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  • in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2013356
    El_Indigo
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    It’s Wire-guided and active/passive homing torpedo as i said previously. And why wouldn’t it fir into kilo’s torp tubes ?

    What ? You mean Baltic fleet.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2013730
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    Yep, there is no indication at all that that kalina is a Lada with new AIP.

    in reply to: Indian Air Force Thread 20 #2201802
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    Onyx has similar range for Hi-Hi profile , no difference both missile are dimensional similar , Unless you can quote something officially on Onyx range.

    We already had this discussion and i already did.

    in reply to: Indian Air Force Thread 20 #2201887
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    With India in MTCR the range of 300 km would just be a paper one , Indeed DRDO has in its presentation mention of Brahmos 600 km range with 18 km Altitude , Must be a Hi-Hi profile something we can look forward with Air Launched Brahmos

    They mentioned 500 km not 600 km and yes at hi-hi profile (Which indeed seems to be unlocked for the hindu’s). But it’s still limited compared to Onyx. Oddly enough the South Koreans seems to have gotten tech transfer from Russians derived from Onyx ramjet from the looks of it.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2013793
    El_Indigo
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    That is Active/Passive Seeking Torpedo

    I think Russian have given up on Wake Homers

    Fhizik-1 is a wire-guided Active/Passive Seeking Torpedo. Fhizik-2 should have same guidance.

    “The Futlyar also will be given an improved homing system with an extended underwater target lock-on range. It will retain the baseline model’s range, speed and maximum launch depth – 50 km, over 50 knots and 400 m respectively,” the source said.

    Not likely, Fhizik-2 is a 800 kW torpedo.

    Kalina would be Lada with new AIP propulsion and Li-On battery ….the AIP is certainly very promising

    Based on ?

    in reply to: RuAF News and development Thread part 15 #2185496
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    Arbalet from the onset was designed to have greater range than Longbow, so that would probably explain in part the antenna size difference. Further (and they had a lot of problems with this for many years) it has a whole bunch of CM and MM wave modes (Longbow is only MM afaik) but I am unsure how much that contributes to bulk.

    That’s not Phaz Arbelet but Almaz’s N-025 radar. N-025E(Export) however is only Ka (millimeter) and lacks the X (centimeter) band and weather and air-air modes.

    The N-025 for domestic service is still a no show as far as I know.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2016675
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    Severnoe Website says 22160 states its standard displacement at 4550 T

    http://www.severnoe.com/en/offers/warships/22160/

    It’s an error just on the english part of the site.

    The Russian version has the displacement for the export version at about at 1300 T

    http://www.severnoe.com/proposals/naval/22160/

    in reply to: a good read on anti ship missile design. #1787580
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    A side that doesn’t use supersonic missiles rules them inferior. What a shock. Yet meanwhile everybody this days is going supersonic in regards to AShM’s.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2018633
    El_Indigo
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    Sounds about right to me, though we can speculate on which numbers are real/export/treaty modified (for now).

    What’s there to speculate ? Domestic ranges have been dropped out in the open more or less.

    The 2600km is for the nuke ground attack missile.

    Source for it being the range for the nuke variant ?

    Have personally not heard anything about the anti-submarine variants in a while, wonder what is going on with that.

    Supposed to have been in service. But lack of footage or a word about them being used in training certainly puts a question mark about that.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2018681
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    So..Domestic version of Klub/Kalibr (Kalibr NK) has range of 1500 km..Since Russia also operate the anti ship variant (3M54) The one with subsonic cruise stage and supersonic “kill” stage, I wonder if it have similar range as the subsonic Kalibr or if it’s shorter, is 400-500 km range estimate looks realistic ?

    Honestly i highly favor 3M54 over her all supersonic runner like oniks or zubr/moskit as she can cruise as low as subsonic missiles and yet have lethal and survivable supersonic kill stage.

    No, The sub-launched version has has been tested up to 1500 km by Severodvinsk years back and been mentioned to have a range of 2500 km. The surface launched land attack 3M14 Biryuza has range of 2600 km. Which has been mentioned years back and posted here multiple times by me

    And Novator’s 3M54 Alfa has a range of 375 Km as also mentioned in that link also.

    There is also mentioning of a 500 km sub-launched kalibr

    This would be the anti-ship variant of 3M14 Biryuza (relabeled as 3M54-1) going by previous forum insider source.

    There is also the 91R (91R-1) and 91R-2 Otvet’s previously Vodopad 2’s. No info about the domestic variants.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2018869
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    For Hypersonic Program they have unified their effort because of complex nature of the program so its not KTRV , NPO Mash etc but one single entity working on Hypersonic Program so you can take his statement for entire hypersonic program on scramjet.

    You maybe right on scramjet program. But both Raduga and NPO Mash however started their hypersonic programs meant for service at different time-frame. Anyway we shell see.

    Onyx ,Brahmos etc uses the same engine and its a TVC Ramjet engine allowing it to accurately hit the target

    Nope, same family though Onyx’s ramjet is newer and more advance. Think of 3D81 and 3D83. Yakhont and BrahMos are using basicly first version that was original wasn’t meant to go in service. But NPO Mash losing “Alfa competition” to NPO Novator’s 3M54 Alfa and the rest of the kalibr family and not having funds to see their troubled 3M51 Alfa go into service and on offer in export markets. They scrambled and offered what is Yakhont now for export market. Though they also later tried to pimp 3M51 Alfa under Yakhont-M label for export.

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2018920
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    I cannot tell you that but recall statement from Tactical Missile Burea chief that managed to get sustained Mach 5 burning and also recent statement from Brahmos chief who mentioned Advanced Ramjet for Hypersonic Speed up to Mach 5 plus and Scramjet in 10 year

    http://nationaldefense.ru/includes/periodics/exhibitions/2015/1024/145016968/detail.shtml

    NPO Mash isn’t part of the KTRV though. So he’s not talking about their work.

    Raduga however is part of KTRV and has been both working on high supersonic and hyper-sonic direction again. And have at least a supersonic missile in the works aimed for service.

    It could be that BrahMos II and Zircon are one and the same missile just one not restricted by missile technology control regime. And could indeed end up using Ramjet for Hypersonic Speeds and later are planned to have scramjet. However it also could be that Zircon will use a scramjet while BrahMos II will use a ramjet which may perhaps be from previous work from NPO Mash. (even perhaps Onyx’s derived ramjet ? )

    For example Yakhont and BrahMos both used older ramjet compared to the one in Onyx as far as I understand. Only now with Korean Yakhont and BrahMos mini does it seem NPO Mash is not restricted exporting Onyx’s ramjet.

    in reply to: Kresta II, Kara ,Udaloy classes anti-ship capabilities #2018953
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    Really just 25nm ? I thought it was 60nm range of RGM84A

    With mid-course correction and dumping of it’s payload. Rastrub’s range was/is 90 km same as the RGM-84A

    in reply to: Russian Navy Thread 2. #2018955
    El_Indigo
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    It has nothing to do with Onyx , they are using a more effecient ramjet engine to give it a Mach 5 plus speed that itself is a new design and its the same as Brahmos 2.

    Scramjet powered Brahmos/Zircon is still a decade away.

    And this info you have from where exactly ?

    in reply to: Russia moving tac air troops to Syria #2174513
    El_Indigo
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    BetAB-500ShP may have been used.

    http://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/2600/9324/original.jpg

    with what is circled red being it’s booster.

    With target being an underground facility.

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