quadbikeI think we are deviating off-topic big time here. As you clearly saw by the link it was not just my line of thought. After episodes like Kandahar where we let terrorists out to save people I would rather lose my family and even my life than lose national pride.
Coming back to topic do you know whether the DPRK-AF can support its ground troops, do they have any decent A2G inventory, MiG 29 is their premier fighter most likely A models hardly renowned for its multirole ability.
quadbikeNuclear missiles are a bluff, even if they have a few bombs now they can be effectively neutralised, if you wait they will have more and longer range missiles to threaten even Europe and United States not to mention proliferation around the globe.
If there is another act of War ROK especially ROKAF airforce would seize the moment I believe.
Would you take such a Cavalier attitude if millions or your own countrymen’s lives were directly threatened?
In our case I assure you that if our enemy sinks an IN warship there would be War Period. There is a billion of us and personally if we can get rid of our enemy forever losing a few million is a price worth paying.
This was our strategic thinking during the Kargil conflict as well.
The Indian view was that in the event of a nuclear war it could emerge the ultimate ‘winner’ after wiping off enemy-state but lose up to 500 million of its own people, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch has claimed in his 700-page book The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.
quadbikeThere are the Americans there F 16s of their own and a carrier nearby thats like 90 odd Super Hornets armed to the teeth. Quantity can be a quality yes in places like Vietnam where the terrain suited it but honestly without Soviet/Chinese support even that War would have ended differently. In this case if the Chinese do not get involved Noko has no Chance.
A policy of appeasement can only give you a more dangerous enemy, all you neo-Chamberlain’s will only end up causing more casualities for SoKo and western allies in a future war when NOKO is much stronger with more Nuclear Warheads.
quadbikeStill prefered to the South’s show of lack of spine interms of Northern Aggression. There is nothing in NOK inventory that can counter the F 15K Slam Eagles, and with China open to a Unified Korea under southern command, a few hundred thousand casualities are may be a price worth paying. This is no veiled aggression by proxy terrorist groups, this is an act of War, shelling civilian areas and sinking a ship during peacetime. For all their problems even India and Pakistan don’t cross such boundaries.
Time to call NOKO bluff.
At the end of the day big business rules these things, SOKO has more to lose economically in a War so the corporates will do their utmost to prevent it. Sad state of affairs.
quadbikeAt least, a happy and.
http://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7804&language=en-US
An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly denied the statement that has been reported and attributed to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa by Agence France Presse (AFP), with regard to French Rafale Aircrafts.
The source emphasized that the reported statement by that news agency is false and has nothing to do with reality.
Sorry I would believe the leaks over any offical denial because the leaks are supposed to be confidential there is no need to lie in that.
This is a public face saving exercise by Bahrin.
quadbikeWhich is why Wikileaks is bad. A Korean War would actually be good, in the short term it may cause some casualities but at the end it will uplift many North Koreans from poverty and malnutrition.
ROKAF will be able to destroy DPRK assets really fast in anycase.
quadbikeThe Frenchmen have sent more than 3,000 troops and some of their best equipments (Rafales + AASM, Tigre HAPs, and so on) to the Afghanistan for supporting American military action there, and now what payback they get ?? The USA military commander’s comment of “The outdated army with yesterday’s techonology” ??? What a thanksgiving.
I really think the France should withdraw its “yesterday’s troops” away from the Afghanistan right now, and just let American “tomorrow’s army” do its own job alone.
I think you should consider the context of the General’s comments, the good general was doing his bit to swing a potential order the American way. I doubt it is anything more than that.
Wikileaks is funny, I wish we could have wikileaks India edition it would be funnier still 😀
quadbikeFrom that AW&ST article-
So they’re looking to talk to SAAB about technology consultancy and partnership for the AMCA ! Excellent decision IMO..I’ve been saying this a few times in the past too, that it would be wonderful for the project if an external risk sharing partner is included, to not only help overcome any particular technological challenges, but to also make timelines sacrosanct. Will also help in marketing this fighter to other nations.
I will not be surprised if this decision proves decisive in the MRCA race as well.
