Hi Indian1973, Rosoboronexport does not have any information about the Akulas.

Rosoboronexport on leasing sub to India
http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20041021154006.shtml

The Rosoboronexport state-owned corporation does not have any information about Russia leasing an AKULA class nuclear-powered attack submarine to India, the company told RBC. As reported earlier, several mass media sources reported that Russia would lease an AKULA class submarine to India for 10 years. India has had negotiations on this issue with Russia since 2003.

Images from an Airshow in Mumbai conducted yesterday.
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F-15 ASAT

In the late 1970s, even before the advent of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an anti-satellite (ASAT) mission evolved for the F-15 Eagle.

The goal of ASAT weapons is the neutralization of enemy military satellites in the event of war, particularly low-orbiting reconnaissance, ELINT, and ocean surveillance satellites.

The American equivalent involved the arming of an F-15 Eagle with a missile which would be launched against an orbiting satellite from a zoom climb at an altitude of 80,000 feet.

In 1979, a contract was issued to Vought for an air-launched low Earth-orbit antisatellite vehicle. The Vought ASM-135A that emerged was a two-stage rocket, with a first stage derived from the AGM-69 SRAM-A and a second stage derived from the Altair III rocket. The ASM-135A weighed about 2700 pounds at launch and was 18 feet long. The payload of the ASM-135A consisted of a miniature kinetic kill vehicle which used an infrared seeker to home in on the target satellite, destroying it by impact. No explosive warhead was to be needed.

F-15A 76-0086 was modified for trials with the Vought ASM-135A. The ASM-135A was carried on the centerline station of the F-15. The aircraft had to be specially wired to accommodate the ASM-135A missile, and had to be provided with backup battery, microprocessor, and datalink for midcourse guidance.

Beginning in the early 1980s, captive flights were made with the missile in place, the aircraft zoom climbing to altitudes as high as 80,000 feet. The first actual launch of an ASM-135A from an F-15 took place in January 1984, the missile being aimed at a predetermined point in space. Subsequently, three launches of the ASM-135A were made against celestial infrared sources.

The first and only ASM-135A launch against an actual target satellite took place on September 13, 1985, when F-15A 77-0084 of the 6512th Test Squadron stationed at Edwards AFB took off from Vandenberg AFB and zoom-climbed up to 80,000 feet and then launched the ASAT against the Solwind P78-1, a gamma ray spectroscopy satellite that had been launched in February of 1979. Both the first and second stages fired successfully, and the miniature kinetic kill vehicle separated and homed in on the satellite, destroying it upon impact.

However, Congress was unwilling to permit any further testing of the system, and the ASAT program was officially terminated in 1988

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anyone with more info to ad!?

If the Chinese radar which you have added is not the YLC-2, then you may also add YLC-2 to your list.

Also where are F-15’s CFTs placed?

McDonnell F-15C Eagle

The only external difference between the F-15A and the F-15C was the introduction on the F-15C of the capability of carrying FAST (Fuel And Sensor Tactical) packs attached to the side of the fuselage outside of each air intake.

However, on the F-15C, the FAST packs are only very rarely actually taken off the aircraft. The FAST packs are now referred to as Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFTs).

Each FAST pack can carry an additional 849 US gallon of fuel. Alternatively, sensors such as reconnaissance cameras, infrared equipment, radar warning receivers and jammers, laser designation, and low-light TV cameras can be carried in place of some of the fuel in these packs. The FAST packs were first tested on an F-15B on July 27, 1974. They can be installed or removed in 15 minutes on the ground.

Even when the FAST packs are installed on the sides of the aircraft, the F-15C still retains the capability of carrying Sparrow or AMRAAM missiles on the lower corners of the fuselage. When the FAST packs are fitted, the four Sparrow missiles are mounted on their corners, and bombs or air-to-surface missiles weighing up to 4400 pounds can be carried as an alternative.

Although the FAST packs alone carry slightly less fuel than the normal three external fuel tanks, they permit the aircraft to be flown at considerably higher speeds. Maximum ferry range with the increased internal fuel capacity, the FAST packs, and three external drop tanks is 3450 miles.

What is the current status of the MiG-31 variant which was supposed to perform ASAT duties ?

Navy Fighter Wing Closing Its Doors

Another chapter will be added to the F-14 Tomcat history book on Friday, October 1st when Fighter Wing Atlantic officially disestablishes its headquarters at NAS Oceana.

Originally established in July of 1971 as Fighter Wing One, the command has been responsible for overseeing the operations of the Navy’s fighter aircraft on both the east and west coasts. When the F-14 Tomcat fighter community was relocated from the west coast to NAS Oceana the command was redesignated Fighter Wing Atlantic.

Fighter Wing Atlantic has maintained operational and administrative control of six fleet F-14 squadrons and one replacement squadron. Those squadrons will now be under the command of Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic as the remaining F-14s continue to transition to the F/A-18 E/F “Super Hornet.”