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china VT-4 Tank

random heli pics

LRSAM launch

nemesis2u:
came very close

it is a anti-helicopter mine

it consists of microphones , IR sensors/radar etc to detect helicopters and launch its munitions

it can be triggered remotely also from about 5 km

the explosively formed penetrator (EFP) is mounted on a raisable rotatory platform

wicked

observation/reconnaissance version of ALH

Photo sequence of a Trident inter-continental ballistic missile being launched from a submarine.
A - missile container hatch opens underwater. Submarine at periscope depth i.e. ~22 metres
B - missile just starts to emerge pushed out by compressed air
C - missile ascends slowly out of the submarine's wake. You can see the fin and raised periscope on the left
D - booster motor fires to push the missile clear into the air
E - main rocket fires and missile starts its ascent into near space
F - warheads re-entry onto target.

SSGN
They were developed by the Soviets to counter dominance of the American aircraft carrier groups. The aim was to fire a ripple of long range anti-ship missiles with mini-nuclear warheads to vapourize an entire carrier group at a stroke.

answering natures call inside a submarine

Older submarines had complex water closets ie thrones. In order to discharge your stuff in the face of sea pressure or even to get it into a septic tank required an elaborate procedure of pumps, valves and levers to make sure that
(a) the 'stuff' of the previous occupant didn't come flying out and
(b) your 'job' went through the right way and did not splatter across the toilet.

A manual from World War II on this intricate operation reads, " Before using a water closet, first inspect the installation. All valves should have been left shut. Operate the bowl flapper valve to ascertain that the expulsion chamber is empty....Shut the bowl flapper valve, flood the bowl with sea water through the sea and stop valves, and then shut both valves.... After using the toilet, operate the flapper valve to empty the contents of the bowl into the expulsion chamber, then shut the flapper valve. Charge the volume tank until the pressure is 10 pounds (per square inch) higher than the sea pressure. Open the gate and plug valves on the discharge line and operate the rocker valve to discharge the contents of the expulsion chamber overboard...." Clearly a challenge if you are in a hurry and a process designed for high risk of failure!!

damn! chances r landlubbers will shiit in their pants instead of shiiting in the toilets

if this is what a sub torpedo tube is loaded with

than consider me at the top of the target list

K15 slbm launch

range 750-1500 km

K4 slbm

range
3500-5000km (CEP is near zero) and is unique in that as it can be launched at a very depressed trajectory to hit targets as close as 500 km


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_feco6vn7E

inside a IN ops room

RCWS for arjun mk2

The RCWS is armed with the 12.7 mm Russian NSVT heavy machine gun (MG), but other weapons can also be fitted, such as a 7.62 mm MG. The RCWS is designed to engage air and ground targets and is stabilised on two axes, with automated target tracking and a fire-control system.

The ammunition box is fitted on the right side of the system and the target acquisition and tracking module is located to the left. The latter includes a day camera, thermal imager, and a laser rangefinder. The day optical sensor has a range of 4 km, while the night sight has a range of 2 km.

The complete system weighs about 200 kg, including the weapon and ammunition. The ammunition box will contain approximately 200 rounds.

Trials with the new RWS - that weighs 200kg - were successfully completed late last year. A BEL spokesman said seven months were spent on development, and a further 18 months on trials.

The RWS means tank crewmen do not need to expose themselves by leaving the safety of their tank to operate the turret-mounted weapon. It is also planned to fit the system to armoured repair and recovery versions of the Arjun.

The RWS means tank crewmen do not need to expose themselves by leaving the safety of their tank to operate the turret-mounted weapon. It is also planned to fit the system to armoured repair and recovery versions of the Arjun.

garuds air force SF

@MikeCZA since u were so delighted when i posted the camel pics earlier
i have some more pics for u

The BSF border security force camel contingent which traces back its provenance to Bikaner, whose founder Rao Bika raised a camel regiment in 1465 . numbering 1,220 they are a battalion strong.

pic 1 Sometimes, during conflict, it’s just the camel that stands between a soldier and an enemy bullet.

pic 2 On all fours and on song, camels show why they are indispensable in guarding the borders in the unforgiving desert. The call of duty includes crawling near the border lines to evade detection, charging through sandstorms and carrying arms and ammunition for miles in the harsh sun.

