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The tale of two four half sisters, they should have #F35B but none have. The #Spanish Juan Carlos 1 class LHD was designed to be like the USMC Essex class LHDs which can launch an amphibious assault both from their well decks and their flight decks. ImageImage
They have a ski-jump which #Spanish AV-8B #Harrier use to fly off its deck, the #Australians and #Turks both decided to keep the ski-jump. #Australians never bought #F35B and #Turks were removed from the #F35 program altogether. Image
The #Turks plan on flying navalised Bayraktar drones off their decks while the #Australians have scrapped the idea of fixed wing aviation altogether. Maybe #AUKUS will motivate it to reconsider. ImageImage

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BOY! The amt of disinfo here can make it difficult for anyone to decide true & false. Given the conflicts that are raging & political posturing between #US & #China #US & #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaUkraineWar #India & #China I have a unique thread #εpsilon Image
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This is a opposite #whatwerethedesignersthinking thread. The #Russians built a 5,000 tonne frigate that has more missiles than several larger contemporaries. It has 16 AShMs VLS (2 3S14 8 cell UKSK modules) and 32 Redut SAM VLS for 9M96E 40 km and 9M96E2 120 km missiles. #εpsilon Image
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