I wouldn’t count on Debka for pictures and information.
This thing looks more like an Israeli UAV actually, with the dubble fins. The UAV that flew over Israel was about 3 meters long, the one in the picture looks too big.
There was actually a film that Hizballa released showing the UAV, but I don’t know if anyone uploaded it to the net.
I didn’t say it’s impossible, I said it’s hard.
Moreover, that Indian UAV was a Searcher, which is pretty big. Nothing like the UAV Hizballa operates.
These kits are too small to be able to carry good cameras. Besides, the really important bases Israel has are largely underground.
Take a common motored flying model with a good radio set, attach to it a video camera, and here you got a Mirsad-1 type “UAV”.
The problem is to intercept these things. They are hard to detect by radar, and to intercept them with a missile is kind of like using a pistol to shoot down a fly. However, their size is also their soft point. They have limited range and ability to carry equipment. In other words, a propaganda machine.
Thanks.
Any additional info by anyone alse is welcomed.
A few questions, if you don’t mind.
What is the current status of Sri Lanka’s Kfir fleet?
How many Kfirs does SL operate?
How long will they remain in service?
Are any upgrades planned for them?
How many Kfirs were lost in the Tamil attack over the Sri Lankan airbase a while ago and were they replaced by newer Kfirs?
And if you can, what is the combat record of the Sri Lankan Kfirs and what is the overall impression the Sri Lankan AF has with it?
Thanks in advance for any answer.
A truly sad story especially as it finished Canada as a manufacturer of jets.
Not quite, Canada has produced locally built versions of American fighter planes before and after the Arrow, but the end of the project did end Canada’s efforts to build its own designed fighter plane.
Anyway, great news.
The F-20 was indeed powered by the F404, but the F404 is weaker than the F-16’s F100 or F110.
The F-20 was a good point defence, short legged fighter. But I wouldn’t prefer it over the F-16 as a multirule fighter.
I agree.
The Egyptian F-4s are very old, they are ex-USAF. They’ve seen a lot already.
I’m not a big F-16 fan, but buying F-16’s is a much better idea than getting FC-1’s.
I think Egypt should reitre their J-7/MiG-21 and Mirage 5 fleets. They seem kinda redundant when they already have the F-16 and Mirage 2000.
The F-4’s could perhaps be updated to perform solely stand-off strike or something like that even though they are quite old, their airframes still offer many capabilities that the Mirage 5 and MiG-21 designs can’t do.
Actually it’s the Mirage V they are updating to be able to perform stand off strikes. A prototype is already in SAGEM, France.
Soon after June the joint Israeli-Indian airforces exercise is expected to be conducted, after these planes will return from France.
Actually IIRC the civil version has already over 90 pre flight orders.
The Javelin will fly in the next month or the one after it. ATG and IAI have already signed an agreement for manufacturing of the Javelin in Israel, and the IAI will develop its AJT version with ATG. There are real sums of money put in this plane.
BTW, from what I know, the real Javelin won’t look exactly like the mock up, so about being not so good looking, this will probably change.
Here’s what I created in 3D based over a 3 view plan found in their site:
It’s not an official database.
That’s what they currently got. That doesn’t mean that it’s all.
Israel will also have to look well to the ATG/IAI Javelin AJT before the T-50.
American designed, joint Israeli-American venture, internal pressure from the IAI (the Javelin will anyway be produced in Israel and Mexico) and of course the capabilities of the aircraft.
It will probably be a tight fight.
In the History of Human warfare always a weapons race is a direct result of the advancements in military technology, neither Israel or the US can stop their enemies from trying to get nukes because no nation that has nukes has the moral grounds to dictate who is allowed to have nuclear weapons and their delivery systems and who is not since nukes are also use as a way of coercing and threating specially when many nations are facing invasions
and military strikes; the only a way the Middle east is not going to become a nuclear zone is if:A)Oils stops being the world`s main fuel, new renewable sources of energy are use world wide such as wind Technology, solar energy, hidrogen etc etc…..
B)complete world disarmament and elimination of nukes in all nuke possesing nations such as the US, Russia, France , England, China, India, Pakistan and Israel?
C)thirst of Power in humans is eliminated and Force, violence and repression become obsolete in a world of eternal peace and love
The only nations that should be allowed to hold this judgement day weapon are democratic nations. Think about it – not a single people in the world will want a nuclear war. The common human is busy with his family, friends and work, and wants to fully live his life. Only crazy leaders that seize power not by a mandate given to them by their people are capable of starting nuclear wars. That’s why a state like Iran, with its current regime, should not be allowed to have nuclear weapons, especially when their leaders are stating night and day that their goal is to destroy another nation.
Peace :p