JSRWhere does it say it was tracked by a radar?
Patroits were fired at this UAV so most probably tracked by radar.
JSRseems the drone was small tactical one. but how can radar track so small drones. it supposed to be stealth size.
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160807/1044028375/israel-russia-drone.html
JSRthere can be more stuff that got destroyed and disabled as only the people purged can maintain it.
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/business/coup-costs-turkey-economy-100b%E2%80%99
JSRartillery system for drone boats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFiM3v3-l2E
IRIN Navy admiral visited technical center arms ‘Pulse 2’ in Sevastopol Crimea of Russia and told talkes
The automatic machine gun can be used together with warships, combat speed boats and a wide range of stationary systems.
designer of scientific research and technical center ‘Pulse 2’ (Russian): “The uniqueness of our module is that we have reached the minimum size and weight characteristics compared with existing analogue artillery systems. Its uniqueness lies also in the fact that it can be used as an uninhabited combat module and managed over long distances without human intervention.”
JSRThey need to introduce Iskander/Yakhont/Tornado G for area coverage. Aircraft cant handle such continuous battlefield.
Its the integration of rocket system/UAV/EW all in one simultaneously working that make the difference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/russias-superior-new-weapons/2016/08/05/e86334ec-08c5-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html
The United States’ strategic drones, the ones that plink terrorists from bases in Nevada, are more advanced than Russia’s. But Russian tactical drones, which spot for artillery, are far superior (and far more numerous) than ours. In 2014, when the Battle of Debaltseve began, the Ukrainians reported that as many as eight Russian tactical drones orbited over their heads at any one time.
Ukrainian commanders complained that a punishing barrage would follow any radio transmission within seconds.
JSRWell, PAKFA top speed and cruise speed, is slower than mig-31, mig-25, it’s top speed is also slower than Su-27, it’s supersonic combat radius is inferior to mig-31, Tu-22 too so technically speaking if you want you can also claim that it’s supersonic performance is inferior to legacy fighters. It all matter of perspective
PAK-FA sustain supersonic cruise range is greater than any other fighter. meaning it can be parked and refueled far away from battlefield. it is twice of Flanker. I am sure its altitude will also be higher than any other fighter. MIG-35 is 19km.
JSRYes, they are, the APKWS that i´ve mentioned before will do the job nicely and its even cheaper than the JDAM, and adding mobility to a target and trying to destroy it with guns and iron bombs sents whatever airforce into “multiple sorties” or “multiple aircrafts” to actually destroy one single target. The sortie/number of targets destroyed with iron bombs and guns its a bleeding disaster, it always was, the pendulum has firmly moved to PGM´s, they are actually cheaper to employ.
Pendulum swung firmly against cheap PGMs. The cheap is relative term to expensive standoff weopons. The current success of Irakis and Ruaf is entirely due to unguided rockets and bombs . That shortage of PGMs hamper Yemen and Libyan wars as not enough firepower concentrated on spread out insurgents. There is tremendous improvement in readiness time, range, speed, payload, and accuracy of MLRS/TBMs/cruise missiles plus real time recon. They can deal with on difficult targets.
JSROk, three in a row: asking Iraqi helicopters to intervene is a nonsense, they are several hundreds km away, even if ecquipped with fuel tanks they would not get enough autonomy to stay there for the time needed to have an impact.
In a CAP mission the most important requirement is loitering time: just to come drop ordnance and go just does’t work in a fluid environment.
You have instead to stay there to spot and hamper enemy maneuvres not just targeting predetermined positions (that often never exist).
I only mention Russia need to adopt Iraki approach of gunship and loitering aircraft like kingair formations. you can substitute Su-34 for loitering. in case some thing shot down in warzone where more than likely it will attract enemy than coordinates should be ready for Iskander or Brahmos attack missiles for that decisive shots at fastest speed. That what global data processing and net centric warfare capability.
JSRIt says 5000 attacked and losses at 800.
http://tass.ru/en/defense/891913
Iraki uses helicopter more effectively they have larger fleet and using it in formations . Helicopter is too risky never fly transport copter and fighters alone. Just CSIR need very immediate.
JSRMerc to VW is an inappropriate analogy.
A basic Il-78 has 75% of the thrust of an A330 MRTT, but its engines have much higher sfc, & fuel consumption is probably about the same. There are well over 1000 A330s flying around, most in airline service, which is far more than the number of Il-76s & variants still existing, & flying far more hours on average. There’s a much better support infrastructure for the A330 as a result.
Why do you cite the C-130J & C-17? They’re US military freighters, not adapted civil airliners. Their operating costs are likely to be very different.
BTW, the C-17 & P-8 don’t have refuelling probes unless India’s added them. Quite a serious limitation for the P-8I, I think, unless tankers with booms are bought.
Don’t forget rough field performance of IL-78M. This thing maybe needed to supply fuel to makeshift airbases for helicopters and generators for SAM/Medical deployment. I estimate that once PD-14 engines are certified on IL-476 there wont be much difference with A-330.
