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I thought that we got over this....
Source: The National Interest https://share.google/rLhKT5dxLA3ZIHeMb
Source: The National Interest https://share.google/rLhKT5dxLA3ZIHeMb
JAS 39 Gripen is growing up.... (4 Viewers)
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MiTasol
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interesting that the first Embraer Gripen has flown tho.
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True, on the 25th, wasn't it?
Link not workingI thought that we got over this....
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This isn't quite the same as previous BS 'reporting'. The engine talked about here (the RM12EP) is a modification of the existing RM12 (which itself is a derivative of the F404) already used. I am actually meeting with the GKN Aerospace team involved in a few weeks and will find out more about the specific changes.
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Yeah, it's real - not much in that article though. Here is the actual GKN media release:Thank f....ishfingers for that!
The article is....well, safe to read then?
Admiral Beez
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First Brazilian Gripen delivered:
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Brazil is really moving along on defence. It will be interesting to see their first nuclear powered attack sub enter service in the 2030s.
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Who would have thought that Brazil would have a nuclear powered sub before Australia, South Korea or Japan?
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First Gripen E fighter produced in Brazil has been unveiled – Aeronews Global
New routes, insights, trip reports.
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Brazil is really moving along on defence. It will be interesting to see their first nuclear powered attack sub enter service in the 2030s.
Brazil takes another step towards building a nuclear-powered submarine
The Brazilian Navy is taking another step towards achieving its goal of adding a nuclear-powered submarine to its fleet. A crucial phase of the Brazilian project—the electromechanical assembly of the section called block 40, which will house the prototype reactor responsible for generating the...
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Who would have thought that Brazil would have a nuclear powered sub before Australia, South Korea or Japan?
Building SSN-AUKUS: Australia’s $30bn Nuclear Submarine Yard at Osborne - Navy Lookout
Australia has just announced it will spend around AUS$30bn (£15.6bn) to build a large nuclear submarine construction yard in Adelaide. The new facility at Osborne is intended to replicate the processes in use at BAE Systems’ facility at Barrow. Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, Director-General of the...
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South Korea’s New Nuclear Submarine Capability and Canada's Security Options - Policy Magazine
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on October 29th that he had granted South Korea approval to build a nuclear-powered submarine. The President said the
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Japan Weighs Nuclear Submarines as New Defense Minister Koizumi Signals Break from Postwar Nuclear Taboo - Naval News
Japan new Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has publicly called for Tokyo to consider acquiring nuclear powered submarines (SSN)
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Still American-based engines though. SAAB needs to break free from the US government's ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) and EAR (Export Administration Regulations). Of course it's more than just engines, but that's a big piece.
It is more than the engine on the Gripen that has US origin. EAR is less of an issue than ITAR.
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Yes, I wrote exactly that above, which you quoted.
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That's a quote from someone I heard walking by me today. I find those words profound and I needed to preserve it somewhere.
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Yeah, on reflection, my bad.
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You're over....worked, have a pint!
Don't mind if I do…thanks for the offer!
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Plus no SAAS software arrangement / cutoff switch...
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Answer to that mystery is malfeasance / bribes
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I witnessed something very similar to this (minus the canoe) during REFORGER back in the 1980s, down at Bremerhaven where were giving mass-innoculations. Two Viggens came in down the Weser river at about that altitude and popped up and flew right over the dock, scared the shit out of everybody - broke a bunch of windows and everything. They thought it was a Soviet attack for about 15 minutes, but it was Neutral Sweden showing their claws a bit (due to both us and the Soviets invading their airspace and fjords several times in the previous few weeks). I knew they weren't Soviet because I saw the blue and gold crowns on the wings when they went over, but I didn't know what kind of plane they were or what country they were from until later. I knew the Soviets wouldn't have crowns on their planes. We were all arguing about it. We got the all clear after about half an hour (but with a bunch of NATO planes flying all over the place roaring around on afterburners) but nobody knew the deal until the next day when AFN radio reported who they were.
Before they went over us like a tornado there was a (subjectively) long moment like that scene with John Cleese charging in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. You could see two dots over the water and a lot of ground effect on the water itself, but we couldn't figure out what we were looking at.
Here we go again...
