Thread: Should we be concerned about China's air capability?

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

You what!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqvweTYTI0

I reckon you've nailed it Mick.

What an amazing thread, probably should be in the sealed section. .

Why Australia has scrapped the F 111's, especially the G's which we bought at a give away price has got me stuffed. Cruise missiles may have made them obsolete but hey !, we don't have any do we ?


As for the F35, a designed by committee one plane does all 'dream' that will never amount to anything but a 'does every thing badly and nothing well disaster . If you want a night fighter, buy a night fighter, if you want a bomber, buy a bomber etc, but hey......................what would I know ? There's a **** load of experts out there that reckon turning lead to gold is all the go................. sigh.

Have a happy day

Deano

Originally Posted by DeanoH

What an amazing thread, probably should be in the sealed section. .

There is no such section. General Chat is not sealed.

Even the Yanks don't really go for the 1 plane to do all bit that's why they have the f22 as well as the f35, there is no replacement for the f111 probably never will be it was a one off that got it right almost from the start and we do have cruise missiles


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but we don't talk about them it might upset the neighbours

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

There is no such section. General Chat is not sealed.

Must've blinked Mick !, all gone then ?

I liked it better when the crap was sequestered in the septic tank and the rest of us were able to smell just the roses.

Deano

Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

Even the Yanks don't really go for the 1 plane to do all bit that's why they have the f22 as well as the f35, there is no replacement for the f111 probably never will be it was a one off that got it right almost from the start and we do have cruise missiles


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but we don't talk about them it might upset the neighbours

From what I understand, the F111 was a bomber. The Americans replaced their F111's with the B1 Lancer

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Must've blinked Mick !, all gone then ?

I liked it better when the crap was sequestered in the septic tank and the rest of us were able to smell just the roses.

Deano

Never was.a section as you described. There is a Current Affairs section but, as the participants in that section are much better behaved than those in General Chat, I knew you could have not possibly be talking about that section.

yes it was.

we adapted it to a multi role attack interceptor type aeroplane.

I don't know what the RAAF officially described it as.

I can remember vividly on patrol in a major exercise when one came over a small rise using its terrain hugging capability and slipped down the the other side directly towards us and took our photo....it would have been barely 100' above the ground and probably doing 500mph.....we had no idea it was coming ....it was still "silent" when we saw it , then got hammered by its noise.

oh yes... we were all wiped out by 'cluster bombs'.....I think it was. That was good cause we went non tac for a couple of days until we were reborn by the umpires.

wish I could have photograped it.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

yes it was.

we adapted it to a multi role attack interceptor type aeroplane.

I don't know what the RAAF officially described it as.

I can remember vividly on patrol in a major exercise when one came over a small rise using its terrain hugging capability and slipped down the the other side directly towards us and took our photo....it would have been barely 100' above the ground and probably doing 500mph.....we had no idea it was coming ....it was still "silent" when we saw it , then got hammered by its noise.

oh yes... we were all wiped out by 'cluster bombs'.....I think it was. That was good cause we went non tac for a couple of days until we were reborn by the umpires.

wish I could have photograped it.

nice to read a bit of non armchair stuff.

the f22 f35 etc, in fact all of them can do the same. the f111 may have gotten there a bit more quickly but with today's defensive systems it is doubtful it would get there at all. the f22 f35 are heavily biased towards getting there.