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GJ Flanker wrote:That's good news.
Let's estimate how many flight hours of all T-50's we have already.
magnumcromagnon wrote:BTW I've been watching the documentary "Building the Su-27 - The Best Fighter Jet in the World", approximately at the "53:26" mark Alexey Knyshev (the lead designer of the Su-27 since 1981) states that Sukhoi only uses 10-20% of it's innovations in their aircraft, can someone please be so kind to elaborate on that remark? By innovations does he mean technological advancements and patents, or does he mean designs of airframes deemed viable/unviable?
Austin wrote:I was looking at F-35 Helmet in CBS program.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/can-the-us-militarys-new-jet-fighter-be-hacked/
Will PAK-FA will have similar Helmet as F-35 that throws all information on Pilot Visor without pilot having to look at Cockpit and the 4 camera on JSF
Are you kidding???EVEN americans are starting to ask questions about the most corrupt program in military history the f-35.I mean 500 billion dollars for a small plane that is inferior to pakfa and Chinese fighters??I mean really 500 billion??By the way did you know that workers in f-35 factories recently went on strike because they were underpayed.Begs the question,who took half a trillion dollars?TR1 wrote:Remember, not being able to account doesn't mean they literally don't know where it went....its just a lack of transparency regarding the total amount of military spending the US has had.
If we want to go down that line, the Russian mil can't account for hundreds of billions itself (naturally a smaller number due to the difference in defense budges).
I can guarantee you however, which mil has had as a % of its budget more stolen into the pockets of top level functionaries. And it ain't teh US mil.
Most US debt is within the American private sector as well.
Djoka wrote:Are you kidding???EVEN americans are starting to ask questions about the most corrupt program in military history the f-35.I mean 500 billion dollars for a small plane that is inferior to pakfa and Chinese fighters??I mean really 500 billion??By the way did you know that workers in f-35 factories recently went on strike because they were underpayed.Begs the question,who took half a trillion dollars?TR1 wrote:Remember, not being able to account doesn't mean they literally don't know where it went....its just a lack of transparency regarding the total amount of military spending the US has had.
If we want to go down that line, the Russian mil can't account for hundreds of billions itself (naturally a smaller number due to the difference in defense budges).
I can guarantee you however, which mil has had as a % of its budget more stolen into the pockets of top level functionaries. And it ain't teh US mil.
Most US debt is within the American private sector as well.
I disagree- if theres one thing the top dogs want want its to maintain the status quo- a strong military would suit that interest.TR1 wrote:
I can guarantee you however, which mil has had as a % of its budget more stolen into the pockets of top level functionaries. And it ain't teh US mil.
True indeed.TR1 wrote:They would achieve a lot more if so much wasn't stolen along the way.
True for Russia in general.
I'd wait until the Russian tax payer gives money (in the billions!) to private banks to bail them out, before I made that bold claim myself.TR1 wrote:It is much much easier in Russia to get away with blatant, pocket stuffing corruption.
True, in America you have money going into the pockets of the politicians LEGALLY through 'lobbying'...and many defense officials later (strangely enough) become employees of the companies that the Pentagon gave trillions while they were in office...TR1 wrote:When did America last have a Serdykov, for example?
Austin wrote:I was looking at F-35 Helmet in CBS program.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/can-the-us-militarys-new-jet-fighter-be-hacked/
Will PAK-FA will have similar Helmet as F-35 that throws all information on Pilot Visor without pilot having to look at Cockpit and the 4 camera on JSF
TR1 wrote:Remember, not being able to account doesn't mean they literally don't know where it went....its just a lack of transparency regarding the total amount of military spending the US has had.
If we want to go down that line, the Russian mil can't account for hundreds of billions itself (naturally a smaller number due to the difference in defense budges).
I can guarantee you however, which mil has had as a % of its budget more stolen into the pockets of top level functionaries. And it ain't teh US mil.
Most US debt is within the American private sector as well.
GJ Flanker wrote:For export the F-35 is ideal except it's high prioccasionbut the Rafale and Typhoon are also too expensive.
We should not underestimate the F-35, it's a completed new generation multirole fighter, ready for mass series production.
The development of three different versions was expensive and the high-tech salaries in the US are very very high. For pure extra profit, Lockheed Martin packs $20 million or more on the unit price that already includes a wealthy profit percentage.
With the PAK FA, J-20 and J-31 coming, the F-35 may not be enough for the US Forces. The PAK FA will be produced in low quantities (for Russia min 200, max 500), so it's not the real problem because the US still got the top F-22A. The real problem would be the J-20, J-31 and other new 5th gen. Chinese fighter projects that might appear very soon.
I think no one here had foreseen such a speedy technical development of the Chinese Forces. 15 years ago a F-35 (or F-32) was enough (unparalleled by a foreign designer), 2014???
Maybe by cutting the numbers for the US Forces, building more F-22A (mod.) or totally new fighter, could be the answer, but then they could run into much higher unit prices. Ca. 2.500 F-35 for the US are just to much, but they should export the F-35 without restrictions and even find new big buyers to compensate their (US) eventual cuts.
Don't get me wrong, I think the F-35A/B/C is a quite good fighter but 2.500 +/- for the US Forces are simply too much in the new reality with a rich and strong China, they need something "more to the point"! And of course don't forget Russia, a new MiG will appear, maybe not so soon but it will.
