Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Binkov's Battlegrounds" channel.

  1. NGAD is at an advanced development stage. Stealth coating's durability has improved when compared to F-22's.
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  2. Poland has purchased 116 used M1A1 and 250 new M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks.
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  3. Use Polish F-16s or SU-22 for the concentrated bombing on Germany's Reichstag, hence cutting off the head i.e. Hilter and his government is dead.
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  4. US can win wars when the  rules of engagement is "total war".
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  5.  @hkfoo3333  China's punitive trade strategy against Australia is failing.
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  6.  @kirk2632  Your argument is hypocritical when CCP has aided Pakistan's and North Korea's nuclear adventure.
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  7.  @Battlestar540  A strange situation when many European countries are asking Germany to increase its military strength to the agreed NATO 2% of GDP standard.
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  8. North Korea was an armed proxy for China and USSR. North Vietnam was an armed proxy for USSR. In 2009, Venezuela buys S300 missiles with a Russian loan while Putin complains about NATO's 2018 Aegis Ashore in Poland In 2018, Venezuela buys SU-30 fighter jets from Russia.
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  9.  @kunalnagarkoti1841  Australia and the US are also members of "The Quad" (Australia, Japan, India and US).
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  10. False. A high salt environment has a different impact on F-35C's RAM coating. USN F-35C has customized under belly, wing, and tail designs.
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  11.  @roblockhart6104  The real F-16 designer http://www.codeonemagazine.com/article.html?item_id=37 F-16 Designer Harry Hillaker Harry Hillaker's statement on low wing loading and wing size... _For example, the drag coefficient of an F-16 is about the same as that of an F-4. However, the F-16 has about one-third the drag of an F-4 in level flight. At angle of attack, it is about one-fifteenth We knew that we wanted low wing loading and high thrust loading. But we also knew that low wing loading means more weight and more drag ------------------- Engine power, wing area (lift drag), and empty weight have major influences on acceleration (energy recovery). I made my statement based on Harry Hillaker's arguments.
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  12. It's probably NATO's "Ikea" MiG 29 with HARM missiles.
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  13. F-35C is the superior "Hornet" when compared to Super Hornet and legacy Hornet. F-35C has low wing loading and a longer range compared to Super Hornets and legacy Hornets. F-35A Block 3i = "Hornet with a turbo". RAAF plans to replace 24 Super Hornets F/A-18F Block 2 with F-35A Block 4.x.
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  14. >It's plagued by engine problems Only in the older engine build batches. > Has shit range That's BS. F-35A and F-35C have a longer combat range when compared to F-16A/B/C/D/E/F/V, F/A-18A/B/C/D, and F/A-18E/F Block 3.
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  15. TheGamingOfTheSky, Russia has problems with force projection over oceans e.g. Russia only has a single aircraft carrier. Russia is mostly a continental armed forces on Eurasia land area. USA is a scale up UK style maritime power with USN's fighter aircraft fleet size being second in the world after USAF.
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  16. Chile and Argentina already has pre-existing border dispute over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and reach flash point at 1978. This conflict began in 1904 with the first official Argentine claims over the islands that had always been under Chilean control. Falklands War started around 1982.
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  17. F-35C's different wing and horizontal tail design from F-35A and F-35B models. F-35C should have been renamed into F-36 since it's only about 20%-to-30% common with F-35A. F-35A Block 3F's empty weight, wing area, and engine target are based on a 1.5X scale factor from F-16C Block 50.
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  18. USAF/USN fighter aircraft boneyard (F-15A/F-16A/F-18A) = world's second-largest airforce. From http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/serials-and-inventory/ USAF has ~2505 F-16s. Older F-16A units are carefully mothballed. There are major differences between AESA and PESA radars. US has 616 stealth fighters i.e. refer to http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-35/serials-and-inventory/ 438 F-35s and 178 F-22A. F-117A fleet is in enclosed storage. Four "retired" F-117A was secretly deployed late 2016 in the Middle East. F-117A still has common GE F404 engine parts with Hornets. Recently, 200 late model F-16 Block 40/50s was painted with F-35 era R&D "Glass Gen V" stealth coating with ~1m2 RCS Super Hornet Block 2 has RCS less than 1m2. Advance Super Hornet has the option to reach US export near-stealth restriction. F-4, F-8 and F-106 are mothballed and covered in white vinyl plastic compound. F-16A, F-4 and F-106 are used for target drones and unmanned fighter R&D. In terms of mass production, F-16 and F-35 single-engine design is designed for a "total war" situation just like WW2 There's an upgrade path for F-16A to evolved into F-16V Block 70/72. US is ready for a total war against Russia and China.
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  19. Prior to and during the Falklands war, civilian large cargo and passenger ships are used to carry troops and supplies closer to Falklands Islands. Do not assume pure military assets to be used in a war. UK Ministry of Defence had requisitioned SS Canberra ocean liner for use as a troopship for the Falklands war. Nationalization in the time of war. UK effectively increase its aircraft carrier capability with large cargo ships and Harriers. This is why F-35B is important when operators of F-35B can use the merchant navy as a makeshift escort aircraft carrier fleet.
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  20. Before Euromaidan, Russia started a trade war against Ukraine, that forced Yanukovych to sign a base rental extension agreement and which breached Ukraine Constitution 1996, Article 17 which disallows foreign military bases after 2017. You missed the small detail with Ukraine Constitution 1996, Article 17 that disallows foreign military bases after 2017. Your "USA coup in 2014" narrative is false.
