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    Late/transitional model UDs? Supposedly the T-84's turret is an evolution of what they wound up building for the last UDs after they lost access to the ceramics and casting facilities needed.
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    Clear the rotor wash zone of a CH-47, before it clears you
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    Didn't get time on the Javelin trainer today? No problem!
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    "You lost another missile?"
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    Whoops
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    Similar working principles as Starstreak? I wonder how it handles bad weather or extreme heat.
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    https://news.usni.org/2018/08/14/35796 It's official: the Blue Angels are getting Super Hornets. 9 Es and 2 Fs, with completion of conversion work on the airframes expected to be in December 2021.
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    https://taskandpurpose.com/army-xm25-cdte-system-punisher/ The XM25 program is officially terminated.
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    And now for some content that actually is the title. By which I mean, share my misery. The Reddit post that resulted in this absurdity here.
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    The Royal Malaysian Air Force's Cap55 plan is out. We're looking at reduction in simultaneously operated types, notably with combat capable aircraft. We're going from 3 (2 in practice since the Fulcrums are grounded indefinitely) fighter types to just one. MALE drones would be pretty useful for dealing with those damned Sulus, but we shall see if the budget exists for what the TUDM wants.
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    Presented without comment:
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    Doesn't work for me either. I'd like to see how the energy is dissipated. The bulge on the reverse side suggests that it's still pretty concentrated, which would be pretty bad news for one's internal organs anyway...
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    For whatever reason, the cost estimate for CVN-81 is now at $15.1 billion. Salt from Rogoway and The Drive's peanut gallery here.
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    In which opposed piston engines are described as some miraculous thing that hasn't caught on for some reason. I'm sure British and Soviet ex-tankers of a certain vintage can say otherwise.
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    There appears to have been some sort of leak at Roskosmos
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    http://aviationweek.com/farnborough-airshow-2018/f-35-engine-upgrade-would-enable-directed-energy-weapons Pratt & Whitney's new Growth Option 2.0 package for the F135 has interesting potential benefits:
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    I was hoping the absurdity of the situation (the first assumption already requires the existence of competent Syrian air defense soldiers, or the dumbest IAF pilot ever cleared for duty) would give the joke away. Anyway, Raytheon is waiting on a concrete timetable of integration of the SDB II. Who at marketing decided to CamelCase that?
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    Is Paddy Power accepting bets on this going the way of TSR2? More sound bites here.
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    Well, according to Southfront, the F-35I has already tanked an S-200 hit and came out of it looking little worse than if it had flown into a bird. It's plenty armored.
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    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-airshow-f35/exclusive-lockheed-f-35-jet-price-falls-6-percent-to-below-90-million-sources-idUSKBN1K50D3? The latest round of negotiations over the next USAF F-35 batch has seen a drop in price of 6 percent. Unit cost for the F-35A is now $89 million.
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    Well, it's the 11th in my time zone, but better late than never.
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    http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=485254 So the latest rumblings are that the Su-57 may be pivoting towards an export focus, and that work on a sixth generation fighter should begin. I suppose asking the Indians about that first part is inadvisable.
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    http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/weapons/2018/close-air-support-fly-off-farce.html#.W0UPqGeXHZk.twitter POGO might be a bit upset about the recent A-10/F-35 close air support flyoff. (although seriously there need to be more situations that involve more involved air defenses beyond "angry warband belt dumping PKs into the air")
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