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Skriven 2013-10-18 18:16:14 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 10806 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: US bashing?
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 Brer Ross Cassell wrote to Brer Roy Witt about US bashing?:

 RW>> I'll answer that when you answer the question about 'Royal Warrant'
 RW>> and your bowing to the King of Sveden...

 RC> The Daddy long legs spider has the most potent venom in the arachnid
 RC> world, but its mouthparts are too small to inflict any harm to our
 RC> skin or the hides of other large animals.

 RC> The take away...

 RC> Their planes might be nifty, their air force is insignificant.

Their airplanes aren't that nifty, the worst of the bunch per Ward is the
McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle (i.e. read Made in America) and the best of
them is the Saab 'Viggen'... Also BJ's 'best ever Svede' aircraft pick.
8^)






The Saab JA 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt)

Type:
Fighter/Interceptor/Multi-role/Air Superiority Aircraft Multirole Fighter

Service Year:
McDonnell: 1976, Crew: 1 or 2, Length: 63.8 ft Width: 42.8 ft
Saab; 1968, Crew: 1, Length: 51.12 ft Width: 34.8 ft

Height:
McD': 18.50 ft (5.64 m)
Sasb: 19.36 ft (5.90 m)

Empty Weight:
McD': 27,000 lbs (12,247 kg)
Saab: 33,069 lbs (15,000 kg)

MTOW: (Max Tonage Ordinance Weight)
McD': 56,002 lbs (25,402 kg)
Saab: 37,479 lbs (17,000 kg)

Powerplant:
McD': 2 x Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 turbofan engines with afterburn
      generating 25,000lbs of thrust. (That's total, not each)
Saab: 1 x Volvo Flygmotor RM8B afterburning turbofan generating 28,110lbs
      of thrust

Maximum Speed:
McD': 1,650 mph (2655 km/h) (1,434 kts)
Saab: 1,320 mph (2125 km/h) (1,147 kts)

Maximum Range:
McD': 600 miles (966 km) (if more fuel is req'd, America has in-flight
B-52 refueling capabilities)
Saab: 621 miles (1,000 km) (no inflight refueling)

Service Ceiling:
McD': 62,992 feet (19,200 m) (11.9 miles) (1/2 mile higher than the Saab)
Saab: 60,007 ft (18,290 m) (11.4 miles)

The following is in two parts, one for McD' and one for Saab:

Standard Armament:
McD': 1 x M61A1 20mm internal rotary cannon

Mission-specific ordnance can include any of the following:

4 x AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles
2 x AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
2 x AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles
GBU-10 Laser-Guided Bombs
GBU-12 Laser-Guided Bombs
GBU-24 Laser-Guided Bombs
GBU-15 Electro-Optically Guided Bombs
AGM-130 Powered Bombs
GBU-31 JDAM
GBU-32 JDAM
JSOW Conventional Bombs
Cluster Munitions
B51 Nuclear Bombs
B61 Nuclear Bombs
AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles
AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles

Up to 16,000 lbs of various ordnance.

Saab:

Standard Armament:
1 x 30mm cannon in fixed under-fuselage pack.

Additional mission-specific ordnance can include:

7 x Rb-74 Sidewinders
7 x Rb-71 Sky Flashes
2 x AIM-120 AMRAAMs
Rocket Pods
RB-75 Maverick AGMs
Dumb Bombs

Maximum Speed (Km/h):
Boeing/McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle: 2,655 km/h (500km faster than Saab)
Saab JA 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt): 2,125 km/h

Service Ceiling (in meters because the Euros are SAE illiterate):
Boeing / McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle: 19,200 m
Saab JA 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt): 18,290 m

Maximum Range (km):
Boeing / McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle: 966 km (see in-air refueling note)
Saab JA 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt): 1,000 km (see no in-air refueling note)

Production Totals:
Boeing / McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle: 1,500
Saab JA 37 Viggen (Thunderbolt): 329

And the winner is: Boeing/McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle, the worst
airplane ever made, per Ward.

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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