Would be feasible if Portugal, Greece and Thailand would also want to modify their A7 fleets to this standard. Then perhaps

Portugal has dropped its A-7 fleet a few years ago (maybe 99, don’t remember for sure)

flex, sorry but your mixing things up.

The first artificial “antiparticles”, antimatter if you like, were created in laboratory in the 50s.

Gamma radiation is just high-energy protons.
The process you were describing was the “kickstart” of a fission reaction through gamma radiation coming from a laser, which I believe was technology developed for the “Star Wars” project, (Excalibur or something like that)

Sure electron-positron pairs were created at Livermore ( which has already stopped wokring), but the energy does not “come” directly from them. It is when you collide an electron with a positron that you obtain an incredible amount of energy (you may call it also gamma radiation), but in order to have that collision you mut have electrons with extremely high-energies ( velocities). You need something like a particle accelerator like CERN, or a high-powered laser like the Livermore approach.

Bear in mind that annualy nly some 1-10 nanograms of antimatter are produced ( this figure will rise once CERN is back in full swing). Its production is highly expensive, something like 25 billion $ per gram.

Also the storage of antimatter is a non-trivial matter, you need something like a Penning trap.

So, for the time being it is still confined to science labs.

Its first “outer-world” use is, I think, positron emission tomography, which is not still that widespread.

I guess the Migs have the advantage in missile terms (helmet cueing system)

There are no MiG-23 equipped with HMS, although I think there was an upgrade proposed that included that.

Regarding the first post, you’re oversimplifying things. Who says the MiG will detect first the F-16 ? Who says that the F-16s will fly happily directly towards the MiG making itself a perfect target for BVR weapons ? Do you know the effect of ECM and ECCM on radars, missiles etc. for both sides ? Also, the proportion of 5/2 doesn’t always means that 2 F-16s wil face 5 MiG…

As you see, too many variables…

Still, I believe that the lack of a BVR weapon (Sparrow) for the F-16 was a serious mistake. Even the F-20 would have it…

bu Nano tech isnt tha far…~ around 50 years.

Or even less, depending on what you want to do with it.

En los últimos tiempos, IZAR ha establecido contactos con la India para colaborar en el proyecto de modernización de los astilleros de Cochin, que comenzarán a contruir el futuro portaaviones de su Marina (cálculos optimistas prevén que el primer corte de chapa tenga lugar a lo largo de 2003).

Lately, IZAR has been estabilishing contacts with India to assist in the modernisation of the Cochin shipyards, which will in the future start building India’s future aircraft carrier ( optimist calculations predict that first steel will be cut in 2003).

The 212 needs less crew, is more roomy (->more comfy for the crew),
has shorter reload times, is more manouverable (X-helm, new hull shape), is faster, is quieter and got partly better sensors.
Then the tanks for the hydrogen is stored between primary and secondary hull, for safety reasons. It uses the better, but more expansive, type of PEM’s in their fuel cells.
In the 214 the hydrogentanks are inside the hull, it uses if possible parts from the 209. This saves for shure money and gives a better availability for spares at the moment.

Thanks for the info, I wasn’t aware of that.

Still, the U-214 has an advantage over the U-212 that might prove important that is its longer range.

U-214 is a different thing. It is not build in Germany. In fact it is build in Greece. The U-214 is nothing but a upgraded U-209 with some stuff from the U-212. So, there may be a chance if Pakistan really wishes to field an additional design.

Portuguese U-214s ( they are called U-209PNs but it has been confirmed that they will be exact U-214s 😉 ) will be built in Germany. Their shipyards are quite busy, so any new orders of U-212/214 won’t be delivered until 2010 at least,.

As for the Europeans not selling to Pakistan because of India, well

T-80US
Mirage upgrades
Mistral missiles
Lynx choppers
Banshee drones
Exocet missiles

are just some euro weapons , the number of European exhibitors at Ideas 2004 also gives one an idea that the Europeans will sell to people with cash, that has been the way it has always been and probably always will be!

What Pakistan wants is a Sub in the class of theAussi Collins, Brazils Tupi or the Spainish S-80. The indiaqis can keep deciding which sub to buy for another 5 or 6 years, suits Pakistan just fine : )

OMG, are you guys for real ??? :dev2: :dev2: :dev2:
Thanks for the good laugh 😀 😀 😀

I think Pakistan should go for the Los Angeles Class or the Seawolf class subs.

They would make a fine addition to all the F/A-22’s and the E-2C’s and the Gripens and the Erieye’s, the Pakistanis are about to acquire.

Anything lesser than the Los Angeles or Seawolf class would be an insult to the fine people of Pakistan.

:diablo: Shhhh, be careful with that, people might take you seriously 😀

They had, upto WWI when they still controled the eastern shore of the Adriatic ( now Croatia, Serbia, etc)

SerbPVO, you might find something of interest her:

http://www.worldatwar.net/chandelle/

Click on the ‘October/November’ issue to the left, then you have “On the Edge of the Great War: Italian Combined Operations in the Adriatic, 1915-18”.