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  21. KF-21's two General Electric F414-KI engines with two 22,000 lbf are similar to FC-31/J-31 (44,000 lbf from two WS-13E engines) and F-35A (43,000 lbf from a single-engine)
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  22. ​ @eleventy-seven  False narrative, operators changed the design's specs. USN obtained an F-15E level low wing loading fighter without matching engine thrust. It would take an engine upgrade into the 47,000 lbf range to complete the F-35C.
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  23.  @demun6065  To replace F-111C, the US offered the B-21 program to Australia.
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  24. Saudi PAC-2 was pointed towards the south while Iranian proxy missiles comes from the north.
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  25. Canada has selected Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as the preferred offering in the country’s competition to buy a new fighter jet. Canada avoided early F-35 problems, saved money by delaying original purchase of fighter: ex-test pilot, Retired Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant-colonel Billie Flynn. The Canadian government announced it was launching negotiations to purchase F-35s, it left the door open to buying Sweden’s Saab Gripen instead if talks with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government stall.
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  26.  @keithie2  Year 2020 is a just plan and any plans can change, but UK already has 17 F-35B units with QE aircraft carrier at nearly operational state. F-35B Block 3i and F-35I (based F-35A, Block 3F) was already tested in combat.
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  27.  @romainlapie6362  France has backed Italy’s decision to block COVID-19 vaccine exports to Australia. UK supported COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Australia. Your real friends are revealed during difficult situations.
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  28.  @roblockhart6104  FYI, the so-called "super maneuverability"'s thrust vector (improves tail related flight control functions) benefits low-speed nose pointing (relative to empty weight) which is countered by 360 degrees targeting and thrust vector enabled A2A missiles. Acceleration helps energy recovery after an instantaneous turn. F-16's tail and LERX design is not for Hornet's nose pointer/high sustain G minimum turn radius low-speed regime. F-16 Vista's thrust vector control enables F-16 to fight in nose pointer/high sustain G minimum turn radius low-speed regime. Original source (non-English) http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kotimaa/suomella-vahvat-ilmavoimat-mutta-kuinka-kauan/ Frisian Flag 2012 exercises in Holland, Finnish F-18Cs gets 100 kills and 6 loses against Eurofighter (Germany, UK), Polish new F-16 and older F-16 planes (Norway, Belgium) and Gripen (Swedish) Finland's F-18C has a 16:1 kill ratio over Germany/UK's Eurofighter, Poland's F-16C Block 52+ and Norway/Belgium's F-16A MLU, and Sweden's Gripen. F-16's angle of attack is limited to about 26 degrees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3b-b762QRY Super Hornet's high angle of attack with minimum turn radius advantage holding its own against F-15's high energy turn rate advantage dogfight example. http://theaviationist.com/2016/03/01/heres-what-ive-learned-so-far-dogfighting-in-the-f-35-a-jsf-pilot-first-hand-account/ Norwegian F-35 Pilot Counters David Axe's Controversial Dogfighting’ Report. Date: 2016, before December 2017 F-35A Block 3F. Well according to a Norwegian pilot the Jet handles better in a dogfight than the F-16 in some respects. He said that the F-35 can pull its nose around and keep a target in its sights better than the F-16 can. He said it's easier to be aggressive with the F-35. The F-35 which lost to the F-16 was a very early built F-35, one of the first and the idea of the test was to explore the F-35's ability to maneuver at high AOA. The test exposed areas of improvement which were needed, the test pilot said that the jet had the performance there but it was limited by the software at the time, and by the sounds of it the software has been improved because many of the weak areas found during testing appear now to be some of its greatest areas Fighters such as F-22A combine F-15C and Hornet-style dogfighting capabilities.
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  29. Not going to happen when Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is not enough i.e. Poland needs all allies it can muster.
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  30.  @tomx641  BAe is already operating in Australia via the Type 26 builds.
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  31. For NGAD, "We’ve already built and flown a full-scale flight demonstrator in the real world, and we broke records in doing it"
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  32.  @chrisbreezy-ryanbarbosa4320  >F-18 Super Hornet for this relative piece of junk More F-16 vs F-35A Block 3i from Norwegian pilot before F-35A Block 3F Lot 9 configuration. I quote Overall, flying the F-35 reminds me a bit of flying the F/A-18 Hornet, but with an important difference: It has been fitted with a turbo F/A-18E Super Hornet is the inferior product. Hint: RAAF plans to replace 24 F/A-18F Block II with F-35A Block 4!
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  33.  @grndzro777  Israel's Major General Norkin claimed that the F-35I had come under fire in Syria, but had been able to avoid '100 ground to air missiles'.
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  34. Gar, UK has commissioned QE aircraft carrier and has 14 F-35B units.
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  35. Chile didn't do much.
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  36. Saudi PAC-2 was pointed towards the southern direction while Iranian proxy missiles come from the north.
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  37. Remember, China has given aid to Pakistan's nuclear technology.
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  38. F-35C's different wing and horizontal tail design from F-35A and F-35B models. F-35C should have been renamed into F-36 since it's only about 20%-to-30% common with F-35A. F-35A Block 3F's empty weight, wing area, and engine target are based on a 1.5X scale factor from F-16C Block 50.
