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Post by beagle on Aug 10, 2013 20:42:06 GMT 12
met the postie lady on her bike at the letterbox this morning as I was going out and here she handed over the latest issue of Air Force News.
page 3 First Word from AVM Pete Stockwell
The image above the story tells of people standing in front of a JMSDF P8 Poseidon
Might just send an email correcting them.
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Post by ngatimozart on Aug 10, 2013 21:42:33 GMT 12
Haha I saw that. The wing looks to far forward for the P8 and anyway the JMSDF don't have any at the moment. It is a Kawasaki P1 MPA. |
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Post by tfly on Aug 10, 2013 22:07:56 GMT 12
Might we see one in RNZAF colours in the future (or are there restrictions on the Japanese exporting military hardware)?
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Post by beagle on Aug 11, 2013 5:54:41 GMT 12
The latest is that they have 3 in service but are on the ground as they have been experiencing emgine combustion problems.
Look a bit like a stunted DC8
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Post by ngatimozart on Aug 16, 2013 20:58:07 GMT 12
I don't think there would be an export problem with regard to NZ since they've loosened the rules to allow arms exports to politically acceptable countries. I would think NZ govt would probably have an issue around the price because they would be a small production run compared to say the P8 or the C295MP. Kawasaki are also building the CX-2 transport plane which is a twin engined jet with a payload of 34 tonnes.
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