C.4s at Lyneham
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C.4s at Lyneham
With thanks to all the crews at Lyneham who do such a stirling job a couple of shots of the J fleet carrying some additional lumps. Also the same day a very welcome visitor from our Wiltshire cousins at Boscombe Down. It was a pleasure to hear a pair of Speys going around the circuit.
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Further to Rhino's note re: "a couple of shots of the J fleet carrying additional lumps".
Just to keep things honest, as I notice you RAF blokes (for which I have great respect) are almost as OPSEC obsessed
as our Canadian Forces types, I have some relevant Public Knowledge info I'd like to add for information sake. 
And because I like to be cheeky.
On 7 Dec 2006 an export licence was granted by US Dept of State [DoS] (http://pmddtc.state.gov/docs/congnot...0/CN077_06.pdf )
'for the upgrade of the UK MoD's existing lamp-based DIRCM Systems to the current laser-based version (Large Aircraft IR Counter Measures [LAIRCM] - some 250K Pounds [US$485,000] per aircraft conversion as noted by an RAF spokesman) to better protect aircraft deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom'.
Therefore, it is expected that, along with RAF C-17s, strategic transports/tankers and Merlin HC3 Helicopters, the SF Hercules C1s and C3As, plus C-130Js will receive the LAIRCM upgrade for their existing DAS fit that includes Nemesis lamp-based DIRCM.
The J's Nemesis fit has been confirmed in other threads on this forum, plus numerous British-based publications such as Air International, etc.
Plus, even the RAF's own equipment website, re: c4/c5, notes:
'The Defensive-Aids Suite [DAS] includes a missile warning system linked to the Directional InfraRed Countermeasures [DIRCM] system . . .'
Cheers!
PS: Anyone know how to copy info into this forum? Usually on most forums I can copy/paste, even from Microsoft Office Word 2007, but this having to type everything in again is a wee bit tiring.
Just to keep things honest, as I notice you RAF blokes (for which I have great respect) are almost as OPSEC obsessed
as our Canadian Forces types, I have some relevant Public Knowledge info I'd like to add for information sake. And because I like to be cheeky.
On 7 Dec 2006 an export licence was granted by US Dept of State [DoS] (http://pmddtc.state.gov/docs/congnot...0/CN077_06.pdf )
'for the upgrade of the UK MoD's existing lamp-based DIRCM Systems to the current laser-based version (Large Aircraft IR Counter Measures [LAIRCM] - some 250K Pounds [US$485,000] per aircraft conversion as noted by an RAF spokesman) to better protect aircraft deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom'.
Therefore, it is expected that, along with RAF C-17s, strategic transports/tankers and Merlin HC3 Helicopters, the SF Hercules C1s and C3As, plus C-130Js will receive the LAIRCM upgrade for their existing DAS fit that includes Nemesis lamp-based DIRCM.
The J's Nemesis fit has been confirmed in other threads on this forum, plus numerous British-based publications such as Air International, etc.
Plus, even the RAF's own equipment website, re: c4/c5, notes:
'The Defensive-Aids Suite [DAS] includes a missile warning system linked to the Directional InfraRed Countermeasures [DIRCM] system . . .'
Cheers!
PS: Anyone know how to copy info into this forum? Usually on most forums I can copy/paste, even from Microsoft Office Word 2007, but this having to type everything in again is a wee bit tiring.