JSRDenizens of the open-source-intel world normally stay at arm’s length from their spookish counterparts, but one thing I have learned over the years is that classified technical info the latter gather is immediately classified by the recipient so that the other side does not learn that they have it. It is not circulated in an unclassified form that will end up being posted on an internet forum.
So I remain as sceptical of AIM-120 data of Russian origin as I was in the 1970s when a Western defence magazine that shall go nameless started publishing what seemed to be detailed information on then-current Soviet aircraft. What looked at first sight to be good data soon proved to be as phoney as a three-dollar bill.
that was 1970s. Western Military technology was not that widely exported. Middleast at best had F-4/Mirages. SKorea was dirt poor. now both weopons and technology are widely exported (West need money to quickly export) and various industrial/business relationship created.
Russians have worked on various missile and semiconductor projects with Korea for past 25 years.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1301/30kslv/#.V55QQ_Pn-cw
South Korea, Russia partner for historic satellite launch
there is that new over 300mm NKorea MLRS system. presumably Russian hand in it to create more pressure.
Just look at Turkey what happens to it internally with tourism and refugees when Russia entered Syria (Ruaf hit so hard that all injured person has to go to Turkey it create enormous pressure on there medical system).
than there is Ukraine example of Russian shockwave that they cant recover.
http://uatoday.tv/news/alcohol-narcotics-and-negligence-kill-ukrainian-soldiers-no-worse-than-russian-army-707006.html
it is public demonstration of swift and effective military operations to all Middleastern countries what they need to deliver.
JSRI’d view the Russian information on AIM-120 performance with some scepticism – I doubt if it is based on hard data.
Russia has good relations with several AIM-120 operators. why do you think they visit expensive shows in Middleast without selling not that much there.
than there is SK which is always ready to hack and deal.
JSRHe moved into Syria … with major military force to stop the collapse of the Assad regime,” Brennan noted.
It is hardly a major military force. 30 choppers and 30 aircraft in total. but efficiency and effectiveness was such that it fundamentally turn around the war despite Assad having only 15k troops at disposal. the rest were defending Damascus and internal securities of cities and cant be used. Syrian cities and coast is relatively better protected than Irak/Turkey.
I think he’s been able to achieve a fair amount of tactical progress, but in the longer term effort, my money’s still on the United States,” he concluded
This person can even think long term. in 1945 US had 150m population. In 2016 350m people living in same area with millions more coming with water level stressed and resources fully exploited.
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Expert-Commentary-Dont-Be-Fooled-By-US-Production-Gains.html
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JSRSize/Weight brings another aspect to the discussion… A projectile hit on a engine or a fuel tank is still a mission kill for Mi-28 just as it is for a Tiger. A Tiger has 1/3 weight, 3 meters shorter. Which one would be easier to hit? While it is unquestionable a Mi-28 has better armor in certain areas like cockpit, how about unarmored but vital areas like engines, rotor, tail rotor etc? Technically againist a few techicals with machine guns spraying 14,5mm rounds at ~1 km range, 232 m2 rotor disk area of Mi-28 would make it much more vulnerable than a Tiger with just 133 m2 disk area.
how will these technicals hide from Mi-28 radar?. Its not Su-35 class radar but still it will find vehicles and manpower at considerable distance with all around survellence.
In Syrian coast I often see helicopters flying around at low altitude possibly looking for small boats. big helicopters have all around capability and flexibility in sensors/weopons and I am sure new weopons developed for Ka-52K will be installed on Mi-28NM. its waste of pilot training on lighter helicopters.
http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-news-2015/november/2163-new-onboard-avionics-for-the-mi-28nm-attack-helicopters-now-enables-interactions-with-uavs.html
The upgraded version essentially differs from its prototype. The component package of the Mi-28NM onboard radar equipment will include an innovative helmet-mounted target designation and indication system. The helicopter is fitted with new N025 radar enabling all-round surveillance. The flying vehicle is fitted with a new EW suite comprising an anti-missile laser. The helicopter is designed for search and destruction, by day and night in simple and adverse weather conditions, of low-speed air targets, tanks, armored and unarmored hardware and enemy manpower.
JSRI think you are jumping to conclusions; it could have been an accidental incursion (2.5 miles into Israeli airspace. Also, depending on the type, they operate at different altitudes. The searcher 2, and Hermes have a ceiling of 20,000ft. Those smaller battlefield recon UAV typically operate below 2,000 meters.
If it was operating below 2000m than manpad should be used. or do you think it was smaller than bird? but if its too small than how radars tracked it?. what happened to so called radars cant track stealth.
this new approach.
http://sputniknews.com/military/20150620/1023633859.html
Hitting Everything That Flies: New Russian MANPAD Verba Knows No Equals
The new MANPAD goes beyond hitting traditional targets for this type of weapon — helicopters and planes — and is capable of striking cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, drones).
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