The work of the communications unit was shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The video shows the use of R-166 "Artek" communication stations mounted on the LUNCH-10 chassis based on the BTR-80 armored vehicle. Radio communication station R-166-0.5 "Artek" is designed to provide control and communication at the tactical level. The radio station has a high degree of protection against interference and provides communication up to 2 thousand kilometers in the HF band and up to 350 kilometers in the VHF band. The R-166-05 station works in two independent directions of radio communication simultaneously, the automated control system allows you to prepare the station for work within 10 minutes. The transmitter power of the station is 1 kW. MTBF of the station is 250 hours, recovery time is 30 minutes, service life is 15 years.
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The process of preparing and launching missiles of the MLRS "Tornado-S" of Russia. The 9K515 TornadoS multiple launch rocket system is a modernized version of the Smerch MLRS and began to be delivered to the troops in 2016. MLRS "Tornado" is considered one of the best in the world and surpasses foreign counterparts in many respects. The firing accuracy of the TornadoS MLRS is 15-20 times higher than that of the Smerch MLRS. Unlike the Smerch MLRS, the TornadoS MLRS rockets are corrected by Glonass not only at the initial stage of the flight, but also at the final one. Twelve 300mm rockets hit objects at ranges up to 120 km and can be individually aimed at each target. Two new types of missiles are used, 9M549 with a cassette for fragmentation elements and 9M544 with cumulative fragmentation elements.
Kind of unrelated but when is the Ukraine War thread coming back? It's been a week?
It's where I get my Ukraine War news
That depends on our Mods.. just wait and see.
All those are valid points at that time. but now Russia aviation has progressed sufficiently to create a competitive export product for post 2030 time frame.
I dont think Russia is hurry for this project to progress faster as they have so many other projects going and they have trade surplus with India already but ultimately India will chose Russian aviation product.
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I think there is still a reasonable prospect of India acquiring Russian aircraft in the future, and any large order would be predicated on domestic industry involvement, which opens the door to customisation.
The next decade is going to be very challenging for India's inventory as the only aircraft that are definitely coming online are the 83 LCA Mk. 1As. Everything else: MRFA, LCA Mk. 2, AMCA, TEDBF is stuck either in Indian bureaucracy hell, or Indian development hell. And after this challenging decade, Su-30MKI, the backbone of the inventory, will start to retire. The plan is that LCA Mk. II and AMCA will deliver to relieve the downward trend in the inventory with Atmanirbhar Bharat solutions. In the real world, there is likely to space in the 2030s for further acquisition of foreign aircraft, potentially on a large scale, and Russia will be there to offer both mature Su-57 and Checkmate, while UK will be pushing Tempest. US will probably open F-35 to India at some point in this period also.
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They made a bunch of improvements that were sorely needed. Like making the sight cover open and close from inside the tank, as oppose to being a whole screwing and unscrewing affair.
Russia has also been adding thermals to everything, including 2ng gen thermals to T-62M tanks that are being sent and used as essentially assault guns.
It really seems like India is pivoting to weapon suppliers other than Russia though.
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Most of the current inventory is Russian. For all the talk of a couple dozen LCA Mk. 1 FOC delivered or three dozen wunderbar Rafale, there are more than three hundred Su-30MKIs and MiG-29s in service. India doesn't want to be overly dependent on Russia or any other nation for that matter, hence in recent times there has been a strong presumption against further acquisition of Russian aircraft. But as existing Russian aircraft start ageing out in the 2030s, there will again be strategic space for more Russian aircraft. Russia just needs to ensure the offer remains a compelling one: meaningfully lower cost than western solutions, technologically competitive, no political strings attached.
Anyway, invitation for a project is rarely straitforward and it need to be a win win situation.
Economic will play in Russia hands, it's hard to replace numbers. India is not a small country and numbers cannot be look down on. You cannot replace five Russian planes for one west ultra high maintenance wunderbar and think it will be enough to cover the territories. There will be place for nice fighters sales if India doesn't turn full west pawn.
I think single engine M2K will be much earlier for retirement than MIG-29UPG. India got license for RD-33.
Brahmos factory getting expanded they think they can put newer version of missile on MIG-29 and Tejas. so far not on French platform.
French systems will become un attractive for India over time and that include turbomeca equipped choppers as France de industrialize and Germany transition out from nuclear industry along with German priority of spending on American/Israeli systems.
than there is Indo-Israel Chamber of commerce in UAE. all those trends favor long term economic engagement of Russia and India in south like recent export order from Indian manufacturing Brahmos.