Gaijin still not giving these to the DJP
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They won’t, that’s why they have added Thailand as a nation.
It’s their way of giving the Japanese tech tree planes with CAS weaponry without having to go after piles of data which eventualy leads up to that GCS-1 and GCS-2 can’t be used against ground vehicles.
Japan is incapable of using air to ground guided weaponry outside of maybe the AGM-65F on the P-1 and the AGM-114L / L Hellfires on the AH-64DJ’s.
It’s only logical they focus on ASW and CAP (Combat Air Patrols).
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I don’t really understand what he’s saying. I trust primary sources.
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So what you’re saying is the AAM-3 project that started before the AIM-9M was even a thing and was completely independent from the US is “like the F-2 to the F-16”?
Even the F-2 is nowhere near an imitation of the F-16, it shares only about 5% commonality and effectively resulted in a new aircaft completely. This is why the cost was similar (even higher on a per-unit basis) to the projected cost of the domestic FS-X. So even if AAM-3 was like F-2 it wouldn’t be as you are describing.
Please don’t start this again…
There is no hard limitation on guided weapons, only soft political factors making it difficult to support procurement of any new weapon type. Japan also ordered JASSM for their F-15JSI as another example, this time on a combat aircraft of the JASDF.
It has nothing to do with them being incapable of using these weapons.
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@AlvisWisla Continuing from the other topic
Two M3 .50cals, seemingly unchanged air to ground including two 1000lb bombs and HVARs. This alone might ensure it goes above 6.0 even in air modes.
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Misses AFB 1997
F-4EJ Kai on display
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It only told me I could upload 5 images at a time
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It appears I did forget the guns in the nose.
Appreciate the reminder.
It seems I was half asleep, because the 1,051st post I made has disappeared(or maybe it was deleted). For the AAM‑3, please refer to page 174 of the TRDI 50th Book. It is publicly available. The relevant page is included in that TRDI50_07.pdf.
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1283286/1/1
It seems to be back. Thank you.
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I completely forgot about this…
It even confirms directly that the AAM-3 was developed for use with the F-15 and the F-4
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One crash is not indicative of quality.
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Don’t tell them about every aircraft ever made having accidents, it might blow their mind.
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I mean
This level of analysis and processing of information is like…
Biased?
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Last crash of F-2 was 4 years ago so it is quiet normal
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IIRC, in japanese service the F-2 has less then half the amount of incidents per flight hour then the F-15J. And the F-15 is already considered one of the most reliable fighter aircraft ever, so…
(Although tbf, this number is skewed somewhat by just how many F-15J incidents japan had within their first few years of operation, with them having a decently higher number of incidents then other F-15 operators.)
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Okay yeah no this is just bait now. Low quality bait.
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