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March 25, 2004 at 2:23 am in reply to: India's option to get 50 more MiG-21bis upgrades #2655176

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Originally posted by Indian1973
does india even have more than 125 -bis in inventory ? I kind of doubt it. the rest are probably older models headed for scrapping.

Well, if there’s an option in the contract for 50 more, there must be, I guess :confused:

March 24, 2004 at 1:38 pm in reply to: russian nuclear cruiser Kirov class Peter the Great could explode #2655809

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Originally posted by Twilight2002
Wasn’t the Russian Navy looking at deploying the Pantsir system for point air-defence?

No, that’s the Russian “CADF” (country air defense forces- I have no idea whether this term is ‘official’, but it’s useful)- wheeled Pantsyr-S1 systems like this:

or this

to defend S-300P and S-400 SAM sites, as well as important strategic targets. The job is still point defense.

There’s no navalized Pantsyr. There is, however, Kashtan-M:

and the simplified Kashtan-MO.

March 24, 2004 at 7:22 am in reply to: Metric-wave digital phased array radar? #2655955

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Originally posted by Aurel
You can get a stealth fighter even with your ‘normal’ radar, if you know where to search. So it should be possible to use actual missiles to destroy the target. Is there any link available for more info ?

Nah, that’s it I’m afraid.

March 24, 2004 at 2:07 am in reply to: Mig29M2 #2656048

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Vympel,
well no idea as of now whats that poaching part is all abt, but any russian’s over here ? ….

Over where? 🙂

That’s an awesome link btw- finally, a picture of the MiG-29M2 front cockpit.

March 24, 2004 at 2:01 am in reply to: russian nuclear cruiser Kirov class Peter the Great could explode #2656050

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Originally posted by SOC
Probably never, the days of the large non-carrier capital ships are gone unfortunately.

Not until 2040 anyway- that’s when the Pyotr Velikiy’s service life will be over 🙂

What exactly is going on with the Admiral Ushakov and Admiral Lazarev? Being scrapped?

No plans to scrap either. Both are in storage (kept in good condition) awaiting repair- there was a minor fire on the Lazarev at some point last year (common with ships in storage).

March 23, 2004 at 2:05 pm in reply to: russian nuclear cruiser Kirov class Peter the Great could explode #2656736

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The article makes it clear that this is a power struggle/ political spat:

Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov unexpectedly ordered the 19,000-ton cruiser Peter the Great — the pride of Russia’s Northern Fleet — to return to dock after apparently becoming alarmed at the state of maintenance of its nuclear reactor.

“The ship is in such a condition that it may blow up any minute,” Interfax news agency quoted Kuroyedov as saying. “It is especially dangerous since the vessel is equipped with a nuclear reactor.”

Kuroyedov should know enough about his fleet’s vessels that nuclear power plants do not ‘explode’.

“I find more order on a small mine-trawler commandeered by a lieutenant,” Interfax quoted the admiral as saying in summing up his inspection.

Lol. *Stinks* of political argument.

Kuroyedov gave the crew of the ship, already back to an unspecified base, two weeks to fix the problems. The home port of the Northern Fleet is the Arctic port of Severomorsk.

If the ship was truly in danger of exploding, it would take more than 2 weeks to solve the problems (if there are in fact any).

March 23, 2004 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Did Algeria Buy Mig-29SMT? #2656773

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Originally posted by aerospacetech
If MiG can secure the order it will, along with the 16 MiG-29K for India, allow them to restart the MiG-29 production line with the improved MiG-29M level, which would improve chances of further sales.

I think the Algerian order is a mixture of MiG-29M1/M2 and MiG-AT though, not 50 MiG-29s.

Why MiG-AT & Il-103? You’d figure Yak-130 & Yak-52M would be getting all the play, considering the Russian Air Force victory.

March 23, 2004 at 9:02 am in reply to: F-4 vs Mig-23 #2656879

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I miss the MiG-27 in Russian service. Bring it back!!! 😡

March 23, 2004 at 7:33 am in reply to: Did Algeria Buy Mig-29SMT? #2656946

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Because Algeria is not Saudi Arabia. Given their past history with rebels, you figure ground attack aircraft are more of a priority. To be quite honest..i was wondering why they need the MiG-25, not the 29.

I’d say upgraded Su-24MKs from Russia (upgraded in accordance with the Su-24M2 upgrade, which is in turn related to the VVS Su-24SM upgrade- don’t ask …) was sufficient priority for ground attack. The MiG-29M1/M2 also both provide multi-role capability.

March 23, 2004 at 7:29 am in reply to: United Arab Emirates to get An-124 #2656956

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What do they want with an An-124-100?

March 23, 2004 at 6:34 am in reply to: Does anyone have more info on the Henschel 129B3? #2656987

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Originally posted by google
Now, just what exactly precipitated the destruction of a tank in a Ju-87G attack? Was it the tank brewing up from penetrations of its ammo stowage, or just the shells penetrating and killing the crew? Just curious, but does anyone know about how many 37mm shells were needed to take out a T-34?

Just one, against the top armor. Front, side and flank shots would just bounce off, even at close range.

March 23, 2004 at 3:09 am in reply to: Did Algeria Buy Mig-29SMT? #2657081

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Originally posted by aerospacetech
No, they are for MiG-29M1/M2 which is a much better airplane.

50 MiG-29M1/M2 for Algeria? Serious?!

That would rule.

March 22, 2004 at 11:21 am in reply to: Strange targets #2657617

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Your tax dollars at work, folks. (For the Americans, I mean).

March 22, 2004 at 8:42 am in reply to: Su-30MK2 #2657647

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Originally posted by GoldenDragon
First time, we actually discussed seriously anything without trying to break each others’ balls.

It started with you crashing my J-7PG picture thread, remember? 😀

Yeah yeah …. 😎

March 21, 2004 at 9:25 am in reply to: Indian MiG-27 upgrade #2658104

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I thought the Su-25 didn’t have laser-designation capability for it’s missiles- or is the Klen-PM and Klen-PS different in that respect?
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