Ariel footage from Russian drones… I wonder how many still didn’t feel like having missile on the drones to take’ em out.

That still does not rule out what kind of target we are looking at 5 m2 or 3 m2 , in either case the 50% gain is impressive with just half the weight of Zhuk- AE

AFAIK, the Russians quote range for 3m2 as the standard figures for fighters unless specified otherwise.

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If I’m not terribly wrong, this was the first of the Zhuk-AE specs showcased in 2005 during which time Phazotron NIIR was continuing their work on the first ever Russian FCR for fighters.

This early design of 700mm radar (which was angled upward) got modified (due to drawback of the technology available then) to a 688mm to fit inside the nosecone of the MiG-29 which we finally saw installed in the MiG-29M converted as a MiG-35 demo.

I don’t know in what phase of testing Zhuk-AME is currently in, but I wish they have finished the testing and would be delighted to see couple of production samples on MiG-29s doing their combat testing in Syria.

Russia is suppose to have extended the pause in airstrikes on Aleppo till 4th Nov. And it looks like Kuznetsov will be in Syrian waters by tomorrow. Its not as if the aircrafts are going to strike the very next hour they reach Syrian theatre. Btw, I feel in the coming days/months there might be some unexpected exercise with the Egyptian navy particularly involving those Mistrals.

Location from 1st Nov

Visual reference for landing, bolters. Stobar doesn’t really allow for takeoffs/landings simultaneously (used sparingly on cat/trap carriers). Though Kuznetsov can definitely use one while landing operations are taking place ( other looks like tight clearance-blast deflector to angled runway).

Addition- not that take-off and landing operations aren’t going on at the same time, but generally are staggered to make sure deck crew and ready aircraft are safe.

Edit-a really interesting question is why the INS Vikramaditya doesn’t have JBD, as fitted to Kuznetsov and Liaoning.

There is no problem with landing when the aircraft is on fornt launch position. There is a clip or two during VKD trials when an incoming MiG-29K is trapped with another 29K at its launch position.

Regarding the deflectors, it would have made things more complicated. The first launch pad is right ahead of the front elevator so no chance whatever to have a deflector integrated on the elevator. The 2nd launch pad is clear from any other activity behind it (not even a/c parking like we see with Kuznetsov) so that could be the reasons why the need for deflectors was done away with.

Btw, the Ruptly video posted above showing MiG-29K take off is without the use of the deflectors.

@ Flanker_man
Not sure about when the snap was taken. But rather than using the 29KUB for onsite training, they would be better off using the Su-25UGTs…so its a possibility for them to be in the package.

The most over-hyped aircrafts?
To me its the F-22 and Eurofighter. The best and the second best according to their promoters.

But then when I see the earlier “score cards” promoted by the promoters it looks terribly cheap and low class. We have seen such score which read like cards like 0-10 or 0-100 etc.

A true scorecard that segregates aircraft combat victory need to be there. Almost all the current scorecards usually promoted are combat victory with the help of AWACS and other supports.

https://twitter.com/RSS_40/status/793314847459074048

Rus first demonstrates “Zhuk-AME” AESA for new “MiG” fighter family at “Airshow China 2016”. Dist~160 km. Detect air & ground targ/s v KRET

Would love to see how it looks like. Hope there was a static display of the real stuff in the stall than just the placard.
I think probably there is a chance for the Zhuk-AME to be on the J-10 (?).. If there can be a Chinese order for the sets it would give a good boost for the radar and the company itself.

^ Nice one. Looking at the topview, I doubt if the mixed air-wing is a good idea. Looks like Kuznetsov may not be having much more than what VKD and Vikrant will have as its deck group. Vikrant being highly optimized. If not for the island structure, VKD would have been able to accommodate a further 4-5 x MiG-29K on the deck.

Final piece, article written by the director of shipbuilding, JSC. in Arms defense and techology review:
(350 m long, 36 m wide, 15,000 ton capacity) – page 21
https://issuu.com/airfleet/docs/arms-2010-5-site

Rest my case, let others decide who is full of it. School is out.
(honest apology for those coming to read in the Syria thread. I don’t like being called a liar, etc, when my information is correct and Wilhelm’s was B.S. and wishful thinking. As all the FACTS prove him wrong, I’m not going to post anymore about this)

I think you have quoted the wrong info from that document….

First of all the “not wider than 35m” you mentioned was wrong and I say that coz I have seen similar figures to what wilhelm had quoted. The stated figures mostly is 350m x 36m.

Few points from my info. Baltisky Zavod slipways are inclined 1/20 and 1/18 (smaller one) with flood gates at the mouth. You will see that in the pic I posted below.

The usable/assiged size of the dock is the 350m x 36m.
Of that 350m around 263m is dry dock/slipway and around 80m or so is flooded once the floodgates are open. You will clearly see that in the launch video posted below.
The advantage is the yard need not have to disturb other hulls on the slip while they can do work on smaller ships/boats and launch them once the work is over by flooding the dock which will only cover those lower 80meter dock/slip.

The max width of the dock is around 43m but the specified hull size is limited to 36m because there need to be space for scaffolding and material movement. You can see that also in the video below. Thereo.e is one clear shot to the end of that video.
The total load capacity of that dock/slip is 40,000t… to give an idea, the approx 40,000t disp INS Vikrant when it was launched initially weighed around 16,000t of steel.

Launching of the largest nuclear powered icebreaker Pr.22220 Arktika

Baltisky Zavod ariel shots, shows the two lines.

I will try to make this my last post on Baltisky Zavod and the slipway/dry dock. To the question of Baltisky Zavod being able to build a carrier….my answer is – Yes, they can. But I’d like to have few changes/upgrades as well. I’m not in mood to type it all now. Maybe next time…

Below is a ANNA report from Al Assad district. It said that it is for the first time since the start of the war that Al Assad district (part of) has fallen to the terrorist hands. Its my understanding that the terrorists and their backers might have had a change of plan on contact point for this latest offensive after seeing the below report. It shows the first line of defense and not surprisingly with lightly armed and manned positions. Even the comments for that video talk about lightly armed/defended position. Though it doesn’t show the full battlefront, it does give a decent idea. Also, I’m yet again speechless when I see fools (the so-called Russian fanboys whose only reasoning for any setback is “incompetent” Syrian army as if everything Russia did/doing is right) talking about stopping VBIEDs and storming groups with guided missiles from long distance.

Reports from the Al Assad district front line | October 22nd 2016

Todays map

Jihadi supporters map below
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cv3bAFGWgAApvCi.jpg:large

What I cant digest is that moderate terrorist launch their offensive with nearly two dozen tanks and artillery and all these escape right under the nose of the Russian fighter jets. I don’t know when the guys will get some armed drones which I feel would be very very useful in neutralizing such assets.