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FORBIN

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On monday we accompanied my grandson, poopeye, to the navy recruiter office. His mom and dad were there also. He's going to Navy boot camp in Great Lakes IL in late July..this summer! He's in the DEP (Delayed Entry Program) since November last year. The recruiter gave him the info he needs for going off to Boot Camp.

I remember my recruiter MMI Benon, bless his heart, told me nothing about navy boot camp. That's how recruiters rolled back in the day. They did not have to worry about recruiting anyone..because of the military draft.

So in a little more than a month poopeye will be heading off to Boot Camp. My stepson and myself took him to lunch a couple of weeks ago to give him the straight scoop on what to expect while serving with the USN. He was very open to what we told him and listened well. He's so blessed because of great parenting and he's a true believer in Jesus...
What age have Mr poopeye :) o_O
In the Navy from father to son.
 
I noticed Tokyo to choose cheaper Aegis option to beef up missile defense
June 23, 2017
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To strengthen defensive capabilities against a possible ballistic missile attack by North Korea, the Defense Ministry will seek funding in the fiscal 2018 budget for a land-based Aegis missile defense system.

Ministry officials have been weighing whether to go with the land-based Aegis Ashore, or the more expensive state-of-the-art Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which was developed by the U.S. military.

But several government sources said June 22 that it has been decided to seek funding to further study the introduction of the Aegis Ashore system.

Defense Ministry officials will officially give Aegis Ashore the thumbs up in July, and the green light will be given to seek government funding in the fiscal 2018 budget.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force uses the Aegis system on its warships as part of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. The Aegis destroyers carry Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) interceptors that can shoot down ballistic missiles outside the Earth's atmosphere. If the SM-3 fails to hit its target, then all money rides on the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) surface-to-air missiles to shoot down the incoming missile after it re-enters the atmosphere.

Present cost estimates for the Aegis Ashore system have one unit priced at about 80 billion yen ($721 million). If the SM-3 Block IIA missile now being developed by Japan and the United States is used in the Aegis Ashore system, all of Japan could theoretically be covered with two units.

Installing the Aegis Ashore system will also allow for greater flexibility when deploying the MSDF's Aegis destroyers in waters around Japan to guard against enemy ballistic missile launches.

On the other hand, installing the THAAD system would have meant deploying at least six launchers around Japan, with each unit costing more than 100 billion yen.

Plans are now being made to have Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visit and inspect an Aegis Ashore experimental facility in Hawaii in July.
 

Jeff Head

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I noticed Tokyo to choose cheaper Aegis option to beef up missile defense
June 23, 2017
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AEGIS ashore is an EXCELLENT system.

...and I might add, I first recommended such a system in 1999-2000 with:

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...and was told by compatriots at USNI at the time they they thought it had a lot of promise.

18 Years ago...and now it is relity in Eastern europe and apparently the Japanese are seriously considering it too.[/URL]
 

kwaigonegin

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This is the engine on the Airbus that made the news recently with the extreme vibration and the pilot making the controversial call in asking the passengers to pray for their lives

This again highlights the importance of material science and WHY jet engines are so extremely challenging to make.

Fan blades are typicaly made from nickel copper superalloys grown from a single crystal to maintain superior strengh and integrity but even then they fracture and break like this RR engine here..

Newer fans are made from ceramic fiber composities like zirconium hafnium carbide and the latest tech in turbofans like the hot chamber include using some super exotic materials like graphene like stringy polymers infused with carbon nanotubes.
 
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kwaigonegin

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that's what I posted in
Japan Military News, Reports, Data, etc. Today at 6:41 PM

apparently was transferred by Jeff but LOL Equation was so kind to attach Like to it here (that's how I noticed)

Excellent choice!!!

AAMDS is made for a place like Japan seriously! and they get to keep some $$ while at it
THAAD is good however not necessary in this case. AAMDS biggest drawback compared to THAAD is the limitation in low altitude intercept since the SM-3x inteceptors work best in the exo-atmospheric regime for BMD kill.
the biggest threat to Japan is NK and potentially China but they are far away that AAMDS is morethan capable. A couple of sites should cover all of Japan.

Since JMSDF allready operate Aegis vessels, this pairing with shore based interceptors make it very ideal.

THAAD on the other hand is more suited for closer proximity and upper atmospheric intercepts so for a country like SK, THAAD would be better than AAMDS.
 

Jeff Head

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What an amazing few weeks it has been. We have seen all of this:

download.jpg Type055-launch-05.jpg 59259f7c7a092.image.jpg QE-Trials-24.jpg Asahi-25DD-Launch-02.jpg

Three new aircraft carriers taking to the water...all of them a credit to each of their nations...not to mention the Type 55 and that new JMSDF DDG.

...hold on to your hats because more is coming too.
 
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