Posted on 11/05/2010 5:11:11 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
I guess we really don’t make anything here in the US anymore.
The State Department will block this sale because they’re too dangerous to have in American Hands....
Well they make cars for us ,why not jet planes?\s the crippling of America just keeps on going ,thanks lefties.
And the advantage of having a trainer that can generate a prohibited sonic boom is?
I guess we really don’t make anything here in the US anymore.
Well, we make dollars. The Fed just made six hundred billion of 'em.
Wow, the Kia of the sky will soon be flown by the United States Air Force. How embarrassing.
All DOD purchases should be from U.S. companies especially considering the size of the defense budget. This is just about as insane as procuring 600K Army berets from China!
Use American tax dollars to put Americans to work!
I guess it’s related to costs and also the fact that pilots coming from intermediate training can only be gradually transitioned to supersonic fighters. So most advanced jet trainers since the 60s (barring the US T-38) have been subsonic.
US companies will almost certainly get a majority of workshare for any possible contract.
Besides most non-Russian export aircraft still use considerable US systems. Both the Italian M-346 and Korean T-50 use American engines, so it’s not all one-way traffic.
Exactly. Why do we need a TRAINER that flies at Mach 1.5? Will it carry any weapons so that it can be used for military purposes if necessary?
“Seoul seeking to export 500 trainer jets to U.S.”
What a shame!! To think that the US is considering buying a fleet of military jets from Korea is unbelievable. A nice challenge for the Pubbies in the House...block this deal.How many American jobs would this deal represent?
Umm, Lockheed Martin was involved in designing the T-50 and it’s engine is built by GE. So that’s plenty of American jobs in itself.
If it wins a contract-it will have be built in the US.
With the development of fly by wire and advancement in avionics, airforces can look to cut costs and time by using ideally two systems-one for basic and another for lead-in/advanced training. That would make a supersonic trainer very attractive.
Besides current USAF plans for the F-22 and F-35 envisage only single-seat variants so a supersonic trainer would come in handy.
Both the Yak and M-346 are twin-engined. And the M-346 evolved from a joint Russian-Italian project to develop the Yak-130.
Would be ironic to see the USAF and Russians use the same design for training.
http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/BAE_Hawk
...and the 128 involves a bit of scrolling to get down to the 128 as the airplane first flew in 1974
If Korea was smart they would build more tanks and buy every A-10 from the U.S. they could buy and make them on their own (A-10-look-alikes).. and far less Hyundais..
Hyundais are made in Alabama
OK.... Let them make tanks and ship them back to Korea on American ships..
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