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[Anlsvrthng]

Drones is disputed. The Russians argued that they were violations of the treaty the US argued otherwise.
I favor the US on this as unless it’s a suicide drone it’s not a missile it’s a aircraft. Like a fighter bomber, and INF doesn’t restrict Sea or Air launched weapons in this class hence Naval Tomahawk or B52 launched cruise missiles are not touched. Because the Drone launches the weapons it employs its an aircraft.

Other areas are less clear.
The US points to the SSC8 Satain 2 missile as a violation and the RS26 as Russian violations.
The Russians retorted that the Hera Target missile, Drones and the Aegis ashore batteries are violations. The Hera as it sits in the range. And Aegis because they claim that it could be armed with Tomahawk naval cruise missiles. The US states that the system was knocked down to prevent that.

Stupid ruskies, so all that it takes to make the kalibr comply with the INF is to make a warhead version that contain a recovery parachute and a small gravity bomb.

They should hire same wise man from USA to make treaty comply weapons : D

Kalibr with going back home version with recovery parachute has 750 km range, with one way, nuclear armed has a 2500 km range.

I think there is small amount of USA pilots that would take an one way ,suicide mission to push they range of F-16 to 4000 km.

But drones can do that.

 

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Russian surface warships to guide coastal missiles
Posted On Monday, 27 May 2019 14:25
Russian surface warships will be able to provide guidance to coastal missile complexes. The new capabilities will radically increase Navy potential and the defence of naval bases and the coast, the Izvestia daily writes.

An artist rendering of the Russian Zircon missile (Picture Source: Russian MoD)
Small missile ships trained this year near Kamchatka to guide coastal Bal and Bastion complexes, the main Navy command said. Onboard systems and radars were linked with the reconnaissance contour of the coastal forces and the fleet. The ship radars detected surface targets and transmitted the information to coastal missiles in real time. They were ready for launch in several seconds.

The new technique confirmed the high capabilities of the warships and was recognized as successful. It will be introduced in all fleets. In future, small missile ships will guide Tsirkon hypersonic missiles which are to be supplied to the coastal forces, Defense Ministry sources said.

Guiding by small missile boats will increase combat capabilities of the missiles, former Navy Chief-of-Staff Admiral Valentin Selivanov believes. "Small missile ships will approach the adversary to the maximum and will uninterruptedly report target coordinates to the command post in real time. Such a warship can track targets for two days. The command post will decide which weapons to engage. For example, coastal complexes are considered the most dangerous weapons as they hit a warship hundred percent," he said.

Upgraded Ovod-class warships of project 1234 also received a possibility to provide guidance to coastal missiles. The Navy currently has 12 Ovod and most of them are re-equipped. The Smerch is overhauled in Kamchatka and the Zyb of the Baltic fleet which stood idle for a long time is preparing for an overhaul at the 33rd shipyard. The machine-building enterprise in Kingisepp completed the overhaul of the Rassvet. It also upgraded the Iceberg and the Geyzer in late 2018.

Bastion and Bal are the backbones of modern coastal defence. Bal is a close-range weapon to control the waters around naval bases. Bastion destroys warships at a distance of 500 km. The complexes can engage new supersonic Onix antiship missiles.

Tsirkon hypersonic missiles pose the main danger for the adversary. They will be carried by surface warships and submarines. The speed provides them with a higher destruction capability up to an aircraft carrier.

The new information exchange system increases stealth characteristics of warships and coastal missile complexes and ensures their better interaction, expert Dmitry Boltenkov said. "The Navy has actually created a common information space. It updates the defence tactic and promotes mutual camouflage. Coastal complexes will receive information from warships rather than own radars and will not emit to expose themselves. It will make the strike unexpected and increase the survivability of the complexes. Their radars, in their turn, can guide warships. As a result, the adversary will encounter a surprise attack from a direction where it believes nobody is operating," he told the Izvestia.

 

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Hi-tech firm developing 57mm smart shells for Russian Army
May 27, 11:57 UTC+3
The 57mm munitions boost the capabilities for fighting enemy air targets and manpower

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MOSCOW, May 27. /TASS/. Russia’s Pribor Research and Production Association (part of Tecmash Group within the state hi-tech corporation Rostec) will complete work in the immediate future on creating 57 mm controlled-burst shells, Tecmash Group Deputy CEO Alexander Kochkin told TASS on Monday.

