To fit F-35 inside the cargo hold (5.48m width), you have to dismantle F-35 in pieces, it is way cheaper to pay the parking fee and send in repairs.
Don't know the impact of India's hot weather on the lifting capability of CH53-K, it may be dangeoiusly close to limit. The occasion when it did it was in April and northern USA with much lower temperature. Hotter air means lower lift by rotors and lower engine power for the helicopter. Airlines don't operate above 50C for the same reason, when closer to the limit, they reduce passengers and luggage.
Hi,
is it possible for uk to keep away Indian intelligence from not conducting covert spying while they doing repair
beside Russians might be have more presence in that part of the world may be NATO or USA is not willing to
do the repair in that part of the world or they trying to convince Indians to give them a camouflage cover fully
around the area with only the NATO or USA presence
another thing I don’t understand so many times UsAF C17 made landing at Indian airports why to now to
collect F35
thank you
broadsword
Brigadier
Why can't it be refueled?
It originally landed due to being low on fuel but now can't take off again because of haudraulic issues.
They tried to repair (40 person team), they failed. They have no choice but to do this now. They tried to avoid it, as the cost of putting the plane back together and recertifying it is very costly.
is there something I am not understanding here? You have a final assembly line already and you choose to shut it down and lose all your workers who are trained on this rather than just placing minimal orders required to keep the lines open until the next project is ready?
The UK is buying F-35As. To drop nukes at short ranges. Just pathetic.
Maybe a Typhoon sale to Turkey would have kept the lines open but Germany keeps sabotaging the sale.
The Typhoon is a decent aircraft but when it entered service, with all the delays, the electronics were totally obsolete on arrival.
Most aircraft have worse electronics than the Su-27SM and Russia is taking those out of service. The latest avionics upgrade with the Leonardo GaN radar had some promise but it will go nowhere without orders.
Maybe a Typhoon sale to Turkey would have kept the lines open but Germany keeps sabotaging the sale.
The Typhoon is a decent aircraft but when it entered service, with all the delays, the electronics were totally obsolete on arrival.
Most aircraft have worse electronics than the Su-27SM and Russia is taking those out of service. The latest avionics upgrade with the Leonardo GaN radar had some promise but it will go nowhere without orders.
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