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  39. From 2021, Canada = 88 F-35A Block 4 Germany = 35 F-35A Block 4 Finland = 64 F-35A Block 4 Switzerland = 36 F-35A Block 4 Total: 223
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  40. EU has a “mutual defense clause" article 42.7 of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU). NATO’s Article 5 can be seen as similar to article 42.7 TEU. NATO’s Article 5 can't be used when two or more NATO members are at war with each other. Invoking Article 42.7 TEU might bring EU's F-35A Block 3F fleet into the mix e.g. F-35 fleets of Italy and Netherlands. Norway is not an EU member. UK will soon be out of EU, but UK has bases in Cyprus. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/23/pax-mediterranea-italy-turkey-france-oil-european-union/ France and Italy join forces against Turkey. Franco-Italian energy cooperation already established. There's a gas pipeline EastMed project from Israel to Greece via southern Cyprus. Israel has open the door for Turkey on joining EastMed energy cooperation. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-cyprus-israel-pipeline-idUSKBN1Z10R5 EastMed project has Israel, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy. https://www.neweurope.eu/article/eu-reiterates-support-for-eastmed-pipe-urges-turkey-to-respect-international-law/ EU supports the EastMed project. From https://theintercept.com/2020/02/06/congress-exxon-mobil-eastmed-pipeline-cyprus/ US Congress backs Exxon Mobil's EastMed project. When there are hydrocarbon fuels, the US will be interested. U.S. military brought the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to Limassol, Cyprus, on the USS Iwo Jima (Wasp-class LHD) as Exxon Mobil commenced exploratory drilling in the region. USS Iwo Jima (Wasp-class LHD) has 20 F-35B. Noble Energy (Chevron, USA) and Qatar Petroleum also supports the EastMed project.
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  41.  @BERSERCŒUR  Australia paid $2 billion to France and the output is nothing. $2.8 billion for Virginia-class Block V submarine per unit cost.
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  42.  @vigilantobserver8389  Chinese-owned Darwin Port is struggling to pay back debts.
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  43.  @lape2002  France sold two Mistral Warships to Egypt.
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  44. Remove F-35C's rear ailevators, F-35C's large wings that extend near the engine nozzle is effectively diamond delta-wing aircraft. F-35C's rear ailevators extending beyond the engine nozzle mostly duplicates thrust vector functions.
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  45. F-22's body size and wing area are designed with two 37,000 lbf engines.
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  46.  @roblockhart6104  FYI, NGAD design is targeting two 45,000 lbf adaptive engines.
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  47.  @roblockhart6104  FYI, Boeing's Loyal Wingman design is based on McDonnell Douglas/Northrop Grumman JAST which is a design competitor to Lockheed's X-35/F-35. McDonnell Douglas/Northrop Grumman JAST's YF-23 style tail design is a low drag with a high AoA capable design.
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  48.  @murderofcrows2179  Mach 1.2 supercruise is available on the Gripen E. Wing design can influence drag factors e.g. larger wing area has higher lift drag which needs to be overcome by higher rated engines.
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  49.  @compatriot852  It wouldn't matter in the long term when the majority of the Gen X/Y/Z European population can speak international English (Germanic-Romance blend) as their second language. The second "United States" located in Europe is unavoidable in the long term.
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  50.  @andersonklein3587  Civilian troop carriers enable UK MoD to improve the troop supply pipeline which is the logistics factor.
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  51.  @DaveMcKeegan  No, ask a cargo ship. refer to the Spanish F-100 design Norway warship sinking. UK just needs cargo ships to sink F100s to the bottom of the ocean.
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  52. It's an infantry tank, hence it completes US Army's high-low mix like USAF's F-15/F16 high-low mix.
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  53. F-22 uses both special foam, radar absolution coating, and high carbon composite materials. F-35 Lot 4 uses both special CNT (carbon-nanotube) meta-materials and radar absolution coating.
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  54. It's a special HARM operation.
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  55. The official NGAD fighter concept design doesn't use F-16XL's crank-delta wing design. NGAD fighter uses an enlarged swept trapezoidal diamond wing design. F-22A, F-35A and F-35C uses the swept trapezoidal diamond wing design. NGAD fighter has geometry optimizations towards longer wavelength radar.
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  56.  @realitycheck908  Generation X, a term typically used to describe the generation born between 1965 and 1980.
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  57.  @SvenTviking  One of two LM's JAST near full-size prototypes has a J-20 like plan-form.
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  58. That's BS. F-35's electronic warfare suite is provided by BAE.
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  59. A-10 has its own replacement program.
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  60. @Oblivion >My problem with this whole "Stealth doesn't need dogfighting ability, it eliminates everything from a distance" thing False narrative. F-35A Block 3F still has 9G dogfighting capability. From Out Of The Shadows: RNLAF experiences with the F-35A - Combat Aircraft Magazine May 2018 1. Lightest empty weight F-16A MLU air-superiority model needs to be clean (no weapons, no external tanks) to make visual range dogfight interesting against combat loaded F-35A Block 3F. 2. Dutch has acknowledged early F-35 Block builds being beaten by F-16s with external fuel tanks which are NOT applicable for F-35A Block 3F build. Don't use Block 2A/2B/3i numbers! Quoting Out Of The Shadows: RNLAF experiences with the F-35A - Combat Aircraft Magazine May 2018 specifically against David Axe's report Knight divulged a little more information about flying basic fighter manoeuvres (BFM) in an F-35. 'When our envelope was cleared to practise BFM we got the opportunity to fight some fourth-generation fighters. Remember, back the rumors were that the F-35 was a pig. The first time the opponents showed up [in the training area] they had wing tanks along with a bunch of missiles. I guess they figured that being in a dirty configuration wouldn't really matter and that they would still easily outmanoeuvre us. By the end of the week, though, they had dropped their wing tanks, transitioned to a single centerline fuel tank and were still doing everything they could not to get gunned by us. A week later they stripped the jets clean of all external stores, which made the BFM fights interesting, to say the least.
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  61. Australia has four F-35A Block 3I/3F, 24 F/A-18F Block 2, 12 EA-18, and 69 F/A-18A/B units.
