Soviet-era Surface Action Groups were designed specifically to saturate and overwhelm US CBGs
(Which obviously led to tail-wagging-dog as US CBGs were then improved to deal with saturation attacks from Soviet-era SAGs and so on and so on)

No disrespect to 80s era JMSDF but they simply did not have the air defence in depth to deal with this opposition. Neither were they ever designed to have the kind of ASuW systems to engage their foe*

That JMSDF composition was to prosecute Soviet submarines. And they would have done so very professionally.

But against that opposition the JMSDF would have disengaged and come up with a Plan B.

*I forget the number but it’s big (at least two zeros at the end) of Harpoons which planners reckoned would be needed to sink a Kiev or a Kirov. I reckon that JMSDF go em-con use the two dog-leg capability of even early model Harpoons to engage the nearest unit from multiple directions and whilst it is busy they make like John Wayne and the shepherd

Some components just need to forged (it aligns the grains don’t you know)

I remember when CNC machined bicycle components were all the rage and my mates went through loads of pretty bright blue or pink anodised aluminium machined components when a single dull old drop-forged steel one would have lasted if not forever then certainly the lifetime of the bike (maybe even the owner)

I’m willing to guess that the loads (static and dynamic) applied to warplane components will be several orders of magnitude larger

If new planes are going to be produced anyway, why not stealth them up a bit ? I think he’s talking about new models.

The USN is unusual in that will purchase a significant number of new airframes. So stealthing up the Super Hornet can be a big project (I’d want them to sort out those ridiculously canted pylons and do way with clerical tails but might be in a minority)

Any next-gen Raf will be a much smaller buy so the mods will perforce be more modest. Especially so since the French have a very sensible policy of wearing airframes out before scrapping them.

I found this looking for Advanced Tomcat designs (inspired by the thread on this site)

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Photo from https://warisboring.com/grounding-the-ayatollah-s-tomcats-d02551f1104e#.b3lndiqup

Exclusive: Japan to Speed Up Frigate Build to Reinforce East China Sea – Sources (excerpt)

Looks interesting doesn’t it?

The only other info I can find is this picture http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13160/Mitsubishi_Unveils_Japan___s_Future_3000_Ton_FFX_Frigate
It will be interesting to see what comes next

Assuming that my hindsight genuinely was 20/20

Common electronics in separate airframes

Firm price contracts

Not try to rationalise competing companies down and reduce future competition

Have prototypes and sort the issues out in them before trying to manufacture in quantity

Have some kind of conflict of interest laws and regulations (poor decisions do not need to be due to deliberate corruption and neither is inadvertant bias limited to the US procurement process)

Number the airframes properly (F24, F25, F26)

Spend money on long and slim munitions rather than on fitting short and fat bays on the new designs

Black

I’ve aways wanted a black car but buying second hand has always meant that colour is the lowest on my list of criteria

I’ve got a black car now and it deals with potholes and speed bumps better than any of my previous ones. And it’s easy to get in and out of, has plenty of headroom and carries me, wife, three boys and approximately a ton of youth football kit easily

Black cars are best