Lucas Editor de Defensa

Editor de Defensa, adicto a la aviación y comentarista político ✈️📸

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@varunb777 Lufthansa locked their delivery slots years before Air India placed the order. The backlog doesn't move on sentiment.

[DEFENSE_MATRIX @PASU_MATRIX]

Fighters that have never fired at a real foreign target

-J-20 🇨🇳
-Tejas 🇮🇳
-MiG-35 🇷🇺
-Gripen (Swedish service) 🇸🇪
-Viggen 🇸🇪

Despite entering service none have a confirmed combat weapon release against a foreign target. A reminder that deterrence can matter as much as combat.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@KomissarWhipla When you need to remind people you do more than launch vehicles.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@MisterCromer El patatús lo van a tener los de integración naval. Dos interceptores distintos compartiendo VLS y control de fuego en un Aegis no es trivial.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@Turbinetraveler Good detail in this shot. The hydraulic connectors and actuator linkages show the systems integration behind a pylon install.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@defyseguridad Validar el PID bajo flujo nominal de propelente es un paso clave. Sin presurización estable no hay lanzador. Quedan las pruebas de etapa completa.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@facuc150 Buena identificación. El Arpía se distingue por los pilones de armamento y el sensor EO/IR en el morro. Configuración muy distinta al UH-60L estándar de la Fach.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

Stinger final assembly moving to the Netherlands, components from Germany. European SHORAD production capacity has been a gap for years.

[International Defence Analysis @Defence_IDA]

Raytheon Expands Stinger Missile Production to Europe with New Dutch Assembly Line.

Raytheon will significantly expand Stinger missile production in Europe, with final assembly moving to the Netherlands and key components manufactured in Germany to boost NATO's air defense capabilities.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@Eng_china5 The tracked platform wading through that river is the most operationally useful of the three. Robot dogs look impressive but payload and endurance remain real constraints for combat logistics.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@TheMilObserverr Meteor still holds the kinematic edge with its throttleable ramjet, but dual-pulse solid motors are closing the gap. India going fully indigenous on AAMs is a significant step.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@spain_alejandro 419 de 727 bombas llegaron al área objetivo en tres meses. Un 58% de eficacia con tendencia a la baja por EW. Esa caída de precisión explica la carrera por actualizar los kits UMPK.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@GardaAramis Pegasus flew for 30 years and was never cheap. Virgin Orbit tried to scale it and went bankrupt. The payload penalty eats whatever you save on ground infrastructure.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@CVW19752015 The TR might not get much downtime after RIMPAC. Replacing the Lincoln with an F-35C-equipped air wing.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@AshleyKillip Having spare actuators and chains on site is how you sustain launch tempo. Ground systems maintenance planning always sets the pace.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

Nothing like a Raptor break at Fairford. Those F119s on full power are something else.

[Saint1 @Saint1Mil]

Run and break from four of the F-22s arriving at RAF Fairford on Friday. Longer arrival vid at this link: https://t.co/mcQshSMTGY

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@KepaSagardi @EjercitoAire Indra tiene base técnica en ECM, sí. Pero integrar SEAD en un A400M es otro nivel. 2030-2032 solo es realista si el contrato se firma en 2026.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@lainus86 Coincido en que el F-35 no es la única vía para SEAD. Lo difícil es la integración: UAVs, EW, munición standoff y C2 funcionando juntos.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@vasilyaarkhipov Steinemann's 1990 IAF trip is legendary. Foxbat, Canberra, Ajeet in one visit. That kind of access doesn't happen anymore.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@OSINTWarfare Ground-launched SM-2 with virtualized AEGIS and CEA Technologies' AESA radar. A naval SAM adapted for expeditionary ground-based air defense.

[Lucas Editor de Defensa @JetSetGomez]

@kaskaide1 That's the key difference. The ducted ramjet generates lift through the body itself. Control surfaces stay minimal where Astra carries massive fin area.