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  62. US has THADD with PAC 3 .
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  63. Michael Franks, Falkland Islands's population size is 3,398 which is NOT "only supports 3000 people". Falkland Island's latitude is similar to Rio Gallegos i.e. above Rio Grande.
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  64. Near South America, UK still has bases in Montserrat, Bermuda, Belize and Ascension Island.
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  65. Norway already has three F-35A Block 3I units with 48 units order plan.
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  66. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f35-lightning-ii-faces-continued-dogfights-in-norway-03034/ June 15/12: First 2 authorized. Norway takes the next step, and formally authorizes the purchase of 2 F-35A fighters, which are intended for delivery in 2015. They will be based in the United States as part of a joint partner training center, which almost certainly means Eglin AFB, FL. The 2 aircraft authorized today are expected to be joined by a second pair in 2016. They are to be followed by up to 48 additional aircraft orders from 2017, which will be based at Orland AB and Evenes FOB in Norway. Norway has four F-35A Block 3I units.
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  67. Norway has 3 F-35A Block 3I units. The last Red Flag 2017, F-35s has 20:1 kill ratios i.e. similar kill ratio as F-22A vs F-15s.
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  68. farzaneh hosseini, Rules of Engagement problem. Suadis should switch to "total war".
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  69.  M Y  Remember, China has given aid to North Korea's nuclear technology.
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  70.  M Y China has threatened Australia with a ballistic missile attack.
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  71.  M Y  China's threats are making the arguments for Australia's increased defense investments.
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  72.  @Fozz-e  UK has independent fighter aircraft manufacturing capability since it's prime designer for EuroFighter (based on BAE EAP prototype) and it's replacement which is Tempest stealth fighter. CANZUK and Japan could help funding Tempest stealth fighter instead of EU.
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  73. The canted twin tails generate rear lift instead of having a deadweight vertical tail. YF-23 and Boeing's Loyal Wingman have Pelikan tail design.
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  74.  @AA-xo9uw  F-35B has demonstrated VTOL, but STOVL is used with a heavy payload.
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  75.  @guitarninjarick8179  F-35A Block 3i = "Hornet with a turbo". F-35A Block 3F is the 9G variant.
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  76.  @AA-xo9uw  JSF competition is a competitive tender.
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  77.  @AA-xo9uw  That's a red herring. Facts: JSF is a competition and X-32 is inferior.
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  78.  @AA-xo9uw  You can't handle the truth when Boring X32 was garbage.
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  79.  @nh4ci295  During WW2, UK has a powerful navy, hence it's a mismatch between mostly maritime power UK vs mostly land power Germany.
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  80. In 1978 the United States detected Taiwan's covert nuclear weapons program, a secret uranium-reprocessing program, and forced Taiwan to stop.
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  81.  @joshuadelbelbelluz8325  >they also have control of all the mines in Africa False.
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  82.  @NoobNoobNews  Turkey does NOT own F-35's Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) when Turkey was kicked out of the JSF program.
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  83.  @carrisasteveinnes1596  FYI, Australia's F-111C are armed with Israeli Popeye stand-off strike missiles.
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  84. A statement from the real F-16 designer on a larger wing area F-16 Designer Harry Hillaker Harry Hillaker's statement on low wing loading and wing size... _For example, the drag coefficient of an F-16 is about the same as that of an F-4. However, the F-16 has about one-third the drag of an F-4 in level flight. At angle of attack, it is about one-fifteenth We knew that we wanted low wing loading and high thrust loading. But we also knew that low wing loading means more weight and more drag Critics like Pierre Sprey's argument on low wing loading are insufficient. Larger wings introduce higher drag which degrades acceleration performance. For vortex lift generation, F-16 was designed with low drag at an angle of attack, hence smaller wings.
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  85.  @jaredyoung5353  F-16XL can't support F-35/NGAD's larger diameter engines, hence a clean-sheet design.
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  86.  @jaredyoung5353  Remove F-35C's rear ailevators, F-35C's large wings that extend near the engine nozzle is effectively diamond delta-wing aircraft. F-35C's rear ailevators extending beyond the engine nozzle mostly duplicates thrust vector functions.
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  87.  @nonyabisness6306  HIMARS's ATACMS 350km M39A1 missle has 300 M74 APAM bomblets. M57 is WDU-18/B penetrating high-explosive blast fragmentation warhead of the US Navy's Harpoon anti-ship missile. Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) 499 km replace ATACMS missiles in 2024.
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  88. In real-time raytraced 3D. :p
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  89. From GPAS__2021 pdf Pension (mandated nanny state saving funds) vs GDP ratio for 2021 Five Eyes/Five Passport Group, Australia, $2,333 billion, 174.8% (CPTPP member, Nordic model), Australia's mandated large-scale savings started in the1980s under the Labor government. Canada, $3,080 billion, 192.5% (CPTPP member, Nordic model) United Kingdom, $3,564 billion, 135.1% (near CPTPP member, Nordic model) United States, $32,567 billion, 156.5% (I don't have data for NZ) Notice the Five Eyes group has similar pension assets to GDP ratio results Large-scale mandated savings funds enable the government to issue government bonds and large-scale bond buyer markets! EU Finland, $279 billion, 104.3% (Nordic model) France, $166 billion, 6.5% Germany, $548 billion, 14.5% Italy, $231 billion, 12.5% <----- PIIGS Netherlands, $1,900 billion, 214.4%, (Nordic model) Ireland, $197 billion, 49.4% <----- PIIGS Spain, $44 billion, 3.6% <----- PIIGS Non-EU, Europe Switzerland, $1,163 billion, 164.3% (Nordic model) North America Mexico, $259 billion, 24.9% South America Brazil, $195 billion,14.3% Chile, $243 billion, 99.2% (CPTPP member) East Asia, South East Asia China, $285 billion, 1.9% Hong Kong, $199 billion, 58.3% Japan, $3,613 billion, 73.6% (CPTPP member) South Korea, $968 billion, 61.0% Malaysia, $279 billion, 83.0% (CPTPP member) South-Central Asia India, $184 billion, 7.1%
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  90. In terms of army size, Turkey is similar to pre-gulf war Iraq.
