JW Collins Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 No, there is a slight chance the South Koreans may be interested in a smaller purchase but I'm pretty sure that Boeing cut the canted vertical stabilizer unless somebody wants to pay extra to develop and test all of that. That further reduces the utility of the internal weapons bay option, not worth the reduced CFT fuel.
Mr King Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 Stealthy fighter coms being developed so F-22. F-35. and legacy aircraft can speak to one another. http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_02_25_2014_p0-666721.xml&p=1
Juan Sosa Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Its funny that the US seems to hide its black projects better than the authoritarian Chinese. Earlier this month, three UFO were spotted over Texas in formation. For there to be three of them it suggest that they are more than just a prototype. Maybe an F-117 style operational secret unit.
Archie Pellagio Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Future Medium Bomber was a swept-dorito shape right?
Josh Posted April 2, 2014 Posted April 2, 2014 Its funny that the US seems to hide its black projects better than the authoritarian Chinese. Earlier this month, three UFO were spotted over Texas in formation. For there to be three of them it suggest that they are more than just a prototype. Maybe an F-117 style operational secret unit. The Chinese reveal their black projects as part of intentional chest thumping propaganda. The PRC is much more about appearing to be strong to coerce neighbors than actual capability. This is not to say that they haven't made great strides across the board in technology and training, just to say that the primary goal in revealing their numerous 'black' projects is political driven and less about war fighting capability. Most of the photos of new stealth jet projects were pretty clearly taken by insiders and likely rolled out to the web by agents of the PRC (with plenty of fan bois jumping on of course). I consider it part of a broader 'look at what we're capable of' type media campaign. I think they stand to benefit from seeming more capable than they are by having projects that seem revolutionary but may not hit IOC any time soon or ever. Consider: the 'carrier killer' DF-21D. Its got lots of armchair generals spooked and people declaring the CVBG obsolete. They only known test however was against a static outline of a CV in a desert; something that could easily be done with any standard IRBM using, ironincally, USAF run satellite guidance. No other publicly known test has been carried out and its not known to be operational. Its not like they could hide a test from an IRBM sized weapon against a moving target in the ocean inside the first island chain very easily even from civilian eyes. But its much more useful for them to imply they might have a weapon that works by rolling out these projects than to truly test them and potentially prove that they don't. There's some deterrence value there. There is no reason to assume that high tech, software integration intensive projects in the PRC don't meet with the same engineering problems they do in the west. Its just that since they don't print budgets, schedules, etc their projects are never over budget or behind and just their existence at all makes it look like the PRC is capable of perhaps more than it truly is. I'm sure there are plenty of actual black projects that we aren't privy to because the PRC truly considers them too sensitive or simply not sufficiently adding to the propaganda effect to be worth giving away.
Garth Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Son of a frikkin' gun. Do you know how much I PAID for the Trumpeter J-20 kit???? Now I'm going to have to go out and buy the revised one!
Olof Larsson Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Silent Eagle, Quiet Hornet? Hush Hush Harrier, Tiptoe Typhoon. The possibilities are endless. Would that make the PAK-FA, the "Faint Flanker"? And shouldn't a silent "Typhoon" be more of a... "Breeze"?
mnm Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Son of a frikkin' gun. Do you know how much I PAID for the Trumpeter J-20 kit???? Now I'm going to have to go out and buy the revised one! Shit! Did you buy this one too?
Corinthian Posted April 6, 2014 Posted April 6, 2014 (edited) ^That must be the all new Joint-JSF F-3576234101 Boondogle!!!!!!!! Edited April 6, 2014 by TomasCTT
JW Collins Posted April 6, 2014 Posted April 6, 2014 I'm pretty sure that was a Lockheed demonstrator (unmanned) relating to one of the programs preceding JSF. Either JAST, CALF, SSF or something else. It was quite a series of programs which dated back to the mid '80s looking to develop a next-generation STOVL aircraft. I don't think it actually "flew" but it was used in some sort of rig to test the lift system. Supposedly this had had the "X-32" designation before it was reassigned to Boeing's JSF tech demonstrator which ultimately lost out to Lockheed's X-35.
Archie Pellagio Posted April 6, 2014 Posted April 6, 2014 Makes sense, the original artists impressions for F35 looked like a single engine F22 and this is basically a canard layout mini f22 with VTOL capability.
Mr King Posted May 5, 2014 Author Posted May 5, 2014 Not exactly stealth, but kinda secret squirrel....https://uk.news.yahoo.com/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission-094500663--politics.html#b3cGbCh If I remember correctly it was designed to be stealthy in space. I think thought the understanding was mainly through its ability to maneuver and change position to help fool trackers on the ground. Avenger drone was spotted Pics at the linkhttp://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/exclusive-photos-avenger-the-camry-of-advanced-combat-1571300984 I think someone should make a mash up of different countries defense companies promotional sales videos each featuring the same lines of products but with completely opposite wonder weapon results http://youtu.be/v0dHKWjXn-E http://youtu.be/hsgQ83irr0o
DKTanker Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) Any idea what this might be? I do now, it is really a JDAM attack on a car bomb factory from 2007. I've taken down the Faux Film and replaced it with the actual video.http://youtu.be/8oTjTufJnXI Edited May 9, 2014 by DKTanker
Guest Charles Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Any idea what this might be?http://youtu.be/sKTSEElVuwIMy initial feel is that someone has shopped the ufo into a motar/artillery stonk or could be a new as yet unreported class of UCAV.Personally, I'm going with the tube delivered HE. Charles
DKTanker Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 My initial feel is that someone has shopped the ufo into a motar/artillery stonk or could be a new as yet unreported class of UCAV.Personally, I'm going with the tube delivered HE. Charles You are correct, it was actually a JDAM that was shopped. My apologies.
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