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Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jul 2022, 12:26

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Posted By etudiant

Why do people think the Army needs a big...

Why do people think the Army needs a big investment? The Russian threat was clearly overestimated. Also, the innovations apparent from the Ukraine war are forcing serious reappraisals of existing...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2021, 15:48

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Posted By etudiant

Seems more of a well crafted publicity project...

Seems more of a well crafted publicity project than a useful military training tool.
Presumably it would suffice to get a terminal homing weapon within some large basket 50-100 miles out to achieve...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Jul 2021, 11:38

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Posted By etudiant

No argument the place is a mess, with a history...

No argument the place is a mess, with a history of internal strife along with a century of colonial rule. The western powers however bear a considerable responsibility, their role has been to...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Jul 2021, 15:34

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Posted By etudiant

Same as Syria, same as Iraq, come in, smash the...

Same as Syria, same as Iraq, come in, smash the existing structure and then act baffled as chaos ensues.
The US foreign policy establishment appears just as impervious to learning as the 'ancien...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jul 2021, 00:10

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Posted By etudiant

Sure seems we are replicating the 'too little,...

Sure seems we are replicating the 'too little, too late' situation that pertained in 1939-40.
The US used to plan on running the military production facilities on a single 8 hour shift in peacetime,...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st May 2021, 23:23

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Posted By etudiant

Thank you so much, 'Engines', for this view from...

Thank you so much, 'Engines', for this view from the coal face.
It is another illustration of the rot in Boeing's formerly preeminent engineering culture.
When management is seduced by 'Powerpoint...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st May 2021, 17:25

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Posted By etudiant

I've not found any documented evaluations, but...

I've not found any documented evaluations, but the X-32 was clearly nowhere near ready for showtime, irrespective of the F-35s qualities.
The images of the X-32 attempting VTOL stripped of even the...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st May 2021, 00:25

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Posted By etudiant

Think that your take is spot on. If Boeing had...

Think that your take is spot on.
If Boeing had not gutted their engineering competence, their X-32 contender for the F/A-X contract might have have prevailed, instead of the truly unimpressive...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th May 2021, 15:21

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Posted By etudiant

I'd thought that the landing process on carriers...

I'd thought that the landing process on carriers was now pretty effectively automated. Is that not the case?

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Mar 2021, 17:05

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Posted By etudiant

China is eating Europe's lunch, gradually...

China is eating Europe's lunch, gradually displacing local production with cheaper Chinese alternatives.
Afaik, the opium wars started for that same reason, the trade balance got so bad it was...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Mar 2021, 16:06

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Posted By etudiant

This seems just wrong to me. European NATO at...

This seems just wrong to me.
European NATO at this point has an overmatch of some size, in population, economically, technically and also militarily versus Russia.
The European core of NATO is...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Feb 2021, 22:01

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Posted By etudiant

Was thinking that their cargo has been held up...

Was thinking that their cargo has been held up and not shipped from China....
Modern semiconductor electronics are largely made in Taiwan and Korea, with the US now providing less than half the...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Feb 2021, 14:59

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Posted By etudiant

Australia is discovering that China can signal...

Australia is discovering that China can signal displeasure very strongly just by not buying stuff.
Given the ongoing industrial production shifts to Asia from the West, China will add the capacity...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Sep 2020, 21:01

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Posted By etudiant

Clever, a site that cannot be reached in praise...

Clever, a site that cannot be reached in praise of what appears to be a non person.

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Dec 2019, 00:02

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Posted By etudiant

The evidence to date suggests that the military...

The evidence to date suggests that the military are entirely incapable of suppressing 'radical Islam'. Indeed, military interventions have simple metastasized the problem.
The failure has been...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Sep 2019, 11:28

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Posted By etudiant

A warship is usually densely stuffed with gear,...

A warship is usually densely stuffed with gear, so building it in small sections, even if really accurate dimensional fit is achieved, does multiply the the joints and connections...
These are...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Aug 2019, 22:34

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Posted By etudiant

That discrepancy in price only buys big gains at...

That discrepancy in price only buys big gains at the corners of the envelope. It does not translate to nearly proportionate increase in effectiveness,
Otherwise a group of poorly equipped guerrillas...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Aug 2019, 21:32

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Posted By etudiant

Afaik, the problem with 'rare earths' is not that...

Afaik, the problem with 'rare earths' is not that they are rare, but rather that their extraction leaves behind a mess of contaminated earth.
China was willing to accept perpetual pollution of many...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Apr 2018, 00:59

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Posted By etudiant

Possibly this complexity is the Achilles heel of...

Possibly this complexity is the Achilles heel of the entire concept.
Weapons that take a generation to bring into service are not practical for warfare, as they cannot be replaced if lost.
The...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Feb 2018, 22:37

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Posted By etudiant

The opposite is true in French.

The opposite is true in French.

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Dec 2017, 19:50

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Posted By etudiant

A succinct assessment of the facts. I'd not be...

A succinct assessment of the facts.
I'd not be too surprised to see HMG selling these two white elephants to India once that country gets worried about Chinese encroachment into the 'Indian'...

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