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Flightglobal says they are newly released, not new in the sense of when they have been taken. Also the signs say "Japan Aerospace 2008". But I hadn't seen them so they were new to me :) http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/11/photos-new-pics-of-shinshin-th.html

yep, and it seems he/she got away with it :thumbup:

3 new photos of the ATD-X full scale mock up:

Japan has chosen the F-35 ^^ :megalol: more info in here: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/awx/2011/12/13/awx_12_13_2011_p0-405601.xml&headline=Tokyo%20Chooses%20F-35,%20Local%20Media%20Report F-35 was pretty much the expected choice. Glad I won't have to redesign my signature :thumbup:

buahaha :laugh: :doh: +1

Ain't T-4 beautiful? Especially in white, blue and red :thumbup:

You both sound like you've been there and saw what happened in person. It would be safe to assume that what really happened won't be made public with supporting evidence so we can only guess what could have been the real scenario without stating it like a fact.

More realistic shark mouth and eyes: and just a glimpse at a fictional skin inspired by the JGSDF camo that's wip:

The prelude to a crap is always more interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rt6vqki_eE&feature=related :lol:

And if it was indeed brought down by the iranians it probably wasn't with SAM.

An interesting post in the russian part of the forums showing some iranian "potentially"-stealth aircraft models. No doubt the RQ-170 will boost their knowledge on stealth but still I think the russians and chinese will better benefit from getting their hands on it :) http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1348127&postcount=21

What are these 2 big strange bumps on the upper side?

Ok how the hell could that thing fall from the skies and remain so undamaged?

GTR2 is a great game and kept me hooked for quite a while, I'm looking forward to GTR3

Asraam: Meteor: Mica IR: Mica IR, Mica EM and Storm Shadow:

That :laugh:

thanks, btw have you read anything about JASSM's RCS? It's OT I know, I'm just curious with the mass integration of CIWS (land, mobile, sea) + all kinds of radars, what do cruise missiles count on nowadays :)

Not good at math but if they can detect a fighter jet at 5000km then doing the math what approximately would be the detection distance against F117, F-22, F-35?

Not that huge, they have the length of a fighter jet but are much thinner 1.5-2m in diameter. It would be interesting to find out their RCS, comparing it to the RCS of a fighter or F117 we could theorize at what distance these can be picked up by EWRs.

^^ Oh that's quite an upgrade :thumbup:

wow nice, that was really low

the chick in the first video is really good

Ok leaving out of the discussion women who look like well-shaved men :D, do you guys think the RQ-170 being in Chinese hands (assumption) might be a good reason for the US to take a different path with regard to some stealth solutions and technologies, and possibly to throw in more money in anti-stealth research? Do you think that a rather undamaged Sentinel in the potential adversaries' hands might jeopardize programs like the F-35 for instance?