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Light combat Helicopter TD-4 latest pic

this is the final prototype , after this all will be production model

nemesis2u:
new Mi-26T-2 for Algerian AF

the Algerian heli camo is very functional

i like it

blue against the sky background

desert camo against the terrain background

The first photo of T-50-9 (1-09) that recently conducted its maiden flight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbfC0ZEGZvU

MiG-29SMT (9-19R) in action

latest GSLV launch

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


latest testfire of DERBY BVR AAM from LCA.

it is now fully qualified to sport DERBY

Bastion Patsas
me likey!



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Mobile Launch Vehicle for QRSAM (quick reaction SAM)

QRSAM has an advanced RF seeker with multiple target handling capability. It is canister launched and has a range up to 30 kms.

Brahmos MAL (mobile autonomous launcher)

also work is on to increase range of Brahmos to 900km

last month or so 450km range Brahmos was testfired

guys whats ur opinion on utility of field artillery firing tactical nuclear artillery shell such as W48 or Soviet equivalent ZBV3

SU-35 Flanker E

9th T-50 prototype

BAE hits milestone with new F-15 electronic warfare system

With the completion of a Critical Design Review in February by Boeing, BAE Systems' Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System, or EPAWSS, is one step closer to be deployed on the F-15 Eagle fighter plane.

The EPAWSS serves as an upgrades for the Digital Electronic Warfare System, or DEWS, which was released in 2008, and is part of an effort to modernize the F-15 and keep it in service for several more decades, the company announced on Tuesday.

"The EPAWSS Critical Design Review is an important step toward providing our F-15 air crew with a world class defensive and jamming system that will bring them home safely," Col. Tim Baily, F-15 program manager for the U.S. Air Force, said in a press release. "Hats off to Boeing and BAE Systems for the impressive work that went into these reviews. Their efforts provide the foundation required to rapidly deliver this capability to the field."


The EPAWSS is an advanced electronic warfare suite meant to analyze and jam enemy radars and missiles. In particular, it is meant to help counter enemy jamming and air-defense systems and help detect and counter enemy radar.

The system completed its CDR in February, which followed a successful test of the overall warfare suite installed by BAE at the end of 2016.

"Our entire team is driven by the importance of providing this enhanced EW technology to our warfighters in a timely manner," said Brian Walters, vice president and general manager of electronic combat solutions at BAE. "EPAWSS provides a critical capability, and it is our mission to provide this capability on or ahead of schedule."

nemesis2u:
guys whats ur opinion on utility of field artillery firing tactical nuclear artillery shell such as W48 or Soviet equivalent ZBV3

Air power. The technological advances in air power I think has seen air dropped munitions taking the roles filled by heavy guns or howitzers.


Only those offering smaller fire power compared to available air dropped munitions are currently still widely utilized. 155mm and lower countries utilizing anything above are probably offsetting a serious need for air bombardment.

If the effectiveness or the capability in terms of destruction is available in air power then I think it is to avoid having your nuclear arsenal exposed to special forces or or similar forces shadowing your conventional forces.


Just adds stress to tactical commanders similar to the president showing up on the battlefield. Command is a stressful thing. The land isn't the ocean. The written S.O.P for moving them around would be composed of 4000 pages.

china made "HUMMVEE "latest version

MikeCZA:
Air power. The technological advances in air power I think has seen air dropped munitions taking the roles filled by heavy guns or howitzers.


Only those offering smaller fire power compared to available air dropped munitions are currently still widely utilized. 155mm and lower countries utilizing anything above are probably offsetting a serious need for air bombardment.

If the effectiveness or the capability in terms of destruction is available in air power then I think it is to avoid having your nuclear arsenal exposed to special forces or or similar forces shadowing your conventional forces.


Just adds stress to tactical commanders similar to the president showing up on the battlefield. Command is a stressful thing. The land isn't the ocean. The written S.O.P for moving them around would be composed of 4000 pages.

nice one

anyways how about this

nukes real life effectiveness lies rarely on the battlefield rather it lies in the minds on the enemies

as far as i see it , it will stymie the enemy battle plan and force them to come up with their own solutions which will in turn tie down their meager resources.

if ur using NFU doctrine and have made clear that tactical nuke strikes will result in massive strategic level nuke retaliation , it will further put the enemy in a catch 22 situation. should i go to match the artillery nuke capability or should i not , either way any first tactical strike will get a massive strategic retaliation.

so as far as i see the side with NFU doctrine and nuclear artillery is in a win win situation.

i hope u get my point ,
u were looking at the tactical side while i am looking at the strategic implications

ofcourse with the necessary headaches which u already mentioned.

russia
first photo of Altair medium class (up to 5 tons) UAV in flight

chinese8107:
china made "HUMMVEE "latest version

China man!

