How big of deal are these kind of planes? http://www.defen

>>31167126
Who gives a fuck? You could quite literally take over The British Isles with a few dozen men with semi automatic rifles. Their military is a laughing stock.

With the Nimrod's gone they're a lot more important than they used to be. One of the only dedicated EW/Surveillance aircraft in the RAF.

>>31167155
Go back to your potatos and your IRA dreams O'Brian

>>31167126
Fairly important. Think of what the P-3s do or the equivalent

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Who's going to replace the JSTARS?

Northrop Grumman is offering a Gulfstream G550
Lockheed Martin is offering a Bombardier Global 6000
and Boeing is offering their 737-700

Radar will either be from Northrop Grumman or Raytheon.

http://aviationweek.com/defense/lockheed-raytheon-bombardier-team-usaf-jstars-replacement
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2014-09-19/boeing-northrop-grumman-propose-jstars-replacements

>>31167155
Fuck off, China.

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>>31167173
Just drop sharp sticks, plastic picknick knives and hard porn DVD's over their cities. The natives would be so intimidated that they would remain inside, leaving you to deal with the army and the few armed police officers that are around. You'd probably even get help from the darkies, as they would be busy plundering and setting fire to the cities with their new arsenals which would force army and police to divide their forces.

>>31167155
Someones military got bumraped by the british in the past.
Fuck off you degenerate native, if you were any less devolved you'd be a monkey you fucking troglodyte.

Go back to your sticks and stones native.

>>31167407
> Cities
>Implying anyone other than liberal anti brexit scum lives there.
> If you don't own a gun in the country its likely you're either a luddite or a preacher.

> neighbour owns a harrier mate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28509563

>>31167126

It's the UK's cut down version of the E-8 JSTARS.

They're incredibly useful for battlefield surveillance when there is air supremacy. There is no doubt they save lives.

I shan't worry overmuch about the British, son.

https://youtu.be/D-eeGl7Ydx8

>>31167851
The mud is very evil.

>>31167407

Remember when a single round of .22 LR shut down a street and caused people to fear for their lives?

Just airdrop the US's entire output of rimfire ammunition constantly over populated areas.

Dumping cartloads of 5.56 would probably constitute a WMD.

>>31167155
Retarded American, French, or German

I really wonder

>>31169750
Septic.

Germans and French generally arent so utterly fucktarded in their ideas. They're decent, reasonable people with manners.

>>31169709
>Remember when a single round of .22 LR shut down a street and caused people to fear for their lives?

No.

I remember when /k/ grossly over-exaggerated the most utterly insignificant things reported in the british press however.

>>31170003
go back to your tea time

>>31167808

>Cut down

They use pretty much the same radar by the same company, mate, and the Sentinel has fuckhuge persistence range. Nothing cut down about it.