Dear lord he makes immense amounts of assumptions on a very uncertain topic.

He makes some assumptions which is inevitable at this stage, but to say “immense” is wrong IMO.

soo its seven Su-34 in 2009/2010.
I think NAPO will do two batches deliveries to the VVS next year, aka eight Su-34.
Pls place your bet:D

There should be 12 in 2011. The contract is for 32 aircraft by 2013.

Nice pic of the Su-34

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Interesting development…

Indian company to build ships for Rosoboronexport

Indian private Pipavav Shipyard will be engaged in construction of ships under the order of Rosoboronexport, reports The Economic Times. Volume of first orders which would be possibly placed at the shipyard is evaluated as INR 80 bln ($1.8 bln). Presumably, the yard will start building of new ships in 2011.

Pipavav Shipyard signed a letter of understanding with Rosoboronexport on Dec 9, 2010 providing that the company will construct Russian-designed ships for third countries, reports India Infoline. Besides, the document also implies mid-term upgrade, overhaul, and remanufacturing of Indian Navy’s ships and submarines.

As reported by MoneyControl, the document provides license transfer for construction of four stealth frigates to Pipavav Shipyard. Three similar ships have been already built by Russia under India’s order. It was not specified what kind of frigates are meant. Russia’s Baltiysky Zavod shipyard built three Project 11356 frigates for India and has already delivered them to the orderer. Two analogous frigates are being completed by Yantar shipyard; the third ship was recently launched.

According to the World Arms Trade Analytic Center, cost of one stealth frigate built by Pipavav will make INR 80-90 bln, and the company will be workloaded for further ten years.

http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=11124

A fairly rare pic of a Mig-29SMT armed with a R-27T1 (or maybe ET1)

I remember reading Rafale and the latest IN Mig-29K having gold coated cockpit.

Some SU-27s have it as well. I think it’s part of a program that started back a few years ago. There is a video about the plant that makes them somewhere (don’t have it at hand at the moment).

Well, the 4 channels per face come from the fact that each face consists of 4 modules. Keeping in mind, that 9M96 is active radar missile, only midcourse updates are required. Therefore, the number of channels is quite conserative.

Vityaz SAM is considered to be the land based counterpart of Redut/Poliment. You can have a look at it’s export version – South Korean KM-SAM, Almaz-Antey has delivered three units by now.

I attach pictures of elements of 42Ya6 APAR for Morfey short-range SAM which is under development by Almaz-Antey as part of S-500 system. This gives quite good appreciation of components used in Poliment as well.

Thanks.

That dome shaped radar is pretty interesting. It would truly have 360 deg coverage.

Yes, but apart from flag waving and perhaps anti-piracy, what tasks is it going to undertake on its own in these distant oceans?

There’s enough space there to arm it with all sorts of weaponry. In theory it could carry a large number of Ship – Ship/Ground/Air missiles

What are those twin-boom prop planes in front of the PAK-FA in Pesho’s post above?

Sukhoi Su-80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-80