6th Generation Fighters Projects

[StevoJH]

I cant find information on how much of a payload can be fitted to a four person Cessna but the Neptune missiles has one of 150 kilos in comparison and a range of up to 300 hundred kilometres, so potentially if the Cessna was able to get past the air defences could potentially provide more significant damage than a missile.

Pretty sure they are using the A-22 Foxbat, which are two seat Light Sport Aircraft.

They are cheap, very slow and have a MTOW of 600kg.

 

[Feanor]

Pretty sure they are using the A-22 Foxbat, which are two seat Light Sport Aircraft.

They are cheap, very slow and have a MTOW of 600kg.

I don't know that the specific aircraft matters. Ukraine is using what they have available. If a prop-plane full of explosives is the best way to go, you should use the one you have readily available.

 

[Musashi_kenshin]

In Japan, a more muted cheering for the British-led GCAP warplane

By contrast, there is “GCAP silence” in Japan, says one local observer of business ties between Japan and the West.

www.defensenews.com

A bit of a nothing-burger article. Unsurprisingly the Japanese public don't know a lot about GCAP (does the general public in any democracy know a lot about their defence projects?) and some Opposition politicians are neo-pacifists. But the conclusion is that Japan will stick with GCAP.

I mean, what are the alternatives - not develop a sixth generation aircraft? Japan needs GCAP to stay ahead of Chinese and Russian technology. If anyone has scope to pull out it's the UK and Italy, because they can in principle expect countries nearer to Russia to do the heavy lifting in case of war. Japan doesn't have a Poland in the way - it is Poland.