{"id":193889,"date":"2008-11-09T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2008\/11\/09\/japan-eying-a-larger-stealth-aircraft-project\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T06:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T11:17:00","slug":"japan-eying-a-larger-stealth-aircraft-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2008\/11\/09\/japan-eying-a-larger-stealth-aircraft-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Eying a Larger Stealth Aircraft Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img223.imageshack.us\/img223\/3707\/aw110320081759l1200020wp6.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" width=\"400\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img255.imageshack.us\/img255\/3710\/aw110320081760l1223970xa5.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" width=\"400\" \/>I mean a physically larger aircraft than the <a href=\"http:\/\/40yrs.blogspot.com\/search?q=japanese+stealth\">F-5 sized ATD-X<\/a> that I have written about before.<\/p>\n<p>I had theorized that this was an attempt to pressure the US Congress to change the law forbidding exports of the F-22, but now It now appears that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aviationnow.com\/publication\/awst\/loggedin\/AvnowStoryDisplay.do?fromChannel=awst&amp;pubKey=awst&amp;issueDate=2008-11-03&amp;story=xml\/awst_xml\/2008\/11\/03\/AW_11_03_2008_p44-93853.xml&amp;headline=Japan+Eyes+Larger+Stealth+Fighter+To+Follow+ATD-X\">they are considering a stealth aircraft in the that is significantly larger<\/a>. (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">paid subscription required<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>They are talking about two engines in the 22,000 lb thrust range, which appears to put the new aircraft in the Superbug and Typhoon size range, though if it is a strike fighter, it could be larger still, as attack aircraft generally have lower thrust to weight.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear from the pictures above, that the Japanese are <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">very<\/span> serious about stealth, which is about attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that Japan&#8217;s immediate need, replacement of its F-4EJ, will <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">not<\/span> be filled by any such aircraft, the need is too immediate.<\/p>\n<p>The leading candidates for an F-4 are the F\/A-18 E\/F, Typhoon, and Rafale.<\/p>\n<p>If it weren&#8217;t so damn slow, I&#8217;d bet on the Japanese buying the Superbug, but I have no clue as to where they are going on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mean a physically larger aircraft than the F-5 sized ATD-X that I have written about before. I had theorized that this was an attempt to pressure the US Congress to change the law forbidding exports of the F-22, but now It now appears that they are considering a stealth aircraft in the that is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1007,1188,1006,1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-japan","category-military","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}