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RAF Museum London https://sites.google.com/site/militarymuseums/home/raf-london http://s15.beta.photobucket.com/user/jonnierose/library/Cosford ​ Messerchmitt 262 Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire Kawasaki Ki-100 1B BAe Harrier ME Bf 109 P-51 Mustang de Havilland Mosquito Panavia Tornado Eurofighter Typhoon B-24 Liberator B-25 Mitchell V2 Rocket Avro Lancaster

Weird, the AGM-86 was the first missile I suspected but when I looked it up, the nose looked completely different. Oh Well. @mvgas - sorry. I think these are newer: HiRes HiRes HiRes HiRes HiRes HiRes

Those images were photoshopped.

I'm going to guess 'probably' given where and how recently they've appeared. I didn't take them myself. I think the weapon may be a JSOW-C (IIR seeker) in retrospect??

JSOW-C

http://world-defece-review.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/deep-analysis-on-ind-russia-pak-fafgfa.html

:lol:

http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-flying-white-elephant-8091

What about the F-35 "Fatfish"?

We'll happily buy the design.

Yeah. It's VTOL now. The crane lifts it up and spins it around until it attains sufficient airspeed, then away.

Flown. :D

http://en.ria.ru/video/20130212/179428710/Making-a-Plane.html

GROTON, Conn. (Feb. 8, 2013) Sailors assigned to the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) shovel the initial blanket of snow from their pier as a strong storm arrives in Connecticut.

^Now you've gone and done it.:lol:

The F-35 will have similar BVR advantages (except for supersonic manoeuvrability) and far better WVR ability within 50km. Arguably it's debatable who would see the other first, an F-35 or an F-22? Both RCSs are low enough to give EO/IR a clear advantage over radar and only the F-35 has EOST and SAIRST.

They will fly Rafale Ms and there are several on-board the Charles de Gaulle already trained for a 'Falklands scenario'. Equally some French pilots have been trained to fly Typhoons. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/double-first-for-french-and-british-fast-jet-pilots They are F-35B STOVLs. I'm not sure whether the French Carrier sharing is only a stop gap until the QEs come out. There is a close co-operation between French and British forces right now, so whether there is an F-35B/Rafale M carrier sharing future or not I don't know. They only have a ramp capable carrier - the Cavour 550, so my guess would be F-35Bs for their navy too. They also plan for F-35As to replace AMXs and Tornados. http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120515/DEFREG01/305150010/Italian-AF-Navy-Head-F-35B-Showdown STOVL was always going to complicate things. God knows why the F-35A couldn't simply have been a Raptor with bigger internal bays. Maybe a Strike Raptor is in the future somewhere.