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Hyperwarp said:

Was there tech sharing between Mitsubishi with NASA (F-18 HARV) and/or Rockwell-MBB (X-31)?

True about the thrust bleed. This was quite clear in the

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. But unlike the traditional nozzles those paddles can be better RCS optimized, similar the F-22 square nozzles. There is some thrust loss in the F-22 too, but I guess it is a compromise.

They could use an F-35 like nozzle, but for the Japanese the X-2 will be a counterpart to F-22.

Long way to go. Its still only a demonstrator.

Wonder whether US will lift the F-22 embargo for Japan.

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MwRYum said:

You do know the US has already shut down the F-22 production line in December 2011, right?

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) appointed Commander Miho Otani as the commanding officer aboard Asagiri-class destroyer Yamagiri (DD-152) on 29 February 2016. Cmdr. Otani becomes the first woman to command a major surface combatant ship in the JMSDF.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) delivered the "Jinryu" submarine to the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MOD) today in a ceremony held at the MHI Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works' No.3 pier in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The Jinryu is the seventh Soryu-class submarine supplied to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and the fourth built by MHI. MHI also built the first Soryu-class submarine, and has produced a total of 26 submarines at the MHI Kobe Shipyard over the last 70 years.

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