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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2018, 17:30
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

that would have been some achievement, what with...

that would have been some achievement, what with being Army...



i don't know if you know this - and by refering the Army as 'they' i assume not - but a 500lb JDAM/Paveway is a very much larger...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2018, 17:07
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

F-35, or pretty much anything that will firstly...

F-35, or pretty much anything that will firstly a) arrive within the same century it was called for, and b) when it turns up will try and use the most suitable ordnance it has as quickly as possible...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jun 2014, 18:31
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

is there any chance that this abortion of a...

is there any chance that this abortion of a journey, requiring 45 refuellings to get 4 tactical fighters across the Atlantic, will spur on the development of external tanks for the F-35?
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2013, 17:53
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

ORAC's post is one of the most depressing things...

ORAC's post is one of the most depressing things i've ever read.

the programme is a fcuking abortion, and we need out.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2013, 21:33
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

Stuffy, the only word in your post worth...

Stuffy,

the only word in your post worth reading is 'sell'. thats what BAES do, they sell stuff - ideally stuff that doesn't have a fixed price.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2013, 19:55
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

oh Stuffy, you need to do a bit more reading. ...

oh Stuffy, you need to do a bit more reading.

the French did not 'navalise' Rafale, they designed it as a carrier aircraft from the first time pencil touched paper.

i could probably turn my...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2013, 21:14
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

i can only hope that LM and the USAF are playing...

i can only hope that LM and the USAF are playing 'bollock-speak bingo' - if they actually talk like that, they must have achieved the highest concentration of men never to have touched a woman in all...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2013, 19:46
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

dear god they don't half talk some utter fcuking...

dear god they don't half talk some utter fcuking c0ck.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2013, 16:31
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

Bas, the simple test for the USMC is 'would...

Bas,

the simple test for the USMC is 'would you prefer 420 F-35's, or 1200 AH-64's?' if the answer is F-35, then you can see that the USMC's 'doctrine' is all about being the big man, and not...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2013, 07:20
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

JSFan.. yes - currently any of them that are...

JSFan..

yes - currently any of them that are allowed to fly.

when a British - or Australian - PM can pick up the phone to his CAS and say 'i have a problem, and i want it to dissapear in a ball...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2012, 20:17
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

one of JSF's design criteria was that all three...

one of JSF's design criteria was that all three airframes would have 80% parts comonality, it would cost $60m, it would out-perform an F-16, and it would be in service by 2006.

hows that working...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2012, 08:02
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

JSF fan, no, the government press release...

JSF fan,

no, the government press release said that the article contained a 'number of innaccuracies'. it didn't say what those inaccuracies were - it could, for example have been refering to...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2012, 13:16
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

Eaglem... you may well be technically...

Eaglem...

you may well be technically correct - however isn't the lesson that leaps out from JSF (and everthing else we've ever built/bought), that 'a little modification, nothing serious', soon...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2012, 09:59
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

Glojo, i think you're right - not only is the...

Glojo, i think you're right - not only is the absolute cost astronomical, but the relative cost is astonishing.

a single F-35B is going to buy you 130+ brand-spanking new Tommahawk Land Attack...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2012, 10:10
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

sorry, i was talking about important people. us...

sorry, i was talking about important people. us wanting - really, really wanting - to buy 50 F-35's does not put us in that bracket.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2012, 09:41
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

F-35B is not the USMC's only airpower option, its...

F-35B is not the USMC's only airpower option, its the USMC's only fixed-wing airpower option.

the nasty, grotty truth is the USMC's CAS needs would be far better supplied by 3 times as many...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2010, 17:13
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

LO, while i can see that being an attractive...

LO, while i can see that being an attractive option for the next decade - SH and its weapons and support being cheap(er) than JSF and able to do what JSF does within the current and projected AD...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2010, 11:56
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

LO, while i don't disagree for a second that the...

LO, while i don't disagree for a second that the USMC's 'B' buy is now in doubt, i don't believe for a second that the USN is going to ****-can the billions its spent on developing 'C' just so that...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2010, 20:43
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,625,838
Posted By cokecan

does anyone know if the RR F-136 engine is part...

does anyone know if the RR F-136 engine is part of the much heraled 'offsets' that apparently make any UK buy F-35's cheaper (in the whole, given tax revenues to HM Treasury) than the price that say,...
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