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April 21, 2005 at 10:15 am in reply to: F-22A Pics, News & Speculations Thread #2613560

SteveO
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Thanks for sharing Jai, some nice footage of weapon releases and a 20mm Gatling gun test is always entertaining.

April 20, 2005 at 9:45 pm in reply to: Return of the Battleships??? #2053174

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Maybe they could remove the turrets and fit them to a new build, low cost hull.

After all, their 16″ main battery is the only capability that can’t be done by existing ships and they don’t have to fit 3 turrets to one ship, they could just fit 1 or 2 to a new hull, saving on manpower and increasing availability.

April 20, 2005 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Tornado GR.1 Exports #2613739

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I always liked the sound of the Japanese multi role ADV variant, I think if it had been fitted with the FA2 Sea Harriers Blue Vixen radar and armed with ASRAAMs, AMRAAMs, ALARMs and Sea Eagle missiles it would have been a very capable asset.

April 20, 2005 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Japan's new fighter #2613919

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Anyone know whats different about the enhanced F-2 Super Kai concept from the original. Is it cheaper?

Original F-2 http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/f2/
Pics of enhanced F-2 below

April 19, 2005 at 3:58 pm in reply to: USS Liberty Incident #2053356

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Um, hey…guys? Come on back over here.

The thread topic is the USS Liberty. I read two opinions, and then we took off after lost Israeli subs, alleged trigger-happy soldiers, and the contents of Kofi Annan’s safe.

Does anyone else have any opinions to offer regarding the subject at hand?

Meat, sorry for going of topic.

Lots of info on the USS Liberty here http://www.ussliberty.org/

I can’t think why Israel would deliberately attack their closest ally, maybe they convinced themselves it was a Egytian ship disguised as a US ship, this type of thing happened in WW2 with dreadful results on more than one occasion.

Again, it was a nasty incident that causes alot of bad feelings, probably best to leave it alone.

April 19, 2005 at 3:13 pm in reply to: Viggen images #2614479

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Fantastic pics 🙂

April 18, 2005 at 7:48 pm in reply to: USS Liberty Incident #2053666

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It think the soviet navy took responsiblity for the Dakar.

Actually from what I just read here http://www.dolphin.org.il/dakar/search/ it does sound like a tragic accident.

Sorry for the conspiracy theory crap.

April 18, 2005 at 6:06 pm in reply to: Will the Kiwi's ever have an airforce again? #2615008

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Iceland is a little less isolated than New Zealand (still not quite the center of the world), but doesn’t have any fighters either.

Thats true, but they only go to war over fishing rights 😉

April 18, 2005 at 4:28 pm in reply to: USS Liberty Incident #2053687

SteveO
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Sens, Dakar was a ”T” class sub.
More info on the Dakar http://www.dolphin.org.il/

April 18, 2005 at 4:20 pm in reply to: Will the Kiwi's ever have an airforce again? #2615062

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It does seem strange that a politically neutral country like Switzerland or Sweden will have a more powerful airforce than a country which is usually ready and willing to help its allies.

April 18, 2005 at 3:16 pm in reply to: USS Liberty Incident #2053694

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The US goverment showed its real anger about that, when it delayed for six month the delivery of the much needed A-4s to overcome war-losses.

The Liberty was a nasty incident which I hope was a mistake, but the above quote made me think about the disappearance of the Israeli submarine INS Dakar (Z-77) on 25 January, 1968 with the loss of all 69 crew. http://www.lostsubs.com/Dakar.htm

I hope this is just a cruel coincidence.

April 17, 2005 at 7:12 pm in reply to: Lets see some mini/small carriers #2053720

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The old escort carriers are rather more analagous to the current crop of CVH vessels than to the mini-carrier concepts carrying only a handful of aircraft.

Daniel

I’d still call them mini carriers, their impressive airgroups are due to the fact that WW2 carrier aircraft were designed to be alot more compact. Its a shame todays carrier aircraft are not designed in the same way. http://www.escortcarriers.com/plaques.html

April 17, 2005 at 6:44 pm in reply to: INTERESTING SHIPS #2053746

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Here are some submarine designs for special forces use.

The 200t TR200 http://www.nordseewerke.de/e/prod/tr200.html
The 70t Sea Dagger modular design http://www.kockums.se/Submarines/seadagger.html http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/dagger/
The Ohio class SSGN conversion http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=9055

April 16, 2005 at 2:06 pm in reply to: Lets see some mini/small carriers #2053866

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The escort carriers of WW2 are a clear example of how useful the mini carrier concept can be http://www.escortcarriers.com/

April 16, 2005 at 1:53 pm in reply to: Lets see some mini/small carriers #2053874

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British Pentamaran concept

This is a carrier design document that includes the pentamaran concept http://www.rina.org.uk/rfiles/IJME/andrews.pdf

USS Macon could carry 5 fighters in her hanger. She and her sister Akron used skyhooks and were given a recce role………

These are airships from the inter war years http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=39075&highlight=USS+Macon
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