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  91.  @jakedee4117  Qualcomm leads 5G data speed
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  92. US could use CCR5-delta 32 based virus which wipes out 99.9999 percent of the world's population except for +10 percent of Nordic whites with CCR5-delta 32 gene mutation. Read https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325234239.htm
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  93. Cheap missile drone spamming against SAMs wasn't factored in.
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  94.  @ugaboj  Actually, the world's second-largest airforce is US MIL's boneyard with older F-15A and F-16A units covered in white plastic vinyl. USN has its boneyard with older F-18A models. F-35A is the process of sending F-16C into the boneyard.
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  95. Boeing Loyal Wingman recycled YF-23's tail design.
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  96. The alliance is not new. Australia has two attempts with nuclear technology beyond research nuclear reactors. 1. Jervis Bay nuclear power plant, killed by Gough Whitlam's Labor party in the 1970s. 2. ANSTO centrifuge enrichment technology, killed by Bob Hawke/Paul Keating's Labor party in the mid-1980s.
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  97. Tempest has canted twin tails.
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  98. Reminder, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX5rZVH-9hY China claims ownership of a Russian city.
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  99. The Nordic model is not communist.
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  100.  @alexalbrecht5768  US population with high gun ownership = oversized Switzerland. US has the largest gun-armed population in the world.
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  101. Trump wouldn't do anything(America first), but US oil exports are shipping into Poland. Poland is crafty to get US involved in EU's oil politics. When there's oil $$$$, you'll find the US being involved.
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  102. Robert Whitstone, Alex Jones is anti Saudi. "Sunni countries are Western/Pissrael puppet States currently" is BS i.e. read House_of_Bush,_House_of_Saud book..
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  103. Brazil's power generation infrastructure can be targeted, hence bombing Brazil into the stone age.
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  104.  @homerobueno3295  Most of your mentioned items run on energy sources.
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  105.  @limedickandrew6016  Range comparison is not apples to apples i.e. EuroFighter's range numbers has 3 drop tanks while F-35's numbers are only internal fuel tank. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israel-to-double-attack-range-of-f-35-stealth-fighter-1001068513 With external fuel tanks, F-35A doubles it's range. Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton to Gibraltar is 1,675.70 km (1,041.23 miles)
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  106.  @limedickandrew6016  EuroFighter's ground attack hi-lo-hi config includes 3 × external 1,000 L tanks. Israel's usage for F-35I with external tanks is to bomb Iran.
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  107. Finland has a very large troops army.
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  108.  @andrewjohnwilliams6951  Which post are you referring to?
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  109.  @hkfoo3333  Indonesia already has three experimental nuclear reactors.
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  110.  @U9DATE  China's threats are making the arguments for Australia's increased defense investments.
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  111.  @hkfoo3333  It's nuclear-powered submarines NOT nuclear-armed submarines. The nuclear component for submarines is used to generate electricity.
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  112.  @hkfoo3333  False, Refer to Brazil's $7.8 billion SSN with tech aid from France.
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  113.  @hkfoo3333  The Australian government has not joined the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a relatively new agreement that requires parties not to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess, stockpile, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons.
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  114.  @hkfoo3333  Non-Proliferation Treaty refers to the making of the nuclear bomb NOT nuclear power electrical generation.
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  115.  @hkfoo3333  Wrong, NPT is about making bombs NOT generating electricity. Try again.
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  116.  @hkfoo3333  China already making missile ballistic threats BEFORE Australia's nuclear-powered submarine announcement. Your CCP threats are making the argument for Australia's increased defense investments. LOL
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  117. 3rd Hobart class plans to be commissioned sometime in May 2020.
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  118. F-35B was designed for worst-case scenario i.e. using bulk carrier ships as gator carrier fleet.
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  119. Saudi win i.e. Arab's Desert Storm vs old hardware Iran which is similar to the 1990s gulf war.
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  120.  @roblockhart6104  RAAF duplicated the Finish result. https://youtu.be/Bu8G5ABHKc8?t=4183 Around 1 :09:51, RAAF commander mentioned how the Super Hornets had a positive kill ratio in excess of 20 to 1 against the Alaska aggressors F-16 in an exercise in Australia more than a year ago. For nose pointing dogfight, Super Hornet has very high sustain turn rates at lower speeds and it's enhanced by JHMCS helmet.
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  121.  @roblockhart6104  Note that F-35A Block 3F still preserved "Hornet with a turbo" dogfighting capabilities and it's enhanced by its 360 degrees targeting capability.
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  122.  @roblockhart6104  Basic Wing loading without body and vortex lift. F-35A Empty weight: 29,300 lb Wing area: 460 ft² Wing loading: 63.04 lbs/ sq feet. F-16C Block 52 Wing area: 300 ft² Empty weight: 18,900 lb Wing loading: 63 lbs/ sq feet. F-35A's empty weight is 1.54X scaled from F-16C. F-35A's wing area is 1.53X scaled from F-16C. F-35A's 43,000 lbf thrust is 1.50X scaled from F-16C's 28,600 lbf. F-35A's 45,000 lbf thrust upgrade road map is 1.57X scaled from F-16C's 28,600 lbf. F-35A needs at least 44,330 lbs thrust to preserve 1.55X scale factor There's a near straight 1.5X scaling between F16C to F-35A on basic wing loading, engine thrust, and empty weight. F-35A's wing area is influenced by weight growth and F-16C's empty weight wing loading target. F-35A Block 4.2/4.3 road map has the engine upgrade.
