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Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
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Indonesia’s interest in the fleet comes two weeks after the surprise announcement that the U.S. State Department cleared the country to buy the Bell-Boeing MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft.
Indonesia has decided it wants to buy all Austria's Typhoons, only in service since 2002 (with a huge cloud over the purchase) and a decision made to ground them from this year made in 2017.
This also removed the political issues that would have arisen had Indonesia gone ahead with its intended purchase of SU 35, from Russia.
Next question.. what will Austria replace them with? They were one of the last operational users of the Saab Draken.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostSomeone in the Air Corps is trolling the DoD I think.
Last week:
Air Corps Insta stories shows clip taken from inside PC12 of Swiss F/A18 in close formation.
Yesterday
Air Corps Insta stories shows clip taken from inside PC12 of French Rafale in close formation.
I'll be very disappointed if they don't do a Gripen next week.
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Someone in the Air Corps is trolling the DoD I think.
Last week:
Air Corps Insta stories shows clip taken from inside PC12 of Swiss F/A18 in close formation.
Yesterday
Air Corps Insta stories shows clip taken from inside PC12 of French Rafale in close formation.
I'll be very disappointed if they don't do a Gripen next week.
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Yet another Ryanair jet gets a fighter escort.
https://www.thejournal.ie/passenger-...153026-Jul2020
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The electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) comprises the Acts of the Oireachtas (Parliament), Statutory Instruments, Legislation Directory, Constitution and a limited number of pre-1922 Acts.
The electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) comprises the Acts of the Oireachtas (Parliament), Statutory Instruments, Legislation Directory, Constitution and a limited number of pre-1922 Acts.
The electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) comprises the Acts of the Oireachtas (Parliament), Statutory Instruments, Legislation Directory, Constitution and a limited number of pre-1922 Acts.
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostLegally there is a big difference traditionally armed aircraft and one which has sigint and comint gear.
Originally posted by EUFighter View PostSo the controller could allow the Bear to cross Irish sovereign airspace and not allow the Typhoons to follow.
Originally posted by EUFighter View PostIf that was the case the RAF would be having kittens while the Russian play.
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Any Bear type aircraft will have it's own defensive cannons loaded before take off,plus you have no idea what kind of ordnance it may be carrying in it's bomb bay, so you have to assume it's armed, in the same way that you assume a Naval warship is armed (but not combat ready) when it arrives on a peaceful visit. If a Bear declared an emergency in flight, as it passed down our West coast, we would be duty bound to render assistance, regardless of it's military origin.
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Originally posted by EUFighter View PostLegally there is a big difference traditionally armed aircraft and one which has sigint and comint gear.
So the controller could allow the Bear to cross Irish sovereign airspace and not allow the Typhoons to follow.
If that was the case the RAF would be having kittens while the Russian play.
It does though raise a number of questions about the legal standing of the so called "secret" deal between RAF and the Irish Government, if god forbid the worst case scenario happened that required a shoot down over Ireland.
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Originally posted by DeV View PostThat doesn’t necessarily mean that Russian Subs were in the area specifically, just the North East Atlantic
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Originally posted by Anzac View PostIt might be unarmed with traditional weapons, but "armed" with electronic warfare, sigint and comint gear. Which is becoming more of an issue for force planners in the air defence domain.
So the controller could allow the Bear to cross Irish sovereign airspace and not allow the Typhoons to follow.
If that was the case the RAF would be having kittens while the Russian play.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostProbably something like this.
“I'm going to kill everybody on this plane. Die in the name of Jesus!"
— God (@thegoodgodabove) July 13, 2020
But he’s wearing a mask so he’s still less crazy than Ted Cruz.pic.twitter.com/VojlYrGDhb
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostLet's just remindourselves what one of the most recent visitors from Russia was up to over the Porcupine Bank.
https://nuclearcompanion.com/tupolev...unions-tacamo/
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