| 00:00 - 00:03 | I first saw mention of it in the latest edition of Flight International |
| 00:04 - 00:05 | It was so bad that I bought all the copies of the magazine |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | from here, here and here. |
| 00:08 - 00:12 | We are now actively buying further copies of the magazine from other newsagents across Germany
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| 00:12 - 00:15 |
and we are also checking to see if any other magazines have picked up on the story. |
| 00:17 - 00:19 | Stop keeping me in suspense. |
| 00:19 - 00:21 | What is the news? |
| 00:24 - 00:26 | Mein Führer... |
| 00:27 - 00:28 |
the Australians... |
| 00:31 - 00:33 |
the Australians have announced that they are going to acquire another 58 F-35s |
| 00:34 - 00:36 | Added to the 14 they've already announced, this brings their total order to 72 with rumours of more to come. |
| 00:53 - 00:58 | Those who don't subscribe to my blog
I recommend you go do so now. |
| 01:13 - 01:15 | You bloody morons! |
| 01:15 - 01:17 | You're a pack of snivelling liars! |
| 01:18 - 01:23 | I've already posted on my blog many, many times that the F-35 was a complete failure. |
| 01:25 - 01:28 | I even re-used Eric Palmer's cute "Just So Failed" description. |
| 01:29 - 01:31 | I used all of Air Power Australia's diagrams and pictures. |
| 01:31 - 01:34 | I referenced Winslow Wheeler, David Axe and Bill Sweetman. |
| 01:34 - 01:37 | Solomon agreed with my assessments on SANFU! |
| 01:37 - 01:40 | Don Bacon regularly posted supportive comments. |
| 01:40 - 01:42 | But sir, didn't you once support the F-35? |
| 01:42 - 01:46 | How did you know that?! Anyway
this is my Fucking House! You play by my Fucking Rules! Or I delete your comments! |
| 01:46 - 01:48 | But Sir
maybe it isn't so bad? |
| 01:48 - 01:52 | Not bad?! Of course it's bad! I look like a raving lunatic now! |
| 01:53 - 01:54 | I said it was in a death spiral! |
| 01:56 - 01:57 | That no-one was going to buy more than a couple. |
| 01:57 - 02:00 | Gripen NGs were the way to go. |
| 02:00 - 02:03 | After all, they are 6th Generation! |
| 02:04 - 02:08 | Now the only buyers they can find is Brazil! I might as well move there
or Argentina. |
| 02:08 - 02:13 | And as for the Rafale
the Indians are now reporting the price has climbed even higher! |
| 02:14 - 02:16 | Boeing can't even find anyone interested to even reply to their offers of Super Hornets ... |
| 02:17 - 02:21 | ...and are increasingly reliant on US Govt 'handouts' to keep the line open. |
| 02:27 - 02:29 | The Eurofighter Typhoon is even worse! |
| 02:30 - 02:34 | Already additional nations like Singapore and Finland are asking for F-35s... |
| 02:34 - 02:36 | And don't get me started on South Korea! |
| 02:41 - 02:42 | I suppose we can still count on the Canadians... |
| 02:43 - 02:47 |
they did after all "reset" their acquisition... |
| 02:48 - 02:53 | Doug Allen over on "Gripen for Canada" seems confident... |
| 02:54 - 02:56 | Surely they wouldn't return to the F-35? |
| 02:56 - 02:59 | After all it can't turn... |
| 03:00 - 03:02 |
is too slow and I read somewhere about a new vapour wear chinese radar will completely outmode its Low Observability. |
| 03:04 - 03:07 | Don't worry
I'm sure he didn't mean it. |
| 03:14 - 03:16 | Where do I go now? |
| 03:19 - 03:23 | Maybe the Turks will pull out? |
| 03:25 - 03:26 | Right? |
| 03:31 - 03:33 | They know the value of having a well equipped Air Force. |
| 03:40 - 03:46 | And maybe the X-47 could be chosen by the US Navy instead of the F-35C. |
| 03:46 - 03:49 | Or maybe we could even revisit the idea of a naval F-22? |
| 03:53 - 03:56 | I'm sure Carlo Kopp or Peter Goon designed one... |
