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Another hyperbolic article title. We had this same discussion just a few weeks ago.
The engine is fine. Pentagon trying to blame the engine for their own failures will never stop being funny
Now, if I remember correctly this was the advice Yankee/Shilao recommended to USAF. The topic was J-20 HMD and PLAAF pilots was complaining that they were too heavy and causing their neck to hurt. Yankee/Shilao was then wondering how USAF deals with this problem and says they recommend acupuncture and TCM to USAF F-35 pilots.
Seriously though would HMD weight be a problem among F-35 pilots or are USAF HMD lighter than PLAAF counterpart?
33rd fighter wing seems to indeed specialize in training F-35 pilots.
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F-35 HMD was way too heavy at the beginning and it's still heavy but weight restriction don't apply anymore for safe ejection. Standard old helmet was less than 3 pound... with the lighter version of F-35 Helmet is still over 4.5 pounds !
Other problem was night vision was crap :
New technology always take time...
It’s interesting that PLAAF has adopted western strength and endurance training practices and USAF has adopted some Eastern medicine practices.
What works, works.
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Looks like Austal is expanding in a big way to help with submarine production. Potentially 1000 new workers within the next ~year for the submarine construction line. I know Austal has mentioned wanting to build Constitution class frigates, but it remains to be seen if Congress is willing to pay for an additional production line. I personally think that eventually they will expand to have Austal (or someone else) produce frigates. They had three yards building the Perry class frigates in the 80s. The third yard went out of business when it wasn't awarded any contracts for the Burke's. Industrial resilience is a big focus right now, and looks to be a big focus for the time going forward, so I expect Congress will eventually fork over the cash.
Outside of that, having Austal help with Submarine production seems like a solid build out for their submarine base. I wonder if they can bring enough suppliers back in to meaningfully expand production to build two Virgina's, a Columbia and maybe even an additional Virginia for Australia per year? Historically speaking, the US did have that submarine production capacity in the past. Remains to be seen if it can be rebuilt.
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I don’t think there is any good evidence that cupping actually does anything.
It has been known since the announcement of the DDG(X) project by the Pentagon that when needed, smaller Mk41 VLS cells can be swapped with larger VLS cells for hypersonic missiles. I believe the G-VLS is meant for it.
With the case settled, one of the more important questions - What would be the dimension for the G-VLS?
On the other hand, speaking of which - Recall that some months ago, according to @tphuang, lyman2003 mentioned that the Type 093B SSNs that Huludao is starting to pump out since last year have 1.2-meter diameter VLS cells that can launch larger anti-ship ballistic missiles and hypersonic missiles in the future. Perhaps the PLAN will pursue larger VLS cells similar to this for their surface combatants in the future?