This is not new information to anyone who has studied military issues in South Africa or Israel. But, now we have clear substantiation.

So many Israel supporters have tried to deny Israel’s role in helping S Africa acquire nukes, and in assembling French-Israeli aircraft and equipment.

And it’s also great to have clear proof that Israel has nukes.

What proof? There was no proof, now several newspaper articles assembled to the book and its become a proof?

“Apartheid” is a new trend in arabs accusation of Israel. This word sounds ecpecially funny from arab Parlament Members or from one of the tens of southands arab students from Israel universities, while Israelis not allowed not only live in Palestinian authority, but even to enter it. Now arabs want to find as many connections between words “apartheid” and “Israel”, thats all the blurb about this “book”.

This is the well known egyptian Mig-21MF with AIM-9Ps and an ECM pod almost certainly italian made ( Elettronica ELT-555?)

Does anyone know more about this upgrade ? When did it really took place ? What avionics upgrades did it involved ? New HUD, radar , RWR ? I’ve seen enough egyptian Mig-21 pics taken relatevly recently , and there is not a single recognizable upgrade element…not on the outside at least …

Any infos would be greatly apreciated, thanks.

http://www.vectorsite.net/avmig21_3.html

After 1973 … Egyptians initiated a relatively modest “Westernization” update of their MiG-21 fleet, performed by British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce. The update was mostly an avionics fix, involving fit of a GEC-Marconi HUD, Teledyne navigation and IFF units, and Tracor AN/ALE-40 chaff-flare dispensers. Egyptian MiG-21s also learned to carry Western weapons, such as Sidewinder AAMs.

Its easy if you speak Russian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Xr7qcRSDI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8FNhcIwZ4M
http://dokkino.ru/168-udarnaja-sila-.-povelitel-nebes.html

7th and 8th Mi-28N for RuAF

I think the damage to bort 03 is quite reparable

http://photofile.name/users/sergxon/96063153/107599303/

It is called a documentary, what is hardly justified by such an uninformed TV style level.
Nearly all footages are “look-a-likes” and taken from other events to give that story some pictures. What a pity, that I does not speak Russian. The meat may be the personal reports, when it is interesting to learn, what questions were answered in what style in 2005 or around 30 years later.

Thanks God you dont speak Russian. What a poor show – bathos built on the rumors.

Have to say that I agree with Flex wholeheartedly here. If any of you think that the relationship between any government and its domestic military industry (or military industrial complex if you will) is pure and uncorrupted you are nothing short of naive.

Its not about the relationship between the government and its domestic military industry. Its more how they manage the money intended for army developing. Buying new Porsche Cayenne every 2-3 years and new home electronics while often there is not enough food for conscripts.

Neither the Tu-334 nor the 1.42 were economically viable or competitive. From an enthusiast’s point of view it is a pity that they had to go, but ultimately it will be for the greater good of the Russian aviation industry as a whole. Even now there just isn’t enough money to support large numbers of projects, as flex has stated already.

And underachievement compared to earlier (schedule) promises is becoming something of an industry standard 😉 Look at the 787, the A400M, the ARJ21, the LCA, the C-X and yes, also the SSJ. It’s by no means unique to Pogosyan or Russia 😀

Russia here is in very different situation. There is only one buyer for 90% of it’s aviation industry – the government. If 90% of the budget money goes to one company and two others gets the rest neither their project will be “economically viable or competitive”.
Its also answer for “one healthy corporation” of Flex (and Russian government). There is nothing healthy in fully corrupted Russian government, industry and military.