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Nice pics, Sawa!

1 guy is not an army but if some foreigner is ready to give his life and fight for your country that comes to prove a point that maybe you should expect more support than you have been expecting, that more people who are not Japanese than you've expected wouldn't like to see Japan invaded and would like it to remain an independent and free country. Of course I can only speak for myself and do with my life what I think is right but my opinion is that Japan would receive a lot more support (coming in different forms) in case a theoretical invasion becomes reality. Anyways, people value their lives differently, and that may sound funny but I for once feel ready to do everything I can to help keep Japan as is, should its independence is under threat. Here is not the place to discuss this in detail and give reasons and defend this position, it's just how I feel about all this. haha exactly! :D

Mistral: Leclerc MBT night firing:

A nice image of AMX-10RC from wiki: full resolution (3072x2048 ): http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/AMX-10-RC.JPG

I'm pretty sure they won't evacuate. Not that I expect any enemy force to land in Japan. Btw if that ever happens I'm going to volunteer here in my country at the Japanese embassy for a visa , just give me a rifle and send me against the invader. I'm ready to fight for you guys :)

(Mali) A French aircraft drops a bomb over BM-21 launcher, and Tiger helicopters target insurgents:

Thanks Namenlos

It's obviously not an anti-submarine weapon :) I guess the idea behind these test firings is that it could be used to attack small ships. It is probably guided through the flir mounted under the nose. That's the only photo of a P-1 with a mounted flir (or a sensor that looks like it) that I've seen.

Yep. That's Kawasaki XP-1 (now P-1) launching maverick.

KC-135 (100th Air Refueling Wing) refueling Rafale over Mali, includes close up footage of the tanker's cockpit:

exactly an F-22 without tails: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-44_MANTA

Flight over Mali on board of Rafale

Raytheon wins Republic of Korea F-16 radar upgrade competition http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2308

Loading Hog's big gun, and some cool F-16 take offs with afterburner at the end of the video:

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If NG would have a lower TCO than C/D then we have winner here :D

When you say it can't compete you mean C and D right? We're not talking about NG here or am I wrong? And if we're talking about C and D which aircraft are you comparing them to, hopefully not F-16 block 60 ;)

http://www.stratpost.com/gripen-operational-cost-lowest-of-all-western-fighters-janes Looks pretty good to me. I've seen similar figures in Aviation Week IIRC.