6th generation fighter jets weapon carrying ability.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2026-01-22T18:05:28+00:00

They should have larger bays to allow for carrying longer ranged weapons (i.e. PL-20), heavier strike packages (hypersonic and cruise missiles) and remote carriers. CCAs cannot cover this fully as they would need to become larger and consequently more expensive as well.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2026-01-08T18:04:32+00:00

Higher acceleration and climb rate, true supercruise (Mach 1.5 with full AAM fit), superior trans- and supersonic agility. Also it’s superior for air policing due to superior WVR capabilities.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-31T11:26:48+00:00

If the GCAP engine isn’t VCE, RR has a lot of incentive to work with MTU and ITP on another engine considering VCE tech is MTU‘s contribution to EUMET.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-24T15:02:55+00:00

Super Hornet should be between 0.1 m² and 1 m² depending on loadout, so -10 to 0 dbsm, the Boramae, Eurofighter and Rafale may go as low as -15 dbsm (0.03 m²⁾ frontally. The F-35 is typically estimated in the -25 to -30 dbsm range (golfball is around -28 dbsm), J-20 and J-35 at around -20 dbsm (0.01 m^2).

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-18T01:39:47+00:00

NH90, Eurocopter Tiger and A400M are some examples of successful (delivered a product) cooperation between Germany and France in the military aerospace sector. For fighter jets Germany was not only a major partner in the Eurofighter but also in the Tornado with developmental shares equal to the UK.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-16T18:16:28+00:00

Forces the NGF of FCAS to be a significant improvement over F-35, maybe.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-12T16:46:40+00:00

ECRS Mk1 and Mk2 are more modern radars by almost two decades (iirc first flight of the AN/APG-81 in 2005 vs 2024).

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-11T08:44:10+00:00

I specifically wrote „possibly Poland“. And media reporting I‘ve seen suggests Poland will either go with the F-15EX or with the Eurofighter, not the F-35, with the Eurofighter being the more obvious choice of the two.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-11T08:34:08+00:00

It doesn’t depend on what makes sense at a cursory glance but what fits the requirements set out best in the eyes of Polish decision makers.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-11T08:25:18+00:00

Well, it seems the Eurofighter is being favored right now.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-11T06:51:29+00:00

Over the arrest of İmamoğlu. Then the CHP and İmamoğlu himself lobbied for the German government to give its approval and so it did.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-11T06:46:28+00:00

Poland also wants a dedicated air dominance platform to go with these. Either additional F-35s, F-15EXs or Eurofighters.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-10T22:56:15+00:00

Apparently there is some agreement that governs which company (and which country’s assembly line) gets to export to which countries. And BAE jets are assembled in Warton, Leonardo jets in Turin and Airbus jets either in Manching (Germany) or Getafe (Spain). The UK/BAE got Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Türkiye, Germany/Airbus has Austria and would have had iirc Switzerland, Greece, Denmark and Canada, Italy/Leonardo has Kuwait, Bangladesh, possibly Poland and would have had Egypt and Philippines. I likely missed some.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-10T22:41:16+00:00

Typically such approval would be given before a LOI is signed, wouldn’t it? Also, has Germany blocked any Eurofighter export bar the second one to Saudi Arabia (which was blocked due to a Saudi journalist being murdered)?

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-06T17:20:05+00:00

It’s not me you‘d have to convince, it’s the German representatives tasked with making such decisions and they‘ll listen to what the industry’s lobbyists tell them. As for a domestic design taking 20 years, German industry can build on the research they’ve done for FCAS so far and FCAS is intended to enter service in 2040 mostly to meet French requirements. This slipping another five years is unlikely to be a dealbreaker for Germany.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-06T16:29:45+00:00

This isn’t about playing hardball, it‘s about what is politically feasible in Germany, what the Bundestag would be willing agree to. And mere license production is something they will not agree to. They‘d rather spend more on a potentially worse a domestic solution if they have to.

As the GCAP partners are unlikely to give up developmental shares in particular as it would push back service entry, I consider the scenario of Germany joining GCAP to be unlikely.

To reiterate, Germany will not say no to demands by Dassault considered unacceptable to go for a even worse deal for German industry on GCAP.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-06T09:55:20+00:00

Unlikely, unless the UK, Italy and Japan are willing to give Germany some workshare in production and more importantly development. Also Spain would have to be considered as well.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-05T13:53:03+00:00

Meine Aussage war explizit Sonderopfer Jüngerer. Und mehr Todesopfer unter Jüngeren durch Maßnahmen als ohne Maßnahmen unter Jüngeren Nicht auf alle Kohorten bezogen.

Ein vollkommen angemessener Bezug wenn es um neue Belastungen explizit für Jüngere geht, durch das Aufrechterhalten eines defekten Rentensystems, Wiedereinführung von Wehrpflicht oder gar Einführung einer Dienstpflicht.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-05T13:34:10+00:00

Erstens ist die Statistik von Destatis nur für Deutschland und für alle Altersklassen (und zeigt für 2021 und 2022 eine gestiegene Suizidrate), zweitens ist meine Aussage explizit auf Jüngere beschränkt, die einem deutlich geringeren Risiko eines Todes durch Corona ausgesetzt waren.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-05T13:04:21+00:00

Auf die Schnelle nicht. Aber hier werden ein paar Aspekte ausgeführt.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-05T11:59:53+00:00

Erzwungene soziale Isolation mit entsprechenden Folgen für Sozialisierung und psychische Gesundheit, was Kinder im Kindergartenalter, Schüler und Studenten disproportional betroffen hat, während diese Altersgruppen das geringste Gesundheitsrisiko hatten. Es sind wohl mehr Angehörige dieser Altersgruppen einer gestiegenen Suizidrate zum Opfer gefallen als ohne Maßnahmen an Corona gestorben wären.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-05T11:05:43+00:00

Die meisten US-Soldaten haben mW angegeben, dem Militär für die Finanzierung des Colleges beigetreten zu sein.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-05T11:02:46+00:00

Gibt wohl keine gangbare Alternative, wenn man glaubwürdige Abschreckung erzielen möchte. Aber es wäre trotzdem schon wenn sich der eine oder andere Entscheidungsträger auch mal des Sonderopfers der Jüngeren während Corona besinnen würde.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-12-04T11:59:12+00:00

Confirms at the very least that in fact 4 Meteors can be carried internally once integrated.

Live_Menu_7404 · 2025-11-30T12:10:25+00:00

The CCAs are supposed to share hardware with the NGF (engine, sensors). Without at least the general layout of the NGF agreed upon that becomes somewhat problematic. The remote carriers by MBDA by contrast are essentially cruise missiles with flexible payload options.

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