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July 7, 2004 at 7:22 am in reply to: India and the AKULA-class SSN #2076845

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I have yet to hear a single Russian source confirm that Russia has any intentions of giving the Indians Akula II hulls. Improved Akula, maybe.

July 6, 2004 at 8:16 am in reply to: Questions about the AA-10 Alamo #2061584

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Not engagement range, no. Kinematic range, yes.

July 6, 2004 at 3:23 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2675254

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I wonder why the GOES-520 isn’t painted green like the one on the Mi-28N OP-1?

July 5, 2004 at 10:27 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2675874

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I remembered TOES-520 as being top/bottom and GOES being side by side- that’s how UOMZ has it on their site, anyway.

July 5, 2004 at 7:05 am in reply to: Mig29-k #2675972

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GarryB, you got that picture of TOES-520 from that old Arms-tass PDF? Or was I thinking of something else? Karna’s hanging out for it on the other thread.

July 4, 2004 at 3:26 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2676391

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Gah! Quadruple post!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder- I like the blue belly!

As to the Arms-Tass reports, the old URL doens’t work for them any more. They’re sample issues of their magazines. Just have to hope GarryB still has his.

July 3, 2004 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Indian Defence News thread #2676812

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Can anyone confirm the exact type of AKULA-class SSN involved? I have heard they would be AKULA IIs, but find that hard to believe since the Russians under Putin are unlikely to hand over the cream of their currently active sub force. They have only two AKULA IIs (possibly three) in service. Could they be refurbed AKULA I-class?

There are several incomplete Improved Akula/ Akula II SSNs in various shipyards/ facilities in Russiawhich are Improved-Akula and which ones are Akula-II is a matter of contention. I too doubt Russia would hand over Akula-IIs. Judging from the 2001 service entry of the Gepard, the Russian Navy still wants Akula II SSNs (and why not? they’re superb!).

Well one alarmist and over-rated analyst by the name of Carlo Kopp can rest easier now. :rolleyes:

India wanted Tu-22MR aircraft, IIRC- was he alaremd about naval recon aircraft?

July 3, 2004 at 2:20 pm in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2676828

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The purpose I am aware of, but the bright Sky Blue?

Bright is a relative term, comrade! 🙂

July 3, 2004 at 2:19 pm in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2676833

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Displayed are gyrostabilized optic-electronic system GOES 342 and turret optic-electronic system TOES 520. The systems can be used on different models of Mi and Ka helicopters

The turret optic-electronic system is a wide-field system of helicopter piloting in low visibility conditions and in the dark.

http://www.engl.fis.ru/news/?nid=6405

Too bad there were no pictures, eh? 🙂

July 3, 2004 at 1:26 pm in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2676867

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Well, the turret is basically identical to GOES-520 with the two apertures vertical not horizontal. It might simply be an alternative model of GOES-520.

The point is, GOES-520 is an observation-only system. Its for the pilots use.

GarryB will show you the captioned pic from an Arms-Tass magazine I directed him to about a year ago (I lost my copy of the .pdf)- TOES-520 is the designation of the Mi-28Ns pilot system, I’m pretty sure of it.

The turret system is definitely Tor by Zenit. You can see their logo on it.

Oh yeah, I agree with that! 🙂

July 3, 2004 at 11:01 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2676941

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http://www.uomz.ru/eng/production/goes520.htm

UOMZ’s link about GOES-520- as far as I know, there’s no such product as GOES-521 (there is GOES-321, however- used on the Mi-8MTKO).

Who was it who posted the two pictures captioned GOES-520 and TOES-520? GarryB, I think it was you? Could you post em again thanks, I can’t seem to find em!

July 3, 2004 at 10:57 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2676945

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I like the sky blue. It also has a clear purpose 🙂

aerospacetech- I made a typo booboo, I actually meant TOES-520. GOES-520 is the one on the Ka-52 prototype (the one on the underside, not the big Sam**** GOES-451 on the roof)- with the two windows side-by-side instead of above each other, which is TOES-520.

As I understand it, G= Gyrostabilised and T= turret. Seems to make sense in light of the Ka-52 vis a vis the Mi-28N.

July 3, 2004 at 4:45 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2677129

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MFI-10-5V LCD color (NVG-compatible) MFDs for displaying the 2D digital moving maps and other functions, ONV-1 NVGs, a PS-3 display for the ‘operator’ (gunner, I assume). The Mi-24VM probably is intended to have a similar cockpit to the Mi-35M, which have two MFDs judging from the pics I’ve seen.

July 3, 2004 at 4:28 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2677147

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Note that the intended GOES-342 turret hasn’t replaced the Raduga-Sh on this model- it appears to be testing the new airframe/rotor modificatiosns only (this aicraft was probably an Mi-24VP before modification, so they probably didn’t need to replace the YakB).

July 3, 2004 at 4:25 am in reply to: Remember Mi-24VM? #2677155

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Here’s my Mi-24VM pictures (two are reduced quality due to being over 100k)

Which part of Mi-28N is the ‘Tor’ system? As I understand it, the Mi-28Ns FLIR is contained in that small UOMZ spherical sensor (TOES-521, IIRC), replacing the older one seen since MAKS 03.
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