Comments by "ZIPZ" (@zipz8423) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1. I have a question I cant seem to find an answer to. Can the F-35 B land like a conventional fighter on a concrete runway ie without operating the Lift Fan?
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  2.  @kcimb  Thanks, I am thinking of conventional landings in the event of a lift system failure. I have never seen a B model land conventionally as yet.
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  3.  @kcimb  Oh I dont doubt the capability, there just isnt much in the way of footage of them doing it.
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  4.  @kcimb  I would love to see that! Is the larger wing area noticeable?
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  5.  @davidhouseman4328  Sorry I meant the C model.
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  6.  @jonathanwilcox7318  fantastic job I hope you are enjoying your time on the aircraft!
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  7. Has to have a hatch it's too delicate to mount outside.
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  8. He also wants to expand the surface fleet......
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  9.  @lmao.3661  No worries.
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  10. We can’t afford them.
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  11. @Drew Peacock we aren’t what we were. Russia just placed a force larger than the entire British army on Ukraine’s border.
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  12. @Drew Peacock I’ve forgotten.
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  13. Dont worry about us, your country has some of the poorest people on earth.
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  14.  @josef596  yeah we don’t do mass murder of foreigners anymore we just kill old people with Covid.
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  15.  @moose4488  there are more who don’t have a clue what they are talking about.
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  16. Islam future what other war is there in 2020?
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  17. Lol you need a shag mate 😂
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  18. The UK is not leading 6th generation tech.....More brexiter delusion its pretty sad really.
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  19. They are just saying he’s an ace pilot not “an Ace.”
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  20. I can assure you we prodded them far more than they prodded us.
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  21.  @malcpaul996  it’s a matter of public record. During the Cold War NATO flew far more recon flights that the WARPAC.
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  22. Really?
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  23. It’s a fine FFG but in truth the reason why they will be under equipped in U.K. service goes back to the 1990s when the RN made its choice to build 2 big CVF carriers - they knew then hull numbers for future DDG, FFG and SSNs would be significantly reduced. The U.K. has the Navy it can afford, the hope we are going to build a larger Navy is deluded.
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  24. Deluded post Brexit thinking, the U.K. is a bit part player in 2021. The days of big navy are over. We can’t afford a bigger navy and we certainly can’t crew it. Young people don’t want to go to sea anymore.
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  25.  @blackmantis3130  No, that was British ULTRA decrypts.
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  26. The Brexshitters have landed.
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  27.  @sticks5614  I am glad too. Yes, there are a number of articles that have mentioned changes in Russian tactical planning. The performance of the British Army was a surprise for them. Speed of advance and determination being chief.
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  28. That’s what “Aster” is for. Pity we don’t have CEC for OTH work but Link will do.
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  29.  @TheHawk1202  I hear the US is putting ALIS into the trash can of history? The Israelis did not even touch it.
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  30. This is what happens when people vote for the Conservative party - they make people redundant and shrink the services.
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  31.  @TheBooban  the U.K. doesn’t have the yard capacity to build ships for the U.K. Canadá and Australia plus submarines for the Aussies & the RN. I think you already know there would have been no GCS sale unless local building was included anyway.
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  32.  @jaysonkmendoza  the U.K. T26 will be threadbare for financial not tactical reasons. If the RN has a choice they would have mini Sampson radars - single face AESA and all of them towed arrays.
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  33.  @soulsphere9242  agreed, the USA does not hand over entire submarines to other countries that’s never going to happen. America is in the deal as an enabler and to control exactly what technology is shared via the U.K.
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