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Takao reacted to ADMk2's post in the thread Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates with
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The CFT’s don’t exist. They were only ever conceptual. Non-production representative models were flown on a demo aircraft, but they were... -
Takao reacted to ADMk2's post in the thread Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates with Like.
We have 12 in fact. Which amounts to 50% of our entire Super Hornet force. The “plan” to potentially convert them to Growlers was...
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AADMk2 replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.Have you noticed we don’t intend to even attempt to operate them as entirely autonomous assets? Something to think about in there…
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Except they can’t keep up with a carrier. Only do 22 knots, and it would be difficult to get much more out of that hull shape.
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AADMk2 replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.Ironically the most drone intensive war we’ve ever seen (across all domains) is being primarily contested by, wait for it... 2x “giant...
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AADMk2 replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.“Suggested” by a well-known naval group proponent. Might as well ask Malcolm Turnbull his thoughts on these matters… By almost no-one...
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For “Navy” in the comment about relative budgets, you could substitute “Submarines”. As noted by others, the rest of the Navy is...
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I’m not sure that anyone is dummy spitting - as outlined by @Takao, there’s been support in the past. In fact, I’d be surprised if...
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I think the quote from the Defence minister back when the Canberras were ordered and Navy’s firm push for a third ship was suggested was...
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AADMk2 replied to the thread Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates.The CFT’s don’t exist. They were only ever conceptual. Non-production representative models were flown on a demo aircraft, but they were...
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AADMk2 replied to the thread Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates.We have 12 in fact. Which amounts to 50% of our entire Super Hornet force. The “plan” to potentially convert them to Growlers was...
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SStampede reacted to StingrayOZ's post in the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 with Like.
Eventually they are going to be loaded onto a ship anyway to deploy. Even if they are on a train, eventually they would have to be...
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StingrayOZ replied to the thread Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0.Eventually they are going to be loaded onto a ship anyway to deploy. Even if they are on a train, eventually they would have to be... -
Sandhi Yudha replied to the thread JAXA and Japanese space programs.The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has entered the arrival phase with the separation of the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) from... -
SExcept they can’t keep up with a carrier. Only do 22 knots, and it would be difficult to get much more out of that hull shape.
