http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDo_HWRSYZc

Excellent footage of the Kunetsov returning home, including clips of its massive missile defense battery, and some Su-33 training.

Good video, with some cool airborne shots.

I don’t know anything about the Admiral Kuznetsov’s serviceability, but it was mentioned in the video that the air wing had completed 120 hours of flying during the sailing – is that a good figure? And only for the Su-33 alone?

Some more Republic Day Pictures

No Mig-27, Mig-21 or Mirage 2000?

You have to subtract the velocity or speed of the ammunition rounds from the gun, from the forward speed of the bomber – in the case of the Tu-22M that should be a fair speed, if not supersonic even.
Basically, the effective range of the guns are reduced in half, perhaps?:confused:

They don’t have access to anything more advanced, in the first place.
I think they would have long forgotten the F-14 if they had a chance to go for Su-30MKP..

But what is there to stop the Iranians from buying a few dozen Su-30MKs today, money, politics?
You would think that the Iranians would have done so by now, considering the age of the Tomcats, and of course, Iran’s dire immediate need for an air defence fighter.

so presindent-s is unice in the world :confused:.

You mean “unique” in the world? I wouldn’t say that.

http://www.deagel.com/Helicopter-Warners-and-Sensors/ANAAR-60-MILDS_a001597001.aspx

http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/nemesis/

They mixed PAK FA with PAK DA. F’king journalists.
They’re talking about still-on-the-drawing board next-gen bomber. Sukhoi T-50 should be ready for LIRP by 2015.

Many sources estimate that PAK FA should be in front line service by 2020 – so you both could be wrong.

By the way, what is ‘LIRP’?

OK, your at Mach 6 at 80,000 ft – due to bad mission planning you are going to directly overfly a hostile SAM battery.

Lets say the SAM has an average speed of Mach 3 to intercept and travels vertically, so takes 25 seconds to reach 80,000 ft. That means, the SAM launches when your about 45 km away from the SAM site.

You detect the launch ahead of you and make an avoiding turn at 5g (and continue it).

By the time you’ve travelled that 45km, your 15km away from where the SAM thought you would be and already moving at a speed of Mach 4 away from the SAM site.

Good luck making that up.

All SAM missiles have to deal with maneuvering targets, whether it be Stinger, Roland or S-400, it’s nothing new. Unless the target aircraft was far enough from the missile when it was launched (and the missile therefore has already lost a lot of energy) the target will probably still not be able to evade the missile. The same physical conditions apply to the missile-target relationship regardless whether the target is an A-10 flying at M0.6 – or some type of spaceplane doing Mach 6.

Also I would imagine an aircraft flying at Mach is at a higher altitude than 80,000 feet, 120,000?

Hmmm… Mach 6 with non-cooperative maneuvering would be a very big problem.

Predictable trajectory = easy (comparatively).

What sort of maneuvers would you be making at Mach 6?

Do you think ‘jinking’ was a part of the syllabus when they were training MiG-25 and SR-71 pilots?