ABC TVNews thick with praise for the first two F-35A – claiming 20 to 1 kill rate in US trials over existing US fighters – where opposition was presumably the F-22 and modernized F-16 or F-15. David Archibald has written several articles on the F-35 shortcomings. Most recent and his book American Gripen: The Solution to the F-35 Nightmare from two years ago. A March 2015 article by David Archibald – The Disappointment That Is the F-35. David has kindly sent me this 293 page pdf copy of his book American Gripen: The Solution to the F-35 Nightmare. My email says the pdf is 5.5MB
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Adelaide – Melbourne hot days pressure power prices
Thanks to Siliggy for the heads up. AEMO has both South Australia and Victoria with “Scheduled Demand” prices for todays afternoon peak plus $10,000 MWh. Something to watch as the afternoon turns to evening – surely those sky-high prices will moderate as bids come in. OpenNem for SA and Vic shows clearly that yesterdays heat upped demand and wind power fades away exactly when needed across the peak. As a curiosity Tasmania was exporting through BassLink at max during the peak but at very low uneconomic prices from 1730hrs to 2000hrs. We need a Royal Commission into the Electricity Grid to force information and explanations public.