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December 1, 2008 at 3:39 pm in reply to: Brazil Reveals Russian Helicopter Purchases #2477080

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Does the UK Apache have the same engines as the US version? Are Apache engines used in anything elese? What defines hot and high?

December 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm in reply to: Tornado Replacement #2477085

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I can only find 900mph at “low level” (what’s low level?, 1000ft). I got the ‘tree top height’ from a member of staff at RAF Cosford when I was asking about the prototype there on Sunday. He said something like – “it can do 900mph just above the trees, the pilot can put his hands on his lap if he wants and do nothing, the computers read the contours on the 3d map” and also “there is nothing else in the world as fast at low level”.

December 1, 2008 at 3:16 pm in reply to: Brazil Reveals Russian Helicopter Purchases #2477144

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Lynx

Can’t the Lynx carry offensive weapons and troops, at the same time. Or the Blackhawk with it’s ESSS system – I take it there must be 100s of Blackhawks in Afghan, and some of them, I presume, must be configured as gunships – USAF Special Forces. So therefore there is an ‘armed troop carrier’ in Afghan.

I wouldn’t want to be underneath a Chinook either with it’s minigun (if fitted) clearing the landing strip.

Whenever I think of the Hind, I think of African warlords using them for ethnic cleansing. You wouldn’t want to see one of them coming over the horizon if it was out to get you – a pure, ugly, killing machine.

November 28, 2008 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Nato intercepts – Why? #2479028

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Is Russia responsible for any other airspace other than it’s own? For example regions on the poles?

November 28, 2008 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Nato intercepts – Why? #2479081

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I think the situation in Georgia could of also of easliy happned in any of those 3 countires.

What would of the situation been then? WW3?

November 28, 2008 at 3:59 pm in reply to: Nimrod Sidewinder #2479085

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So will the AIM-9 capibilty be retained on the MRA4? So the only real defense against long range AAM missiles is ECM?

I think generally the RAF should of replaced it’s Nimrods years ago, and then the terrible situation with regard to the fuel lines would of never happened. Seems ironic that an aircraft with a perfect flying record was destroyed in such a way, a victim of an overstretched force maybe?

November 28, 2008 at 3:01 pm in reply to: Nimrod Sidewinder #2479155

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Thanks for the info about the launch procedure for the AIM-9. I was always aware of the audible launch method, but just thought that was how it was done on the older AIM-9 types. Fully understand now.

I never really considered that you might meet a hostile patrol aircraft, such as a Tu-142 or May.

November 28, 2008 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Nato intercepts – Why? #2479180

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Is that Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. I understand NATO takes care of the air defense for these nations on a 3 or 6 month rotation – is this correct? And so far Polish, Dutch and Norwegian F-16s, RAF F3s and German F-4Fs, have been based there so far over the past 10 years – is this correct?

Are there any publicly known incidents of NATO violations of Russian air space over the last ten years?

If NATO ever expands to include Ukraine, they will be responsible for defending thier own airspace surely? So we could see a situation where a Ukraine Su-27 intercepts a Russian Tu-95, and then the next day a Russian Su-27 could intercept a Ukraine Tu-95 (if they still use them). Crazy situation.

November 28, 2008 at 2:26 pm in reply to: Nimrod Sidewinder #2479213

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I have never really looked into how targets are aquired using AIM-9.

I was always under the impression the pilot had a movable cursor that is displayed on a HUD or Helmet mounted sight. You move the cursor using your thumb, and when you get the crosshairs over the target, the cursor automatically tracks it, and then the missiles seeker stays locked onto the heat source until impact. Or is that how another type of missile is cued?

Thanks for the info.

November 28, 2008 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Nimrod Sidewinder #2479242

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Thats what I thought – Falklands, but the system is also on MRA4.

Any ideas on which crew member uses it, copilot?

November 28, 2008 at 1:34 pm in reply to: Nimrod Sidewinder #2479249

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So then it must be used for self defanse against other aircraft – and that can only be interceptors such as the Su-27, Su-33 and Mig-31, because surely they are the only aircraft that can reach it, when it is doing it’s ‘sub killing’ ops.

So therefore the boffins in the MOD must think adding the AIM-9L must give the Nimrod some sort of chance of destroying intercepting fighters? Are they mad, or is it possible?

Or is that the capabilty is added for destroying (AEW?) helicopters before launching Harpoon against it’s mothership?

I am sure also they can carry 8.

Seems a strange set-up in the Raf – The world’s only jet powered maritime patrol aircraft, and the world’s only AAM armed maritime patrol aircraft (I think)?

Is the RAF E-3D also AIM-9L capable? I am sure I read somewhere this is the case.

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November 28, 2008 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Nato intercepts – Why? #2479325

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Do Nato aircraft ever get intercepted by Russian planes?

Jay
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November 28, 2008 at 11:49 am in reply to: PLAAF News, Photos and Speculation #12 #2479416

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“What is this?”

You probably know that it is a screen shot from Catia 3d CAD/CAM system – Designed by Dassault and marketed by IBM (Alphajet was 1st aircraft designed purely on 3d cad). I know Sukhoi use Catia also. So do Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Airbus, Raytheon, EADS etc etc. BAe use UGS. I am a CNC programmer for compnay that does subcontract work for BAe – Smiths.

November 28, 2008 at 9:32 am in reply to: ECM Systems #2479532

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ECM Systems

So as it stands now, is the Russian long range bomber fleet a real threat to a ‘net centric’ NATO or not? Does the Kh-55 missile have any stealth features to enable it to penertrate any NATO controlled airspace?
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