Winged_TridentI wish MiGs LFi looked like this…. with a little modification to the wings, leading edge, tail fin & placement of the intakes.
Winged_Tridenthttp://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/114618/france-unveils-first-fremm-frigate.html
Shez a beauty…. how much is the unit cost?
Winged_TridentTime to dig this thread back up, me thinks:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1318501
😀
Good to see that link….. I’ve started my wishlist for the same. In the process of cleaning up of the deck. 😀
Winged_TridentGreat, the new jets become available just when the sole carrier will be out of operational service for 5 years! Makes perfect sense 😉
Also, if a) the ‘old’ jets expire 2012, b) the ‘new’ jets are available by then, and c) there remains only a single carrier, then what is the use of upgrading to ‘old’ jets to extend their service life to 2020? Unless they plan to operate them side-by-side. Which would kind of defeat the purpose of adopting a larger number of smaller Mig29K (so that more can be carried). Or unless the modernized Su-33s are to be sold to some third party.
Puzzling.
MiG-29K order for the Indian Navy will run most probably till 2014 or maybe till 2015. Russian order may start only after that. In that case 12-14 aircrafts will be available by 2016 and the rest by the time Kuzentsov is back in service in 2017. So the timeline is probably correct.
This will also help the Russian pilots to train on their MiG-29K by the time the carier comes in.
Winged_TridentAn oustanding fourth generation SSK, without a working sonar, and not designed with an AIP…thats what I call, notorious development, but judging the case of the Type 45s useless PAAM air defense system, or the whole glitches that suffered the combat direction system of the Collins class, at least the russians decided not to postpone forever the aceptance trials, and let the fish eat some water…
It doesnt matter that it would relies on old and proven periscope for detecting a warship (ah, yes, and radar!), but thats nothing for a XXI century boat :dev2:
Don’t u think that it mainly have to be software related problem? Is there any reason why they can’t use the MGK400 sonar for the Lada?
How much of a difference is there w.r.t to hardware of MGK-400EM & Lira?
Winged_TridentMore on the same is here….with high quality videos.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1565180&postcount=485
The Krivak class concept shown have almost 28 Klub missiles installed. 😎
Winged_TridentI wish this happens and the IAF buys the Mig 35 or Gripen D.
Go Gripen
Go Mig
Yeah agree…. in that twin engined would be the better choice. Its a grown up “local chap” who knows the enviornment like no other and will most likely will cope with it better than others. No a/c shelter, 5-star treatment etc needed…. 😀
Winged_TridentNow the IAF is in a similar situation now. It has a good number of Su-30s, which like the F-15, is a dedicated deep striker. It’s main uses are surgical strikes, and nation-wide (read : Pakistan) air superiority. However, barring the ageing Mirages, there is NO multirole fighter in the IAF; the rest of the fleet consists only of dedicated bombers like Jags and MiG-27s, or air-superiority jets like MiG-29 or MiG-21 interceptors.
Frankly how many aircrafts have u seen in IAF that is going to change roles like that claimed in brochures?? The M-MRCA will bascially be placed to our northern & western front and the primary tasks of it will be Air-Superiority, its only after attaining that can we even think of a strike. So a multi-role aircraft (in the sense that it can carry good strike package) with good air-combat potential would be the best choice.
Now, in 2001 IAF realized that the Mirages were up for retirement in 10 years. Tejas had clocked just a few “baby” flights and wasn’t up for induction until many years. So, they proposed 126 multirole Mirage-2000-V jets, that would have more modern weapons & avionics.
well…. the plan was to fill in the requirements as quickly as possible. And that revolved around buying old French mirage-2000 after upgrading it to the Mirage-2000-5 standard… i.e getting it at the earliest. It was more like having a few of them being upgraded in France and then the rest of the older French AF Mirage-2000 after being transferred to the IAF being upgraded in India with Dassault package. There was no fresh order of Mirage-2000 in my memory…. The benifit for the French was two fold —- getting good bucks from the Mirage-2000 deal and getting more Rafales to fill in that place.
But later on around 2005-06 when Dassault had closed it’s Mirage production line and they saw how the Tejas was growing into more than just a MiG-21 replacement, IAF and MoD in all their wisdom, added one more ‘M’ to the MRCA. They called it Medium MRCA (M-MRCA), meaning a jet in between the “light LCA” and the “heavy Su-30” (refer standing committee report 2006 or 07). Then the circus began with the 7 ton Gripen “vying” with the 14 ton F/A-18.
it probably had nothing to do with the French closing their shop. French closed their shop fully knowing that Mirage-2000 did not stand any chance against the competition and was the least capable aircraft. They closed the shop after trying hard to get the contract with a face saving message and offering Rafales. Thats all.
Winged_TridentNot always…how was the T-90 bought?
After Indian Army conducting extensive tests of the T-90S in Rajastan, added bonus being commanility of the same with T-72 helping in faster crew conversion to T-90. But since the Gowda came up with lower priced T-72 upgrades, Indian Army (on order from MoD) probably had to cut down the price of the T-90 by ordering it without the standard equipments like ADS, APU, A/C etc…. And now, we want all of them back. How stupid.