MikeCZA:
Air power. The technological advances in air power I think has seen air dropped munitions taking the roles filled by heavy guns or howitzers.

what about nuclear torpedo ?

Indians were pretty much interested in a Soviet torpedo-testing facility at Issyk-Kul lake in the eastern Kyrgyzstan

they were looking into soviet manuals etc relating to such , in the guise of testing conventional torpedoes, the news died up pretty quick , but this is where things get interesting.

raw was involved in the negotiations lol


on a serious note does SA have any DEW/laser based weapons under development

nemesis2u:
what about nuclear torpedo ?

Indians were pretty much interested in a Soviet torpedo-testing facility at Issyk-Kul lake in the eastern Kyrgyzstan

they were looking into soviet manuals etc relating to such , in the guise of testing conventional torpedoes, the news died up pretty quick , but this is where things get interesting.

raw was involved in the negotiations lol


on a serious note does SA have any DEW/laser based weapons under development

Hehehe imagine an entire carrier group disappearing.

Not according to my knowledge. Rheinmetall were pushing for their system as a possible upgrade within the inner tier of an air defence system.

Most technology advanced projects in SA especially Denel's are on halt cause of funds.

The have been mentions of projects like the Small guided bomb, Stealth Ingwe ATGM, LED-150 etc.

Tunguska M1 from a catalogue

nemesis2u:
The first photo of T-50-9 (1-09) that recently conducted its maiden flight

ANY SPECS ON THESE BABY.....

bidexiii:
ANY SPECS ON THESE BABY.....

it should be basically the same except for refinements in FBW , electronics etc

if i find the relevant info later , i will tag u

edit

the exposed part of the AL-41 F1 engine nozzle now has zig zig serrations of the type found on other VLO platforms

it sports the full 101 KS Atoll electro optical suite- a functional Irst, the 101KS-O Oborona DIRCM, the 101Ks-V IR and UV MAWS.

Henry240:
China man!

it's like a mowag eagle or the same class
MAN is a german truck brand

nemesis2u:
russia
first photo of Altair medium class (up to 5 tons) UAV in flight

What are your thoughts of Nigerian military's 4GLTE C4ISR network?

Information is scare, but from what is available what are your thoughts?

The Nazis made many operational firsts from jets,choppers to corner shots! Here's the first NVG using infra red mounted on the G3 predecessor the STG 44.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaGXbCtLSxs

It projected an infrared beam with a 'scope beneath it through which the shooter saw his target. The whole set up with battery was at least 12 kgs.

Have you any considered the logistical demands of corps sized conventional attritional warfare? Lets look at the heaviest battle of the Pacific,Okinawa,1945-the Solomons,New Guinea and Burma were all a dress rehearsal.
A 100K US servicemen invaded the IJA 32nd army and within 2 months lost 75K including,KIA,POW and MIA!! The Japs under Lt.Gen Mitsuru Ushijima suffered nearly 100% KIA,with only 7k captured. They destroyed 60% of US tanks and sunk 36 ships.
Kamikaze pilots before their last flight. An idea of the terror they caused-how many rounds do you think are airborne in that pic?
[b]
US forces fired and dropped nearly 100k tons of ordnance and 37k gallons of napalm [/b]within the 2 months practically shaved every brick standing atop the other. Everything had to be completely rebuilt post war.

bidex111:
U.S. Cruise Missile Strikes in Syria – Brief Analysis


I’m going to skip the policy analysis and work on the facts of this strike and the Russian response. The al-Shayrat airbase was chosen because according to U.S. sources on April 4th a Syrian Su-22 deployed some kind of munition with chemical weapons. On April 6th two U.S. destroyers fired 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the base, although technically it was 61 since one failed to launch and had to be replaced, while another missile ditched into the sea (60 planned – 1 launch fail, + 1 replacement, -1 malfunction resulting in sudden conversion into torpedo). The official story is that 59 hit targets.

