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On Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:39:41 +1000, "Brash"
wrote: "JD" wrote in message . com... (Defender in Tas) wrote in message .com... [...] I personally like Brash's suggestion of the F-15s. Lease them of the Yanks with a clause that states if the JSF is late, we keep the F-15s for free until the JSF turns up. Fat chance but. Expensive purchase of munitions to begin with, unless what we've got in store are compatible? I'm no expert on air weapons, but I'm fairly sure that since every thing is digitised these days its only a matter of software changes to use different ordnance. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and software changes are a much bigger deal than you might expect. Clearing ordnance for drop is quite a long and involved process that takes quite a time. Unless you are willing to lose aircraft and aircrew finding out the hard way. In a war, you might just have to do that. EG, IIRC, using small bombs in WWII RAAF Bostons, the aerodynamics interactions between these small bombs was discovered by blowing up several aircraft when they dropped their bombs on the enemy. Our current stocks of F111 weapons are most probably compatible with the F15E (or K). Concur, or little trouble at any rate. Some of our munitions have not been directly cleared for use on those aircraft, but US license made versions have been, so unless they are significantly different, it should not be a problem. .... cheers, Paul Saccani, Perth, Western Australia old turkish proverb: 'He who tells the truth gets chased out of nine villages' |
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