I have mentioned it plenty of times, hence why I think it’s a shame that even a small number of a type optimized for easy servicing and dispersed deployments couldn’t come together, for whatever reason. However, we have seen a continuing influx of AD systems, from top tier to veteran but still usef...
Jump to postOn the F-16 front, I hope us arm chair experts have started working on the logistics of how this weapon system will be used, starting with the base or bases, protection of the base from runway cratering munitions, location of the base to the front or the location of a refueling base closer to the fr...
Jump to postIt would be interesting to see the NATO detail combat plans that would ensure that neither Greek or Turkish troops are deployed in a position where they have to support each other, I would expect that they would always be supported by other NATO members. When the divisions between the two run so dee...
Jump to postHere's hoping the US package of upgrades aren't so aggressive that they cause the inevitable delays and overruns Delays are inevitable. The goal is to minimize the delays. Otherwise, you are not pushing the technology hard/fast enough and end up with an obsolete system from the start. bt In my opin...
Jump to postBesides the A220 program not being in the green, it is not a native Airbus product, I think some people think that because Airbus is now behind the product it has the same stature within Airbus as their A220 program, heck, it does not even have the Airbus FBW system, I always wondered how much inves...
Jump to postSteelChair wrote:Here's hoping the US package of upgrades aren't so aggressive that they cause the inevitable delays and overruns
Russia has been relying on USSR assets, but without bothering with maintenance or spare parts. Sure, money was allocated for maintenance, but somehow this managed to find its way to oligarchs and senior officials within the government and military. Everyone already know this was happening. It took ...
Jump to postgiven how Russia constantly targets civil infrastructure I more or less expects them to attack civil ships as well. Instead of using ships with flags of convenience, use ships flying the flag of a NATO member. Somehow I doubt Russia has the balls to sink a merchant flying for instance the US, UK, P...
Jump to posthttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/a-sobering-analysis-of-ukraines-counteroffensive-from-the-front This article explains why the counteroffensive has gone slower than expected. Essentially Ukraine is adapting itself to Western tactics and methods, but it is taking time to make that transition. T...
Jump to postThis is a great way to destroy CRM straight out of the gate. I was a Captain because I wanted to be a Captain. If some idiot showed up and told me he was the captain simply because he had more time in the aircraft it would cause it would build an unnecessary wall up degrading communication. Believe...
Jump to postYour solution sucks. Not every FO wants the responsibility of being a Captain. I will take his solution at face value noting that anything that is implemented will have to be bargained with the union. Going from FO to CA is the natural order that has been put in place by the industry of staff, mana...
Jump to postMy solution: Single list for every pilot on property, everyone is qualified to be a captain in their type, pilot with more time in type is the captain for that trip. Biggest problem will be getting to a single pay scale and the initial training bubble. Your solution sucks. Not every FO wants the re...
Jump to postHow stupid do you need to be to think that any treatment you get in NK would be better/lighter than what you would receive in the USA. Two words: Otto Warmbier Any punishment he would have received in the USA for his actions in SK (assault) would be exponentially better than what I suspect he is fa...
Jump to postTwo observations, if a plane cannot be flown without a captain , anyone wonder why there are so much less captains than first officers for the airlines quoted in the article, it's not like they have more captains so they have more flights with two captains. I could see if they were allowed to have t...
Jump to postBTW, rumors has it that the US is looking at more than just the computing upgrade. And when that system is finalized, the RAAF and RAF will look at upgrading their frames as well. We'll have to wait for those rumors to flush out. bt Based on the recent US Air Force history, they will demand / manda...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:johns624 wrote:I advocated for hitting the Kerch bridge just a day or two ago and people poo-pooed it.
Clearly someone was listening to you.
Now that they have the weapons let see if they make a real effort to fully cripple the bridge and attack again in a day or two, wonder if there was any co-ordinadtion with the attack on the naval base, it would at least have the commanders looking in two places at the same time.
Jump to postRestarting the C-17 production is not viable, as the unit cost would be prohibitive. But USAF is looking for more capacity in C-17s. The An-124 cannot be revised to fill the gap, as it does not have a pressurized cargo area and making that is a new plane. Belugas are for carrying airframe parts tha...
