F-15 RCS??

F-15 RCS at 405 m2???

Tsar bomba-Meteorit cruise missile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxD44HO8dNQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9AMtUeyDP0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9q0v71ZKw

Two mighty, but totally useless(ineffective..) weapons systems from the soviet era

is it me or the army.lv video files take forever to download?

Kh…

KH-101 is the conventional version and KH-102 the nuclear one. I’ve read somewhere that the KH-555 (AS-15C) with a 3000 km range has just entered service with RUAF. Basically it’s the same missile as the-B version but with a conventional warhead, small winglets in the nose section and larger fuel tanks. Two versions of the KH-101/102 were considered. A turboprop version would have had a 5000 km range but it was dropped in favor of a turbofan version with a 3000 km range.

link

Pirate, the link you provided does not work, can you check it ?

P-700 warhead

The SS-N-19 warhead is frequently quoted at 750 kg. However, I wonder if that figure is the warhead total weight or only the explosive filling weight. For example, the AGM-86C CALCM has a warhead that weighs about 3000 lbs but the actual explosive weight is about 1000 lbs..

USN defenses vs russian ASCMs

Guys, I am very impressed by your expertises. My opinion is that the US navy battle groups/expeditionary groups will be more and more difficult to attack since they will be equipped with the ultra-long range SM-6 and the E-2E Advanced Hawkeye from 2010.That plus the CEC sytem and the FA-18E/F equipped with APG-79 and AIM-120C7 and AIM-120D should give at least a very robust defense capability against even the best russian sea-skimmers in about four or five years.

strategic targets

my view is that the most accurate ICBMs will target deep underground bunkers or ICBMs silos. The MX has a throw-weight of about 4 metric tons but some russian missiles have a clearly bigger capacity. The SS-18 is believed to be able to carry 15 to 20 RVs!!