What did the missiles hit? This base hosted two squadrons of Su-22M3/M4 bombers and one squadron of Mig-23ML/MLD fighters. For those who don’t know, these are legacy aircraft from the Soviet Union, long retired in Russia. If memory serves Su-22s were taken out of service in the Russian air force back in 1998, but are still flying in Poland. These squadrons were distributed in three different parts of the airbase, and it looks like the missiles hit two out of three sectors. As a consequence they got 5 Su-22M3s, 1 Su-22M4, and 3 Mig-23ML fighters for a total of 9 aircraft destroyed (Pentagon claimed 20, but so far we can only count 9, then subsequently in a recent press release the Pentagon changed the story to 20% of Syrian air power destroyed.) The squadron of Su-22s located in the northwest of the base seems largely untouched, which is why one of the planes was shown on video launching from the base within the same day.


READ MORE @; https://russianmilitaryanalysis./2017/04/10/u-s-cruise-missile-strikes-in-syria-brief-analysis/

As I strongly suspected,the whole thing was both Putin and Trump appeasing domestic blocs. Look tough and talk tough,never back down-it was theatre!

The Advanced Assault Rifle (AAR) , previously known as MCIWS, is going to be inducted into Indian Armed Forces within 6-10 months if any further problem doesn't arise.

All modifications, suggested and demanded by army, have been done.
All trials have been conducted successfully.
The new model has reduced the weight further, means AAR is lighter than early MCIWS.

It can accept 5.56, 6.8 and 7.62 mm ammo, giving an edge.

More than 250 models have been evaluated and more than 25000 rounds have been fired still now.

Henry240:
What are your thoughts of Nigerian military's 4GLTE C4ISR network?

Information is scare, but from what is available what are your thoughts?

u surely like to drag me to the guillotine now and then dont u ?

first go shake hands with commanders who took the good decision to implement the dual civilian military cellular network.

a dual use network will off set the costs incurred and free up funds and importantly create funds later to further develop and expand the system.

generally the trend for military is to go for standalone systems as far as the networking segment is concerned, however it is always desirable to exploit the commercial/civilian infra to deploy the secure networks in times of need.

importantly NA endevour to creating and deploying a network geared to serve both civilian and military applications will both have its advantages and importantly challenges.

at the end of the day, how good is the system will be decided by how good its capabilities r towards

1.ensuring information security
2.ensuring infrastructure mobility
3.ensuring resilience of network
4.ensuring immunity to attacks
5.ability to interconnect legacy and future network
6.providing 'on the move' connectivity
7.providing multiple backhaul options
etc
etc


also NA has/will have to vet the various vendors (OEMs who will supply the routers , switches etc etc) equipment's when they come through. they will need to be thoroughly tested for 'intended' / 'un-intended' backdoors .it has to be lead by the concerned security and vetting agencies and not left to the developer.

anyways cant comment perse on the nigerian 4GLTE C4ISR network becz it is still to be implemented in real, untill its development is complete and atleast the basic backbone is up and running , it will be difficult to say anything on it.

on paper it looks good and capable and importantly economically sustainable by itself.

one area i am concerned is the vastness of its implementation ,according to me it might not be that easy in the end to seamless integrate all of them . it will surely create problems . but the onus is on the developer to prove me wrong

eg.
developing a standalone tactical military standard LTE network with the capability to serve different command echelons like brigade, battalion and subordinate units by establishing a cellular network, with selected units equipped to function as base stations/LTE nodes, creating a communications cloud wherever they operate/move, and also support data, images, video and voice communications at very high speed, enabling the sharing of sensors, intelligence, voice and video streams is a very difficult task by itself. applying such systems into larger applications (ie beyond tactical realm ) will stretch the developers capabilities to the limit.


end notes :

a good pragmatic and sustainable approach by NA , me thinks the developer will go for a staggered approach ,getting the backbone up and then proceed with capabilities/functionality being added as per the pre planned schedule and as per capability both in house or through foreign hand holding/involvement .

entire 'projected' fully functional grid will take 5 years or more to come up according to my estimate. when completed it will be an achievement to be proud of.

ps: these r my opinions , so maybe correct or maybe incorrect. user discretion advised

here u can see a mobile BTS from an old drdo poster,

u all must have seen a civilian BTS mounted on top of buildings etc.

ever climbed one ?

at the top the whole tower swings , not good for the weak hearted

plus dont stay more than 20 minutes or so before a MW antenna or RF antenna else ur 2 eggs will turn into 2 hard boiled eggs

LCA before flight test of DERBY BVRAAM