Posted on 03/11/2010 7:31:20 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Also, if you consider the Government bailout of entities, there would be enough money for several Air Wings.
Norman Augustine will (sadly) eventually be proven right.
Click on pic for past Navair pings.
Post or FReepmail me if you wish to be enlisted in or discharged from the Navair Pinglist.
The only requirement for inclusion in the Navair Pinglist is an interest in Naval Aviation.
This is a medium to low volume pinglist.
Surely a simple solution is to build penalty clauses into the contracts.
Shame on me. I was assuming due experience the penalty clauses existing were as selectively enforced as so many of our laws.
yeah...ok...point taken.
Right. When the Chinese J-10 came out, they were talking about its stealth characteristics, which even I, as a non-engineer had to laugh at, when they showed it loaded up with external tanks, missiles and bombs.
The JSF at least can carry a load of ordinance internally (according to this description of the armament)
The F-35A carries a 25 mm GAU-22/A cannon internally. The standard internal weapons load is two AIM-120C air-to-air missiles and two 2,000-pound GBU-31 JDAM guided bombs. Optional internal loads include eight GBU-38 small-diameter bombs, as well as a wide variety of air-to-ground missiles, dispensers and guided weapons. The internal weapons bay is reconfigurable for all air-to-ground ordnance, all air-to-air ordnance or a blend of both. When stealth is no longer required to execute a mission, the F-35A external pylons are loaded with ordnance, giving the aircraft a weapons payload of more than 18,000 pounds.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.