Myanmar T-72S and Type-59M

to kill jihadis

u gotta

think like a terrorist

be brutal like a terrorist

sneak and hit like a terrorist

eat, sleep, talk, dress and live like a terrorist

only then u become a perfect terrorist/jihadi killing machine

aka beat them in their own game with their own tactics to hasten their deliver to their 72 mothers in hell

pic below which is very old
jehadis or indian SF troops i will let u decide

for those who claimed naval lca is a failed attempt in this thread and those in the sellout Indian media

this transcript from an interview with the previous ADA Chief, PS Subramanyam will tell what the main objectives were with regard to naval lca .

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Q.Could you talk about challenges in the development of Naval variant of LCA?

A.We started the LCA programme in 1993 with seed money.

However, it was only in 2003 that we had the fund approval to make one fighter and one trainer variant of the LCA for Air Force and Navy for the purpose of Naval requirements.

One thing very important that we learned in this program is that we were not very correct in thinking that we can derive a Naval variant from the Air force variant as we proceeded with the project .

The naval project has posed its own peculiar problems of the landing gear design which is required for landing at higher sink rates which is 7.1 meter / second as against the 3 m/ second of the air force variant. Though the difference between the Air Force and Navy appears to be only about 4m/sec, the design actually is of the shock conditions, where the energy is very important. The energy difference between the Air Force and Navy is 1:5. That has posed us challenge also.

The arrestor hook recovery which is having a distortion of about 4.59G also became too important in terms of various equipment qualifications. The third one is it has to have the marinisation; it has to work in marine environments, sea environment, which was not the primary driver in the Air Force variant.

The 4th element is when we approached the aircraft carrier deck for landing the vision line which is required at the higher angles of attack is very much different from that of the Air Force variant. That has also imposed a serious requirement of what we call troop of the nose by about 5 degree. So this is a major change that has resulted in a significant change in the design and development of the Naval variant, which has actually demanded a special design to incorporate an equipment known as the leading edge vertex control devices what we call Levcon. This is not there on the Air Force variant. So, integration of the Levcon into the integrated file control system also has been a challenge and one more requirement is that it has to have a fuel dumping.

In the case of emergency immediately after takeoff, if the aircraft has to come and land on the deck it has to dump the fuel which is carrying, so that it can land on the deck with minimum shocker impact. These are the major drivers which have challenged us.

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To understand the complexities of this project it’s important to know little bit of the background. The naval programme was sanctioned by the government in 2003 to develop a naval carrier-borne fighter aircraft capable of Ski-Jump Takeoff with Arrested Recovery for landing (STOBAR concept).

It was initially envisaged that converting the already flying Tejas (LCA Indian Air Force version) to a naval aircraft would take about six to seven years with changes restricted to about 15 per cent. The two naval prototypes sanctioned would be used primarily to demonstrate Carrier Compatibility and also to demonstrate Initial Operational Capability with Air Defence configuration.

However, contrary to initial assumptions, during the aircraft design and development phase, it turned out to be significantly different from the time of sanction in 2003 and challenges increased progressively. Further, the major constraint of design space due to the existing Tejas platform resulted in a sub-optimal design and compromises leading to the LCA Navy Mk-1 variant (NP-1) being heavier than anticipated. Despite these challenges, the first NP-1 was rolled out in 2010 and had its maiden flight on April 27 2012, nine years from the sanction of the programme. This achievement is considered to be in a reasonable time frame even amongst other worldwide aircraft houses. Considering a first time design and development of a naval aircraft in the country, it is indeed creditable for the NLCA team to have achieved the maiden flight in these timeframes.

It was in December 2009, that the ADA-HAL-NFTC teams realized that the NLCA Mk-1 due to its sub-optimal design would have shortfalls in the full mission capabilities sought by the Indian Navy. Hence, LCA Navy Mk2, a new programme with a higher thrust engine was sanctioned. This programme is envisaged to minimize the constraints of LCA Navy Mk-1 and would have significant changes in design to improve aerodynamics, landing gear & arrester hook optimization, structural design optimization, updated sensors, avionics, Flight Control System among others.

Naval LCA Mk1 was a Technology Demonstrator only. That was known a long while back, with technologies feeding towards the Mk2 that would enter IN service.


