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November 4, 2015 at 2:43 am in reply to: Russia moving tac air troops to Syria #2159225

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It seems the Russians may have already paid the price for Putin’s entry in the Syrian conflict with the recent airliner crash in Egypt, seems too much of a coincidence to me. If that does turn out to be true, how soon before we see Tu-95s carpet bombing ISIS territory and Spetznaz mopping up the rest?

Since the US runs ISIS any retaliation will most likely target US interests or citizens. If it was shot down ISIS was given the means to do so. Then again this could have been the Dutch…

May 28, 2014 at 1:10 am in reply to: Ukraine / Russia dispute aviation thread #2216433

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Indeed. One Russian missile fired at a NATO air base & Russia is at war with NATO, unless it immediately makes a grovelling apology & shows it means it by such confidence-building measures as standing down its forces, arresting everyone involved, backing off from any other areas of potential conflict (Ukraine, Moldova/Transdnistria), etc.

You talk as if Russia is scared of war with NATO.

December 6, 2013 at 11:23 pm in reply to: what second stealth fighter russia need? #2238008

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How about fighting the Soviet Air Force in Europe, expecting actual resistance or expecting a bvr scenario where the enemy will consist of several hundred aircraft?

There are several reasons why the original order of over 600 fighters got canceled at 185ish…

For RuAF i hope they make a single engined fighter in the 8-9 tonne class using the 117 engine.

Soooo your going to build your next gen air superiority fighter to fight the Taliban? If your not going to build your top line fighter with the capabilities to take on a peer or near peer adversary why bother. We already have the A-10 to fight insurgency warfare.

December 6, 2013 at 1:18 am in reply to: what second stealth fighter russia need? #2238768

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F-22 = Not for export + belongs to a rather obsolete doctrine)[/QUOTE]

What obsolete doctrine are you referring to…. winning?

May 19, 2012 at 7:40 pm in reply to: Best prop fighter? #1027509

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Thank you for bringing up the corsair. I am an Australian of British descent now living in Canada so I will not argue against the Spitfire but I am curious how the corsair stacks up. At the end of the war they had one beast of an engine. One other question from me is did ww2 carrier aviation suffer the same performance penalties that modern carrier aviation does. No catapult launches but they still had to land on the carrier deck.

May 19, 2012 at 7:40 pm in reply to: Best prop fighter? #1018546

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Thank you for bringing up the corsair. I am an Australian of British descent now living in Canada so I will not argue against the Spitfire but I am curious how the corsair stacks up. At the end of the war they had one beast of an engine. One other question from me is did ww2 carrier aviation suffer the same performance penalties that modern carrier aviation does. No catapult launches but they still had to land on the carrier deck.

May 18, 2012 at 1:59 am in reply to: Best prop fighter? #1019422

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Yes,I agree… thank you for your response

May 18, 2012 at 1:59 am in reply to: Best prop fighter? #1028441

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Yes,I agree… thank you for your response

April 30, 2012 at 1:40 am in reply to: Why aren't LM joining Brazil competition w F-35 ? #2319488

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So instead of selling a man a fish so he is hungry tommorrow and buys more fish, you teach him to fish so he takes your job.:)

April 30, 2012 at 1:25 am in reply to: Why aren't LM joining Brazil competition w F-35 ? #2319496

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On the issue of tech transfer, why would you ever offer it. India, Brazil and china all have expanding economies that will and do compete with ours. When will we learn?

April 10, 2012 at 3:27 am in reply to: japan develops 5:gen after all! #2331957

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Canada needs MiG-31BMs or a western equivalent.[/QUOTE]

How about the F-14D?;)

April 8, 2012 at 3:43 am in reply to: japan develops 5:gen after all! #2333039

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I wonder if this plane would also be a better fit for Canada than the F-35? It would take longer but at least it has two engines. I wonder what per unit cost will end up being?

May 3, 2011 at 2:26 am in reply to: Unknown Military Aircraft Sighting #2352641

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F-22 on it’s way to pakistan…?

April 24, 2011 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Importance of AWACS / Tankers / EW Platforms #2357180

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Wow, if that system has that kind of cabability it will change everything!

April 24, 2011 at 9:10 pm in reply to: Importance of AWACS / Tankers / EW Platforms #2357185

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What are the chances of AWACS functions being replaced by space based assets in the near future?
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