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Ping and heads up.
1 posted on 03/30/2009 5:47:22 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
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This also links to the page that links to the short streaming VIDEO: (Follow the orange button to load clip).

Video might be good for another 12 hours or so.

2 posted on 03/30/2009 5:49:36 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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It’s good practice, but I doubt NK is insane enough to start something serious.


4 posted on 03/30/2009 5:52:30 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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The Japanese sound pretty fired up over this.

I dearly hope that they aren’t counting on Hussein to do anything about it. - other than wasting fuel dispatching warships that he will never allow to be used...


5 posted on 03/30/2009 5:54:55 AM PDT by bill1952 (Power is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; ...
Will they actually authorize a select few individuals to launch defensive measures, or circulate a document for the entire committee to 検討 and put their 印鑑 on?

日本*ピング* (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

7 posted on 03/30/2009 5:57:33 AM PDT by DTogo (Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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PAC-3 Patriot missile batteries out in the open in downtown Tokyo these days.

Wouldn't the exhaust blast from a missile launch in downtown Tokyo be somewhat "messy"?

Or are they just driving through town?

Emplacing the radar anywhere town would also produce all manner of RF unpleasantness.

10 posted on 03/30/2009 6:03:16 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Ping.


13 posted on 03/30/2009 6:09:25 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (We live in interesting times.)
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I’ve been reading your posts on FR for quite some time.

Your posts are always interesting and provide an unique perspective about the events in the Far East.

I live in New England, and the media here seems to ignore the important stories from your part of the world on a consistent basis.

I’d like to thank-you for posting, and I hope you continue to do so.


15 posted on 03/30/2009 6:35:06 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (January 20th, 2009.....A Day That Will Live in Infamy)
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OH OH


22 posted on 03/30/2009 10:19:04 AM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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The Japanese have interesting Fighter cap capability: the FS-X is not an F16, its quite a bit bigger, an F-16 on steroids:

It has guns

The FS-X is quite similar in appearance to the F-16, but structural modifications include:

Japanese-designed co-cured composite wing of greater span (1.7m wider) and root chord, with slightly less leading edge sweep. The composites give the wing added strength while reducing the weight;

increased span tailplane;

slightly reshaped and enlarged radome and forward fuselage (fuselage length has increased by 0.5m);

slightly altered Leading-Edge Root Extensions (LERX).

Overall, the FS-X is substantially larger than the F-16, resulting in a maximum take-off weight of 49,000lb, compared to the F-16C's 42,000lb, although both are powered by the same 129kN (29,000lb)-thrust General Electric F110-129 turbofan engine. Other FSX structural-design changes include radar-absorbent material (RAM) applied to the aircraft's nose, wing leading-edges and engine inlet, the use of titanium in the tail and fuselage, the addition of a braking parachute and a two-piece canopy reinforced against large bird strikes.

The primary difference, although less conspicuous than the structural modifications, between the FS-X and the F-16 is in the use of Japanese domestic technology for much of the avionics, including:

a new Mitsubishi Electric (Melco)-designed active phased-array radar comprising 800 3W gallium-arsenide transmit/receive modules;

Yokogawa LCD multi-function display (MFD);

Shimadzu holographic head-up display (HUD);

internal Mitsubishi Electric integrated electronic warfare system;

Japan Aviation Electronics laser inertial-navigation system backed-up with four conventional gyros;

Japan has also been forced to develop its own fly-by-wire software by the US Government's refusal to release the F-16s computer source codes. The FS-X's software is based on MHI's control-configured vehicle (CCV) research program flown in the early 1980's using a modified Mitsubishi T-2 trainer.

Will the Norkies come up and play with the JSDAF?

Nah! They would be nuts!

Source:

http://www.airforceworld.com/fighter/eng/f2.htm

23 posted on 03/30/2009 4:11:30 PM PDT by Candor7 (The weapons of choice against fascism are ridicule, and derision. (member NRA)
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