‘We’re aiming for a first flight of the LCA Navy Mk.2 in late 2020 or early 2021. The detailed design will be complete by 2019. To save time, we’ve already ordered raw materials required,’ Balaji in-charge of LCA says. Two GE F414 engines — one for the AF prototype and one for the LCA Navy — arrived earlier this month, the first batch of eight engines contracted from GE for the Mk.2 programme. That the LCA Navy will be a more powerful combat jet is well known.

For starters, the team plans to move the wings outboard by about 350mm, increasing the space significantly between the fuselage and the wings. This would immediately optimise load transfer (the ADA has had weight issues with the landing gear) and free up the central fuselage for fuel. ‘We believe the change will free up space for up to 700 kg additional fuel, providing about 22 minutes of additional time on task,’ Balaji claims. That’s huge for the tactical envelope the LCA platform was developed for.

But there’s a great deal of work left on the LCA Navy Mk.1 before the Mk.2 can begin taking shape. In the immediate future this summer, the LCA Navy Mk.1 prototypes will begin ‘taxi in engagement’ drills, where the jets are throttled on ground into the arrester wire at Goa’s Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) to exercise structural compatibility for a hook. The tests have been delayed three months thanks to a damper failure during field carrier landing practice (FCLP) dummy approaches last year.

‘Our focus with the Mk.1 is carrier suitability. We’ve got a good handle on carrier ops. Control laws have matured well, and sit right on top of our simulations. Deck recoveries are a different challenge and there are several lead-up activities planned,’ Balaji says.

The ADA has built a new test rig to test horizontal and vertical loads during a deck recovery, including 7.1 m/s sink rate and the 45 ton load on an arrester wire. ‘Structurally, everything checks out,’ Balaji says, adding, ‘We are doing more dummy approaches to fine tune our control laws. Want to narrow everything down so we have very predictable landings.’

A full scale model of the LCA Navy Mk.2 will be ready by early next year.

again in the end how many countries have the technological capability and confidence to attempt in building a carrier based fighter aircraft ?

Israel's Rafael is offering to locally build its Derby Mk III beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) for India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), the company told Jane's on 14 February.

India's Tejas LCA platform has already successfully been configured with the baseline Derby missile as part of the aircraft's final operational clearance (FOC) phase in 2016 together with python 5.

The Derby Mk III is the Indian version of the I-Derby Extended Range (ER) missile unveiled at Aero India 2015, which features new capabilities over the original Derby, including a dual-pulse rocket motor, software-defined radio-frequency seeker, and maximum range of 100 km.

python 5 is a fifth generation WVR AAM

derby i is a advance active radar homing BVR AAM

4th pic possible cockpit for lca mk2 being insisted by AF

nemesis2u:
to kill jihadis
u gotta think like a terrorist
be brutal like a terrorist

Oh man you do not want to be a NA offcr saying this Amnesty International will rain down on you like the Holy Ghost

nemesis2u:
to kill jihadis

u gotta

think like a terrorist

be brutal like a terrorist

sneak and hit like a terrorist

eat, sleep, talk, dress and live like a terrorist

only then u become a perfect terrorist/jihadi killing machine

aka beat them in their own game with their own tactics to hasten their deliver to their 72 mothers in hell

pic below which is very old
jehadis or indian SF troops i will let u decide

this is a nice idea for north east ,get guys who are familiar with the terrain, chew gworo , dress and fight like terrorists with license to roam deep into the Sahara.

nemesis2u:
to kill jihadis

u gotta

think like a terrorist

be brutal like a terrorist

sneak and hit like a terrorist

eat, sleep, talk, dress and live like a terrorist

only then u become a perfect terrorist/jihadi killing machine

aka beat them in their own game with their own tactics to hasten their deliver to their 72 mothers in hell

pic below which is very old
jehadis or indian SF troops i will let u decide

this is a nice idea for north east ,get guys who are familiar with the terrain, chew gworo , dress and fight like terrorists with license to roam deep into the Sahara...

nemesis2u:
to kill jihadis

u gotta

think like a terrorist

be brutal like a terrorist

sneak and hit like a terrorist

eat, sleep, talk, dress and live like a terrorist

only then u become a perfect terrorist/jihadi killing machine

aka beat them in their own game with their own tactics to hasten their deliver to their 72 mothers in hell

pic below which is very old
jehadis or indian SF troops i will let u decide

this is a nice idea for north east ,get guys who are familiar with the terrain, chew gworo , dress and fight like terrorists with license to roam deep into the Sahara....

