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  1. N

    Japanese Jet Engines of WWII

    Ah okay, that makes more sense. It seems the original description was incorrect. Justo, do you know where I can find more information regarding Japanese centrifugal-type jet engines? I’m curious how they compare to the axial series. and thanks for the amazing images and information, as always
  2. Grey Havoc

    Nihon Hikoki X1G3

    https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/nihon-hikoki-x1g3-its-always-better-to-add/
  3. T

    Survivability Standards and Korea and Japan

    The Koreans and Japanese (not to mention the Chinese) are able to churn out warships by the dozen more cheaply than what the US yards can. The 30DX and Daegu frigates, especially come to mind compared to the FFG(X). Most people attribute to this to Koreans and Japanese building to commercial...
  4. L

    Wind Challenger

    http://wind.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_en.html https://gcaptain.com/wind-challenger-next-generation-bulk-carrier/ They haven't kept their website up to date. They were supposed to do some more tests by 2017 - does anyone know of recent research papers or other info on the project?
  5. Grey Havoc

    Unmanned Diving Machine program (Japan)

    Not much in the way of details yet. Apparently in the same class as the USN's XLUUV program, though requirements haven't been nailed down yet. Presumably will be operated by the MSDF, that is, if it ever manages to emerge from the unholy mess that is the Acquisition Technology and Logistics...
  6. snark

    R.I.P. James F. Lansdale

    Posted in J-Aircraft.com yesterday: Dear Members of J-Aircraft.com, Once again, I am afraid it is my sad duty to inform you of the saddest news of all in this dark year of devastating loss for the aviation history fraternity. After a 22 year battle with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, our dear friend...
  7. VictorXL188

    Japan NAL experimental VTOL aircraft.

    Evening folks. I hope that someone on here may help me. I was trawling through a copy of Air Enthusiast from June 1973, as you do, and I came across a brief story about the Japanese NAL. Apparently they had formalised a basic specification for an experimental VTOL aircraft, of which two examples...
  8. Triton

    Izumo Class 22DDH Helicopter Destroyer

    Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) 22DDH helicopter destroyer. Source: http://snafu-solomon.blogspot.com/2010/06/22ddh-japans-next-helicopter-carrier.html http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/6-62389.aspx http://oursogo.com/thread-1155047-1-1.html
  9. Triton

    JMSDF CVH helicopter carrier

    From Ronnie Serrano on the "Project Terminated" page on Facebook: Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=876967599032670&set=gm.646696872124265&type=1&theater
  10. blackkite

    JMSDF trimaran plan

    Hi! Japan and the US have agreed to launch joint research on high-speed trimaran. The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 4 March that it had signed a preliminary agreement on joint research into a high-speed trimaran with the Pentagon. The announcement followed the signing of a...
  11. Triton

    Joint New Air-to-Air Missile (JNAAM)

    "Japan, Britain To Launch Joint Missile Research" Jul. 17, 2014 - 03:30PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS Source: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140717/DEFREG03/307170036/Japan-Britain-Launch-Joint-Missile-Research
  12. Grey Havoc

    Kaiten (Oga base memorial park)

    I thought we already had a thread on these, but I must have been wrong. http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201404060014 IMAGE CREDIT: THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
  13. Triton

    Japan Self Defense Force 2035

    Videos created for Self-Defense Forces and New Generation Weapons Perfect Book DVD depicting a conjectural Japan Self-Defense Force in the year 2035 and a conjectural Sino-Japanese War. http://youtu.be/OwXDPxzeVfU http://youtu.be/ku112uQbhqs
  14. hesham

    Yomiuri Y-1 helicopter

    From my dear Stingray site, the Yomiuri Y-1 was a side-by-side two seat helicopter,powered by the wartime Kamikaze-3 engine. https://sites.google.com/site/stingrayslistofrotorcraft/yomiuri-y-1
  15. N

    Mauve-camouflaged JASDF fighters during seventies

    Hi all: one of the worst problem getting older is memory. Probably I said that before but... I don't remember... During the Seventies I saw a publication (perhaps a Japanes "AiReview" or "Koku-Fan" but could be also an European one) dealing with Japanese Self-Defense Air Force fighters with...
  16. Grey Havoc

    Feel good story of the day

    Via the Associated Press:
  17. Grey Havoc

    Mogami/DEX/30FFM class frigate

    This is supposedly a joint Japan/US project using the Independence class as a starting point, although it seems to me to have inherited some features from at least one MSDF related project of the late '80s/early 90s. First of class to enter service in 2018, which would suggest that it's to be...
  18. Stargazer

    Mignet HM-330 "Sakura" (Tachikawa R-HM)

    After Japan's defeat in World War II, the manufacture of local aircraft was banned. It was only after the publication of a "Memorandum about domestic air carrier operation" issued in 1950 that development of a local civil aviation could be restarted. Then in 1952, an aviation act was...
  19. Stargazer

    Nihon University/Okamura N-52 light plane

    The N-52 was the first private aircraft built in Japan after the war. It was a low-wing, side-by-side seating cantilever monoplane sport aircraft of mixed construction built by the Okamura Mfg. Co. It started as a design experiment under the supervision of Hidemasa Kimura, a professor at Nihon...
  20. Grey Havoc

    Japanese 2050 Space Elevator project (Obayashi Corporation)

    One of the first news stories on it from February 2012: Construction firm aims at space elevator in 2050 ________________________________________________________________ The Yomiuri Shimbun It may be possible to travel to space in an elevator as early as 2050, a major construction company has...
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