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Software limitations were opened up with updates, engines replaced. You are conflating X35 with F35. Dated information
aggressors don’t need to drop bombs as such the limits on using the wide range of munitions is pointless.

I think you should assume the aggressor F-35 will be transformed to simulate J-20s as best as USAF is able to do so. It's a mistake to underestimate USAF's ability to train its pilots against its adversaries. Also, I don't know if the agility really matters that much here. It should be more about simulating J-20's stealth, electronics, data fusion and tactics and things like that. Now, if USAF somehow does not account for KJ-500 or VHF radars, PLAAF would be in luck. However, they should assume USAF is doing a thorough job of simulating their tactics.

Why would you need a stealth fighter to imitate a J-20?

Couldn't you just modify the radar of whatever jet is dogfighting the mock J-20 to give a smaller RCS? The same with ECM, couldn't that just be simulated?

Abominable said:

Why would you need a stealth fighter to imitate a J-20?

Couldn't you just modify the radar of whatever jet is dogfighting the mock J-20 to give a smaller RCS? The same with ECM, couldn't that just be simulated?

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It doesn’t work like that. If it was a simulator fine but in the air the fighter doesn’t pass its radar data through a outside computer. The aim is to simulate in live as close to possible an actual threat. As well as all the aspects of an engagement from sighting to merge to attack. ECM and detection systems have to be included. There has been some introduction of augmented reality into it but in the maneuvering of a dog fight how stable that is uncertain.

US Navy declares ‘safety pause’ after 3 aircraft crashes in one week​

All non-deployed units were ordered to immediately review their ‘risk-management practices’




The US military has ordered a temporary halt of some non-critical missions in order to conduct a risk and error review, after a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey, as well as Navy MH-60S Seahawk and F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet all crashed within the scope of a single week in southern California.

“As a result of recent crashes invol
ving US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, Commander, Naval Air Forces has directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units to conduct a safety pause on June 13 in order to review risk-management practices and conduct training on threat and error-management processes,” Naval Air Forces Public Affairs announced in a on Saturday.

As a result of recent crashes involving U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, CNAF has directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units to conduct a safety pause on Jun 13 in order to review risk-management practices and conduct training on threat and error-management processes.
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Those units that are currently deployed were ordered to conduct a similar safety pause “at the earliest possible opportunity,” the military added, emphasizing that ensuring the “safety of our people remains one of our top priorities.”

The mandatory 24-hour operational pause comes in the wake of a series of incidents and deadly crashes as the US Navy and the Marines have been conducting exercises at the Imperial County range, in the desert on the border between California and Arizona, for the past several weeks.

On June 9, a US Navy Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk helicopter crashed near Naval Air Field El Centro, California. All four crew onboard survived the crash, and only one suffered “non-life-threatening injuries.”

On June 8, a US Marine MV-22B Osprey crashed near Glamis, California, killing all five Marines on board. The tilt-rotor plane has a controversial safety history, with another four Marines killed in March when their Osprey went down in northern Norway during NATO drills. Previous Osprey crashes with death or injuries included incidents in Australia and Syria in 2017, in Japan in 2016 and in Hawaii in 2015.

On June 3, a US Navy fighter jet pilot was killed when his F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. The Super Hornet, built by Boeing, is known as the Navy’s premier strike fighter and has a top speed of nearly 1,200 miles per hour. The $70 million jet is featured in the new ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ movie starring Tom Cruise.

A nice development for the US military

does happen often?

Trio of Navy commanders relieved of duties, bringing total of recent leadership dismissals to 6​

Three U.S. Navy leaders, including two serving aboard a destroyer, were ousted late last week, the latest in a recent string of removals by the service.
USS Bulkeley commanding officer Cmdr. Devine Johnson and Command Master Chief Earl Sanders were relieved of their duties Friday because of “a loss of confidence in their ability to effectively function as a leadership team,” the Navy said in a Saturday statement.

Capt. William Harkin, the deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 2, will be temporarily assigned as commanding officer of Bulkeley until a replacement is identified.
Master Chief Petty Officer Christy Reed, of the same squadron as Harkin, will take over as command master chief until a replacement for Sanders is assigned, the Navy said.

In a separate action, Capt. Jeffry Sandin was removed as commanding officer of Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., on Saturday, the Navy said in another statement.
Capt. Kertreck Brooks, chief of staff of the Naval Service Training Command, has assumed responsibilities of command. Sandin was reassigned to Naval Service Training Command headquarters.

In all, the service has relieved six leaders of their duties since May 31. The three other instances involved and .
In each case, the Navy provided few details about the removals, saying only that the personnel had lost their posts because of a loss of confidence in their leadership ability.

Before taking command of the Bulkeley on Aug. 20, 2021, Johnson was the ship’s executive officer. Sanders had served as the Bulkeley command master chief since June 2021.
Prior to that, Sanders was the command master chief of electronic attack squadron 130 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state, according to his online biography.
Sandlin reported as commanding officer of Recruit Training Command in May 2021.

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Trio of Navy commanders relieved of duties, bringing total of recent leadership dismissals to 6​

Three U.S. Navy leaders, including two serving aboard a destroyer, were ousted late last week, the latest in a recent string of removals by the service.
USS Bulkeley commanding officer Cmdr. Devine Johnson and Command Master Chief Earl Sanders were relieved of their duties Friday because of “a loss of confidence in their ability to effectively function as a leadership team,” the Navy said in a Saturday statement.

