Nice huge photo of Admiral Kulakov. Ship was basically out of service from the fall of the USSR, so when the Russian Navy received the repaired ship, it basically got a new combat unit.

What radar system was removed from the area just above the bridge and replaced with the Gibka, and why? I forget.

Also, any news on Admiral Nakhimov refit and upgrade?

Its a ****ty translation. Think of it as meaning “multiple increments of ten percent” – a way to say something like somewhat-less-than-50% better.

There’s no way one can credibly describe a LLLTV as having “90%” of the capability of a TI. That’s crazy – thermal imagers are far superior. The Su-34 will use a FLIR pod for that, Platan is for daylight work.

Ka-52 AM Co-axial Alligator ( via AndyB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ntn8wauf2u9t5z1

Thanks for this – I didn’t know there were more Ka-52s on order than Mi-28Ns! What changed?

So they’ll only be able to upgrade Kirov and Admiral Nakhimov? Too bad.

Info from Zelin

The VVS CINC criticized work on the Su-35, saying it has a number of problems. PAK FA / T-50 is going on schedule, but he wouldn’t say when he expects it to enter the inventory.

Weird. Shouldn’t they be focusing on building Mi-28Ns? How many Mi-35Ms (Mi-24VM?) are they getting?

EDIT: Ah, looks like an initial batch of six. Anymore planned?

Speaking of, how many Mi-28Ns are in service now?

hav’t they been displaying it for for 5 years or so now in various expos?

Its just a mockup, AFAIK.

I don’t know if its more costly than french,

It is. They were hand made. This is why only a fraction of the original T-90 production run even had them.

And their performance have been dismal with high rate of failure due to the Indian operational conditions. They are the only problamatic area coming out of the equipments installed in the Indian T-90s. Do you got any info regarding the French TI on their Leclerc sold to UEA? The Tank itself have had some software issues and probebly they have sorted it out.

Whatever teething problems the Indians had, I’m talking about the Russian Army’s T-90As, not India’s T-90S.

can you tell what is the latest w.r.t to the TI from Russia? Have they or are they intended to produce the successor to the Agava TI? They had lower (1.5km?) range compared to the Catherine (2.5Km?), if I’m not wrong. But Agava is a 1-2 Generation lower than the French one. Also, any new info on the Belorussian TI development would be welcome. Thanks in Advance.

Nocturn is the last indigneous Russian TI sight I’ve heard of – as I said, it was adapted to the Mi-24PN’s ‘Zarevo’. Its still inferior to Catherine-FC and Catherine-XP.

It would be better for Russia to spend money on their own TI development rather than saving cost on a short-term by using French TI. If they invest in producing their own latest Gen TI, it will be an investment worth for their future growth.

Unfortunately those efforts haven’t borne fruit in any significant fashion. IMO, if Russian industry cannot supply something to meet the military’s requirements, then the military should shop elsewhere until industry can.