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kwaigonegin

Colonel
great pic - and one that shows (as with the B52) the remarkable longevity and adaptability of this fine aircraft

A 'bomb truck' or for that matter any truck including those with 18 wheels doesn't need to be fancy or goes through any serious design modifications. The only thing needing upgrading is engines and perhaps avionics but the basic design should last forever.

The semi trucks we see today has designs that dates back 70 years and for the most part remained largely unchanged ... not too different with missile carriers like the BUFF or the Bears.

European/Asian trucks are primarily 'cab over engine' types but that design is very old as well. They have the flat face look to it.

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Of course there certain people who wants to make it look fancy but it's really unnecesary
 

FORBIN

Lieutenant General
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Russia develops long-range interceptor missile : S-500 Air Defense system

Russia`s Aerospace Forces (Russian acronym: VKS, Vozdushno-Kosmicheskie Sily) will receive a long-range interceptor missile being developed by the indigenous defense industry, according to the service`s Deputy Commander, the Head of the Air Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Viktor Gumenny.
The new long-range interceptor missile is being intensively developed [by the Russian defense industry]. It will allow the accomplishing of combat tasks set by the Commander-in-Chief and the Defense Minister before the Air Defense Forces." Gumenny said in an interview to the Russian News Service broadcasting company.
He added that the completion of a new anti-ballistic missile`s modernization was scheduled for 2016.

Russia`s defense industry (namely, the Almaz-Antey Concern) is known to be developing the S-500 (preliminary called 'Prometey' or 'Triumfator-M', no NATO reporting name yet) long-range air defense system (ADS) at a quickened pace. The demonstrator (or a mockup) of the ADS is believed to be unveiled at the Army 2016 military-technical forum outside Moscow. The technical specifications of the system are classified. However, according to the open sources, S-500 will have an operational range of about 500 km (375 mi). The system is supposed to be able to destroy up to 10 supersonic ballistic aerial targets flying at speed up to 7 km/h (4.7 mph) simultaneously. The open sources suppose that S-500 will feature an X-band radar with integrated active electronically scanned array (AESA). The system`s aerial targets detection range is not disclosed. According to the Vedomosti newspaper, it will be "150-200 km (94-125 mi) over the S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) long-range ADS". The S-500 system is planned to be based on the BAZ-6909 Voschina-1 (Beeswax Foundation) 8x8 wheeled tractor developed by the Bryansk Automotive Plant (Russian acronym: BAZ, Bryanskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod). BAZ-6909 has a full weight of up to 43 t, a payload of 18-24 t (depending on configuration), a maximum road speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) and an operational range of 1,000 km (625 mi). The tractor is powered by single YaMZ-8492.10-033 turbodiesel engine (470 h.p.). The vehicle`s cabin can be up-armoured to increase the survivability of the crew on the battlefield.

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Equation

Lieutenant General
A 'bomb truck' or for that matter any truck including those with 18 wheels doesn't need to be fancy or goes through any serious design modifications. The only thing needing upgrading is engines and perhaps avionics but the basic design should last forever.

The semi trucks we see today has designs that dates back 70 years and for the most part remained largely unchanged ... not too different with missile carriers like the BUFF or the Bears.

European/Asian trucks are primarily 'cab over engine' types but that design is very old as well. They have the flat face look to it.

36gOUo1.jpg


Of course there certain people who wants to make it look fancy but it's really unnecesary

Whoa...I want one! Great for football games tailgating!:D
 

navyreco

Senior Member
Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation Upgrading VA-111 Shkval Supercavitating Torpedo
Russian defense company Tactical Missiles Corp. (KTRV) is upgrading the Shkval missile-torpedo under an integrated naval underwater armament development program, Director General Boris Obnosov has told the Rambler News Service in an interview.
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navyreco

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Next Gen Kh-32 ant-ship cruise missile tests drawing to a close in Russia
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Russia is finalizing the trials of a sophisticated cruise missile designated as Kh-32 and intended to equip the Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber fleet, according to the Izvestia daily. The cutting-edge missile is virtually invulnerable to ground-based air defenses and interceptors of a potential adversary. Once launched, the product of the Raduga Design Bureau climbs to an altitude of 40 km, to the stratosphere, to dive on the target at a steep angle.
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Miragedriver

Brigadier
Russia calls snap military drills, raising concern in Poland

Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced snap military drills on land and in the Black and Caspian Sea, the defense ministry said on Thursday.

The drills began at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) Moscow time in Russia's southern, western and central military districts where troops have been put on combat alert, the ministry said in a statement. Russian television led its news bulletins with images of heavy weaponry and tanks on the move and troops in full combat gear running to grab their weapons from the ammunition storage.

Neighboring Poland reacted by calling an instant briefing of the commands of operational forces and of military intelligence.

The drills which will last until the end of the month will involve a variety of troops, from paratroopers to the Northern Fleet.

The drills come a week after Russia for the first time since it began its operation in Syria used an air base in Iran, and after President Putin lashed out at Ukraine for allegedly sending its military intelligence office to carry out acts of sabotage in Russia-annexed Crimea.

In Poland, which has been wary of Moscow's actions, the defense ministry said Minister Antoni Macierewicz ordered a briefing of the heads of the armed forces' Operational Command, Military Intelligence and Military Counterintelligence. The timing of the briefing was not revealed.

The Operational Command is in charge of the air defense and of reacting to crisis situations.

The ministry also said Poland's military envoy in Moscow has been "invited" to Russia's defense ministry.

Krzysztof Szczerski, an aide to Poland's President Andrzej Duda, said that the military relations between Russia and East European countries are a "game of emotions" that should not be given in to.

He said Poland would monitor the situation.
 

Miragedriver

Brigadier
Next Gen Kh-32 ant-ship cruise missile tests drawing to a close in Russia
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That is a very real threat to the USA aircraft carrier fleet. This missile and the stealthy Kilo class submarine hamper or destroy a majority of the carrier fleet and leave the United States without the ability to project power and most importantly control the shipping lanes in the event of war.

Very disturbing
 
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