GreenKnight121, your link and picture are very interesting. Seems our Japanese friends are rather worried about the blue water aspirations of their Chinese neighbors.
Buster, is that a B47 performing a rather difficult maneuver for the sake of it? surely in an aircraft of that capability one would suggest forward travel as best practice. Or is there an element of photoshop in that photo?
NutLoose, Whilst the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has not suffered the ravages of the cuts imposed upon the UK's Reduced Navy (RN), those involved still have to extend a sympathetic ear to the concerns of the bean-counters. Therefore, fitted-for-but-not-with is the new black, especially if we are to afford a Sqn or two of those naughtily expensive F35's.