I meant more along the lines of US sabotaging a domestic development. I don’t want FS-X all over again.
GCAP is a breakthrough chance for Japan into the export market and greater domestic aviation industry. Not saying F-47 is bad, we literally can’t know yet, but Japan should stay on course with building up more military independence from the US and their own export presence.
Japan denied it was delayed by the way.
Flight Simulator X ?
/s
KV-1 with proper long barrel ZIS-5 gun that had the ballistics of the high velocity 76 mm 3-K AA gun.
Successful coz those were used by other countries in their own conflicts and the feedback from the usages were publicized. You mean here export success (of course it’ll be if US is not involved in any major wars during a fighter’s service tenure but export countries are using it in their own border control i.e F-22 vs F-35 … I wont deem F-22 a non-success).
Similar situation to contemporary widely exported Sukhois, Migs, Mirages and Rafale.
But that doesn’t mean non exported aircrafts(using umbrella term here and not just fighters) are not “successful” as per US’ domestic use/need … from A-10s to C-5s & B-2s
They should pitch the heavily upgraded F-35 to Japan, the whole “80% of 6 gen capabilities for 50% of the cost” thing
Buk-M3
“The Buk-M3 air defense system uses the 9M317M missile. This missile is an advanced version of the 9M317 used in the Buk-M2, featuring a more powerful dual-mode solid-propellant rocket motor, enhanced guidance systems with active radar homing, and improved performance against a wide range of targets. It has a range of up to 70 km, an altitude reach of 35 km, and a maximum speed of 1,550 m/s (Mach 4.5). The 9M317M is designed to intercept aircraft, cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles, and other high-speed, maneuverable targets, with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead for increased lethality.”
Good iris-t competitor
want muh obese Ganef first
that’s Krug for simple folks. /s
oh and this magnificent monstrosity, i.e Goa(SC)
that’s Pechora-SC or Neva-SC for simple folks. /s
could be fun at 4.7
Even simpler folks.
Uzbek T-64 mod.2025
with 950hp Doosan DP222CC engine, electric transmission, updated electronics and supposedly, planning the turret to be turned into a modular system with the crew positions being relocated to a separate capsule.
FS-X was the name of Japans project to develop a domestic 4th gen naval strike fighter. At the time the US were on a trip of trying to suppress Japanese industry trough political pressure, and managed to get the domestic development canned based on “budget concerns”.
After that FS-X got turned into a joint development, where the terms essentially allowed the US to access the full extent of Japanese research and prototyping for FS-X, while Japan couldn’t even get all the tech from of the F-16 they were supposed to base their new fighter on.
Though this strict limit in technology sharing in turn at least allowed Japan to push to essentially turn it into a whole new aircraft rather than just a modification of the F-16, which is now the F-2.
Yeah, I think upgrades to the existing fleet of F-35s would be a great idea, they will be needed at some point anyways and don’t interfere with GCAP at all.
Generally as far as I’m concerned, they should pitch whatever they want, so long as they don’t try to pressure Japan out of GCAP. If they make a good offer, let them try, but please no more sketchy political pressure from a country calling themselves an ally of Japan.
In all honesty I have my doubts about GCAP, large multinational projects are difficult and it’s even harder considering the difference in threats they are made to counter and physical space between members
Do we know if it’s supersonic?
