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ACuriousPLAFan

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Holy sh1t we actually do have a Commissioner Smith (史密斯专员) here:

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The admiral overseeing the Navy’s unmanned surface platforms and small combatants was relieved Tuesday, the service announced in a statement.
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The Navy’s acting acquisition chief relieved Rear Adm. Kevin Smith “due to a loss of confidence based on a complaint substantiated by an Office of the Naval Inspector General investigation,” according to the service.
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Apparently this Smith guy is responsible for overseeing the procurement of LCS projects and the Constellation FFG project.
 
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defenceman

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SlothmanAllen said:
Seems like US is going to offer F-47 to Japan... and I would imagine other allies in the future. I still don't see what they got out of not offering the F-22 to foreign allies back in the day. They offered F-15 and F-16 and those were a major export success for them.

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Hi,
In 1998, Congress adopted the Obey Amendment, explicitly banning the export of the F-22. This measure was aimed at protecting critical technologies in the face of the growing power of China and Russia.
probably at that time F22 was the top notch innovation
thank you
 
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F15E-APKWS-centcom.jpg


It seems like the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System II (APKWS II) is becoming the US Air Force and Navy go to solution for cheap downing of drones and slow moving cruise missiles. The F-15E Pictured above has 50 APKWS II rockets which gives a single aircraft an incredible intercept capability against swarms of drones and cruise missiles.

Since the base Hyrdra rocket is easy to manufacture this makes for a good platform for cheap drone interception. The only problem is that the current iteration of the APKWS II requires active laser illumination, but they do have a variant with an dual infra-red / active laser guidance package which would make for an excellent drone interceptor.
 
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