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  123.  @roblockhart6104  Su-30MKM doesn't have F-15's low wing loading and high T/W ratios. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311173046/asiapacificdefencereporter.com/articles/250/Exercise-Pitch-Black “The Hornets and Sukhois are having interesting fights with various outcomes. The Hornets have done fairly well, even during 1v1.” WGCDR Jones said Australian pilots were getting a “buzz out of working with a new platform,” but he too declined to offer an opinion on the capabilities of the Flankers. Instead he diplomatically said, “I remain very comfortable that we have the Super Hornet in RAAF service.” GPCAPT Kitcher assessed the Super Hornets as enjoying parity with the Flankers, but that “a pilot’s skill is the most important factor”.
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  124. ​ @roblockhart6104  RAAF's loyal wingman drone project is to keep Australia's fighter aircraft production active. Australia has assembled its F/A-18A fleet via GAF(Government Aircraft Factories). Boeing Australia owns GAF(Government Aircraft Factories) after its privatization. Drone fighters still follow the same laws of physics as their manned counterparts. Selecting McDonnell Douglas JAST wing plan form alternative as the basis for RAAF's loyal wingman drone project indicates JSF-like performance targets.
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  125.  @jack99889988  FYI, Malaysia doesn't operate F-15. Singapore has the F-15SG fleet.
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  126.  @roblockhart6104  For A2A configuration, Flanker has a ~50% fuel load configuration. Note that F-35A also has ~50% fuel load configuration with its A2A configuration.
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  127.  @jack99889988  Why focus on SK's KFX program when Team Tempest has a better chance with designing a proper air superiority stealth fighter?
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  128.  @roblockhart6104 >It seems you just barely woke up yesterday. US contractors, Boeing and Lockheed, have been in talks with not only Korea, but Japan and Australia as well. They've been ongoing. From https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/japan-and-uk-move-towards-partnership-to-develop-combat-aircraft-systems/ Date: Feb 2021, FYI, Japan is working with Team Tempest. Talks have limits. UK's relationship with Japan is further enhanced with its entry into the CPTPP group i.e. the US is on the outter.
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  129.  @roblockhart6104  From https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/japan-rejects-lockheed-martin-plans-for-next-generation-fighter-aircraft/ Date: April 2020, Japan MoD has officially rejected Lockheed Martin's proposal.
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  130.  @roblockhart6104  > All that aerodynamic drag puts them at a huge disadvantage Super Hornet was designed to have a high lift at slower speeds which can lead to high AoA and minimum turn radius nose pointing dogfight design. .
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  131.  @murderofcrows2179  SK already has FA-50 with a similar GE404 engine as Gripen C. GE-414 engine's 22,000 lbf thrust is approaching the original F-16A's F100-PW-200's 23,830 lbf thrust. Two GE-414 engines can serve as the basis for a near F-15A like solution.
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  132. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/f-35-overwhelming-superiority-over-rafale-and-eurofighter-in-atlantic-trident.523986/ The F-35A's overwhelming superiority has been recorded in some of the most epic air combat in NATO history when the USAF fighter met for the Atlantic Trident (April 12-18), French Rafale fighters and British Eurofighter Typhoon Eurofighter's IRST was useless against F-35A Skyward-G infrared search and track (IRST) system (from Nebbiano, Italy) is based on experience with the Eurofighter Typhoon's Pirate IRST with more than 74 km IRST. French has Optronique secteur frontal has up to 100 Km IRST on the right side and sensor for target identification with 40 km range on the left side. IRST's effective detection range depends on opponent's IR generation and F-35 has specific IR stealth mode which is similar to submarine's "go slow" approach.
