I will be very surprised, once Bulava testing has been completed, if the Donskoii is not then fully fitted with Bulava itself. Considering the money they have injected into refurbing it and getting it back into service.

And the ‘extra’ tubes on the Improved Akula and Akula II are actually hatches for the large MG-74 decoys. If the hatches on top on the bow and either side of the torpedo loading hatch are what you refer to.

An air-launched version would certainly make the naval Kamovs more lethal.

Unfortunately I have to agree with Harry to a point. It was ok, but NOT great. Could have been done so much better! Another inaccurate detail was the Alien’s blood. It is supposed to oxidise after death and become harmless, but it wasn’t. It was still able to burn even long after the Aliens had been killed. This fact was established in the second movie Aliens.

I enjoyed watching it simply because it had my two favourite big screen aliens in battle, but otherwise it just didn’t really grab me at all. 🙁

How effective would it be using these mobile ICBMs to target enemy airfields and other high priority targets? Can they actually be used effectively to keep an airfield out of operation, or in that matter hit it effectively and destroy the aircraft on it at least. How big are the warheads of these modern ICBMs like Iskander?

Are you talking about nuclear warheads, or conventional ones? And Iskander is not an ICBM.

DF-11? Could be…

For jets, I’d suggest around 1/500 or faster if the camera allows. You need a rather slower speed for props otherwise you suffer from “frozen prop syndrome”! I use around 1/180 or 1/125 when possible.

Hope this helps. Do post the pics next week.

CM

Thanks CM, will do. 🙂

The weapon is about 2.5m long and 20cm in diameter, and weighs 160kg at launch.

Roughly in the same class as the UK Sea Skua missile, but with more range.

The Sea Skua