Odunayaw:
Oh man you do not want to be a NA offcr saying this
Amnesty International will rain down on you like the Holy Ghost

i hope u have heard of the story of the camel and the tent...

the camel got his nose in first
then he got his head in
then he got his neck in
.......
then he booted his master out of the tent
point being dont even give a inch of a fuucck the moment u engage with them ur screwed royally

AI has no jurisdiction/mandate on how anti terror ops in any country r conducted. it is a group made of good for nothing socialites and pseudo intellectuals.

best action on them would be to ignore them.

or if it gets too much accuse them of morally abetting terrorists in local courts (on trumped up charges ) and keep the case running as long as possible....while continuing with the anti terror ops.

it depends mostly on the political/public will of the country in concern.

have u ever seen the americans and russians giving a fuucck to AI

nemesis2u:
@MikeCZA since u were so delighted when i posted the camel pics earlier
i have some more pics for u

The BSF border security force camel contingent which traces back its provenance to Bikaner, whose founder Rao Bika raised a camel regiment in 1465 . numbering 1,220 they are a battalion strong.

pic 1 Sometimes, during conflict, it’s just the camel that stands between a soldier and an enemy bullet.

pic 2 On all fours and on song, camels show why they are indispensable in guarding the borders in the unforgiving desert. The call of duty includes crawling near the border lines to evade detection, charging through sandstorms and carrying arms and
ammunition for miles in the harsh sun.

Ahhh the great men of Khamal battalion.

Nigerdeltaboi:
this is a nice idea for north east ,get guys who are familiar with the terrain, chew gworo , dress and fight like terrorists with license to roam deep into the Sahara....

once i had shared this info in a post on the african military thread with more details , it was from a highly classified ops which is still active , going strong for say last 10-15 years.

for anti BH ops it wold be a good idea with everything upto the last details planned and trained for ......
becz once inside hostile territory it would be weeks/months before any contact would be made with HQ.

another big advantage : plausible deniability for ops conducted inside other countries against fleeing /holed up terrorists

MikeCZA:
Ahhh the great men of Khamal battalion.

u do love the khamals dont u

Nigerdeltaboi:
this is a nice idea for north east ,get guys who are familiar with the terrain, chew gworo , dress and fight like terrorists with license to roam deep into the Sahara.

This will lead to blue on blue fire alot of times.

tdayof:
This will lead to blue on blue fire alot of times.

no offense but u got it wrong completely and not aware of real life ops realities

a group of 5-8 men would know their troops even from far , SF forces r highly trigger discipline guys , they will verify visually first then shoot later, 99% of the time they will shoot/kill covertly only when they r sure of not compromising their cover.

patience is a great virtue in SF men

also the concerned men job is not to kill only but to observe collect and provide info and tag along

as for regular friendly troops getting into a position to open fire on the 'terrorist' SF men , then i would say that the SF men r not worth their salt , if they allow themselves to be caught up in such a situation.

SF men r trained to remain incognito from everybody including their own forces plus there r ways to handle unavoidable blue on blue without breaking the subterfuge.

i will stop here , i dont think it would be wise to share more.........

also in war or large scale CT ops blue on blue will always be there the ability to reduce such incidents depends on the capability/adaptability of the concerned military and their training + robust chain of command + effective operational planning.

nemesis2u:
As for regular friendly troops getting into a position to open fire on the 'terrorist' SF men , then i would say that the SF men r not worth their salt , if they allow themselves to be caught up in such a situation.

SF men r trained to remain incognito from everybody including their own force plus there r ways to handle unavoidable blue on blue without breaking the subterfuge.

i will stop here , i dont think it would be wise to share more........
.

My concern was regular troops bit you've cleared it out.

Thanks.

nemesis2u:
once i had shared this info in a post on the african military thread with more details , it was from a highly classified ops which is still active , going strong for say last 10-15 years.

for anti BH ops it wold be a good idea with everything upto the last details planned and trained for ......
becz once inside hostile territory it would be weeks/months before any contact would be made with HQ.

another big advantage : plausible deniability for ops conducted inside other countries against fleeing /holed up terrorists

exactly ,it has to be robust and well planned I am looking at targets up to Libya.

Myanmar Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing checking the HAL Light Combat Helicopter