Gear of a Netherland Commando during deployment in Afghanistan

Interesting slide from the recent event in France for Rafale hand over

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What's happening with the Kurds

Erdogan on odd days is all fired up as a champion of Ummah criticising harmless preventive measures like comms blackout and preventive arrests to curtail jihadis, calling it repression against Muslims.

Erdogan on even days as a champion of Ummah has no problem conducting aerial strikes , artillery barrages on fellow Muslims.

So much for selective sympathy for co-religionists

The ironies of the champions of Ummah

And the biggest irony there are 2 countries who r self appointed champions of Ummah and their solution to problems with people of their same faith is eerily similar - large scale bombing of their own

Origins Of Stealth Black Hawks Date Back Over Three Decades Before The Bin Laden Raid

There are few defense or aviation stories as enigmatic as the mystery surrounding the highly modified H-60 Black Hawks that were used during the operation to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. Most remain perplexed that the helicopters not only emerged out of virtually nowhere, but that they also disappeared back into the deeply classified world even after becoming a very publicly known component of the historic raid. Although there are various claims as to their origins and the timeline of their development, in this War Zone feature, we have official documentation that clearly shows the development of a stealthy Black Hawk began way farther back than anyone has claimed.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25890/origins-of-stealth-black-hawks-date-back-over-33-years-before-the-bin-laden-raid

Odunayaw:
Origins Of Stealth Black Hawks Date Back Over Three Decades Before The Bin Laden Raid

There are few defense or aviation stories as enigmatic as the mystery surrounding the highly modified H-60 Black Hawks that were used during the operation to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. Most remain perplexed that the helicopters not only emerged out of virtually nowhere, but that they also disappeared back into the deeply classified world even after becoming a very publicly known component of the historic raid. Although there are various claims as to their origins and the timeline of their development, in this War Zone feature, we have official documentation that clearly shows the development of a stealthy Black Hawk began way farther back than anyone has claimed.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/25890/origins-of-stealth-black-hawks-date-back-over-33-years-before-the-bin-laden-raid

Anyways

A Soviet mathematician in the 50s or 60s wrote equations which became the basis for designing stealth aircrafts ( shaping )

As for stealth materials in aircrafts , the Nazis pioneered it

Rest copied the above 2 and improved on it or rather implemented new technologies as it became available with new discoveries

nemesis8u:


Anyways

A Soviet mathematician in the 50s or 60s wrote equations which became the basis for designing stealth aircrafts ( shaping )

As for stealth materials in aircrafts , the Nazis pioneered it

Rest copied the above 2 and improved on it or rather implemented new technologies as it became available with new discoveries

None of the process outweighs the other.

It fascinates me tho

Nice Goggles

These r specially made optical gear designed to protect the pilots and crew of nuclear delivery aircrafts from the thermal flash of a nuclear explosion which is potent enough to blind a human even when viewed directly or indirectly far away from the blast point.

Odunayaw:
None of the process outweighs the other.

It fascinates me tho

It is kind of interesting to know that there is nothing absolute in science when it comes to replicating natural phenomena in practice.

Eg

cooling upto absolute zero is not practically possible

Speeding upto speed of light is not practically possible

Viewing the sub atomic realm with absolute certainty / accuracy is not possible

100% energy conversion is not practically possible

Have a absolute black body or white body which absorbs all incident frequencies or reflects all incident frequencies is not practically possible

As a cororally

absolute stealth is also not possible by a single means but a combination of them might reduce the RCS considerably yet cannot make it absolute zero.

Anyways stealth in aircrafts are generally implemented through

1. Stealth shaping to reflect waves away from emitter

2. RAM radar absorbing materials which goes on the surface

3. RAS radar absorbing structure which r used to build the portions of exposed fuselage where RAM cannot be applied

4. Active cancellation of EM waves like in the spectra suite of rafale which allegedly involves analysing the incident waves and reproducing them but out of phase and beaming them back which leads to no blip ( echo ) in the radar console.

Other classified measures to reduce RCS might be there

Model of Ukrainian hypersonic cruise missile

Kind of reminds me of the ISRO scramjet testbed for hypersonic flight

DRDO unexploded ordnance handling robot

nemesis8u:
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India's acquisition of Rafale has shut Pakis up on social media. As in deaf mute shutting up. Even China is scared of "radar cancellation " and other tricks possible with Rafale

Jimi24:


Ind acquisition of Rafale has shut Pa up on social media. As in deaf mute shutting up. Even Chi is scared of "radar cancellation " and other tricks possible with Rafale

Social media is relevant in social media only.

Especially propaganda be it by any country . It's like trying to hold sand untill it runs out eventually.

Any weapon system is not absolute. Meaning a weapon system is worth it only if exploited to its full potential. And that is a big unknown since it depends on myriad of interconnected factors especially the human factor.

Let's say I buy u the best knife in the market and then pit u against a knife fighter armed with a ordinary knife .

Can u guarantee u will win ?

What i mean to say is a weapon system is as good as it's user. If the user can use it to the best of his or her capabilities then the system will be potent otherwise not.