Winged_TridentArticle from Strategy Page
Israel has threatened to retaliate with nukes if Israel is hit with chemical or nuclear warheads.
Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hticbm/articles/20091223.aspx
This is actually funny…. Iran is never going to launch an offensive first and where does that nukes come from??
What we can see and what many stupid Indians cannot see is the double-standards of Isreal and West. Iran issue has nothing to do with an Islamic nation getting nukes. But it has to do with containing Iran from becoming an even powerful regional power and the West getting hold of wast Iranian oil & gas. If the issue was to stop of Islamic nation from getting nukes, Israel shud have used its enormous power in the US to stop Pakistan from getting the Nukes. But they did not, b’coz ….
The FACT is – Israel can live with an Islamic & unstable Pakistan with Nukes, becase Pakistan is not a threat to Israel which is doubly gauranteed by US & the West that Pakistani nukes are meant just for India! :p
Where as if at all Iran gets nuke capablity, the situation in the mid-east will become a STALEMATE as Israel will not be able to launch & win wars against the Arab military OR do occational military campaigns in the Palestanian areas, b’coz their blackmail of Nuke-attack (like they employed in past major wars) would be nullified! And thats the major reason why Israel cannot afford to see Iran getting any N-capablity. Arguments that Iran will blow-out Israel once they get N-capablity is rather stupid as Iranians are not stupid enough to endanger their own existance.
Now, why is that India is so worried about Iranian N-capablity???….. should India & Indians actually worry when we have got good old Pakistan by our side?? ….. I’d say definetely not. Iran is not a Threat to India! But when will our decision makers who are bankrolled by dollars understand this….
There is a lot India can gain from Iran —
1) Oil & Gas
2) Strategic basing in East Iran – a direct access to Balochistan & Afghanistan
(i just can find a good reason why the stupids even went for a base in central asia…..probably map-reading went thoroughly wrong?!:dev2:)
Winged_TridentClose-up photos of Shahab missiles transported on annual military parades revealed gas-ports on the re-entry vehicle. It points to a manuervable warhead.
Yup, so it not a missile to be counted out. The missiles also looks good, the transport & launchers are also good. Indian Ballistics though much better the transport & launchers remind me of the 50s era Soviet launchers…. :p
Winged_TridentIranians are not fool. Ahmadinejad can talk everything he wants, but Kamenei is tha man ruling Persia and he is far from an idiot.
In my view, Ahmadinejad is in control over the military/current standoff with the West & Israel and he has put up a real hard stance when even the mullahs took a backfoot and left him alone to deal with the situation. We saw that during the past year (still going-on) and all those concerned in West have noticed it as well. He is a guy with a real backbone unlike the mullas who can’t think of loosing their “revolutionary” power with a regime change. Iranian’s already are wary of those guys….
In the case of Ahmadinejad….regardless of what the West may want to brand him, he is one among those ordinary Iranians (huge majority), whom they can relate as their own and enjoys wide support due to his “socialist” schemes. He is considered by many as the “Robin Hued of Tehran” and its his so-called pro-poor/ordinary Iranians work that he got elected (2005 & last time) and still enjoys wide support. But for him to say in power and do continue in power he has to be in good terms with the mullahs “religious” line of thought also, even if he may not actually be of that kind…..
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The GSat-4 satellite had four of these thrusters – two made by Russians and two ‘made in India’.
Source
Is that Russian plasma thrusters that is made under ToT??
Winged_TridentIt has only 1 helicopter spot but it has a double hangar. Not sure that the AK-176 is a lesser gun than the Oto 76, but the ammo of the latter is more modern. As for Brahmos, mmm… falls a bit into the category of the Moskit: so it’s fast, that doesn’t mean it is indefeatable, accurate or unjammable or that subsonic AShMs are all-of-a-sudden ineffective.
Brahmos is one definite advantage that P17 will have over any Chinese ships which they won’t get even with an upgrade.
Winged_TridentLM2500 gas turbines are the most efficient IN has ever operated. Though running on turbines is not as efficient as ICE, Shivalik on LM2500 is still more efficient than Delhi or Talwar class on their turbines. So P17 can run on turbines for long “if required” but only as a second alternative to its diesel engines.
Diesel engine are basically for curising and Turbines for Boosting or accelerating the ship when needed. Using turbines “if required” also cuts short the range because they are used basically for boosting the ships speed.
In CODAG, ie. combined Diesel & Turbine, Turbines boost the ships speed when ever required. The diesel takes over for cruising after the turbines gives a boost. It does not mean that if the Ship have a rated max speed of 30+ knots, the diesel will maintain that speed after the turbines boost it to that level. No it won’t, as diesels simply doesn’t have that level of power. Where as in COGAG, there will be cruise turbines and boost turbines and as the name suggest the cruise turbines will be of lower rating and takes the place of Diesel units in COGAG (as in CODAG) and meant for more economical cruising. But diesels are more economical than turbines and the reason why CODAG is preferred by many.
power required is exponentially related to speed but linearly to weight.
It depends on gearing as well as hull design.
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