the lancaster kicks ass
Major General
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- Dec 20, 2003
she's certainly one of the front runners.........
The Greatest Fighter Jet of All Time.
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HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
F-16 Fighting Falcon, great manevourability, payload and range for its size. All round good package that could take out Iranian Nuclear Power Plants and could take out North Korean Nuclear Power Plants as well if given the chance...
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Soon. Got 'em. Not all C models, but some. Others are scrambling for AESA for not only commo, long range detection, but also cruise missile detection and non-kinetic weapon capability.
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Non-kinetic weapons capability? Does that mean it could be armed with something like a laser?
Matt308
Glock Perfection
No. The ability to focus significant amounts of energy through a small aperature window allows for potential disruption of non-hardened electronics. AESA provides this potential and the DoD is looking into ability to disrupt aircraft/UAS/ground system electronics. This is similar to what you might have read about non-kinetic weapons such as microwave emitters.
Can you imagine the STOVL version of the F-35 coupling the forward fan transmission to a non-kinetic weapon to allow for cruise missile defense, destruction of UAS flight controls/command signals or as a stealthy "wild weasel"?
Can you imagine the STOVL version of the F-35 coupling the forward fan transmission to a non-kinetic weapon to allow for cruise missile defense, destruction of UAS flight controls/command signals or as a stealthy "wild weasel"?
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Wow, okay, I had the wrong idea of a non-kinetic weapon thinking of lasers. Must be watching too much Star Trek...
Matt308
Glock Perfection
C'mon HealzD, you guys need the F-35! 
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Okay, ah yes, it has that thing akin to a giant search-light on top. Something about using heatray to warm the surface of skin without actually cooking it in the way that a microwave oven does. There was an article in the Sunday Mail discussing it being trialled in Iraq for future deployment...
Matt308
Glock Perfection
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Okay. Be interesting to see how long it takes to develop cutting lasers...
Matt308
Glock Perfection
okay
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
I know that they are depicted in a lot of the futuristic ideas of warfare. Lasers are seen as a natural progression. Better yet those phaser type guns and rifles out of Star Trek (right the way through) that can be set from Low to Kill settings...
Matt308
Glock Perfection
I'm listening...
HealzDevo
Staff Sergeant
Okay, but no, I think the F-35 will be great. Just might need work on its range. We don't have the advantages the Americans do of being able to have a large number of airforce bases as well as civilian airports dotted around the place...
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102first_hussars
Tech Sergeant
In an Emergency im sure the USA would let one of its allies use atleast some of those bases, the ones in Europe atleast
ACE Spades
Recruit
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- Jul 14, 2007
what do you guy's think about the f-14 tomcat
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
If u took the time to read the entire thread, u'd know... Or how about doin a search of the entire website for the F-14, then u'd know as well....
The Basket
Senior Master Sergeant
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- Jun 27, 2007
A few points about the Sea Harrier in the Falklands.
The Shar never shot down an Etendard. The Argentines didn't lose one in combat.
The Shars flew at low altitude when faced with Mirages. The speed difference was far less.
The Shar had the Lima Sidewinder whereas the Mirages had the less capable Magic. The lima had an excellent kill ratio in combat.
The USMC bought the Harrier because it could do things that no other aircraft could. Not because it was the fastest or the best.
The Gnat would have been an excellent fighter. Shame it carried no fuel or weapons. Other than that it was first class!
The EE Lightning was simply stunning performance.
Loved watching the Su-27 at airshows...amazing stuff.
The Shar never shot down an Etendard. The Argentines didn't lose one in combat.
The Shars flew at low altitude when faced with Mirages. The speed difference was far less.
The Shar had the Lima Sidewinder whereas the Mirages had the less capable Magic. The lima had an excellent kill ratio in combat.
The USMC bought the Harrier because it could do things that no other aircraft could. Not because it was the fastest or the best.
The Gnat would have been an excellent fighter. Shame it carried no fuel or weapons. Other than that it was first class!
The EE Lightning was simply stunning performance.
Loved watching the Su-27 at airshows...amazing stuff.
