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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2015, 16:40
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Eclectic, You may tell your RAF pilots that...

Eclectic,

You may tell your RAF pilots that Tu-160s they were escorted recently over the Atlantic were just miracle, Russian propaganda and actually there was nothing in the air. Please share...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2015, 18:24
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

It has been said here, in Russia, that Ty-160...

It has been said here, in Russia, that Ty-160 entered the Med sea through Gibraltar. Why not? What's the use of lying since it is easily verifiable...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2015, 15:48
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

This retro AC-130 seems to be quite effective for...

This retro AC-130 seems to be quite effective for the op's like crashing lines of trucks! I wonder if any other aircraft has/had a 105-mm cannon?

If the US and Russian AF altogether crashed...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2015, 10:29
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Haart, I have doubts that the footage shown...

Haart,

I have doubts that the footage shown was taken over Syria yesterday, or a day before. Russian TV have tonns of such footage to select the one with a good quality and put on air.

...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2015, 03:53
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

It was announced earlier (even on TV) that the...

It was announced earlier (even on TV) that the targets for the previous two days would be oil infrastructures controlled by ISIS.

Well, IMHO it should have been the first targets when US & Co....
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2015, 07:16
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Stitchbitch, For the sake of historical...

Stitchbitch,

For the sake of historical truth, it were the British and US who were the Russian allies during the WWII in Europe fighting against nazi. France was quickly defeated and some units...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Nov 2015, 17:06
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

TEEEJ, Yeah, the missiles shown on TV were...

TEEEJ,

Yeah, the missiles shown on TV were Kh-55 or its derivatives (like -555).

Lots of footage on Russian TV today on this subject, but it's difficult to sort out when different fragments...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Nov 2015, 13:30
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

TEEEJ, 5 Tu-95MS and 6 Tu-160 in the...

TEEEJ,


5 Tu-95MS and 6 Tu-160 in the morning. 34 cruise missiles launched.

12 Tu-22M3 from the Mozdoc AF base made two strikes. Now these TU-22M3 are returning back after the second strike....
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2015, 17:49
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Lonewolf, These two (especially the one on...

Lonewolf,

These two (especially the one on the right) are also OK (pictured at the same Air Show):

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8890/18fg1.jpg

Hope the moderator would not judge...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2015, 15:29
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Yes, the purpose of S-300/400 is quite...

Yes, the purpose of S-300/400 is quite obvious/trivial, as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_(missile) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-300_(missile) :

"The S-300 system ....., designed...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2015, 12:47
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

racedo, You wrote: "Nobody would expect US...

racedo,

You wrote: "Nobody would expect US / UK to deploy without everything in their airfield defence network".

Some six Patriots batteries were deployed along the Turkish border with Syria...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2015, 10:36
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

And so what? (about C-400 or C-300 that are...

And so what? (about C-400 or C-300 that are difficult to distinguish in such photos)

A conventional air defence system, and it's a normal practice in Russia to deploy such toys near significant...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2015, 05:45
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

One more provocative post in support to islamic...

One more provocative post in support to islamic extremism.


Take a footage with usage of phosphorous bombs (no matter where, no matter when), add a sound track with "Allah, etc" and blame who...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2015, 10:21
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Gentlemen, Looks like this thread is...

Gentlemen,

Looks like this thread is drifting towards sociology and psychopathology.

Regarding the form of expressing one's opinion, let me refer to good old Victorian rules ;) :...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2015, 16:20
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

It's pity that in a professional forum...

It's pity that in a professional forum discussions references are made to such "house wife level" experts. I recall this "collective -cat" was publishing fakes and anti-Russian propaganda after the...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2015, 09:01
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Eclectic, You wrote: "His airforce in Syria...

Eclectic,

You wrote: "His airforce in Syria is mainly dropping dumb bombs, many of which fail to explode"

This makes me just laugh. Where have you dug this info out?
I do have knowledge...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2015, 06:14
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Some news opposite to those Daily Beast "hopes...

Some news opposite to those Daily Beast "hopes for escalation" of tension between the US and Russia:


1. US and Russian planes tested in flight comms (voice over radio) to prevent accidents and...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2015, 18:03
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

To Lonewolf_50: You are right about nuks,...