First the F414IN wins the Tejas MK2 engine bid, now SAAB is being asked for assistance in AMCA. Gripen has a great chance 😀
quadbikePS Subramanyam himself, no less, stated that a new CCM (Close Combat Missile) will be integrated with the Tejas Mk1 during the IOC period itself. Now we already know that the IN has chosen the Derby for the N-LCA (again from PS Subramanyam) so the likeliest CCM is going to be the Python-5.
Would you like to bet on that ? Because R73 was tested as part of IOC requirements i doubt they would be testing another SRAAM when the testing is already behind schedule, its a matter of ticking off things, and the CCM is already ticked off.
IMHO the IN version may get Python 5 at a later stage but the intial 20-40 IAF birds will have R73.
quadbikeBecause the report clearly states that the R 73 is the chosen SRAAM, it doesn’t say chosen for the test. So in all we will not see Python 5 in IAF service unless it comes with an MRCA variant.
quadbikeZimbabwe air force choppers 😎
They must literally cost billions
quadbikeHow come so ain’t all new Rafale’s coming with RBE2AA ?
By the same argument many of the current AESA’s are works in progress as well, the last I heard there are planned improvements for the APG 77 as well.
I only said one Eurocanard has a production AESA radar and that stands true. The Russian radars will have to go through the slow maturing process as well, that will take plenty of time.
It is safe to assume that the MIG 35 will not enter production status and therefore the Zhuk AE has only the prospect of being a retrofit to flankers (an upsized version). The T-50 is a long way away from series production as well. Gripen C/Ds are to get the Raven and tiffy the Captor E well before production T 50s role out.
To Conclude I still firmly believe we will only see a production Russian AESA after all the Eruo canards fly with (production) AESAs
quadbikeTejas LSP-4 Fires R-73 Missile Again
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/11/tejas-lsp-4-fires-r-73-missile-again.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FUQMw+%28LiveFist+-+The+Best+of+Indian+Defence%29
DRDO Statement: As a run up to the impending achieving of IOC and release to service, a Tejas detachment has been operating from INS Hansa in Goa, conducting the last phase of flight trials. One of the main objectives of the current phase of flight trials was clearing the firing envelope of air to air close combat missile from the Tejas. The R-73 missile, which is the chosen air to air close combat missile for the Tejas. The missile is integrated with the on-board Digital Stores Management System (SMS) and Open Architecture Mission and Display Computer. The missile selection is performed from the high resolution Multi Function Display (MFD) pages integrated with the state of the art on-board avionics. All of this equipment form the IOC standard of Avionics.
The test firing was done from the Tejas LSP-4 aircraft, piloted by Gp Capt. George Thomas, Group Director (Flight Test Operations) of the National Flight Test Centre, ADA. The test aircraft was accompanied by a chase Tejas piloted by Gp Capt Suneet Krishna. This critical test was closely monitored and controlled by the Test Director Wg Cdr Toffeen, supported by the safety pilot, Gp Capt (Retd) RR Tyagi, from the mobile telemetry positioned at the test location. The data and video from the test aircraft were also available at the base station in Bangalore through a dedicated fibre optic link set up for this purpose.
This flight test demonstrated the following important requirements of the user:
a) Safe separation of the missile from the test aircraft.
b) No Missile plume effect on the engine operation
c) Avionics and Weapon system functionality and safety interlocks
d) Aircraft Handling quality assessment during missile release
e) Effect of missile plume on the composite structure.More firings of the missile are planned during the current week leading to CCM firing envelope clearance for the Tejas. The composite team of ADA, HAL, NAL and ADE designers is involved in the planning of the subsequent firing tests. The aircraft are being supported outstation by a composite HAL and IAF team with DGAQA and CEMILAC personnel. The result of this critical test has added yet another feather on the cap of ‘Team Tejas’ and the entire team is looking forward to the successful completion of the balance tasks.
Seems all the talk of Python 5 being Tejas’ SRAAM is rubbish, the article clearly state the R73 is already chosen.
quadbikeIndia may participate with SAAB on AMCA. So far SAAB is the only bidder in the MRCA competition which has talked about jointly developing the fighter. Now its been mentioned in Aviation week as well.
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