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November 29, 2011 at 8:25 am in reply to: Rafale news part XI #2315693

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D’you reckon?

I’d be worried about the additional chance of politicians getting involved over other matters down the line.

More countries = more politicians = increased chance of ****-ups.

Whereas the Rafale comes from a single country, with reduced f**kwit overhead accordingly.

oh common….nothing can be a -up like bulldozer…

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sorry couldn’t resist….:D::p

November 24, 2011 at 7:17 pm in reply to: Chinese Air Power Thread 16 #2318775

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Regarding the L-15 (JL-15 Falcon) : Link

Developed by HIAG with the technical assistance from Yakovlev OKB

Like Mikoyan helped CAC (e.g. FC-1), Yakovlev helped HIAG with the JL-15 (hence the similarities with Yak-130). This was very well known.

November 19, 2011 at 6:12 am in reply to: super cruise info #2325009

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what speed and lay out can Rafale and Su-35S supercruise at.. if at all (i know some like to make claims of doing so).

in comparison to the TYphoid

I heard on this very forum that the Su-35 hit Mach 1.05+ in very early testing quite easily without a/b when clean :confused:

Prof. flateric should know more…

November 13, 2011 at 8:41 am in reply to: Pakistan Air Force Thread 4. #2331470

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The SD-10A for its dimension and weight and a range of 70 kg similar to old R-77 is a bit heavy missile at 200 Kg but it gives JF-17 true BVR capability.

Isnt the seeker of SD-10A a Russian one similar to the export model R-77 ?

Exact details are unclear. But it is believed that the PL-12/SD-10 seeker is evolved from AMR-1 seeker displayed in 1996. AMR-1 and several other tech were developed with AGAT (joint project ‘Project 129’ ??). So AGAT is said to have played an essential role but did they provide R-77 seeker tech is another matter.

November 11, 2011 at 6:23 am in reply to: Hot Dog Indian AF News and Discussion Part 17 #2332936

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Just buy cargo jets and do the conversion yourself.

may be a good learning experience too.

have OEM do it is over priced.

if you have trouble with radar get israeii’s to help .

… PLA converted couple of 737ER into airborne C&C posts and couple of Tu-154M as a Jstar/elint with a SAR canoe, all at their own workshop, no problem!.

That can have legal issues. US made some noise about the 737 conversion (IIRC the 737 was acquired via 3rd party). You are prohibited to convert planes acquired for commercial use into military purposes. Could even result in sanctions.

November 11, 2011 at 6:15 am in reply to: Pros and Cons of different types of AWACS lay out #2332937

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What about this arrangement? Link-1, Link-2

November 7, 2011 at 7:00 am in reply to: Hot Dog Indian AF News and Discussion Part 17 #2371433

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[IMG*]http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1840/14146796.jpg[/IMG]
aww, poor babies. what does the journalist think these helos are for ? transporting miss world contestants from their beaches at sea level ? :rolleyes:…

November 5, 2011 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Chinese Air Power Thread 16 #2372717

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Seems to be simply a faked PAF-bird 😡

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November 4, 2011 at 10:42 am in reply to: Chinese HQ-16 (LY-80) Surface to Air Missile System #1795878

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Yes, the original naval version of HQ16 is hot-launch.

[IMG*]http://img.fyjs.cn/Mon_1110/25_147525_441e7435818c589.jpg%5B/IMG]

Whats the reasoning behind the land based version being cold-launched?

November 3, 2011 at 5:19 am in reply to: Russian Navy Thread #2030674

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Economics lectures?
you gotta be ing kidding me.

Anyway :

Could Severodvinsk cost have something to do with its better quietening? New breakthrough not in YD/AN. Looking at some ONI graphs Link-1, Link-2 the Severodvinsk is detectability harder than YD. From what I have read in here, IIRC the SSBN being bigger has more room for quietening?

November 2, 2011 at 9:23 am in reply to: Russian Navy Thread #2030714

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http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/11/02/price/

Agreed upon prices for subs:

Severodvinsk:
1.5 billion USD.

Yuri Dolgoruki, and Alexander Nevsky:
750 million USD each.

http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/11/02/carrier/

Russian carrier project will be ready by 2017, first ship to be launched in 2023. Ship will be nuclear. Second vessel planned by 2027.
Admiral Kuznetsov going for refit and modernization in 2012, to be completed by 2017.

Interesting. Severodvinsk costs twice as much as YD

November 1, 2011 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Russian Navy Thread #2030792

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[IMG*]http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/data/10044/upfile/201110/thumb2/2011103011…]

[IMG]http://bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/data/10044/upfile/201110/thumb2/2011103011…*]

What the …?

that has to be the picture of the day

October 28, 2011 at 4:15 pm in reply to: Chinese pilot practicing carrier ops on Kuznetsov #2376580

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^ I must admit….. I learnt something from Ken

October 26, 2011 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Chinese Air Power Thread 16 #2377221

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Check the 1 attachment. Seem to have dual bomb rack in the center fuselage pylon :

October 26, 2011 at 3:05 pm in reply to: Chinese Air Power Thread 16 #2377236

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Just to follow up on that, most of the static display models of the J-10 show fuselage hardpoints mounted with pods and A2G ordnance, similar to the configuration on the Typhoon, and shown in the pics posted by QuantumFX. However, AFAIK, I’ve never yet seen an operational/flying J-10 with these hardpoints or anything attached.

I haven’t seen anything carried on those fuselage hardpoints by any operational J-10s either, though some of the initial prototypes had either live or dummy ordnance attached.
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