Does anyone have information on the canopy treatment difference?

I did read in the July 2015 issue of Combat Aircraft (page 34) that they were currently limited to ‘Mach 1.5’ because of canopy glazing issues, so maybe the treatment fixed that.

The Grey is ISIS.

The green “Al-Nusra”- so they just lumped all the anti-Syrian government forces right there and called it a day.

Purple is Islamic Front.

The FSA is in the light blue 😀 .

So to all intents and purposes it’s really Assad vs ISIS and Al Nusra, since none of the other players are significant enough to warrant consideration. is the bit in the middle of ISIS territory FSA or just a lake? It’s a lake, just looked at a map.

BETAB-500 targets a bunker.

Are they guided?

Can they just divide the nation into area they hold , its unlikely even if some one comes to power they can unite back the Alwaite , Sunni and Shia and Kurds to stay together.

Looks like a far bigger and deeper mess than Libya.

The first thing they need to do is stop actually supplying the insurgents. You can’t put out a fire with petrol.

I don’t know, what drone this is, but it is to small for Orlan-10 drone and there is a good question if this small drone have enough range to fly from Russian base to Turkey. It could be Syrian army drone or terrorist drone. This could as well be an Ukrainian drone, which crash in Ukraine, but is shown as Russian drone. Considering how much Ukrainian side lie and tell fairy tells, everything is possible.

The problem is though, the damage is more consistent with a rough landing than being hit by an AAM or SAM, i.e. it’s wings are largely intact.

40mm Missile Extends Grenade Launcher’s Range Beyond 2,000 Meters | Defense Update:

Raytheon Company successfully fired two Pike 40 mm precision-guided munitions from a standard tube grenade launcher during flight tests at Mile High Resources in Texas. Both rounds landed within the targeted impact area after flying more than 2,300 yards. (2.1 km). Weighing less than two pounds and measuring just 16.8 inches (42.6 cm) in length, Pike can be fired from a conventional, single-shot grenade launcher such as the M320 orEGLM (Enhanced Grenade Launching Module). The maximum range of M320 grenade launcher is 437 Yards (350 meters).

Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and slow-moving, mid-range targets. The missile’s rocket motor ignites eight to 10 feet after launch and is nearly smokeless for reduced launch signature. Photo: Raytheon
“Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and slow-moving, mid-range targets,” said J. R. Smith, Raytheon’s Advanced Land Warfare Systems director. “This new guided munition can provide the warfighter with precision, extended-range capability never before seen in a hand-held weapon on the battlefield. Pike will become smarter and smarter as we continue to develop its capabilities,” said Smith. “In the current configuration, the warfighter will enter programmable laser codes prior to loading Pike into its launcher. Spiral development calls for multiple-round simultaneous programming and targeting with data link capabilities.”

Pike’s rocket motor ignites eight to 10 feet after launch and is nearly smokeless for reduced launch signature.

Additional Pike upgrades include the ability to fire it from platform-mounted launchers on small boats, all-terrain vehicles and small unmanned aircraft systems. The missile will extend the effective range of grenade launchers currently reaching 1,600 yards (1.5 km) using ballistic computing sights.

Soviet air defence forces also shot down an Aeroflot Tu-104 in 1962 and a Korean Airlines Boeing 707 in 1978.

The one in 1978 was not shot down and it again veered off course and did not respond, which is a long way different from just shooting airliners out of the sky for no apparent reason in peacetime in 2001.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/17/history-of-airlines-shot-down-malaysia-airlines-mh17