Jump to postType "Boeing ACAP" in your search engine and see Boeing's own seat configs - the MAX 10 are shown in a two-class 204-seat version and a 230-seat all-economy config with seats at 28 inch pitch. The SpaceFlex aft galley/lav setup will be a staple on many MAX aircraft too. OMG - Those design...
Jump to postWNCrew - they had a big fail in their other strong point - hassle free flying. Down to the single passenger, if changes were made you didn't have to call and wait for hours on the phone. They told you what and when to do it. Is that coming back, it was a powerful differential. I would say no, since...
Jump to postThe counter-offensive is forcing the Russians to respond, after the initial HIMARS deployment which saw ammo dumps and command centers hit with the loss of high ranking officers, the Russians adapted and moved logistics further behind their lines, now once again you are seeing more ammo dumps and co...
Jump to postIn view of the heavy losses UKAF is reported to be suffering in its ground attacks, would it not be better for Ukraine to desist in those and spend time denuding support for Russian ground forces by destruction of Russian supply chain logistics? If that means there would be no breakthrough this yea...
Jump to postIn both cases, the FAA did not catch the discrepancy, but neither did Boeing make it clear they weren't meeting the newer standard. This is the kind of procedural problem the FAA is trying to clean up now. It does look weird that the a/c that was instrumental in the re-certification of the MAX-8 an...
Jump to postHow will they make adjustments when certification requirements are being put in place that appear to have no analytical data behind it? So it was generated back in 2007 but from what, Boeing appears to be saying in their request that they have no deployed data that this is an issue. Did the FAA con...
Jump to postHopefully Boeing is now making the adjustment to the serial data flow, wherein time savings are achieved by precise packet ordering and accuracy in transmission, rather than parallel threads. How will they make adjustments when certification requirements are being put in place that appear to have n...
Jump to postCould this possibly by why the Max7 has taken so long to get through certification? It's probably a factor. The article notes that Boeing gave no explanation for the timing of the request. But one could speculate that since this issue did not prevent certification of the MAX-8 or MAX-9, they did no...
Jump to postGood points. It seems that n order to join the EU you must satisfy the entry rules or you don't get in. Once in you must satisfy the membership rules but you can remain a member if you don't. A bit paradoxical. isn't it? Not really, the rules of the EU are supposed to keep members in line, there ar...
Jump to postThe surest way to avoid the use of nuclear weapons by Russia is to withdraw all support to Ukraine. Even better yet, admit RU to the EU as suggested earlier in this thread. Even better, since they're so close to Alaska, they should be admitted as the 51st State. Go for it! Good one, now you just ne...
Jump to postWhat happens if Russia is losing badly in Ukraine and Putin threatens to use nukes? Does the west ask Ukraine to stop winning? The question has already been answered by Biden, if RU uses nukes the response will be massive conventional retaliation. Would love to see who would be assisting the US wit...
Jump to postTo me it looks/feels like most of the recent US "escalations" such as cluster munitions: they wait till they feel truly justified in making moves that to many of us seem obviously correct. The thing is, once the ball gets rolling, it rolls in a very big way. Do we all remember when Patrio...
Jump to postRU's complaints about a mono-culture and goals of establishing a multi-polar world would have to change, but that's OK. They're just made-up nonsense to justify a land grab on behalf of the RU oligarchs that would become moot once an even bigger land grab becomes available. RU's rhetorical end game...
Jump to postAbsolutely, but the attrition phase is not just wasting time, it is a crucial part of the counter-offensive on its own. Unfortunately with many casualties, but at least the losses skew substantially against Russia. One of the reasons why attrition by air power is preferred is due to the lower casua...
Jump to postThat's the past, question is why is Turkey a member of NATO now when the the folks that they are pledging to protect with their citizens lives do not believe they are worthy of being a member of their trading club (EU). This is a rather broad simplification of the issue. EU membership requires that...
