That is as interesting as your or mine 64 bit CPU in our PC. As long as we have not the related software at hand for our programs to make use of that, we do stick to our 32 bit. Modern radars are modular built and the front-end of that can be replaced as the need may arise and someone is willing to pay for the gains from that. The few examples of the Fullback at hand are just in use to create the software for the weapon-system integration. At the moment the Fullback has not reached combat readiness really. 😉

What are you kidding me? It’s in serial production for almost a year now.

Wow nice , how does the Russian JDAM equivalent work , guidance mechanism etc ? ( the last part of the footage the red color bomb ) , what is the kind of CEP they have achieved ? any restriction of altitude from where they can be dropped ?

The CEP with TV bombs was 4-6 meters I believe, which is more than enough anyway. The GLONASS “S” variant KAB bombs won’t be much better. It’s a separate bomb in the KAB series, not a kit like JDAM.

If they really feel that way it sounds like their nuclear forces have fallen to a pathetic state. Of course we both know better. 10 missiles nothing. Putin’s gotta beat that chest for the masses though. . . I wonder what the Western European masses would think though if someone told them that *GASP* THEY’RE ALREADY targeted with nuclear weapons? Hell, I’ve lived a few miles from a prime spot on the hit list and most of my life and yet, somehow, I still manage to go on.

You are in love with Putin aren’t you? :rolleyes:

I’d guess they mean Yakhont. On a related note, is there any indication that the S-300FM will be fitted like it was to Veliky?

Yakhont is what everyone is assuming, but that means they are going to overhaul the 8-9 Oscars with it too? Doesn’t seem nearly as logical as to just modify the Shipwreck with more powerful motors, improved nav system for lower attack, more powerful EW, etc.

i know its active however its quite some time its not in patrol.i think since a certain admiral told of certain reactor issues

That’s pretty ancient news too. Pyotr has been fully active for a long time now, the real point of interest to me is the modernization status of Nakhimov and the fate of Lazarev.

Podvig is not a realible surce anymore. Too many “unconfirmed” news and “unconfirmed failures”. His forecasting about retirement of Topol were too far from the real numbers. He also “witdraw” the Ss-N-18 monts before confirmed real tests. Too many wrongs.

Provide realiable and accurate sources and i will listen, but as you have just shown with the above you can not.

You are a funny guy.

The real test history: http://russianforces.org/blog/2007/11/bulava_test_history.shtml

You must be totally blind then? :rolleyes:

AFAIK is not a viable source.:rolleyes:

To realise the stupidity of these claims what is being suggested is that the Russians are going to produce as many Bulava’s in the next couple of years as they are Topol-Ms between 2007 and 2015. Utterly absurd. We are now approaching 2009 rapidly with no sign that Bulava is truly ready for production and by the end of 2009 there will likely be 32 launchers tied up pier side awaiting missiles, no capacity on the short or medium term for the typhoon’s.

Your reputation for discrediting anything you don’t like doesn’t help. :rolleyes:

Look harder, most RuN compilation sites (globalsecurity, wikipedia, warfare.ru) list at least 2 vessels as possibly being modernized. And don’t bother whining about sources.