To Lonewolf_50:


You are right about nuks, sorry about that. Just made straightforward cut'n'paste from the table with specs.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2015, 12:50
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

No surprise - Su-30SM can carry up to 7 tonns of...

No surprise - Su-30SM can carry up to 7 tonns of bombs. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30 :


Aerial bombs: 6× KAB 500KR (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAB-500KR), 3× KAB-1500KR,...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2015, 18:58
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Here in the Russian media it has been confirmed...

Here in the Russian media it has been confirmed that a soldier died, indeed. He was doing a simple technical work on the ground at the airbase. It was written about a suiside (because of a conflict...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2015, 17:03
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

MANPADs will inevitably appear on the scene,...

MANPADs will inevitably appear on the scene, IMHO. Too many potential sources which they could come from. IMHO, strange that they were not used by now (or maybe they were, but it was not reported...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2015, 16:23
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

ORAC, Regarding the URLs you mentioned:...

ORAC,
Regarding the URLs you mentioned: shallow propaganda and demonization of Russia. Nothing new. Why not address more positive things, e.g. that US and Russia are close to agreement on flights...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2015, 17:31
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Orlan-10 is shown in the 4th picture in the...

Orlan-10 is shown in the 4th picture in the Eclectic's post (a guy in a camuflage uniform stands near with a hand-held radio).


The rest of the pictures show different UAVs, they obviously do not...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2015, 13:59
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

IMHO, "much ado about nothing" as far as shooting...

IMHO, "much ado about nothing" as far as shooting down this primitive UAV is concerned (no matter who owned it). A negligible episode of a war - nobody killed, nothing destroyed on the ground, etc....
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2015, 08:14
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

These sources mention that the Cuban "contingent"...

These sources mention that the Cuban "contingent" is rather small, a few tens of people. OK, maybe a few hundreds; more would simply not fit transport aircraft. That is definitely not enough to be a...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2015, 11:37
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Or just put C-300 air defense system on every...

Or just put C-300 air defense system on every airbase used by the Russian AF. Scud is an easy "test and training" target for C-300.
And not give them (C-300s) to the Assad forces that will sooner or...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2015, 15:09
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Some misinterpretation from Eclectic. You...

Some misinterpretation from Eclectic. You probably do not speak Russian (apologies if you do), NYT correspondent maybe speaks but not good enough, plus people usually hear what they'd like to hear......
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2015, 11:20
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

PN: You wrote: "I hope the Russians will be...

PN:
You wrote: "I hope the Russians will be similarly only slightly irritated if American missiles were fired at them by . . ."


I hope so. It actually already happened in Afganistan in 80's...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2015, 10:33
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

I think (well, believe) that it is not that bad...

I think (well, believe) that it is not that bad as it was in Vietnam. It was said several times here, in Russia, that US and Russian military established a communication link to prevent accidents in...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2015, 07:40
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Let's now see whether the receivers of this "50...

Let's now see whether the receivers of this "50 tonn gift" positively answer to the Al-Qaeda "daughter company" invitation :


Syria's Nusra Front leader urges wider attacks on Assad's Alawite...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2015, 18:02
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Eclectic: It is not a politically-oriented...

Eclectic:
It is not a politically-oriented thread of the forum, and I would not like to elaborate on such discussions, but all the propaganda loves to lie.
Nothing personal, just "returning...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2015, 18:24
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

Will be quite surprised if the Chinese get in and...

Will be quite surprised if the Chinese get in and make even a couple of shots.


It does not look like they forgot Sun Tzu who said: “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2015, 17:02
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

2 Eclectic: 1. Definition of the cluster...

2 Eclectic:


1. Definition of the cluster munition (that is banned by some countries):
The definition of a cluster munition under Article 2 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions is “a...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2015, 18:29
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

I was questionning casualties among the...

I was questionning casualties among the civilians.
Attacking armed people is completely different. Some support that local Syrian "fuehrer", some - so-called rebels, it's one's choice. As for me,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2015, 17:43
Replies: 434
Views: 113,088
Posted By A_Van

2 Pontius Navigator Yes, Sir - you are...

2 Pontius Navigator


Yes, Sir - you are perfectly right. Though being in AF for quite some time, I agree that the planes only can never win a war. They can and must be of help, but the ultimate...
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