I disagree- no ones gonna make anyone bite the dust anytime this century.Hannibal Barca wrote:
Of course China will make anyone bite dust but is not yet their time. They need an extra decade maybe even a little more before dominate the skies.
You know for a supposed greek you sound awfully like a chibot? What inherited inferiority complex are you talking about?Hannibal Barca wrote:
Meantime Russia has a shift spot to reemergence, even briefly, as a global military powerhouse but they are losing precious time due to the inferiority complex they inherited from CW1.
I hope to see them recover and the hardware seem to be raised to the occasion but it may take serious time.
As for the Americans, I don't even take them as serious competitors. Sorry when was the last time they produced a top class plane? IMO since 1972 and F15.
Im sorry, but this aint the industrial era no more.Hannibal Barca wrote:-What can I say more than I already said about US? Do you know a top frontal plane that US produced lately? En mass and cheap?
why do they need to produce something en masse and cheap? The F-16 is a very good plane- too bad they neglect it to make way for the next gen. Imo this is the problem with the us- they want to leapfrog ahead of the competition any way they can. Hell, 6th gen fighter for them would be a decade at minimum.
-As of Russia what can I say. This is the sweet spot when US is going down and China is not yet emerged. Probably a decade, maximum two. They don't want any troubles. Just to make a thousand euros a month, live like Americans and save enough to come for a week in greece or turkey for vacations. And this is the bad scenario, the good one is to leave once and for all.
This is not the way a supposedly no2 would react. I believe T50 sounds amazing, Sukhoi is IMO by far the best company in the world but this is not enough unfortunately in the long ran to support a whole nation.
Cold war is over. mma shows that raw brute force is no match against chokeholds. This is what the us is doing and what russia is trying to prevent again. A strong china would have the us aligning with russia, if both really feel threatened. You have to be a SU in peak form to even resist a pressure like that.
-As of China I don't have really anything more to say. They are the biggest industry in the world, soon they will be the richest. In industrial era this is all it takes, everything else comes natural.
collegeboy16 wrote:Im sorry, but this aint the industrial era no more.Hannibal Barca wrote:-What can I say more than I already said about US? Do you know a top frontal plane that US produced lately? En mass and cheap?
why do they need to produce something en masse and cheap? The F-16 is a very good plane- too bad they neglect it to make way for the next gen. Imo this is the problem with the us- they want to leapfrog ahead of the competition any way they can. Hell, 6th gen fighter for them would be a decade at minimum.
-As of Russia what can I say. This is the sweet spot when US is going down and China is not yet emerged. Probably a decade, maximum two. They don't want any troubles. Just to make a thousand euros a month, live like Americans and save enough to come for a week in greece or turkey for vacations. And this is the bad scenario, the good one is to leave once and for all.
This is not the way a supposedly no2 would react. I believe T50 sounds amazing, Sukhoi is IMO by far the best company in the world but this is not enough unfortunately in the long ran to support a whole nation.
Cold war is over. mma shows that raw brute force is no match against chokeholds. This is what the us is doing and what russia is trying to prevent again. A strong china would have the us aligning with russia, if both really feel threatened. You have to be a SU in peak form to even resist a pressure like that.
-As of China I don't have really anything more to say. They are the biggest industry in the world, soon they will be the richest. In industrial era this is all it takes, everything else comes natural.
why do they need to produce something en masse and cheap? The F-16 is a very good plane- too bad they neglect it to make way for the next gen. Imo this is the problem with the us- they want to leapfrog ahead of the competition any way they can. Hell, 6th gen fighter for them would be a decade at minimum.
Cold war is over. mma shows that raw brute force is no match against chokeholds. This is what the us is doing and what russia is trying to prevent again. A strong china would have the us aligning with russia, if both really feel threatened. You have to be a SU in peak form to even resist a pressure like that.
Im sorry, but this aint the industrial era no more.
I see you got suckered into believing that statistic. You got suckered because you have no aviation experience, I dare say.magnumcromagnon wrote:3.) The F-22 is a hangar queen, 30-40 hours of repair time for every 1 hour of air time. A good analogy might be the F-22 is a skilled Olympic athlete, and pioneered in it's field in a multitude of ways, however it never lived up to it's full potential due to the fact that it's an extremely injury-proned athlete.
To move an aircraft from one row to the next or to the hangar, required are: the crew chief, the tow truck driver, cockpit brake rider, two wing walkers, and one tail walker. Six man-hrs and they are all tabulated into the final monthly maintenance stats. Civilians does it as well.4. Safety Observer (Wing-Walker/Tail-Walker)
A) Conduct's a pre-tow inspection of the a/c.
B) Ensures safety pins are installed.
C) Ensures a/c is ready for move.
D) Ensures a/c is free of chains, cable cords, and support equipment.
E) Ensures a/c will clear all obstructions during movement.
Ground crews require Repair Verification Radar (RVR) test sets to verify the RCS after performing repairs, which is not a concern upon non-stealth aircraft.
Say that this hypothetical 'plasma stealth' aircraft is built via the plasma antenna method.Giulio wrote:Interesting. But I don't understood: a plasma antenna works for the stealth when she's turned on or turned off?
When turned on: she receives and transmits through ionized gas. Turned off she is transparent, or she is a mirror for radar waves?
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