I was reading an interesting article in Jane’s FR that talked about a rumored Israeli superweapon, capable of destroying Egyptian and Syrian armed assets in a matter of minutes. Thwe weapon is under construction or about to be completed, and is known only as ‘the Project’ Whether it actually exists is another question, but it first came to light over the entrapment and torture of one reserve artillery officer, Tannenbaum.

thoughts, anyone?

nuke?

condolences.

One liner just to slime towards the huge arm supplier. No technical information… It is not a chat session dude.

Anyway. Israel has one of the largest spysats in the region. I don’t think the others will stay behind. Just a matter of time before others will buy the tools to do the same.

I checked the Brahmos homepage. Indeed flashy. How important is that supersonic cruise missile part? It is high speed. OK. But what is the trajectory? And how well is it in destroying ground targets? And compared to the US cruise missile… What are the advantages? And is there a pic of the Air launched version? Which plane can carry that version? Thanks.

:confused: didnt you just quote me saying that im not arguing about the long term advanatges of the FC1 over another J7 derivative? im just not quite convinced that the PLAAF can afford to buy the FC1 in the numbers they need them in without having to make cut backs on the high end J10s and flankers, hence why the MF might be considered a better short term choice.

as for the question of whether the Mig21 has any more upgrade potential, well the J7MF clearly shows that there is still some left. but the question being posed is whether the gains justify the costs (in terms of money and time).

mig21 with chin intake is very old. The Russian did tested it long before F16… So it is now potential? What is next? J10 could be replaced by delta mig21? The fc1 is movign beyond the mig21 limitations. Returning back to only money issue is not the best comparisation.

I read somewhere that new ballistic missiles tend to alter course. Even on final. A defence meassure like multiple (fake) bombs. Isn’t that making these defences weapons less capable? And how much can this arrow do after dropping the booster (g’s)?

The system needs to be tested and improved. THey will learn from the error. And no system is 100% perfect. But do they fire more then one missile at a target? I did not knew that?

It would be good if the Indian side made a request to Saab for the Gripen. Why not use a low cost pawn (a request for possible purchase) to block a high cost bishop (PAF getting the Grippen)? At the worst, it could delay the Pakistani purchase, at best it can derail the whole thing. 🙂

Pawn takes bishop… any day. 😉

Now that is what I posted a few hours ago and I got flamed… Thanks for your answer. It is a strategy and worked with Dassault not selling Mirage 2000…

Getting LCA is a headache for Vietnam. Engine is US. Kaveri needs to be tested a lot before entering operational service. Furthermore the LCA has a lot of foreign components. And final the price it high. Upgrading by India migh be an option but Vietnam has enough cheap labour to do it internal. And why using a middle man if they can go directly to the supplier? And would the Vietnam airforce buy a plane that even the producing country is not happy with? It has not even started weapon testing. There are more then enough alternatives.