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To add some of the views of the French on merging the programs this article uses the word competitor
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... te-reports

The article stated heavier armour as well, have any modifications been done to the power and engine to accommodate this as its one of the slower tanks as I understand?

How would this impact relations with South Korea? that can be suspicious of Japan
perhaps this article clears up the confusion about the different "eyes"
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/understa ... s-concept/

I would add that many of the contributors in this forum appear to have better credentials on knowledge of defence issues than journalists which is sad because the journalists are the ones to shape public opinion ,I exclude real journalists like Xavier and Gabrielle from this comment of course who ha...

To be fair to Ron any journalist who has some considerable influence with their readers should have some expertise and knowledge of the issue the write on after all people pay money believing this info is accurate, articles found in Muck Rack by this journalist suggest a degree of self-promotion, th...

From a perspective of supporting increased trade with partners in the Asia Pacific area currently under some measure of threat, by a large nation not recognising international sea borders, that is developing the second largest to date navy in the world showing the flag and providing some moral suppo...

There have been many articles on how the R.N will use the F35B but almost zilch on how or where the R.A.F will deploy them ,I can envisage there could be advantages of this type of aircraft deployed in a supportive role to the armed forces

I had previously read a few years ago that a complete layout of all of the carrier decks would not be published for security reasons

The Tide class ships each have two Pellegrini cranes with a capability lift of ten tons usually for use at land do they have any capability in the ship to ship cargo transfer ?

Why would you transport a nine and a half thousand-pound engine from shore when you could more easily have them or any other heavy cargo carried by the supply ship ?

In regards to the devastating fire on the Bonhomme Richard that has burnt out of control for a few days now with up to 400 hundred sailors involved in trying to save the ship are there lessons to be learnt from this in damage control and fire fighting. For the carriers of the R.N that are are not so...

The comments above lead to the question would the f35 have been cheaper if produced in the same country but then how much of its success has been due to countries having the ability to incorporate their own industries into hi tech job production

With regards to the F35 B this article suggests that the upgrading to block4 will add weight and affect range ,I dont know if this has been discussed elsewhere but in an aircraft operating off a carrier this suggests it would be vital for all of the F35B operating off carriers to be so upgraded to a...

It might have been on the cards for a while when they did not replace the one destroyed by fire at a red flag exercise , sorry about being off the thread moderators but getting back on it , should there be a consideration for the modified f35a to be acquired by the R.A.A.F for the S.E.A.D and D.E.A....

The recently released white paper announced those Growlers would be replaced the only plane on the drawing board in that timeline with that capacity could be the then upgraded f35,s

Its likely the batch including the s.e.a.d will be sourced by the R.A.A.F as a replacement for the Growler

Would the modifications outlined by Lockheed for SEAD roles for the f35 be included for the f35b
https://www.airforcemag.com/lockheed-to ... nses-role/
certainly, the timeline in batch 14 could be useful

Apologies for going off thread but with the comments about the costs of introduction of frigates perhaps this is a type of ship that also meets the budget with asw capability
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohjanmaa-class_corvette

Several years ago I was reading articles expecting that the future R.A.N frigate would likely be larger than the new destroyers , its likely as with the R.N the future may include air warfare versions based on this design possibly requiring minimal design change , another consideration for the diffe...

I originally place this on the Australian defence site bt considered it went into the capabilities of the Wedgetail it might be also included here with the mention of capability in electronic warfare https://venturaapdr.partica.online/apdr/apdr-june-2020/features/project-peregrine-a-further-boost-to...

Another defence forum using SKB,s above post has also gone into this suggesting the development of the Harrier could have been affected , then would this have affected the eventual f35b t68 Well-Known Member Yesterday at 6:58 PM Add bookmark #12,942 Ah a nostalgic look at what could have been for th...

Would an external gun pod effect stealth ?

This is an interesting article suggesting the U.S.N has provided further capabilities for its P-8A aircraft https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33482/navy-p-8-with-secretive-radar-pod-surveils-massive-chinese-naval-base-in-south-china-sea could the R.A.F p-8,s be similarly equipped for their own m...

Are you suggesting there are no advantages to fifth-generation fighters over the preceding a/c , certainly the f35b can fly off a carrier unlike the Eurofighter to perform its missions or do we compare the Harrier to the f35b in capabilities,

In this discussion of mission-capable, what is known on what is required for the f35b to be fully mission capable as opposed to other aircraft without being disparaging to other aircraft the f35b is a very complex aircraft with many capabilities that other aircraft don't have . Is comparing the f35 ...