IJN carrier Shinano. A Yamato class battleship that was converted to a carrier during construction (due to the loss of 4 IJN carriers at the Balle of Midway).

the delay of the 53K program has already led to japan procuring the MCH101 in the AMCM role rather than wait for the 53K.

well those incidents could also be the result of inexperienced ship handling, bad decision making and physics. The the physics of two ships sailing in parallel in very close proximity creates a low pressure zone in-between that draws both ships together (aka the Bernoulli Principal).

They almost rammed the cruiser USS Cowpens in 2013. And they hit the ep-3 in 2011.

Because they are not “military” but legally another civilian police force. So no enlistment contracts as they are considered just another government worker by the system.

Technically they could be comparing it to the non unibody non retina 2012 macbook pro that apple still sells for some reason. Its a ivy bridge 3xxxM series processor which can be significantly out paced by a skylake i5 if thats what they are using.

It not.

great, now if they would fix thier longshoreman unions then the port would be at least somewhat functional

I never doubted that Button was coming back. The shitshow that is honda mclaren right now can’t really take a younger more impulsive, hot headed driver railing on how crap their “gp2” car is. I mean Alonso is already bad enough.

but now you push those that you do have even harder, using their limited airframe life up faster, and screw with “the plan” even more.

To the CCP, it is a win win, They either get to say that they forced the US to follow rules while in Chinese “territorial” airspace. Or on the other hand they get to say that they won’t follow silly rules imposed on the chinese, because the “100 years of humilation” are over and China is now a great power that the US…

I love the prototypes from the pre digital age of aerospace engineering. Something about radical looking physical models elicits a passion that is lacking in todays age of CFD and digital simulations.

Every time I hear about Eagle upgrades makes me sad about the Raptor line being closed down.

What intrigues me about this is what kind of rebuilding they will do to the air frames and training will the ROKN pilots get.

Agreed, it’s too small for almost everything its supposed to do; the weapons take up too much cubage and there’s not enough room for any other real capability (like boarding parties or rescued sailors) other than shooting stuff.

UCAVS are the way to go, modern air combat has evolved (due to AWACS advancements) to be more like submarine combat where the main determination of victory lies in in the hands of the radar operators. Threat detection and maneuvering of stealth weapons platforms to gain an advantage for surprise attacks is the name of…

9 metric tons is a pretty heavy machine for civilian passenger transport. It just shy of a Blackhawk at full load.

Oh look REFORGER 2.0 (or rather REFORPOL/ROM/BUL)? I wonder how they will set up the POMCUS depots? Maybe take over the old soviet motor pools/depots? I predict someone will find and old sign, and jokingly rename the division X Guards Motor Rifle

I had similar thoughts on procurement, until I got an assignment with NAVSEA. All those “blunders” you talk about? Are considered successful projects. Because any project that can get funded is a success, no matter what the outcome is.

The military doesn’t have a problem with cluster munitions per say. It’s mainly a problem with the BLU97’s. A dumb sub-munition designed for an older weapon mix and brightly colored to boot. However without the new weapons mix, of BLU108’s SBD’s JDAMS, and WCMD, replacing the BLU97’s wouldn’t have been possible.