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AMA Supersport
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Florida
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Hopster
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Austin, TX
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Almost looks like it splits the different between an F18 and a Sukhoi
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Serious Business
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
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That thing is tiny....BUT it works for Taiwan. Unit Costs aren't as horrendous as they could have been.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Renton, WA
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![]() Defense contracts should absolutely stay in the US. Does anyone think North Korea or Vietnam or China should be making parts for our equipment? The political infighting about who's district gets the contract is bullshit though. It costs more money than actually producing, utilizing, and maintaining. Look at NASA- you got electronics being built in one part of the country, airframes in another, engines somewhere else, assembly somewhere else, and launch/recovery in three other places. All because some bureaucrat had to pork his area.
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Brampton, Canada
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That Taiwanese fighter reminds me of a cross between a Dassault Rafale and a F-16.
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Serious Business
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As for joint development or competitive contracts (Why develop and buy a US made helicopter or light vehicle if foreign companies offer an existing or superior product) any of our Nato partners or other "pact" countries should be considered. After that...licenced production of components by American company for a foreign design is a solution to the "jobs and availabilty" problem. Last edited by pauldun170; 02-27-2009 at 09:16 AM.. |
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White Trash Hero
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NW Arkansas
Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition
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Industrius little Tiawanese! Looks like they were smart enough not to try and reinvent the wheel and went with proven concepts from alot of different established fighters. Cuts out a huge chunk of the R&D budget. Still not something I want to be riding in when a Raptor comes calling!
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Engine performance = huh? wad dat? Radar = Let's just say...we have a very close relationship with ground control and awacs. Not the worst but...it's appropriate for the class. Flight performance = as long as it doesn't involve climbing to altitude it rocks!! Armament = ok mix for what it's intended to do. I think the goal, at least in the air superiority arena is to avoid China' s AAM by confusing them with it's size and cuteness (missile get's close to the ching kuo and goes "awe!! how cute.....damn where it go?) Then...when China's comparatively massive Su-27,33 etc etc roll up to pull a Han Solo maneuver ... the ching kuo will expertly tuck itself between the nacelles of the Chinese fighter, the pilot will use suction cups and make his way towards the intake and then throw old Timex watches in to the engines. |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
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