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Don't hope for much from a bunch of boomers that outright refuse to adapt to the 21st century or listen to their more tech-savvy subordinates.

Most people on Formils have no idea how people in the Air Force are obnoxiously pro-US. For the most part, by-and-large our Air Force infrastructure is built to support Western made aircraft (specifically US made ones). This is the reason why even during an embargo our F-16's can still fly...

No, Hensoldt radars are ridiculously good radars. They just don't offer something in the range of a Smart-L. And frankly, I think the Navy isn't looking at the Smart-L or any long range radar.

Speaking of the Chinese, we honestly might just solidly end up as an official US ally pretty soon. Check out what the Federal Reserve just offered to Bank Indonesia. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-07/indonesia-says-new-york-fed-will-provide-60-billion-credit-line This puts...

Pretty much, the reason why there's markups is because the majority of that money ends up being used to grease the palms of officers and politicians involved in the deal. This one guy from my sales team was constantly bringing envelopes full of money that he would give to NCO's and officers...

It's like he doesn't even try to hide it at this point.

The problem is there's no distinct separation of powers and capabilities between them, and their area of responsibility often overlaps. Those two combined with historic tensions, Indonesian egotism, and having two separate chains of command is often enough spark to blow up the powder keg. It's...

5.56 CAN penetrate a croc. Alot of alligator/crocodile hunters use .22LR to hunt them so as to not damage the skin, and most US Fish & Wildlife Conservation departments use 55Gr .223/5.56 for gator pest control all the time. The 5.56 is weak is a stupid meme.

At this point it's honestly a competition between Boeing and Airbus. Boeing has the advantage of doing bulk deals and the fact that it is the preferred bidder for the Tanker program. Airbus because it has clout with PTDI over their shared work history. Both bids already has MRO services in the...

Either KFX or the F-5 replacement

I mean, he's not wrong. Most of our country's problems can be attributed to his own mismanagement. I can attest to that from a professional standpoint as well.

Honestly, a good compromise is going for the DSME 2000 instead. It's a natural progression from a 209 type to a 214/216 type attack sub. It shares technologies from both the Korean 214 class and the newer KSS-III Dosan class.

It's because the Navy is trying to save face. The problems with the first batch can be attributed to the Navy demanding DSME and PAL to cut corners and ramp up production. A lot of the people in the MoD were unwilling to pay for a quality product and so they get something that they paid for.

Army brass will never agree to it, and they won't let the Navy operate shore based batteries. And considering we already operate the Exocet in large numbers, it makes more sens to operate the land based Exocet instead. MBDA actually offered it a few years ago but again, the Army's brass ego got...

Because doing something would hurt Daddy Luhut's wallet.

Also keep in mind, the US and Australia does not want Indonesia to Balkanize into several smaller states as it will be a geopolitical nightmare for them to have several rogue states neighboring Australia and their base in Darwin. China can't care less and would prefer to deal with small...

Technically they're Fascist, not communist. They're official ideology is "Socialism with Chinese characteristics".

China has no friends, only enemies that are the last to be killed. Considering a few of our officials in the current administration has vetted private interests in economic dealing with the PRC, you can guess why some are adamant about distancing from China.

Nut just Japanese, you can see Lee-Enfields and Brens as well

I mean, at least we have an Air Force that's still flying lmao