I think there is some relation, they might have used the basics of Brimstone 2 as starting point. The dimensions of the cylindrical missile body look to be the same. 180mm diameter and 1.8-meter length.
I'm repeating myself for the millionth time, but the whole S-400 deal was just an excuse for the US; the reasons behind kicking Turkey out are purely geopolitical since the only thing that has ever kept the US and Turkey together and kept the alliance functional was the threat of the USSR; and since then the Americans have partnered with and legitimized yet another terrorist group in the Middle East and casted the security of yet another ally of theirs aside.
Then why haven't they? The S-400 batteries have been kept in storage ever since they were airlifted to Turkey so there's no excuse to not flying F-35s over to local Turkish exercises as they do with everyone else including Greece.
Don't get me wrong NMaude but that's a pretty naive worldview. And it's not like Turkey hasn't declared military support for Ukraine before; in fact, it was one of, if not the first NATO member to supply advanced weapons to them before the war.
Military Equipment Sales are very meticulous deals and there are all kinds of export controls in place for potential resales of equipment; simply put you can't give the equipment to a 3rd party without Russian blessing. Remember all that noise about (ex-East) German howitzers (or was that some other kind of artillery equipment?) that Lithuania wanted to provide to Ukraine in the first year of the war?
I find these videos really difficult to watch.
I doubt it is the only aircraft to suffer this fate over the last five years, COVID really messed with the parts manufacturing infrastructure and in F-35 case right when the production line was trying to increase the rate.
Apparently, these pictures show the 1000th F-35. But this jet was delivered clean later, without the tail art and all those writings.
The antics to information ratio is a bit high for my patience level.
And yet some still claim it's in a death spiral about to be cancelled any day...
Oh I know that. Some fools out there though...
This is totally the sky is blue, water is wet, and gravity is the law. Every military flying unit has a can jet because there will always be some part not available fast enough from the supply system (that very well may be sitting in a risk kit mind you, but don't touch the war spares!!!) that's needed to get a sortie out now.
They've claimed that before though, among other things, so forgive me if I'm more than a bit sceptical.
Yes they have been deployed
It was a proposition from an ex-ambassador on live tv but media is quoting one another as the original source and making this more than what it actually is.
Gives a whole new meaning to "Winged Hussars"!
