It – what it. I´m not saying NSM is the solution for Iran, I´m just saying that there might be projects which would make more sense for them, then a Granit system.

Actually I’m rather curious about this. Theoretically speaking, could a new sensor fit on the Granit (or Yakhont etc) not make them equally useful to the NSM but with greater range and leathality?

Also, a small note on GPS guidence for course guidence. As far as I understood the concept, civilian GPS is a great deal less accurate than military GPS but (correct me if I am wrong) it would still be easily accurate enough to provide way points for a missile on route to a target. The missile isn’t using GPS guidence for the final attack and so this wouldn’t affect accuracy. Therefore, if I’m right, a missile system coould use GPS course guidence without being dependent on the US for military GPS codes.

Severodvinsk,

” you are damn correct, I noticed it too. The front with the torpedohatches looks completely off-center… Doesn’ tseem to fit with the hullpart behind it… PS? “

I am pretty sure that the image is photoshoped. As evidence for this the image I’m posting shows what looks like use of the “Heal Tool” (blue circle and magnification) and poor cut+paste or “Extract” work. The red circle and elipse show the difference in the way that the sea water connects with the hull on the port side and on the area around the torpedo tubes. To me this looks unmistakeably like clumsy photoshoping.

Might such a miss have anything to do with the fact that ANG pilots are coked up on a cocktail of pickmeups?

“If you feel this tactic would never work, or the scenario would never happen, how do you explain the “highway of death” in 1991? Where were the “modern AD defences” and “eventually fighters” then? The fire-and-forget, optically-guided Maverick weapon, combined with low approach speed and lots of bullets, makes the A-10 superbly designed to take advantage of this situation.”

I don’t think that the Iraqi army, demoralised and already more than a little busted up by the air war, is a good comparison for WarPac forces pouring into West Germany at break neck speeds.

“The extra knots of Su-25 are for approaching and leaving the target defenses, they have nothing to do with evading fighters.”

Agreed! But A-10 pilots have themselves expressed jealousy at the speed and maneuverability of the frogfoot as it gives is an advantage when flying in the target area.

Okay so they have slightly different missions and are probably best at their own missions respectively. But the Frogfoot looks better! :p

In Serbia (and all over Eastern Europe) more and more people are converting their cars to run on natural gas – methane I think (I’m not chemist) – so while a small amount oil based fuels is needed to start the car it doesn’t need any after that. As the Russians have gas reserves to last a really long time, Serbia should be fine. We haven’t got any fighter jets anyway…

Now tanks are going to be the real problem. Find a suitable fuel to replace diezel. Go on, try sticking a hydrogen engine in a tank – I’d love to see how far apart the tanks have to be to avoid the blast if one gets hit.

Coanda,

I also heard that they can run on petrol and diesel too – if true – forget the A-10!

Roel what platform exists in the Brazillian Navy, Argentine Navy, Malaysian Navy, Indonesian Navy, Turkish Navy, Greek Navy etc, etc, etc that could not be defeated by a better subsonic missile as opposed to a supersonic?. Of the vessels in any of those fleets would they be more likely to decoy or shootdown 2 Yakhonts that they know about or 4 NSMs that they havent seen?

Jonesy,
I’ve gotta ask; is this question based on the relative costs of Yakhonts and NSMs? If so what are the relative costs? Is NSM really half the price of a Yakhont?