Originally Posted by Norman Nimrod
He also claims that the UK could have bought J-STARS but are the Americans selling this technology ??
Haven't read the book and the subjects are not for me to comment on, but I do know a bit about this. The ISTARs program you are getting is a distinct step up from our system. The cumbersome E-8 is NOT the way to go. The radar and avionics are the cat's a** (as will ISTARs), but one does NOT need the large crew that we put on the jet which is also a piece of sh1t (used airliners with anemic JT8D engines). A couple of techs for the systems on a new biz jet and data link the rest.
Sorry for any thread creep.