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April 30, 2004 at 11:44 am in reply to: Seasprite – The Billion Dollar Blunder #2692854

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3.4% of GDP and there is a call to increase this to 4.8%

I wish!

It is actually closer to about 2.5-3% I believe. Recent injections have occured due to the war on terror, and in fact those expenses have threatened to blow out the allocated defence monies too. I seriously doubt it will ever be over 4% Ja. Especially if Labour is in power.

April 30, 2004 at 11:44 am in reply to: Modern Fighter data processors #2692857

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I wonder how often the chips need to be replaced?

By the sounds of it, not very often. I for one, am still just getting into all the mechanics of microchip CPUs and all other computer-related hardware, so I gradually get a better understanding of this subject with time.

Thanks for all the comments so far. 🙂

April 30, 2004 at 11:02 am in reply to: Voting for mods #2692898

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The sooner we get Moderators working, the better.

April 30, 2004 at 10:55 am in reply to: Su-30MKM #2692924

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Andrei Fomin worked very closely with Sukhoi when writing his book. Its pretty good overall, certainly the best book on Su-27, but it does have some mistakes. Andrei Fomin posts on a Russian language forum I visit sometimes, and he was recently admitting that he was wrong to say that the IR R-27 models have INS+datalink.

He did mention a new edition as well, IIRC 😉

I love Fomin’s book! I find it to be more technically focused, and with a lot more on each specific type and generation. Also has superb details on all the systems and weaponry, even if there is an error. Hey, we’re all human.

I also have Yefim Gordon’s book on the Su-27;

What do others think of the two books when you compare them?

April 30, 2004 at 10:45 am in reply to: Su-30MKM #2692928

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Ildar Bedretdinov – who wrote the (definitive) Su-25 book – is supposed to be doing a book on the Su-27.

The only trouble is that his contacts at Sukhoi and the various factories who were involved in its development are not comimg up with the goods in a timely manner – so it is not progressing as fast as it might.

Ken

Ken, is that another Russian book translated into English? Would love to grab it if I could. The argument here is getting heated again, and all over a couple of hundred litres of fuel!. Are you guys planning an air strike or something?

If youm firmly believe in your source stick to it, and be happy. 🙂 At least the reference authors are getting treated with respect.

😀

April 30, 2004 at 10:36 am in reply to: Applauses applauses… cool upgrade indeed Maestros! #2692968

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Welcome plexc! 🙂

April 30, 2004 at 10:29 am in reply to: New Israeli UAV #2692979

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What are the dimensions and range specs?

April 30, 2004 at 10:17 am in reply to: Vympel offers new R-27EP anti-radar missile #2692983

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The R-27 version designed specially for Su-33 (to operate over the sea) is R-27EM (Morskaya, sea) but no information is that a live program, I suppose not.

Anti-AWACS Kh-31 was mentioned ones by Russians in a brochure of approx 1991-1992.

The R-27EM I came across back in post No.#25 . I was unaware though that it was the special version for the Su-27K. Did it really have a range of 170km?

On a side note, I am very glad to make your acquaintance Pitor Butowski (PiBu). I have read a LOT of your work in various publications and I must say….good job! And I love the 3-views you do as well. I am an aspiring author myself and only had my first article published last October on Russian SSBNs. My main passion is aviation though, and I do have plans for a FULCRUM article in future.

Great to be discussing Russian military matters with you. 🙂

April 29, 2004 at 11:21 pm in reply to: New F-16I picture #2693176

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Sounds to me like these guys knew how to fly the Bf-110 pretty well.

Were they getting all these U.S. heavy bombers before the advent of escorts or were they able to survive attacks by P-51’s and Yak-9DD’s?

I wonder if any -110’s ever got any P-51’s or other escort fighters?

PhantomII,

The FW 190s and Me 109s did most of the damage to the US 8th AF prior to and even after the appearance of the P-51. Me 110s had been more or less withdrawn from day time service in Western Europe before the US 8th AF really started to cut loose in 1943.

April 29, 2004 at 3:24 pm in reply to: 67 B-1Bs, 21 B-2As, 94 B-52Hs to last until 2040 #2693513

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Yes, I know it has the stand-off capability. If it won’t be able to handle with the current modern SAM systems, then it only can be used for terrorizing stand-off attacks against third-world countries, such as Afghanistan or Iraq. Not much of an use, anyway.

Which is pretty much what the USAF has found itself doing since OEF in Afghanistan. With no end in sight to the war on terror, it could be doing this for some time to come as well. Obviously you are not going to send lumbering bombers with short range weapons into any kind of decent air defence system in the first week or so of a conflict. The B-52 will surely prove to remain useful if the current mission trend continues.

April 29, 2004 at 1:27 pm in reply to: Radar questions #2693592

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A lot clearer, thanks! Appreciate the effort explaining it guys. I will delve further into this with a good text or two I think. 🙂

April 29, 2004 at 12:36 pm in reply to: Radar questions #2693615

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I am just trying to get a gist of the dynamics. Just tyring to understand how radiating beams are skewed from a straight line simply by altering their phasing.

April 29, 2004 at 9:49 am in reply to: Chile enhances forces #2693721

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Raytheon confirmed at FIDAE that there is no process in place to supply Chile with the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) and that it has not even received a request for the missile from the Chilean authorities.

So they will integrate the DERBY BVR AAM instead?

April 29, 2004 at 9:30 am in reply to: Radar questions #2693726

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Thanks Guys, but I’m still not so sure about the out-of-phase wave peaks altering the beam’s direction. Is it like the ripple effect on water, where the interference from ripples out of the phase with another ripple will cause the WHOLE ripple effect to change, or alter direction? Can fluid dynamics be used as an example?

April 29, 2004 at 9:21 am in reply to: Single Engine v. Two Engines #2693732

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Makes one wonder about the condition of the Eritrean Mig-29s, if there are any left now.. Not to mention the Ethiopian Su-27s as well. 😮
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