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bob10
26th July 2018, 05:06 PM
Impressive.

F-35B Ship Suitability Testing - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ki86x1WKPmE)
rar110
26th July 2018, 09:02 PM
They must burn a lot of fuel with that type of take off and landing. It does allow a much shorter carrier vessel.
bob10
28th July 2018, 07:29 PM
They must burn a lot of fuel with that type of take off and landing. It does allow a much shorter carrier vessel.

Not sure how the F35 goes with air to air refuelling. I do know the A4's could have an A4 set up for refuelling.
bob10
28th July 2018, 07:34 PM
Not sure if these can operate from the smaller carriers, without catapults.

US Navy’s Unmanned Jet Could Be a Tanker (https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2016/02/01/us-navys-unmanned-jet-could-be-a-tanker/)
bob10
29th July 2018, 07:18 AM
Looks like a STOL drone.

Boeing hopes to woo the Navy with their drone refueler prototype | SOFREP (https://sofrep.com/101786/boeing-hopes-to-woo-the-navy-with-their-drone-refueler-prototype-and-they-just-may/)
bob10
31st January 2019, 08:17 PM
The only effective way to use the new LHD's would be to outflank an invasion force landing on our shores. IMO. We could only land on foreign shores as part of a US task group. Which would take away our sovereignty, Gallipoli over again. The only true defensive posture would be Nuclear Submarines, with land attack missiles. IMO

What is the F-35 for, exactly? (https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-f35-exactly)