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Hhauritz replied to the thread Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates.It expect Australia will become a lot more drone centric going into the 2040s. To be honest the speed at which drone technology is...
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Do we actually think either aircraft will be available in the 2030's for the RAAF? The F35 first flew as a prototype in 2000 (25 years... -
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The Government has been very public about stating that the first batch of Australian built ships will be the same design as the overseas... -
VVolkodav replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.Eleven is too many for a single design. Minimum batches should be two, maximum six (if built over a short period) any more than that...
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That's turned into a dog's breakfast. It looks nothing like the original Fremm design. I think they wanted Oliver Hazard Perry Mark II...
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Sswerve replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.More like a redesign from the keel up, keeping only a superficial visual resemblance, isn't it?
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The F-15EX isn’t stealthy which means it has limited survivability over contested airspace. Fairly sure it’s mostly going to ANG units...
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From the article - 'Based on reports, Tusa says Tempest’s maximum takeoff weight could be “north of 30 tonnes” compared to Typhoon’s 23...
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A B52 Bomber can carry around 32,000 KG worth of bombs. Thats 32 ton approx.. Let that sink in Anyhow this is a RAAF page.
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Might want to double check and re-read that comment. I cannot access the original article since it seems to be paywalled for me, but I...
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John Fedup replied to the thread Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates.I guess you can always await Trump's enhanced F-55 with dual engines. I read somewhere LM thinks an enhanced F-35 offering 80% of the... -
Todjaeger replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.From my POV a reduced order could actually be a good time, with the giant caveat that it would be highly dependent on how things were... -
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Do we actually think either aircraft will be available in the 2030's for the RAAF? The F35 first flew as a prototype in 2000 (25 years...
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Oold faithful replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.Do you really think that an order for 11 will happen? I would hope so, but I am thinking it will be reduced to 9, at best.
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That's turned into a dog's breakfast. It looks nothing like the original Fremm design. I think they wanted Oliver Hazard Perry Mark II...