Look at the grass though.
Plus the white lines on the runway look way too thick when compared to the aircraft.
Actually it's legit:
So the tall grass and the thick white lines were an optical illusion or something.
From what I understood from the automatic translation, the aircraft was under maintenance for a while and it deviated from the runway after touchdown. Was this it's first flight after the maintenance?
P-1/C-2 pair indeed look cartoonish.
Cuties!
p.s. other than from next year onwards P-1 is slated to carry up to 8 long-range ASCMs per plane.
Actually P1 looks like a damn good MPA and it's a shame it hasn't found more export success, beaten out by Boeing's P8.
Mr T
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I would have been happy if it had won the UK's MPA requirement, but given the P8's usage amongst our allies I can see in part why we went with the P8 in the end.
P1 is definitely a good MPA and a step up for Japan's maratime surveillance capabilities.
Is that confirmed or still in the works?
Problem for the P1 is that it requires a unique logistics and training package, whereas P8 can plug into the huge global 737 logistics and (for pilots at least) training infrastructure.
Well, both I guess?
As of now, it's still in the testing (planned to be ready in FY2022), but there was no news of a change in plans.