionJackson, et al. but want to go back to this? :rolleyes:

    in reply to: Chinese Air Power Thread 17 #2248531
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    and this baby is so similar to the Japanese light helicopter
    http://s9.uploads.ru/aUte5.jpg

    They do look similar, but I prefer the Ninja for its sensor ball location:

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    WZ-10 is the better looking Chinese chopper, certainly one of the hottest attack helicopters around, period.

    in reply to: Dassault Rafale, News & Discussion (XV) #2248745
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    As it stands now, together these 2 barriers are proving insurmountable for Dassault.

    I don’t think anything about MMRCA is ‘insurmountable’ — in the absence of actual information, folks simply enjoy spinning their wheels, that’s all.

    in reply to: The PAK-FA News, Pics & Debate Thread XXIV #2248750
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    Is it possible to confirm how many flying prototypes are expected to join the program this year? I know there was talk of an additional static airframe and both a 6-1 and 6-2 for unknown reason. Perhaps these questions are clearer now for those plugged into the Russian internets.

    in reply to: Military Aviation News-2014 #2249134
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    Good news. That plan to replace Su-22s with MQ-9s (or similar) was pretty vomit-worthy.

    in reply to: The PAK-FA News, Pics & Debate Thread XXIV #2250109
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    Jo that radar is explicitly stated to be one for civilian use.

    In Russia, even civilian radars are counter-stealth.

    in reply to: The PAK-FA News, Pics & Debate Thread XXIV #2250213
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    [ATTACH=CONFIG]225416[/ATTACH]

    Just an angle I hadn’t seen before, screengrab from this video (12:18).

    //state of the badass art!

    in reply to: RuAF News and Development Thread part 13 #2250395
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    Moar Su-35S pics:

    http://dementievskiy.livejournal.com/298383.html

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    Is that a fighter jet being blessed by a Priest? :confused:

    (I’m not very familiar with Orthodox Christianity, apologies if I’m using the wrong terminology.)

    in reply to: India- PAK-FA or Rafale??? #2251440
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    BTW what hi-tech weapons can France offer which contains only its technology without EU or US collaboration, and does not have an analogue easily available elsewhere? I really can’t think of any, would appreciate your guidance.

    M51 ICBM.

    in reply to: Algerian military fatal crash kills many. #2251886
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    Oh no. You expect accidents from time to time, but not 100+ people… 🙁

    in reply to: Indian Missiles News #1789025
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    Huh, an Indian ASMP — that actually makes a lot of sense.

    in reply to: Saab Gripen & Gripen NG thread #3 #2252080
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    Nice, and obviously not work Brazil could’ve gotten with either Rafale or SH.

    in reply to: Now that the Russian's have caught up ……. #2252158
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    Was anything I said not correct?

    More like the basic visual field defect is so large that critiquing individual observations is both tedious and pointless.

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