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Forum: TO&Es December 25th, 2011, 05:45 AM
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Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

To be fair by 1996 the impact and ubiquitousness of JDAMs was yet to be appreciated. PGMs have gone from being a specialized weapon to be the standard attack munition.
Forum: TO&Es May 29th, 2011, 01:51 PM
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Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

I believe the reasoning was that the F-22 was to be the tip of the spear, sweeping the skies of enemy fighters. The F-35 was to be the less capable/expensive workhorse. Selling the latter instead of...
Forum: TO&Es April 29th, 2011, 02:14 PM
Replies: 688
Views: 196,055
Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

Something similar was done to the B-2 some time ago. A korean driven modification in all likelyhood.
Forum: TO&Es February 13th, 2011, 04:26 AM
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Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

That would actually be the J-10, which is a rather different beast: a cheap export fighter, though perhaps it could be used to boost numbers as the J-7 retires.
The J-20 is still far away from any...
Forum: TO&Es January 29th, 2011, 11:39 AM
Replies: 688
Views: 196,055
Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

The problem with killing the F-35 and restarting the F-22 line is that it leaves the US Navy and several US allies out in the cold. And it does not provide the numbers to flesh out the USAF as the...
Forum: TO&Es January 14th, 2011, 05:01 AM
Replies: 688
Views: 196,055
Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

Not going to happen. Bloody political battles have been waged on the F-22/F-35 and issues have been settled; I cannot imagine everyone saying: OK, we have screwed up, back to the drawing board. That...
Forum: TO&Es January 11th, 2011, 05:23 PM
Replies: 688
Views: 196,055
Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

The SU-47 has been around for a long time, IIRC it was talked about as the starting point for the next fighter project. Typically things have played out differently...
The PAK FA was put in last...
Forum: TO&Es January 10th, 2011, 06:04 PM
Replies: 688
Views: 196,055
Posted By Marcello
Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.

I would be very careful before stating that a design is derived from an other on the basis of some superficial configuration resemblance.
After all it is not like this......
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