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  133.  @EmperorLionflame  Wrong. Original source (non-English) http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kotimaa/suomella-vahvat-ilmavoimat-mutta-kuinka-kauan/ Frisian Flag 2012 exercises in Holland, Finnish F-18Cs gets 100 kills and 6 loses against Eurofighter (Germany, UK), Polish new F-16 and older F-16 planes (Norway, Belgium) and Gripen (Swedish) Finland's F-18C has 16:1 kill ratio over Germany/UK's Eurofighter, Poland's F-16C Block 52+ and Norway/Belgium's F-16A MLU and Sweden's Gripen. Poland, Norway and Belgium has selected F-35A over losers in Frisian Flag 2012. ----------- http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=5525&start=1335#wrapper From GTA4's post, F-35A beating EuroFighter in acceleration. https://hushkit.net/2015/12/18/typhoon-versus-rafale-the-final-word/ Both Rafale and EuroFighter has similar angle of attack limits. For Rafale http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/flight-test-dassault-rafale-rampant-rafale-334383/ The DFCS is a "g" demand system with +9.0g/29° angle of attack (AoA) limit in air-to-air mode and +5.5g/20° AoA limit in both of the two air-to-ground/heavy stores modes (ST1 and ST2) to cater for forward or aft centre of gravity For F-35 http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=15013&start=210 Article copied beyond Aviation Week paywall. So it got stuck at 60 or 70 deg. alpha, and it was as happy as could be Classic Hornet can sustain 45 degress angle of attack. Beyond 45 degress, Hornet would be out of control. F-16 Vista with thrust vector control can sustain 90 degress angle of attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj8OJs6E3JM F-35A can sustain 60 to 70 degress angle of attack. Software limited to 50 degress angle of attack. https://www.reddit.com/r/F35Lightning/comments/8a66ta/out_of_the_shadows_rnlaf_experiences_with_the/ Out Of The Shadows: RNLAF experiences with the F-35A - Combat Aircraft Magazine May 2018 1. Dutch F-35 Block 3F, "F-35 sits somewhere in between the F-16 and F/A-18 when it comes to within visual range manoeuvring'". 2. Lightest empty weight F-16A MLU air-superority model needs to be clean (no weapons, no external tanks) to make visual range dogfight interesting against combat loaded F-35A Block 3F. 3. Dutch has acknowledge early F-35 Block builds being beaten by F-16s which changed with F-35A Block 3F build. http://nettsteder.regjeringen.no/kampfly/2015/11/20/a-fly-f-35-erfaringer-fra-den-forste-uka/ More F-16 vs F-35 from Norwegian pilot. I quote Overall, flying the F-35 reminds me a bit of flying the F/A-18 Hornet, but with an important difference: It has been fitted with a turbo http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/07/i-flew-supersonic-barely-at-th/ F-35C has 300 degrees per second roll rate. F-35A roll rate: 300 deg/sec. Video proof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qceZALofOcg&feature=youtu.be&t=1m15s http://theaviationist.com/2015/05/01/aileron-roll-in-t-346a/ According to most reports a Rafale features a maximum roll rate of 270 deg/s, the Eurofighter Typhoon is able of around 250 deg/s, the F/A-18E Super Hornet has a maximum roll rate of 120 deg/s whereas the F-16 can roll at 240 deg/s. Try again.
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  134. UK Ministry of Defence had requisitioned SS Canberra ocean liner for use as a troopship for the Falklands war. Nationalization in the time of war.
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  135.  @Conan-ny1um  BAe is already operating in Australia via the Type 26 builds.
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  136.  @vladimirkasal2235  Saudi PAC-2 was pointed towards the southern direction while Iranian proxy missiles comes from the north. Try again.
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  137.  @SVSky  USAF has released some NGAD pictures and it's optimized against long wave length radar.
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  138.  @alittlepeaceandkarma  US wouldn't be involve with conflicts between two NATO members e.g. Greece vs Turkey. NATO defence agreement's weakness is internal conflicts among it's members. NATO was designed for defence against external threat.
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  139.  Frank Clarke  The sidewinder issue has lead to AIM-132 (longer range AIM-9X Block 2) and Meteor R&D. UK-Japan's Joint New Air-to-Air Missile (JNAAM) R&D replaces Meteor.
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  140.  @zekecross7965  UK wouldn't be small when CANZUK materialize which has more than half EU 27 countries or 70 percent of Eurozone 19 countries military budget spending. CANZUK with 133 million population and nuclear armed would be another Russian Federation like power with GDP economic power greater than Japan. The main difference between EU and CANZUK would be better cultural glue with CANZUK.
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  141. @France France France France France France Meteor missiles :p
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  142.  @EyeInTheSkypaulmcmenamin  QE aircraft carrier uses roll-off/roll-on method to improve F-35B's weapon and fuel load performance which is different from LHD F-35B usage. UK has 17 F-35B units.
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  143.  @VITOLLFOTOGRAFIA  Gibraltar is NOT inside Spain, but it's like an appendix.
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  144. Original source (non-English) http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kotimaa/suomella-vahvat-ilmavoimat-mutta-kuinka-kauan/ Frisian Flag 2012 exercises in Holland, Finnish F-18C Hornets gets 100 kills and 6 loses against Eurofighter (Germany, UK), Polish new F-16 and older F-16 planes (Norway, Belgium) and Gripen (Swedish) Finish F-18C has 16:1 kill ratio against Eurofighter, F-16C Block 52, F-16A MLU and Gripen C/D. https://youtu.be/Bu8G5ABHKc8?t=4183 Around 1 :09:51, RAAF commander mentioned how the Super Hornet had a positive kill ratio in excess of 20 to 1 against the Alaska aggressors F-16 in an exercise in Australia more than a year ago. Australia's F-18F Block 2 has 20:1 kill ratio against F-16s. Super Hornet has lower RCS when compared to any F-16s F-35A has similar kill ratio like Super Hornet. https://theaviationist.com/2017/02/28/red-flag-confirmed-f-35-dominance-with-a-201-kill-ratio-u-s-air-force-says/ F-35A = F-18C or F-18E with turbo and stealth. http://nettsteder.regjeringen.no/kampfly/2015/11/20/a-fly-f-35-erfaringer-fra-den-forste-uka/ More F-16 vs F-35 from Norwegian pilot. I quote Overall, flying the F-35 reminds me a bit of flying the F/A-18 Hornet, but with an important difference: It has been fitted with a turbo http://www.f-16.net/forum/download/file.php?id=26173 To The FUTURE Jan/Feb 2018 ANDREW MCLAUGHLIN; Aust Aviation Magazine "...To the future A former classic Hornet pilot, WGCDR Clare provides an interesting comparison between the old and new aircraft. “The F-35 actually flies very, very similarly to the Hornet, both classic and Super,” he related. “In fact, it’s probably more like the Super in the way it feels. The alpha (angle of attack performance) and the power is similar to a Super Hornet, although it’s got a little bit more power down low. Against S400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN-A6PWRFno The video shows F-35's IRST capabilities with tracking/detection >1300Km range. F-35's EO-DAS has 360 degrees IRST distributive sensors with detection range around >1300Km. F-35's 360 degree IRST distributive sensors can feed data to anti-ballistics missile/Aegis combat systems. http://www.defensetech.org/2015/01/22/navy-to-integrate-f-35-with-beyond-the-horizon-technology/ Linking Aegis combat system with F-35. https://news.vice.com/article/us-defense-secretary-announces-navy-can-blow-up-anything-it-wants-any-time-it-wants A test SM missile was fired from USN Aegis ship and track/target data driven by F-35.
