How relaible is the target detection in A-band, and is it just a target detection system or it is also a fire-control radar.
Of course its just detection system. It is just as reliable as any other radar. Althought you cant fire rockets with that radar it is still a death end for any pre-F22 stealth plane. With help from this radar you can direct other fighters or optical-guided SAM’s. This is one of reasons why russians havent developed stealth bombers. Untill the later 70x most fighters used WWR rockets/guns to shot down bombers anyway, and during Vietnam era the absence of BVR rockets also didnt hinder MIG-21’s to shot down B-52’s. F-22 is completely another story as its a _relatively_ cheap fighter plane and stealth is used to get adantage in fighterVSfighter engament , to shot down enemy fighters first, to reduce the usefull SAM range, but not to “sneak” throught national radar network. B-2 and F-117 were only a very expencive “technology demonstarators” which wasnt very effective. Like first jet – german ME-262. Where immature technologe, drawbacks and huge cost overweights advanced design principles. The true revolution comes with F-22 – first effective stealth plane.
Maybe, but India could have had Su-24s in service 20 years before a nuclear missile able to hit anywhere in China the Chinese government would care about, & they can do many of the things that the Su-30MKI is now tasked with: not the air-air role, but all the strike roles. Were these roles not wanted before? Or was it like the Hawk (or an equivalent high-performance trainer): desperately wanted by the air force, but blocked by politicians?
Mig-25 was good enouth for nuclear strike. It might have a bit less range, but much higher alt and speed.
. The East starts with a disadvantage in numbers and due to reinforcement at a comparable rate maintains that disadvantage during every reinforcement cycle. Considering your average attacking force likes a 3 to 1 advantage in numbers this doesn’t bode well for the WP.
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1 to 3 – Is a very common mistake done by “armchair generals” knowing nothing about strategy. 1 to 3 is only applicable for breakthrought throu the limited size position against prepared & fortified enemy troops. For example, breaking established front line. Basicaly, once you achieved breakthrought than you dont need numbers advantage. After that point DEFENDERS start to take much heaver losses than attakers. This is why basicaly you should always attack if your troops _strategicaly_ weaker than enemy. If you let stronger enemy choose time & point for attacking, your will lose horrible without even inflicting much loses to enemy. A very good example is WW2 war, or Gulf War. Most of USA loses was during Irak conterattaks, NOT during USA attacks.
Thats why USSR troops, in case of attacking first, would have little problem to conquer West Europe. As european troops was too much spread out, with too few concentration points (aka military bases), and much weaker artlillery and SAM’s. The traditionally strongest european army – Germany – was almost non-existant back then, with too few NATO bases.
Yes, interestingly some arab nations prefered instructrs from Warsaw PAct countries compared, to instructors from the Soviet Union. A GDR officer told me that they treated the arabs with less arrogance, then the russians. And a tour there was very tempting, as it normaly meant a rebuilt house and a new car after your return. (hard currency was the key)
Maybe becouse soviet insturctors demanded more and teached to do something usefull in the case of emergency instead of praying to Allah? I’m fully undestand what “arrogance” may show a average soviet instructor when he seeing how SAM operator right in 12.00 start praying to Allah instead of airspace monitoring….
More serious joke – the recent AH-64 shotdown in Iraq was made by Strela-2M. At least, so are reports.
Russia do not need MANPADS – it is evident considering russian military doctrine and short range AA inventory.
Omg, so much wisdom in one phrase… Btw, the over post is very insightfull as well.
P.S. Its like telling “Russian dont need ATGM’s – its evident considering russian military doctrine and the use of tank guns”
Whats the use of a Danush when you have the brahmos. The size of the warhead of the danush is not all that much greater and its sorter in range. Is the Danush liquid or solid fuelled?
BrahMos have most likely restrictions about nuclear use. It was official jointly development and Russia must follow they agreement about nuclear weapon proliferation. So India most likely have agreed NOT to install nuclear warhead on BrahMos.
The problem is that Ukraine signed a 5 years contract with Gazprom for $ 50 per 1000 cubic m. After only 1 year the russians are demanding 4 times more…
And why? Is US in any way stealing Russia’s natural resources?
Do you have seen that contract by your own eyes? Full text? Or even PART of the text? Surely, its not a secret. Or you just repeat some yellow-paper? All contracts are open to any actioner – and almost 30% of Gasprom is property of foreign companies (mainly Germany, but other countries as well).The problem is each side will tell you different things about contracts and such. I’m very doubtfull what Gasprom will risk they reputation and lawsuits worldwide by NOT fullfilling any signed contract – especeally, in such cases where major western landers like Germany, France and GB are hurt. The talks about unbelieviable low gas price for Ukraine are held for years, and recent Gasprom move is surprise only for ppls what dont follow that conflict. Surely, its not a surprise for Ukrainian goverment.
The US forces don’t need a javelin till something like the Black eagle or the T-95 are available for export… which wont be any time soon.
Thats not very true… As even with current t-80 and t-90 with ERA its very hard to penetrate they armour frontally – espeally, with a HEAT weapon type. TOW-2 and other portable ATGM’s will have problems to penetrate its armour.
do the russian ever field equivalent to Javalin/Spike fire and forget ATGM?
some claim that russian has difficulty fabricate IR imaging seeker small and compact enought to be fitted inside small ATGM missile.
Its seems rather as cost and usabilty issue (for example, its impossbile to fire Javalin against low-contrast target… a dug-in infantry or bunker for example).Also decoys and smoke-screens works much better against fire-and-forget missiles.