GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

[MFauli]

- You wrote F4.
- I thought, "wut? The F-4 is 55 years old." I assume you meant to write F-14.
- I look up JSDF.
- JSDF is still using a large number of F-4s, approximately 70.
- I am stunned by this fact.

Didnt Japan just get new jets like 2 days ago, and they were pretty old models?

[KrayZ33]

Didnt Japan just get new jets like 2 days ago, and they were pretty old models?

All I know is that they ordered some new F35s... which are freaking awesome.
I doubt we are going to see anything newer than the F4 in terms of airplanes here though.
Too expensive. I wonder how they got them over there anyway. Where do they even start from *shrug*. Didn't really pay attention to how Arnus Hill looks exactly, but I couldn't see a runway.

According to wiki, first generation air to air missiles are faster than mach 2, so yeah, they are plenty to kill a dragon. They'd hit before the dragon even knew what was coming.

I think the most common AAMs are close range though, 500-2000m or something?
We'll never know if the dragon is able to keep up with technology.
Theoretically however, if it knew what it's doing, its turn radius would allow it to break every single missle lock in an instant.

[Ryllharu]

All I know is that they ordered some new F35s... which are freaking awesome.
I doubt we are going to see anything newer than the F4 in terms of airplanes here though.
Too expensive. I wonder how they got them over there anyway. Where do they even start from *shrug*. Didn't really pay attention to how Arnus Hill looks exactly, but I couldn't see a runway.

Fun fact: The only thing awesome about the F-35 is the avionics (and only the hardware) and how much money it is making for the manufacturer. Everything else about it is a joke. Slower and less maneuverable than a fully loaded F-16, inferior armor and armament to an A-10 (which it is supposed to replace in that role), the VTOL version does not work. The software will be full of bugs at delivery. The marines are the only people who still want it (barely), and that's only because they need something to replace the harriers. The A-10 just got another decade of life, despite the Air Force trying to get rid of them because they're not sexy but do their job well.

The F-35 is the new Bradley.

This series has shown the jets taking off. They have a full runway. The JSDF built up the military base area extensively after the first few fights.

The point of hitting the baby dragons with missiles was to drop them to the ground. That was it. After that they lit them up with the cannons to keep them there, and then the mobile artillery finished them off. They could have accomplished that with just the cannons, but they wanted to show off.