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[AlexYe]

India media already started to make it abt CN.

In a significant show of strength, the Indian Army successfully tested the Akash Prime air defense system at 15,000 feet in Ladakh, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). This bold move is being seen as a direct strategic message to China amid ongoing border tensions.

I am not technically aware of things, but does it matter if its 15K feet in ladakh or 2K feet in Adampur, Dont AD's still gotta work the same, except i guess account for terrain differences?
And they used this for the trials 'significant' show of strength.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946196990985154839

Reading the wiki blurb(idk how updated this is) i guess its good they are making all the parts of it locally, but damn that 30Km range, the difference between regular Akash and Prime is...? being 360 degree??(wasnt it 360 before?) and Higher accuracy?(Not high enough for brazil)
Because they didnt upgrade the actual missile, its still the same single-ramjet one, the new missle Akash-NG isnt done yet..

On a light note can Amazon sue em for calling it AWS?

 

[gelgoog]

Akash is a Soviet Kub SAM clone with better electronics.
The fact it uses an air breathing engine, unlike solid rocket SAMs means it might have issues at high altitude I guess.
The Russians have long took the Kub out of service.
It was replaced with Buk and now Buk-M3 with 80km range.

Iran has better SAMs than this.

 

[AlexYe]

It seems India got its first batch of the Apache's, 3 out of 6

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946581573987373179

 

[gelgoog]

I thought they were supposed to have a production line for the Apache. What is it with the Antonov Airlines An-124 then?

Nevermind turns out they only make some parts for it.

 

[valysre]

It seems India got its first batch of the Apache's, 3 out of 6

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1946581573987373179

I thought India had already had some Apache? I recall them disassembling one that was trapped in the highlands and then missing like 200 parts when they were reassembling it.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Gonna post this here for obvious reason

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[AlexYe]

I thought India had already had some Apache? I recall them disassembling one that was trapped in the highlands and then missing like 200 parts when they were reassembling it.

Huh never heard of that story before, lmao.
The Airforce has apaches yes, this is the army getting 6 for $600 million.

 

[CMP]

Huh never heard of that story before, lmao.
The Airforce has apaches yes, this is the army getting 6 for $600 million.

$100 million a pop for something that can be downed by a weapon costing $2500...

 

[AlexYe]

$100 million a pop for something that can be downed by a weapon costing $2500...

I have been thinking about that, Heli's roles are prob more reduced nowadays after the massive drone race, with the explosives they can carry, (there is that video of ukraine taking out russian heli too)
Heli's seem to be very vulnerable nowadays. Prob safe to use against insurgents or less threatening targets.

 

[CMP]

I have been thinking about that, Heli's roles are prob more reduced nowadays after the massive drone race, with the explosives they can carry, (there is that video of ukraine taking out russian heli too)
Heli's seem to be very vulnerable nowadays. Prob safe to use against insurgents or less threatening targets.

IMO helis have completely lost all value except for civilian medi-evac purpose, and are only still around in military due to institutional inertia.