Martin, I can't understand why the US military got suckered into the F-35,
except that the US military is always a sucker for PPT slides and the Next
Big Thing that must be leap-ahead technology, all things to all people,
etc. Did we learn nothing from the F-111? No, we did not. RAH-66? B-2?
Future Combat System? Crusader? NATF? A-12?
> Personally, I can't understand why our government and MOD decided on F-35s
> of any type. BAE tried to sell Eurofighter Typhoons to India, including a
> proposed NAVALISED version...
> why couldn't the Royal Navy buy those?
>
> Dunno about the magazines, because the only history one I buy is from the
> US - (VIETNAM magazine)
>
> I guess they'll throw me off too, as I don't think I've posted anything on
> this group until today!!
>
> Anyway, I guess the Third Imperium had the same problems of overruns,
> spiralling costs and late deliveries of equipment that doesn't do the job,
> though by TNE times it would have to be right first time!
>
> Martin.
>
> --- In , dcndcn13@... wrote:
>>
>> By the way, I LOVE the way that the QE and PoW ship's crests are painted
>> on their bulbous bow assemblies. That is classy, in a way that we have
>> never gotten the hang of over here.
>>
>> The best aviation and military history magazines are still British and
>> Japanese. We (US) still publish that stuff as if it were "Tiger Beat" or
>> "Vogue," worthy only of newsprint paper.
>>
>> Someone is going to throw me off this list any second...
>>
>> Nice knowing you!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
>
except that the US military is always a sucker for PPT slides and the Next
Big Thing that must be leap-ahead technology, all things to all people,
etc. Did we learn nothing from the F-111? No, we did not. RAH-66? B-2?
Future Combat System? Crusader? NATF? A-12?
> Personally, I can't understand why our government and MOD decided on F-35s
> of any type. BAE tried to sell Eurofighter Typhoons to India, including a
> proposed NAVALISED version...
> why couldn't the Royal Navy buy those?
>
> Dunno about the magazines, because the only history one I buy is from the
> US - (VIETNAM magazine)
>
> I guess they'll throw me off too, as I don't think I've posted anything on
> this group until today!!
>
> Anyway, I guess the Third Imperium had the same problems of overruns,
> spiralling costs and late deliveries of equipment that doesn't do the job,
> though by TNE times it would have to be right first time!
>
> Martin.
>
> --- In , dcndcn13@... wrote:
>>
>> By the way, I LOVE the way that the QE and PoW ship's crests are painted
>> on their bulbous bow assemblies. That is classy, in a way that we have
>> never gotten the hang of over here.
>>
>> The best aviation and military history magazines are still British and
>> Japanese. We (US) still publish that stuff as if it were "Tiger Beat" or
>> "Vogue," worthy only of newsprint paper.
>>
>> Someone is going to throw me off this list any second...
>>
>> Nice knowing you!
>>
>> Dave
>>
>
>