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Russian news agencies reported that first flight of PAK-FA was successful. It lasted 40 minutes. In about 3 hours some pics are expected.
 
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Finally, Russia had a succesfull Bulava test again, after multiple failures and a 10 month test stop.
The problem is said to have been with the assembly tech, again some bad light for the russian high tech manufacturing capability these days.

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Russia Test Fires Long-Range Missile: Ministry

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS - Published: 29 Oct 2010 08:32

MOSCOW - Russia on Friday successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Bulava intercontinental missile, the defense ministry said.

The launch is the second successful firing this month after a string of embarrassing failures brought the program to a halt for 10 months. [...]

The launch confirmed that Bulava's many failures were most likely caused by "assembly technology," said a source in the commission established to analyze the missile's production process and pinpoint what was causing it to fail. ...
 
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Some news on the russian navy. They seem to change their doctrine. The priority in the future will be in securing economic interests in the periphery, keeping sea lanes open and built centers of gravity in regions of special concerns.
They talk about 36 new subs. That's probably the healthiest part of the russian shipbuilding industry. The first new Borei class SSBN got launched lately. Other types also continiue to be built.
Surface ships is a more difficult topic. The news talks about firgates (wich seems pretty much realistic) and cruisers (wich represent a bigger problem IMO, as seen by Russia's problems with building bigger ships in general).

I think Putin announced to spend $650B on naval modernization until 2020.

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Russian Fleet To Focus On Keeping Sea Lanes Open For Oil Shipments
Sunday, 12 December 2010 12:06 - Written by Paul Goble

Russia’s new naval doctrine, as shown by its plans for shipbuilding over the next decade, is not directed against the United States and the West as was the Soviet Union’s but rather is intended in the first instance to protect its economic interests on the continental shelf and to ensure that the sea lanes for delivering oil and gas remain open. [...]

First, the experts said, the plan is intended to allow Moscow to protect its access to oil and gas reserves as well as other mineral deposits on the continental shelf off of Russia’s shores, something that many Russian commentators have already pointed to in their discussion of that country’s Arctic strategy.
Second, they added, the new plan is intended to provide support for the security of sea lanes by countering piracy. What they did not say but what clearly lies behind their conclusion is that the decline in the US naval presence that has guaranteed such security over the past 50 years makes such a national strategy essential from Moscow's point of view.
Third, the experts continued, the new Russian naval plan is intended to help create a military balance in parts of the world where other means available to Moscow are not available – and in the first instance in areas near China, which constitutes the most important rising naval power in the world.
And fourth, they said, Russia’s new navy will be intended to have a “political demonstration” effect, to show the flag and demonstrate Russia’s ability to exert its influence in such regions as Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, all areas where Moscow wants to be taken seriously as a major power.
The new plan, the experts said, is based on the assumption that the United States will no longer play the role of “the most probable opponent.”
And because of that assumption, Moscow will stop building highly specialized ships such as “aircraft killers” and instead build more general purpose ships. ...
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[video]http://rt.com/news/ka52-alligator-helicopter-airforce/[/video]

The Russian Air Force is to receive a new batch of a legendary military helicopter. The KA-52 Alligator is equipped with state-of-the art weaponry.
*The machine is propelled by a coaxial rotor system, a trademark of the Kamov design bureau that developed it. The design gives the helicopter extreme maneuverability – this machine can do aerobatics as a norm.

It carries three types of missiles: 12 special anti-tank, four air-to-air and up to 80 unguided air-to-surface. On top of all that, a 30mm cannon with selective supply of either armor-piercing or high-explosive shells. All these aspects make the KA-52 Alligator a real bird of prey.

The helicopter’s fully-armored cockpit has seats for two pilots, sitting side-by-side, both can perform the piloting duties.

One of the most interesting peculiarities of the KA-52 is that in case of emergency, both pilots can eject from the helicopter if it is shot down.

The KA-52 is equipped with a multiplex, multilevel, high-performance computer system that collects information from various sources like a radiolocator, thermal imager, laser range finder, and advanced optical system, and transfers it directly to the pilot’s helmet.

The helicopter is capable of detecting and eliminating targets in any weather conditions, around-the-clock, and at any given time of the year.
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[video]http://rt.com/news/ka52-alligator-helicopter-airforce/[/video]
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Oh my goodness, absolute BS. Kamovs cannot begin to perform aerobatics. In fact, the Russians have lost three very good pilots, one of their best in fact, trying to fly KA-50's too sporty for their limits. With counter rotating rotors, you very much risk the upper and lower rotor discs touching if the pilot tries the sorts of maneuvers routinely accomplished by something like a BO-105, AS-365 or AH-64. When the rotor tips bang into each other controlled flight stops. So far, no one has been able to use that helo's extraction system successfully.
What Kamovs can do very well is to point the nose off axis for a shot. Tail rotor helos have a very difficult time doing this but the Kamov rotor system doesn't care very much where the fuselage is aimed, up to a fairly high airspeed limit. If the pilot sees something off to the side he boots some rudder, points the weapons and fires. Chinooks and the other tandem rotor helicopters also have this same tolerance to flying sideways, one of the qualities I loved about the CH-46 and the Chinook, both of which I flew.
I also have a little KA-32 time in my log. Bitchen helo, a rugged heavy lifter but forget aerobatics. The rotor system and transmission are achingly heavy too.

Oh yes, despite all the fancy avionics in the KA-50, the workload was still too great for one pilot to accomplish, hence the two person KA-52.
 
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