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Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:29 pm
by Nikel
4 more Modernized Tu-160 M2 strategic bombers.
Some pics of the visit of Putin today to the Gorbunov aviation plant located at Kazan.
https://riamediabank.ru/story/list_327312888/
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:28 pm
by thewood1
Putin better looking than I thought. Must be the lighting.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:39 pm
by Nikel
thewood1 wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:28 pm
Putin better looking than I thought. Must be the lighting.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:06 am
by DeepTyphoon
thewood1 wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:28 pm
Putin better looking than I thought. Must be the lighting.
How can that be?
Western media told me he was dying of cancer like two years ago.
The Houthi are reporting another British ship has been hit off the coast of Yemen. That's the second British ship this week if true.
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Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:34 pm
by Nikel
Second Trident II failure since 2016, if this is deterrence in current times...
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... uard-fails
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:13 pm
by Nikel
There is a video supposedly displaying the shooting down of a second Russian A-50U aircraft?
Flares and an impact (2 impacts in fact, the second in a different object)?
I am asking because I do not see any flares cartridges in the A-50/A-50U aircrafts in the game.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/17 ... mp4?tag=12
Meanwhile in Sweden.
https://www.usafe.af.mil/News/Article-D ... orce-24-2/
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:22 pm
by Nikel
Black Sea fleet after today sinking of patrol ship “Sergey Kotov” Project 22160, graphics by Torger78 and Frederik Van Lokeren.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:27 pm
by Broncepulido
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:22 pm
by Blast33
This is out-of-the-box thinking!
A 1963... GE concept for a gigantic 256m long submarine-aircraft carrier:
https://youtu.be/y1DUxM-FtZ8
Start atthe 20:00 minute mark
It would accommodate an 18m wide flight deck for 30 SVTOL fighter jets. The idea is that it'd cross an ocean undetected, pop up on a shore and deploy its aircraft within half an hour.
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1771159907502301428
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:30 pm
by Nikel
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:00 am
by Broncepulido
Future of Royal Navy estimations March 2024 (excluded carriers and submarines):
https://www.navylookout.com/the-factors ... ace-fleet/
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:46 pm
by Nikel
HDMS Iver Huitfeldt shooting down Houthi drones in the Red Sea. English subtitles available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-daGXN_t7aQ
The same ship that suffered problems in several systems.
https://www.twz.com/sea/danish-frigate- ... ps-reports
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:15 pm
by Nikel
New missile details, used by russia against Ukraine energy sector.
Link from 2022, but is only for subscribers, anyone?
https://www.key.aero/article/russia-sho ... se-missile
Rare battle, a Russian FPV vs Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters, but it is too slow and was downed by EW.
https://t.co/CWXfIEtWtT
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:32 pm
by Nikel
The expected attack of Iran vs Israel has started, this time directly, not through one of its proxies.
Drones and missiles launched.
Let's see how this escalates further...
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:05 am
by Sanyr1310
https://twitter.com/Schizointel/status/ ... 2946131094
170/170 or (100%) of OWA-UAV's intercepted.
113/120 or (94.1%) Ballistic Missiles (no specific number of interceptions given just that "some hit Nevatim Airbase resulting in minor damage" Currently, 7 missile impacts have been recorded in Israel.
30/30 or (100%) of Cruise Missiles intercepted.
If this is true, Israel's BMD systems are surprisingly effective.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:01 am
by Nikel
A complete defensive victory indeed by Israel and partners
Iran was already asking for a draw during the attack.
Let’s see what Israel does to retaliate.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:35 am
by DeepTyphoon
Sanyr1310 wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:05 am
https://twitter.com/Schizointel/status/ ... 2946131094
170/170 or (100%) of OWA-UAV's intercepted.
113/120 or (94.1%) Ballistic Missiles (no specific number of interceptions given just that "some hit Nevatim Airbase resulting in minor damage" Currently, 7 missile impacts have been recorded in Israel.
30/30 or (100%) of Cruise Missiles intercepted.
If this is true, Israel's BMD systems are surprisingly effective.
"...according to the IDF."
Now there's an unbiased source.
I don't see the IDF allowing journalists on the targeted airbases to report on this stunning defensive victory though.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:17 pm
by thewood1
Iran announced missiles and drones were launched. They showed some launching. There's video of a lot of explosions over Israel. There is enough stuff to at least show that Iran did something and it was defended by Israel and others. I guess we can say that we shouldn't believe anything Iran says, but Israel and Iran both seem to agree on the fact an attack was launched. And no one has been able to find anything except one crater in the desert.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:19 am
by DeepTyphoon
thewood1 wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:17 pm
Iran announced missiles and drones were launched. They showed some launching. There's video of a lot of explosions over Israel. There is enough stuff to at least show that Iran did something and it was defended by Israel and others. I guess we can say that we shouldn't believe anything Iran says, but Israel and Iran both seem to agree on the fact an attack was launched. And no one has been able to find anything except one crater in the desert.
I've heard in several places Nevatim base was hit, Ramon base was hit, an intelligence center in Tel Aviv was hit and an intelligence gathering site was hit in the Golan Heights.
Israel has admitted Nevatim base was hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-LuFTtX1kY
I also heard Israel spent more than one billion during this attack in air defense. Clearly they can't do that too many nights. And Iran probably has more than 100,000 things to throw at them.
Re: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:24 am
by thewood1
I suspect Iran spent a lot too. Israel and others can afford it more than Iran. Especially if BMs are running 40% failure.
The other interesting aspect is that several TV reporters stated that shortly before the BM attacks, their phone GPSs shifted their location from Tel Aviv to Beirut. One of the disadvantages of any country using a GPS capability they have no control over.