Jump to postAbsolutely, but the attrition phase is not just wasting time, it is a crucial part of the counter-offensive on its own. Unfortunately with many casualties, but at least the losses skew substantially against Russia. One of the reasons why attrition by air power is preferred is due to the lower casua...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:The EU is not just about trade.
RU's complaints about a mono-culture and goals of establishing a multi-polar world would have to change, but that's OK. They're just made-up nonsense to justify a land grab on behalf of the RU oligarchs that would become moot once an even bigger land grab becomes available. RU's rhetorical end game...
Jump to postWe know trade with Russia works, so laying out a path to EU membership for Ukraine and Russia will settle all this nationalist claims between Russia and Ukraine. You're kidding right? There was plenty of trade between the EU and Russia. And between Ukraine and Russia as well for that matter. But th...
Jump to postI suggested on the Ukraine thread in Non Av that AH-1Ws pulled from storage would have been useful for Ukraine, rugged, Hellfire, Zuni and against those Russian hell’s, AIM-9 capable. But there are AH-1Z’s in storage? Bahrain getting two dozen W’s from storage. All the stuff about F-16’s yet here i...
Jump to post...why is Turkey a member of NATO and why would they want to remain as a member of NATO. Because in the past Turkey did not want to risk being attacked by the USSR and in the future it does not want to risk being attacked by Russia? That's the past, question is why is Turkey a member of NATO now wh...
Jump to postWhy not offer Russia EU membership, that would certainly put an end to NATO, guarantee European security and create and even greater bulwark against the Americans. We know trade with Russia works, so laying out a path to EU membership for Ukraine and Russia will settle all this nationalist claims be...
Jump to postTurkey should not be allowed into the EU and should be dumped from NATO. Turkey is a strategic partner and has strategic military position, but there has to be limits to what Turkey can demand. The country has been questionable for a long time. On this I can agree, why is Turkey a member of NATO an...
Jump to postAfter the 4:15 statement on the Jimmy Dore link of why would Nazi's lie I abandoned the link, somehow I got the feeling we were once again going down the road of Trump started the war, etc etc etc.
Jump to postThe effects won’t be local, Russia more than any country (aside from Ukraine) should know this. After all, they only stopped covering up Chernobyl when the radiation was detected in the West. They’ve already used chemical weapons in a NATO country, restraint is not something you associate with this...
Jump to postNATO's entire raison d'être is coordination for defense of its members and now of Ukraine and this is practically the entire job description of the NATO Secretary General, so someone who never seriously coordinated with any of his colleagues would be a complete failure in this position which NATO s...
Jump to postAside from not having a clear path right now into NATO, another issue that will need discussion; https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/11/frozen-russian-assets-ukraine-reparations-putin Different enough from the post WW1 period I think. Op Ed, I agree; https://www.theguardian.com/commentisf...
Jump to postIf you had such helicopters and weapons and were flying for Russia, with the mentioned MANPAD in the hands of Ukrainians, would you really fly these fancy missions ? Absolutely, the equipment was designed around its ability to perform those "fancy missions", if you purchase the equipment ...
Jump to postConsidering the difference in weight between the bomblets dropped by a CBU-97 and a M864, I fail to see why the US would develop both,. Well if you look at what the CBU-97 does compared to the M864, it's like one is a smart munition and the other is a dumb bomb. https://armamentresearch.com/us-cbu-...
Jump to postIt is disheartening to note that Southwest Airlines appears to be lacking a clear plan or cutting-edge differentiators that set it apart as a superior carrier. 1. WN is the only major carrier who allows two bags free - differentiator 2. Prior to COVID, WN was the only carrier with no change fee's, ...
Jump to postI don't believe those bomblets won't be much help in destroying armored vehicles. Again happy to be wrong. It depends on what is in the bomblet, do not expect it to carry enough explosives to lift the vehicle off the ground, but shaped charges to penetrate the armour and kill crew or cook off the a...
Jump to postFrom what I can deduct, the cluster munition is a direct replacement to the smart rounds when used as counter battery. The cluster round would have similar kill rate as the Excalibur and HIMAR rockets. The cluster rounds would be more plentiful and cheaper than the Excalibur round and easier to shi...
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