Well all I can say it can be done, there was enough of that going around above and below the water to make it more then urban legend. I can say off the coast of a certain continent VERY close to a country now minus one recent dictator a certain sub sailor I knew was "inside" a couple of Cold War adversaries anchorages where the "hand grenade" was the excepted signal "to cut that out and you need to leave now" so he said and saw out the scope. What can I say I trust the source. I'll raise you one COMSUBRON SIXTEEN, COMSUBDEVRON TWELVE, COMSUBGRU TWO, SIX and TEN; I think that gives me a full house!?!
Right now it's looking like 2018 at the current rate of funding and the articles I posted in the Jets thread. Though Japan has recently just approved the procurement of the F-35, some of the countries have decided to research and fund their own stealth programs or reduce their commitments based on the increased costs that have gone up again in the 2012 and 2013 defence budgets where the U.S. has reduced their buy levels or pushed them out further. It could be that only the U.S. gets this by games end. Like the ALTAY, FMBT the F-35 could literally become last minute game time decisions for this game at the current rates of development. As you know I've been following these for a couple of years now and expect to for the next few years, even ARJUN MK II looks like it'll need to be pushed back two or three years from what was reported and is in the game limited production being the main cause (See the recent BROADSWORD posts in the MBT Thread.) about to make this the 2nd most expensive tank in production in the world VERY closely behind the latest ABRAMS. Though I get some criticism for you just can't ignore the impact economics is having on these programs I don't write these articles I just report and post them. Anyway there's your short answer!?!
What am still doing up! Have a good night!!!
Regards,
Pat