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Austin Powers

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That's complete hyperbole. I would agree with you that Erdogan, Putin and Trump are nationalists with autocratic/fascist tendancies. However, you certainly can't describe Abe, Tsai, Merkel or Johnson as fascist. They all believe in and support multi-party democracy.



Arguably they have already rearmed. However, there's no chance of them building 10 aircraft carriers, because their economy wouldn't support it.

Japan and Russia and Turkey and Israel and Britain and Germany are now essentially 1 party dictatorships. The opposition is state controlled and they won't win election. In other words, they have sham elections. We'll have to see what happens in the US. If Trump declares curfew due to COVID and cancels election then we can say the same about the US.
 

Bhurki

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Japan and Russia and Turkey and Israel and Britain and Germany are now essentially 1 party dictatorships. The opposition is state controlled and they won't win election. In other words, they have sham elections. We'll have to see what happens in the US. If Trump declares curfew due to COVID and cancels election then we can say the same about the US.
Take it easy.. You've been derailing a lot of threads..
 

SamuraiBlue

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Has anyone read this?

Japan Readies Its Ship-Smashing Super-Missile
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The Japanese navy has
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: To bottle up the Chinese fleet, preventing Beijing’s warships from reaching the open Pacific Ocean.

Which is why Japanese planners take anti-ship missiles
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. And why, last year, the Japanese defense ministry took a hard look at its newest anti-ship missile design ... and decided to go back to the drawing board.


The ASM-3 lacked range, the ministry decided. Rather than field the missile in its current, 100-mile incarnation, officials sent the weapon back to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries with one major note.


Make the missile fly twice as far ... without making it much bigger.

A year later, the ASM-3 has reappeared. In mid-July, Japan’s state minister for national defense, Tomohiro Yamamoto, posted a photo on social media depicting an F-2 with the redesigned ASM-3 under its wing.

It’s apparent from the photo that the new version of the missile is fatter than the original version was, implying engineers packed a bigger rocket motor into its roughly 17-foot length....... to read further, click on the link above.

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The diameter has increased dramatically I believe.
Here is a photo of the original missile.
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Bhurki

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Has anyone read this?



The diameter has increased dramatically I believe.
Here is a photo of the original missile.
JB180209montanitop-700x438.jpg
That looks as fat as the atacms. Even though a lot of that diameter towards the aft side will be used up by ramjet inlet. Still, a core diameter of 20-22 inches seems likely.
Weight should be about 3,000 lbs comparing to similar missiles.
 

ZeEa5KPul

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Has anyone read this?



The diameter has increased dramatically I believe.
Here is a photo of the original missile.
JB180209montanitop-700x438.jpg
How odd that you liked this post, @TerraN_EmpirE, I guess "ship-smashing super-missile" is A-OK terminology you have no problem with, but if China tests a "world-leading" ATGM you'll kick up a stink. I guess China should have called it "tank-smashing super-ATGM".
 

TerraN_EmpirE

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How odd that you liked this post, @TerraN_EmpirE, I guess "ship-smashing super-missile" is A-OK terminology you have no problem with, but if China tests a "world-leading" ATGM you'll kick up a stink. I guess China should have called it "tank-smashing super-ATGM".
It has both photos and details, not just “World leading missile that we won’t tell you anything about.” And I don’t even have to run a poem by Yankeesama though google translate to get nothing but cheap drama from.
 

SamuraiBlue

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Some what dated news;
Japan Is Transforming Its F-15Js Into the 'F-15 Japan Super Interceptor'

What new capabilities will this mean?
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In a
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, Boeing announced a Direct Commercial Sale agreement in partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for upgrading Japan’s F-15J fleet.

The sale agreement is a part of a $4.5 billion
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that aims to enable Japan’s F-15s to keep pace with newer threats.

Under the Boeing-MHI agreement, Boeing will supply MHI with “retrofit drawings, ground support equipment and technical publications for the upgrade of the first two F-15J aircraft to the Japan Super Interceptor configuration,” with most of the upgrades electronic in nature. The upgrades will include “state-of-the-art electronic warfare and weapons,” and an “all-new advanced cockpit system, running on the world’s most advanced mission computer, will deliver pilots enhanced situational awareness.”

About half of Japan’s F-15 fleet, around ninety-eight airframes, are expected to be upgraded to the
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, which is designed to help them work in tandem with Japan’s current F-35s. The remaining half of the older Japanese F-15’s will eventually be retired for brand-new F-35s.

The American aerospace firm McDonnell Douglas built the first F-15 in the early 1970, nearly fifty years ago. The air superiority fighter continues to enjoy success on the international market, and is in service with Israel, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, as well as the United States. The airframes continue to be
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Japan currently operates over two hundred F-15J (single seat) and F-15DJ (two seat) airframes. These airplanes, based on the American F-15C, were manufactured under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. They are getting a bit long in the tooth however—the first of the Japanese-standard F-15J was delivered nearly forty years ago, in 1981........ to read further, click on the link above.

Basically it's a stop-gap modernization plan till the F-3 is launched in the 2030's but I believe it will be equipped with the advanced METEOR beyond horizon air to air missiles fitted with Japanese AESA guidance system that is currently being developed.
 

hijiki

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Some what dated news;


Basically it's a stop-gap modernization plan till the F-3 is launched in the 2030's but I believe it will be equipped with the advanced METEOR beyond horizon air to air missiles fitted with Japanese AESA guidance system that is currently being developed.

It may have more of a role than just to be stop-gap since I seem to recall reading that the upgrades will improve ground attack ability, comparable to F-15E levels while some upgrade points like the cockpit seem to be comparable to the F-15EX. I'm pretty sure that the F-3 will keep its focus on air-superiority. So F-15JSI should have a useful role still even as F-3 comes about. F-35A and F-35B also cannot carry so much ordance so F-15JSI would help in increasing ground attack ordnance volume. Lastly, JASDF has to scramble aircraft many times. For such scrambling, it'll be better to scramble F-15JSI's instead of new but limited number of very expensive F-3s.
 
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