Capt. William Harkin, the deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 2, will be temporarily assigned as commanding officer of Bulkeley until a replacement is identified.
Master Chief Petty Officer Christy Reed, of the same squadron as Harkin, will take over as command master chief until a replacement for Sanders is assigned, the Navy said.

In a separate action, Capt. Jeffry Sandin was removed as commanding officer of Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., on Saturday, the Navy said in another statement.
Capt. Kertreck Brooks, chief of staff of the Naval Service Training Command, has assumed responsibilities of command. Sandin was reassigned to Naval Service Training Command headquarters.

In all, the service has relieved six leaders of their duties since May 31. The three other instances involved

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In each case, the Navy provided few details about the removals, saying only that the personnel had lost their posts because of a loss of confidence in their leadership ability.

Before taking command of the Bulkeley on Aug. 20, 2021, Johnson was the ship’s executive officer. Sanders had served as the Bulkeley command master chief since June 2021.
Prior to that, Sanders was the command master chief of electronic attack squadron 130 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington state, according to his online biography.
Sandlin reported as commanding officer of Recruit Training Command in May 2021.

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Ouch, commanding officer of Naval Justice School, a school for naval law enforcement and legal affairs, is removed...

Am I late? This is probably posted/discussed already.

So the US finally selected a better caliber than 5.56 ?! Wow...

I was hoping they'd stick with 556 forever due to sheer stubbornness. What's funny though, is that they picked frekkin Sig as the manufacturer. Leave it to the US to always balance a good decision with a horrible one.

Sig knows how to make guns just to pass US Army reliability tests. But mass manufacturing them is a different story altogether. Sometimes, their guns even go bang without anyone pulling the trigger!


And the US Army's past experiences with Sig haven't been the best either:


So this is a huge commitment to a less-than-reliable partner.

However, I will admit, on paper, this new rifle + new caliber + the SAW + 'smart optic' system, looks like a great package. In theory, it can actually change the tactical dynamics on the battlefield... if it works. But I suspect that Sig's engineering implementation is probably going to cause serious issues in the real world.

Okay, first just because the P320 is having issues doesn’t mean all the products are.
Farther the suite has not been decided or even in court however the US Army nor any of the US services using the M17 and M18 pistol have issued stop use or other indications of having similar issues as those claimed in the suite.
Personally I suspect that not only don’t they but one feature found on the M17/M18 but not on the bulk of P320 or modern US Police pistols in the US. The M17 and M18 as submitted and procured by the US DOD under the Modular Handgun System has a safety. A thumb safety switch positioned and operating like that on the old 1911.
Without that safety the gun is live.
Previously Sig P320 had encountered a drop issue where in when dropped at a set angle with a lighter trigger set the pistol could discharge.
M17 and M18 were not among the models that experienced this issue. Again the Manual disconnected safety.
In testing the problem did not I repeat that for those who are hard of Learning DID NOT occur in standard established drop test regimes. In order for it to have happened it had to be at a set angle. A engineering change and voluntary upgrade program were launched.

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However, I will admit, on paper, this new rifle + new caliber + the SAW + 'smart optic' system, looks like a great package. In theory, it can actually change the tactical dynamics on the battlefield... if it works. But I suspect that Sig's engineering implementation is probably going to cause serious issues in the real world.

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the Army NGSW had three entries in the downselect. Sig, True velocity/Lonestar Future weapons + Beretta + Delta P and Textron/AAI + HK + LMT.
Textron’s 6.8 CT round had issues that killed their submission. That left True velocity and Sig. The Army found True Velocity’s RM277 interesting but not a good weapon. This was the Bullpup.
RM277 consisted of two versions one the “rifle” the other the “Automatic rifle” the difference only being a longer barrel.
Sig brought a derivative of the well proven MCX and a new light Machine gun derived from their 8.6mm MG.
From a training perspective the XM5 is much closer to the M4/M16 than it’s competition in down select, From an operating perspective the XM5 is more compact for storage or travel than its competitors ( before some on says “but but Bullpup” but but 20 inch barrel Bullpup vs 13 inch barrel conventional with folding stock) XM250 is a belt fed proper LMG with a weight less than M249 and size comparable that is safer to operate in aviation and vehicles. XM250 has significantly higher potential magazine capacity than the 20 round boxes used in RM277.
Sig is horizontally integrated meaning that it brings its own suppressor and ammunition which is part of the NGSW program. Where as TV has to partner to find Delta P’s BEVIS II suppressor. Farther Sig has a proven track record and production capacity. True Velocity is an ammunition maker who originally was partnered with General Dynamics Armament systems that then seems to have ceded the RM277 and LWMMG to a new True velocity subsidiary Lonestar Future weapons, yet still needed a manufacturing capacity so it outsourced to Beretta USA who has license to manufacture the civil “Genesis rifle”.
Though some still claim TV’s ammo as “better” the weapons designed and ammunition was tailored to the weapons. Putting Sig’s ammo in the TV gun would probably break the rifle. Putting TV’s ammo in Sig’s gun would likely short stroke the operation.