[1] Indonesian Air Force Su-30
[2] German Federal Police dismantling an entire helicopter (Eurocopter EC 135 T2)
[3] Finnish UNIFIL Peacekeepers in Lebanon

UN Portuguese paratroopers (Quick Reaction Force – QRF) raid against armed militants in Central Africa Republic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-mg9cOkrsM

nemesis8u:
Nice Goggles

These r specially made optical gear designed to protect the pilots and crew of nuclear delivery aircrafts from the thermal flash of a nuclear explosion which is potent enough to blind a human even when viewed directly or indirectly far away from the blast point.

I see this itens for the fist time. Flying close to a nuclear blast the aircraft must be 100% EMP hardened, otherwise the electromagnetic radiation of the shockwave will damage all electronic systems on board.

SuperSixSeven:


I see this itens for the fist time. Flying close to a nuclear blast the aircraft must be 100% EMP hardened, otherwise the electromagnetic radiation of the shockwave will damage all electronic systems on board.

By the time the bomb explodes at the predetermined altitude , the delivery aircraft is beyond the periphery of the pressure and shock zone which can damage the aircraft.

As for the EMP release it's scale is generally determined by the altitude at which the nuke exploded and wheather it is a fission based or thermonuclear device .( Fission devices r better at producing EMP )

If the aircraft dives below the blast altitude or goes behind a geographical feature like a mountain or valley etc it will be immune to some extent provided he has requisite horizontal / vertical distance from the blast point. And rest any spillover EMP can be negated by the dedicated electronic hardening over and above the normal EMC/EMI ratings.

EMP hardening to ensure survival of aircraft close to blast point and in direct visual line is not practical . It will make the aircraft very heavy

Only airforce one type aircrafts r rated to survive in the immediate vicinity of the deadly E1 EM pulse.

But the thing is nothing can be guaranteed for sure

nemesis8u:


Social media is relevant in social media only.

Especially propaganda be it by any country . It's like trying to hold sand untill it runs out eventually.

Any weapon system is not absolute. Meaning a weapon system is worth it only if exploited to its full potential. And that is a big unknown since it depends on myriad of interconnected factors especially the human factor.

Let's say I buy u the best knife in the market and then pit u against a knife fighter armed with a ordinary knife .

Can u guarantee u will win ?

What i mean to say is a weapon system is as good as it's user. If the user can use it to the best of his or her capabilities then the system will be potent otherwise not.

I an just happy Pakis will shut up for a while. Let Saudis buy SU 57 for them if they want. The Rafales remain.a good strategic balancer.

Jimi24:


I an just happy P... will shut up for a while. Let Saudis buy SU 57 for them if they want. The Rafales remain.a good strategic balancer.

Well let's hope so

May fortune favour the brave

From last testfire this month

F35 Cockpit

No HUD

Israeli sentry towers with RCWS

need these back home to stop the damn jihadi terrorist from pole vaulting from across the border

On second thought this should prove useful for the FOBs in Nigeria especially the super ones.

Will relieve pressure from the troops on patrol duties

From the dragger squadron

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nemesis8u:


By the time the bomb explodes at the predetermined altitude , the delivery aircraft is beyond the periphery of the pressure and shock zone which can damage the aircraft.

As for the EMP release it's scale is generally determined by the altitude at which the nuke exploded and wheather it is a fission based or thermonuclear device .( Fission devices r better at producing EMP )

If the aircraft dives below the blast altitude or goes behind a geographical feature like a mountain or valley etc it will be immune to some extent provided he has requisite horizontal / vertical distance from the blast point. And rest any spillover EMP can be negated by the dedicated electronic hardening over and above the normal EMC/EMI ratings.

EMP hardening to ensure survival of aircraft close to blast point and in direct visual line is not practical . It will make the aircraft very heavy

Only airforce one type aircrafts r rated to survive in the immediate vicinity of the deadly E1 EM pulse.

But the thing is nothing can be guaranteed for sure

So EMPs would ( in theoretically) still make a good offensive/defensive weapon against air targets.

[picture below]
The USAF tested a couple of air frames an their ATLAS-I test facility at Kirtland AFB, simulating a EMP pulse by 2 Marx generators. It is a 12 story wooden structure till date the biggest in the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7emN3gY9XE

I don't generally post links from Ind... MSM since they suck but good info on the sniper rifle so posted it

SuperSixSeven:


So EMPs would ( in theoretically) still make a good offensive/defensive weapon against air targets.

[picture below]
The USAF tested a couple of air frames an their ATLAS-I test facility at Kirtland AFB, simulating a EMP pulse by 2 Marx generators. It is a 12 story wooden structure till date the biggest in the world.

Yes not only air but ground targets also.

EMP weapons r primarily for ground targets.

Eg
Drdo is working on EMP bombs for its PGMs like SAAW with the aim to disable an entire airfields electronic / electrical infrastructure before kinetic attack follows through

Americans Russians Israelis already have conventional EMP bombs

While some of the P5 countries might have specialised nuclear based EMP bombs

Viper 7.62x51
Sabre .338 Papua magnum

nemesis8u:
Viper 7.62x51
Sabre .338 Papua magnum

A good example proving that private sector driven projects are very often way more innovative and ready for the market than those from state institutions.

[1] Austrian Army Leopard 2
[2] Belarus Army T-72

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