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Jeff Head

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AssassinsMace said:
Not sure if this has been posted in here before. Supposedly under development at XAC.

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Looks like it would certainly fit on a CATOBAR carrier...and depending on weight and engine performance and wind over the deck...who knows? If it is a STOL design it might get off of the Ski-jump on a STOBAR like CV-16 and CV-17.

Now that would be something.
 
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delft

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vesicles said:
what is the advantage of the propellers? what don't they just design a jet?
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This has two sides:
A propeller aircraft is better able to fly slower away at take off and just before touch down, so at its higher weight with a similar momentum as the fighter aircraft. The turbo fan aircraft would be somewhat faster and heavier.
An AEW&C aircraft needs to fly high but when defending naval vessels not as high as needed when defending a country. Also when at operating height it doesn't need to be really fast and it cannot outrun any missile fired against it anyway.

Looking at USN: there is a turbo fan aircraft of the right size developed, the S-3 ASW aircraft but USN continues to use turbo prop aircraft for this service, the E-2 Hawkeye which first flew in 1960 and has now progressed to version E-2D.
 
vesicles

vesicles

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Jeff Head said:
They can get good performance for STOL capabilities with the right turbo--props.

It is what the US uses on the E-2C/D aircraft it uses:

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delft said:
This has two sides:
A propeller aircraft is better able to fly slower away at take off and just before touch down, so at its higher weight with a similar momentum as the fighter aircraft. The turbo fan aircraft would be somewhat faster and heavier.
An AEW&C aircraft needs to fly high but when defending naval vessels not as high as needed when defending a country. Also when at operating height it doesn't need to be really fast and it cannot outrun any missile fired against it anyway.

Looking at USN: there is a turbo fan aircraft of the right size developed, the S-3 ASW aircraft but USN continues to use turbo prop aircraft for this service, the E-2 Hawkeye which first flew in 1960 and has now progressed to version E-2D.
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Thanks guys! In my naive mind, propellers = obsolete. Now I know that's not the case at all. Happy to learn something new!
 
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Naval Today said:
The People’s Liberation Army Navy announced it would hold gun-firing drills in the Bohai Strait and the Yellow Sea from September 10 – 13.

As a result of this, commercial vessels will be prohibited from entering areas where the exercises are to be held, according to the Wilhelmsen Ships Service.

More specifically, ships calling to Qingdao, Rizhao and Lanshan ports will be affected.

Additionally, Russian news agency TASS earlier reported that the Chinese and Russian navies are set to hold a broader naval exercise in the South China Sea which is to begin on Sunday and last until September 19.

Military analysts have been reported saying that the bilateral drill could harm the already strained China-Asean ties which deteriorated following the South China Sea ruling brought before the Hague court by the Philippines against China.

The July 12 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague concluded that China’s territorial claims in the region had no legal grounding.

The court made a differentiation between rocks and islands and low-tide elevations declaring that only naturally formed islands qualified for a 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone. This means that most of the rocks and artificially-built islands upon which China’s so-called nine dash line was based on did not give China jurisdiction over the territory.
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Beijing and Moscow begin naval drills in South China Sea
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China and Russia begin naval drills in the South China Sea on Monday in what Beijing calls a "routine exercise," but the move could revive tensions in the long-running territorial conflict.

Over the next eight days, both nations will carry out rescue and anti-submarine operations as well as live-fire drills, island defense and landing operations, Reuters reported, citing a statement by the Chinese navy. The drills, first announced in July, are supposedly the largest naval project ever taken together by the two countries.

On surface, the drills aren't surprising. Both countries
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, reflected by years of technology transfers, arm sales and a common aim of preventing U.S. hegemony in Asia-Pacific.

Beijing has publicly stated that the bilateral drills are not aimed at any other country but the timing of the operation could lead the international community to think otherwise, said Jingdong Yuan, associate professor at University of Sydney.

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the drills may be interpreted as yet another sign of Chinese-led aggression, he told CNBC's '
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The Hague rejected Beijing's declaration of sovereignty in the resource-rich South China Sea, paving a victory for the countries which also hold claims there, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Brunei. China has dismissed the international court's decision,
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during recent meetings of Asian leaders in Laos and Hangzhou.

The drills are significant for China as not only do they demonstrate the extent of Russia's support, they also suggest Moscow isn't concerned about other claimant states, said Yuan.

That could have implications for Russian foreign policy. Like Washington, Moscow has also embarked on an 'Asia pivot.' Since 2010, Moscow has fostered close economic and defense partnerships with various Southeast Asian nations and initially adopted a neutral stance on the South China Sea issue.
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