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It would be great if the Thai Navy could get F-35Bs for used on HTMS Chakri Naruebet. But if they can't get F-35As, it becomes even more unlikely.Thailand’s request to buy the F-35 has been refused by the US.
Thailand air force says U.S. has denied request to buy F-35 jets
The United States has declined to sell its F-35 stealth fighter jets to Thailand over issues with training and technical requirements, the Southeast Asian country's air force said on Thursday.www.reuters.com
I'd be very surprised if there was NOT (edit) a political aspect to it - Thailand would be very exposed to Chinese monitoring and economic pressure. I'm little surprised it was even considered. Even the Singapore sale was surprising to me.
The approval process for any ITAR controlled products such as the F-35 is quite a detailed one with many parties involved and reasons for no answers along the way. It could have been one of any. Remember also that Thailand has plenty of US sourced systems (e.g. F-16s) or platforms with US equipment (such as Gripens), so I doubt there was a simple blanket answer as the reason here. The comment "over issues with training and technical requirements" could be interpreted many ways.
No F-35A means no F-35BIt would be great if the Thai Navy could get F-35Bs for used on HTMS Chakri Naruebet. But if they can't get F-35As, it becomes even more unlikely.
Unlikely to have been a reason - for example, only in recent years Thailand has been approved to receive Javelin missiles and if the presence of Chinese equipment was a reason this would not have occurred.
That's what I think.No F-35A means no F-35BIt would be great if the Thai Navy could get F-35Bs for used on HTMS Chakri Naruebet. But if they can't get F-35As, it becomes even more unlikely.
There is a slight difference between a brand new state of tge art Fighter system and one that is as old as I am that been used heavily in 4 different fights.
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Militarywatchmagazine.com = pure (and very low quality) Russo-Chinese propaganda.F-35’s Deeply Troubled Engine Runs Up $38 Billion in Extra Maintenance Costs - Losses Equivalent to Price of Almost 500 New Fighters
The F-35 stealth fighter’s Pratt & Whitney F135 engines will cost the Pentagon $38 billion dollars in unexpected maintenance costs over the fleet’s lifetime,
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Question for aero-engine experts. Is this hyperbole? An area of the engine that should run at 800 Fahrenheit runs at 1600 Fahrenheit? Seems improbableOverheating F-35s May Get Service-Specific Cooling Upgrades, Likely Hiking Cost
The jets’ engines are running twice as hot as designed, boosting maintenance and capping performance.
Definitely hyperbole. We are probably talking 50 degrees hotter, across the entire flight envelope. The engine runs to a airflow schedule, with a constant airflow at cold inlet temperature, then a constant turbine inlet temperature with decreasing airflow when the inlet temperature increases above point called the Theta break (which is unique to each engine design). Typically on a new engine, that turbine temperature will be below the redline limit. As the engine deteriorates, or more bleed air is extracted, the TIT has to increase to maintain the airflow schedule. Once the redline TIT is reached on hot days, engine performance (airflow) is reduced to keep the TIT from exceeding the redline. Continued deterioration will reduce performance further, and lower the inlet temperature where TIT hits the limit, and also raises the TIT at lower inlet temperatures.Question for aero-engine experts. Is this hyperbole? An area of the engine that should run at 800 Fahrenheit runs at 1600 Fahrenheit? Seems improbableOverheating F-35s May Get Service-Specific Cooling Upgrades, Likely Hiking Cost
The jets’ engines are running twice as hot as designed, boosting maintenance and capping performance.
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GE has obviously been lobbying hardHouse Lawmakers Push Alternate F-35 Engine
In markup, HASC chairman adds more than $500 million to keep the alternate engine alive.
There's a lot of reports with hindsight which points to the fact that F136 program should not have been scrapped and I feel like we've seen plenty of reasons why.
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The UK?
