International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

[drnayar]

History repeats itself!

Dassault earlier walked out of the Euro consortium (which gave birth to the Eurofighter Typhoon) and created the Dassault Rafale.

Now Saab has walked out of the Tempest program. Never partner with the Britshits on anything!

https://x.com/GarethJennings3/status/17 ... 77206?s=20 ---> Sweden confirms that involvement in the Tempest is now officially dead. "We walked away from tri-lateral studies with UK and Italy about a year ago and launched a national study. I will not answer questions why it didn’t work with the UK and FCAS." - Official

https://x.com/GarethJennings3/status/17 ... 22538?s=20 ---> For those who think Europe can't support two next-gen fighter programmes, we may be about to get three! "It is not decided if we will build a system, develop a system with others, or acquire a system. We can say it will be done both nationally and with partners."

The japs are still working with the brits on FCAS ?.. apparently noises on futuristic radar etc

[bala]

Japan's Sneaky New Aircraft Carrier

Despite being labeled a Destroyer, Japan’s Izumo-class ship is hiding a deadly secret - for China. At first glance, the Izumo is, more specifically, a helicopter destroyer, and the largest Japanese naval vessel since World War 2. But a closer look — the expansive deck, the capability to house the stealth F-35Bs — paints a clearer picture: it is nothing less than a covert aircraft carrier. As such, it's no surprise that Chinese officials have expressed shock and concern. To them, these are not just mere destroyers, but spiritual successors to Imperial Japan's carriers, readied for potential encounters fiercer than those of the Pacific's past. Except this time, America’s stealth fighters and Japan’s aircraft carriers are preparing to do battle on the same side. And China does not like it one bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1srHDfvRKnc

[sanman]

SpaceX starship launch in about 30 minutes. SpaceX tweeted "All systems go". Live launch:

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission ... p-flight-2

It was a beautiful flight, even if it didn't end perfectly successfully (to be expected in such an ambitious test program)

Here's a very good analysis of what might have gone wrong from the popular Scott Manley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF2C7xE9Mj4

[sanman]

Iran Adopting China's Beidou Satellite Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTaxcrkeOqU

[sanman]

Musk says they'll be ready for Flight 3 in 3-4 weeks!

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1726422074254578012

[sanman]

The Successful Flight of Starship

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/h ... e-success/

[sanman]

Interesting close-up view of Starship stage-separation (hot-staging)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtHGXFS_xXY

[sanman]

US Govt Condemns Musk as "Anti-Semitic" But Still Depends on Him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTUchwsTaCA

[hgupta]

Musk' comments were in no way anti-semitic. He was rightly criticizing ADL and other groups for pushing wildly unsubstantiated allegations and using the fallacious argument of "If you criticize me, you are anti-Semitic" and as usual, US Gov't fell in line because of its infestation with left wing libtards and left wing liberal media putting pressure on US Gov't to toe that line.

We need to change that narrative which any criticism of ADL and other jewish groups are anti-Semitic to a narrative that all groups must undergo scrutiny for any wild allegations they make.

[sanman]

SpaceX's Starship & the Geopolitical Implications of Reusable Rockets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqxGeHENTPI