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Meanwhile also under development at Denel Dynamics is the radar guided Marlin missile system, as I posted a few pages back.

Denel Dynamics Mongoose 3 Missile

"The transonic Mongoose 3 is being developed to protect bases by engaging incoming munitions at ranges from 300 m to 2,000 m, complementing the 10,000 m range supersonic Cheetah missile the company is also developing.

The two missiles share a 105 mm diameter basic airframe, active radar seeker, warhead, fuze, and servos, as well as other components and algorithms. They are designed for integration with a range of sensors and fire-control systems, including the Rheinmetall Skyshield, which is to be acquired by the South African Army for its upgraded twin 35 mm anti-aircraft guns.

The 13 kg, 1.2 m Mongoose 3 is a highly agile, vertical-launch missile that uses side-thrust motors to tip it over after launch. It then uses synchronised dorsal and tail fins to steer it towards its target, guided by its active radar seeker.

In addition to its primary C-RAM role, the Mongoose 3 will also be able to engage unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including small types that present difficult targets for other systems and helicopters that come within range.It is also intended as a self-protection weapon for helicopters."

Off topic:

Good luck to Nigeria for today's game and others. Haven't been following African soccer for a while, so have no idea how strong this year's team is.

Development of South Africa's next missile project continuing. Trials of radar seeker.

"The radar seeker on the beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile that Denel Dynamics is developing has been tested on a range, the company revealed on 31 May in its Insights magazine.

The article on the test said it was carried out at the South African company’s Overberg Test Range and involved a missile being launched from the ground at a LOCATS target at a range of 4 km and altitude of 2 km. Using its dual-pulse motor, the missile got within 12 m of the target, which Denel described as “an exceptional achievement” that paved the way for the “eventual, full-scale development of the missile”."

http://www.janes.com/article/80588/denel-tests-bvr-missile-seeker

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Very old pic, but I like it.

Badger missile variant

South African artillery

Denel 155mm

Henry240:
I missed this.

I asked you hypocritical South-Africans to say congrats to him, and you are here shedding crocodile tears.

Do i look like i need your acceptance or have i ever hidden my disgust for most of you hypocritical South-Africans?

Patches689 was well comfortable posting pictures of fighter cockpits, but feels saying "congratulations" to a man making real life thread related achievements is spamming.

come on, don't be stupid or delusional..................at least not on this.

Wow you're still on this? No you don't look like you need acceptance, although you do sound particularly stupid. If you had made a group announcement asking why people are silent, fine. But you were basically focusing on Patches & covering it up to pretend as if you're trying to make a valid point. This argument ended as soon as it began.

You're free to reply to yourself from here on. I'm done. Cheers.

lionel4power:
When was this?

Yesterday or day before.

R10 bet that Henry is an only child. Attention seeking traits.

Henry240:
I'm glad i called you South-Africans out.

What makes you glad is irrelevant. You're probably also glad for chicken stew, must we clap for you now?

Sit down. This is not about you. When you win an accounting award for "neatest debit and credit ledger" we'll clap for you, but not now.

And when you're done also go "call out" the rest of the Nigerians and Cameroonians that pass here. Also "call out" our Algerian friend.

South African Special Forces

Henry240:
I don't understand something, are there only Nigerians applauding the efforts of @Tdayof in this thread or what?

How come the South-Africans in this thread are silent, or is the ingenuity of Tdayof so scary that a common congratulatory message seems like your sense of purpose is now under threat?

You've got some serious issues which I hope one day you'll be able to work through. Some people just view the last page, see if there's anything interesting and leave. From what I see there are 4 people who congratulated him. Are there not way more than 4 Nigerians who visit this site? Why not ask them why they are silent?

I'm only logging on now and had to go back to see what you were talking about. And by the way not everyone knew that @tdayof was associated with Demfas.

This is not YOUR moment, it's his.

Congratulations @tdayof.

SA

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-51913/

Some key work being done at the fake/scam company Denel.

Firsts for Denel Dynamics in close area protection system development

Denel Dynamics has achieved another milestone in the development of its technology demonstrator missile - the Mongoose 3 - part of the close area protection system (CAPS) project funded jointly by Armscor and the Department of Defence (DoD).


According to the latest edition of Denel Insights, the programme is now at the stage where it is ready to integrate vertical launch and programme flight tests at Armscor's Alkantpan test range in the Northern Cape.
The missile is part of Denel Dynamics' Science 4 project under the leadership of programme manager Peter Malan-Cameron and systems engineer Reinart Moraal.

The project has achieved a number of "firsts" in its design, the publication states.

"Through Science 4 Denel Dynamics is developing technology to provide close area protection against rocket, artillery and mortar threats. It uses the Mongoose 3 to intercept these and detonate them at a maximum range of about a kilometre.


"The team developed and built critical components including a laboratory missile, three flight test missiles, a vertical launcher, ground fire control support equipment and a full telemetry system," according to the Denel publication.

Mongoose 3 is as a test bed for new technologies including: a new type of vertical launch using tip-over rocket motors - a first for Denel Dynamics; dual control airframe technology sees control executed by canards and tail fins, a "world first" Denel claims; and an ultra-capacitor-based low-cost power source which has long uncharged life and provides sufficient energy for 10 seconds of flight.

The Mongoose missile has been developed by Denel for various active protection and counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) systems. Initially Saab Grintek Defence and Reutech Radar Systems worked together with Denel Dynamics on an active protection system (LEDS 150) incorporating the Mongoose 1 missile, which was designed to shoot down an RPG-7 type anti-tank rocket launched as close as 20 metres away, detonating it in flight. In 2014 the Mongoose 2 successfully intercepted an incoming round at 60 metres.

The subsequent Mongoose 3 was designed to shoot down heavy anti-tank missiles as far as 300 metres from the vehicle, and deflect a high-velocity kinetic energy "long-rod penetrator" fired by a tank, causing it to fall short or hit at an oblique angle at which it will not penetrate a tank's armour.

Saab stopped development of LEDS 150 pending it finding a funding partner and it is assumed that elements of Mongoose 3 may now be used on the Denel Dynamics Cheetah C-RAM system that was unveiled at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2016.

Denel said the Cheetah missile is a completely new system with its own radar seeker that will have a proximity warhead, although it will use technologies that have been developed for other Denel Dynamics missiles.

The Cheetah C-RAM system combines the Rheinmetall Skyshield protection system and Denel's Cheetah missile system. It is being designed to protect against light weapons, which are increasingly found in the hands of rebels and other irregulars, such as SAM-7 shoulder-fired missiles, light cannons and mortars.

Every country has lost battles before....what's your point?

iblawi:
There is completely no deference about where the operation is taking place. The soldiers running from boko haram have no heavy artillery nor heavy firepower. All they had was rusty AK-47 with limited bullet and no backup whenever they encounter such attack. Thanks to the formal CDS.

The attack they encountered was even lighter than what Nigerian military faced. Do you know what it means to be in a terrorist stronghold with soft skin vehicles or you watch too many movies?

Ah I see. So basically you just wanted a troll moment... well you've had it. Congrats.

What happened to Nigerian troops should not have happened. Not when your entire army is within the borders of the conflict zone....no excuse. What happened to US troops could have, and did happen. They took risks, gambles and lost. Cheers.

iblawi:
I wish someone used a phone to show how they were running from boko haram's heavy fire the way they do for Nigerian soldiers. May God punish Alex Badeh now and forever Amen.

I never knew US soldiers can run from boko haram o . This is happening at a time the group is not as powerful as they use to.

Would they have run away from Boko Haram on American soil? In their own back yard?

A handful of American troops with no heavy artillery or heavy firepower, soft skin vehicles and no immediate air support is completely different to what happened in Nigeria.

Extra...

SF South Africa

jln115:
Are you claiming this recruitment is fake??

Just accept and move on. You're arguing with someone who probably has more experience than you in spotting a scam.

jakeporeshenko:
The rooivalk wasn’t for sale but spectators were invited from various countries to experience a live demo and evaluate the heli?

Wow okay all the SA dudes are high today, everyone just go home

I don't know why these silly arguments persist. Regarding Nigeria. You ordered MI-35 in 2015. Nigerian delegation witnessed the Rooivalk demonstration in 2016. So pick one of the following:

- Either Nigeria was willing to operate two completely different combat helicopter platforms at the same time
-Or if they were sufficiently impressed they would have cancelled the MI-35 order

Pick one.

So he should have said it was not for sale to Nigeria. A future upgraded version was being punted to the other delegates there. And by the way, sitting on benches and watching it fire missiles is not "evaluation".

Denel moving ahead with SARA

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/mobilesite/defenceweb/home/item_id-51819/

Doing her thing...

jteku:
Do we carry out C checks for C-130's @ Lagos........asking ?.

Out of curiosity. Who is "we"? NAF, or any company foreign or local based in Nigeria?

newafricaken254:
may be they are afraid,it will end up in the black market like rhino horns

They are primarily concerned that we will covertly share such technology and know-how with the likes of Iran. But South Africa isn't about to give up such a golden egg, even with U.S pressure.

National Communications Centre (NCC), South Africa.

Part of the State Security Agency, and is responsible for
"bulk electronic surveillance and eavesdropping of foreign communications"

Pelindaba, South Africa.

Site at which hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium is kept. U.S has been pressuring South Africa to get rid of it for ages, but SA government is not interested.

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They should make another video once all flight tests and milestones have been achieved. No real use making a video showing basic helicopter flight.

lionel4power:
The Germans are losing their Air Force by the day.

My reasons for asking is why did SAAF pull out all its Gripens from operational storage only to have "8-9" actively flying.

Although I understand your country's budget constraint.
Also over reliance on your Gripenized Hawks could cause your pilot to lose their fighting edge. If you understand my drift.

Airframes are rotated, and storage is the last place you want to put them. Bringing them out of long term storage isn't a quick simple job.