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  145. F-35B would still have less RCS (radar cross section) when carrying external weapons when compared to J-15 counterpart.
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  146. DarkMatterX1 Modern steath is not a cloaking device ie. It reduces enemy radar's detection and tracking range.
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  147. RCS has related function with enemy radar's detection and track distance. For example, Russian Zaslon-M can detect a bomber with RCS of 20 m^2 from 400 km away and track the same 20 m^2 target about 200 km away. External missiles equipped F-35B (only external missile significantly contribute to the total RCS) will still have less RCS than similar equipped SU-33 (both aircraft and missile significantly contribute to the total RCS). Furthermore (against your standard high frequency radars comments), Lockheed Martin Corporation's year 2010 stealth fiber material patent which covers more than standard high frequency radars http://www.google.com/patents/US20100271253#v=onepage&q&f=false SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In some aspects, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a radar absorbing composite that includes a (CNT)-infused fiber material disposed in at least a portion of a matrix material. The composite is capable of absorbing radar in a frequency range from between about 0.10 Megahertz to about 60 Gigahertz. The CNT-infused fiber material forms a first layer that reduces radar reflectance and a second layer that dissipates the energy of the absorbed radar. In the patent filing, LM made note on F-117's stealth problem and solution for it. LM's year 2010 stealth fiber material patent is effective from 0.1 MHz to 60 Ghz which is included all VHF, L-band, S-Band, X-band, Ku-band P-Band – 30-100 cm (1-0.3 GHz) L-Band – 15-30 cm (2-1 GHz) S-Band – 8-15 cm (4-2 GHz) C-Band – 4-8 cm (8-4 GHz) X-Band – 2.5-4 cm (12-8 GHz) K-Band – Ku: 1.7-2.5 cm (18-12 GHz); Ka-Band: 0.75-1.2 cm (40-27 GHz). F-117A was downed with VHF based radar. Lockheed Martin reveals F-35 to feature nanocomposite structures (ie. CNT) http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-martin-reveals-f-35-to-feature-nanocomposite-357223/ Lockheed Martin has revealed the F-35 Lightning II will be the first mass-produced aircraft to integrate structural nanocomposites in non-load bearing airframe components. A thermoset epoxy reinforced by carbon nanotubes will replace carbon fibre as the material used to produce F-35 wingtip fairings beginning with low rate initial production (LRIP)-4 aircraft, said Travis Earles, a manager for corporate nanotechnology initiatives. Meanwhile, the same carbon nanotube reinforced polymer (CNRP) material is being considered to replace about 100 components made with other composites or metals throughout the F-35's airframe, he said. The shift to CNRP as an airframe material has been anticipated ever since carbon nanotubes were discovered in 1991. It is widely considered one of the strongest materials ever invented - several times stronger than carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP), yet lighter by about 25-30%.
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  148. 14th F-35B has been delivered to the UK. UK is fast tracking it's aircraft carrier operational capabilities. 14 F-35B fighters doesn't need airstrips.
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  149.  @grndzro777  Lockheed Martin Corporation's year 2010 stealth fiber material patent via Applied NanoStructured Solutions LLC (ANS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Patent number: US20100271253 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In some aspects, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a radar absorbing composite that includes a (CNT)-infused fiber material disposed in at least a portion of a matrix material. The composite is capable of absorbing radar in a frequency range from between about 0.10 Megahertz to about 60 Gigahertz. The CNT-infused fiber material forms a first layer that reduces radar reflectance and a second layer that dissipates the energy of the absorbed radar. Lockheed Martin reveals F-35 Lot 4 to feature nanocomposite structures via flightglobal's lockheed-martin-reveals-f-35-to-feature-nanocomposite-357223 Patent US20100271253 specifically mentions 2 Ghz L-Band problem with older radar absorbing material. LM's year 2010 stealth fiber material patent is effective from 0.1 MHz to 60 Ghz which is included all VHF, L-band, S-Band, X-band, Ku-band P-Band – 30-100 cm (1-0.3 GHz) L-Band – 15-30 cm (2-1 GHz) S-Band – 8-15 cm (4-2 GHz) C-Band – 4-8 cm (8-4 GHz) X-Band – 2.5-4 cm (12-8 GHz) K-Band – Ku: 1.7-2.5 cm (18-12 GHz); Ka-Band: 0.75-1.2 cm (40-27 GHz). I'll debate you and you will lose.
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  150.  @grndzro777  FALSE narrarive. From theaviationist Iranian ground radar tracked and gave directions to Iranian F4s to intercept U.S. MQ-1 drone flying in international airspace off Iran, but Iran didn't know about the drone's F22 escort. "By international law, the notion of a country's sovereign airspace corresponds with the maritime definition of territorial waters as being 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) out from a nation's coastline." Iran has 1L13 "Nebo" VHF radar, Kolchuga (VHF, UHF and SHF), Matla-ul-fajr (VHF), Gamma Radar (low frequency band), Vostok radar (VHF) and other radars, and it didn't detect F22 threat.
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  151.  @grndzro777  Prove F-35's sides and rear are ~ -1.2 / -2 @ L band.
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  152.  @grndzro777  Tell Putin to remove the nuclear strike threat against NATO!
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