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2nd Nov 2019, 08:10
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Posted By peter we

What can you say, they are expensive. India paid...

What can you say, they are expensive. India paid $245million for each Rafale, while the French claim they cost 90million.
...
20th Jul 2019, 17:41
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Posted By peter we

This obsession with the CUURENT operating cost of...

This obsession with the CUURENT operating cost of the F-35. The V-22 costs twice as much per hour as a F-35. You don't hear any complaints about that.
18th Feb 2018, 14:12
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Posted By peter we

Plus the cost of the refurb, which we wouldn't...

Plus the cost of the refurb, which we wouldn't get if its was simply scrapped.

And it was scrap, wasn't it.
23rd Sep 2017, 13:11
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Posted By peter we

Tranche 1 Eurofighter.

Tranche 1 Eurofighter.
6th Jun 2017, 20:16
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Posted By peter we

The owner of the website, defense-aerospace.com:...

The owner of the website, defense-aerospace.com: the professional website for aerospace, defense and military news and information (http://www.defense-aerospace.com) who works for the one of the...
4th Feb 2017, 07:53
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Posted By peter we

http://www.ft.com/fastft/files/2017/02/LMTchart.jp...

http://www.ft.com/fastft/files/2017/02/LMTchart.jpg
31st Dec 2016, 15:24
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Posted By peter we

Isn't 2019-2020

Isn't 2019-2020
30th Dec 2016, 06:45
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Posted By peter we

Thats an misleading - false- headline.

Thats an misleading - false- headline.
25th Dec 2016, 12:34
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Posted By peter we

A GR9 is supersonic? Say the F-35 is...

A GR9 is supersonic?

Say the F-35 is cancelled, you going to be happy to wait another 20 years and pay $400billion (today money) more for a replacement of the F-18/16?
25th Nov 2016, 06:02
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Posted By peter we

DoD awards Lot 10 production contract for F-35 |...

DoD awards Lot 10 production contract for F-35 | IHS Jane's 360 (http://www.janes.com/article/65741/dod-awards-lot-10-production-contract-for-f-35)
21st Nov 2016, 20:40
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Posted By peter we

He's ashamed to identify the person who made the...

He's ashamed to identify the person who made the comment or the newspaper that reproduced it.

For good reason.
12th Jul 2016, 06:58
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Posted By peter we

Ignore the C and whats the commonality between...

Ignore the C and whats the commonality between the A and B?
More importantly, whats the commonality for the 'major technical cost drivers' for A and B? Engine's comments indicates that its 'a alot'.
18th Mar 2016, 05:29
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Posted By peter we

Nope, we would be discussing the prospect of...

Nope, we would be discussing the prospect of operating Harriers from a Navantia designed ship for another 50 years.
8th Feb 2016, 17:48
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Posted By peter we

More like north of $300m. Similar to Kuwaits...

More like north of $300m.

Similar to Kuwaits Typhoons ($310m)
Italian MoD Source: Kuwait To Sign Deal for 28 Eurofighters...
9th Oct 2015, 18:42
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Posted By peter we

A semi stealth aircraft, with a hole through it...

A semi stealth aircraft, with a hole through it for spherical coverage, and 18000hp of available power?

It was John Farley who suggested the suitability of replacing the fan with a laser quite...
31st Aug 2015, 09:37
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Posted By peter we

That approach includes inventing aircraft and...

That approach includes inventing aircraft and their abilities so the West will spend billions in countering them.

The reality is that Russia has a defense spend that a bit less than UK and France...
30th Aug 2015, 19:09
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Posted By peter we

I see the Russians have stepped up from computer...

I see the Russians have stepped up from computer rendering to persex models with flasing LED's.

What is the West to do to against this major advance in Russian model making?
28th Aug 2015, 18:16
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Posted By peter we

Not least because they will be rare as rocking...

Not least because they will be rare as rocking horse s***. Russia have cut their order to 16. How effective will it be when out numbered 10:1 against the F22?
17th Jul 2015, 05:35
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Posted By peter we

12meg is the resolution of 35mm film and its...

12meg is the resolution of 35mm film and its about the maximum the eye can resolve, anything more may help with the colour spectrum.
However a 4meg IR sensor is going to exceed what a human eye can...
5th Jul 2015, 08:34
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Posted By peter we

It was quite obviously not and never could be...

It was quite obviously not and never could be based on the published figures as it would defy the laws of physics. CM has been saying the same thing for years.



There isn't any other aircraft...
4th Jul 2015, 10:38
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Posted By peter we

The next stage from that should be the 4 year buy...

The next stage from that should be the 4 year buy of 4-500 aircraft. That would be a deciding factor.
4th Jul 2015, 10:28
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Posted By peter we

The Mig 35 is a paper aircraft. I would take...

The Mig 35 is a paper aircraft. I would take Russian grandiose plans to expand to a Soviet level with a massive dose of salt. Russia cannot afford it and it’s getting worse with their shrinking and...
4th Jul 2015, 00:27
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Posted By peter we

You are an exception in being open minded,...

You are an exception in being open minded, critical and fair. And for what its worth I think you are mainly right in what you say about the F-35, but its immaterial. It will be made to work over...
3rd Jul 2015, 22:33
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Posted By peter we

It would be more accurate to say you have ganged...

It would be more accurate to say you have ganged up in order to abuse him. Why don't you just come out and say that nobody with a positive attitude towards the F-35 is welcome in this topic.

Ken,...
3rd Jul 2015, 17:18
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Posted By peter we

Give up. This is not the place to have a...

Give up. This is not the place to have a discussion.
3rd Jun 2015, 19:11
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Posted By peter we

Of course not, nobody has ever thought of a...

Of course not, nobody has ever thought of a reason its would be needed because RVL was thought up yesterday by a fellow smoking a pipe, singing a song.
3rd Jun 2015, 17:56
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Posted By peter we

The F-35b has a bolter mode as part of the SRVL...

The F-35b has a bolter mode as part of the SRVL process, I think its a 'press one button to abort'.
1st Jun 2015, 20:56
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Posted By peter we

Isn't there already a video of a F-35 doing a...

Isn't there already a video of a F-35 doing a rolling landing?

Anyway.. back on topic.

UPDATE: DOD wants to block-buy 450 F-35 jets from Lockheed - 5/29/2015 - Flight Global...
29th May 2015, 06:19
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Posted By peter we

Isn't the liftfan supposed to be easily removed...

Isn't the liftfan supposed to be easily removed and replaced with a fuel cell in that situation?
2nd May 2015, 22:45
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Posted By peter we

You are no Engineer.

You are no Engineer.
1st May 2015, 19:48
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Posted By peter we

Nope; of the first 100 F-35's delivered by 2013,...

Nope; of the first 100 F-35's delivered by 2013, 44 were the A and 42 the B.

Besides that, if it was a down to a small sample size the noise would be like the start of the program, up and down.
...
11th Apr 2014, 17:13
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Posted By peter we

Australia Likely To Order More F-35s...

Australia Likely To Order More F-35s (http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_04_07_2014_p34-676627.xml)
21st Mar 2014, 10:45
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Posted By peter we

Nope, quite the opposite.

Nope, quite the opposite.
25th Feb 2014, 18:42
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Posted By peter we

AKA Republican Social Security.

AKA Republican Social Security.
26th Jan 2014, 14:33
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Posted By peter we

Thanks for clearing that up, any expert comment...

Thanks for clearing that up, any expert comment on this (unsurprising) report?

dna exclusive: 100% price escalation on Rafale fighter aircraft to Rs 1.75 lakh crore likely to dent IAF's strike...
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