"Our Scientific and Production Association Pribor is working on this. The ‘foresight’ idea and technology incorporated in the small caliber is also transferred to this [57mm caliber] today. There are certain technical difficulties in this process but we know how to remove problems and that is why everything will be solved in this area in the immediate future," the deputy chief executive said.

CEO of the Burevestnik Central Research and Development Institute (part of Uralvagonzavod defense manufacturer within Rostec) Grigory Zakamennykh told TASS at the Army-2018 arms show last year that controlled-burst shells for the most advanced Derivatsiya-PVO self-propelled air defense artillery system were undergoing preliminary trials.

As the Burevestnik chief executive said, two types of 57mm shells are under development: one with the controlled time of detonating the projectile in any trajectory point and the other is a multifunctional munition with a remote-controlled fuse whose detonation time cannot be changed in flight as it is pre-set by a special program at the time of firing.

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland journal Viktor Murakhovsky earlier explained to TASS that the basic 30mm caliber for the Russian armor was no longer effective against advanced foreign armored vehicles and only the military hardware with the 57mm caliber could reliably strike them. Also, 57mm munitions boost the capabilities for fighting enemy air targets and manpower, he added.

The new Armata, Kurganets and Bumerang combat platforms and battlefield air defense missile systems, such as the Derivatsiya-PVO weapons, will be armed with the 57mm guns, in the first place, the expert said.

Eventually, options will emerge modernizing previous-generation military hardware, such as the BMPT tank support combat vehicle, the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle and others, he said.

Today, 57mm guns are mounted on the promising T-15 heavy infantry vehicle based on the Armata combat platform and on the Derivatsiya-PVO self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system.

 

[Gloire_bb]

Btw, took me long time, but an interesting remark.
Out of two "proper" russian 4th generation fighters(mig-31 doesn't count), it seems what for neither family Russia is the main user.
Not anymore.
Su-27 family(w/o very distinctive Su-34) - China
MiG-29 family... India.
Even w/o any MMRCA 2.0, right now.

 

[localizer]

Ok that is fast holy crap:

 

[ougoah]

To intercept HGV? Amazing acceleration if footage isn't sped up. Seems easily more than twice the rate of typical SAMs and the missile itself looks larger and heavier than a conventional ABM.

 

[ougoah]

Cannister looks similar to the prs1m missile tests as part of the A135/235 systems. Close up footage dies make the acceleration seen next level. Could be sped up or just an effect of angle.

 

[Jura The idiot]

so,
What’s up with a Russian jet buzzing a Navy patrol plane again?

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The U.S. 6th Fleet has accused a Russian fighter jet of harassing a Navy patrol plane multiple times during a three-hour span Tuesday.

The incident occurred in international airspace over the Mediterranean Sea, with the Russian Sukhoi SU-35 fighter making three passes at a P-8A Poseidon patrol plane, according to a

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While 6th Fleet officials deemed two of the three passes safe under international rules for aerial intercepts, the second pass by the Russian “Flanker-E” jet veered directly in front of the American aircraft, creating “wake turbulence” that unlawfully endangered the aircrew.

Lasting 175 minutes, Tuesday’s encounter became the latest in a series of incidents involving Russian forces over the past several years, highlighting growing tensions between the rival powers.

“This interaction was irresponsible,” the 6th Fleet statement said.

“We expect them to behave within international standards set to ensure safety and to prevent incidents” because “unsafe actions‎ increase the risk of miscalculation and potential for midair collisions," it added.

The 6th Fleet statement indicated that the patrol aircraft was operating in accordance with the

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and the U.S. crew never tried to provoke the Russian jet.

Navy Times questions about where in the Mediterranean Sea the incident occurred and which squadron was involved have not been answered.

During a 25-minute encounter on Nov. 5, a Sukhoi Su-27 “Flanker” fighter buzzed a Navy EP-3E Aeries II reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea.

That Russian jet also made “a high speed pass directly in front“ of the Aeries “putting at risk the pilots and crew,” a Pentagon spokesman told Navy Times at the time.

Similar incidents involving Russian fighters and U.S. patrol planes occurred

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Russian aggression in the air follows Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, a move that soured relations with both the United States and NATO allies.

 

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Experts questions capability of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system

A recently published report by the Swedish Defense Research Agency, commonly known as FOI, questioned the capability of modern Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system.
On closer inspection, Russia’s capabilities are not quite as daunting, especially if potential countermeasures are factored in. The FOI concluded in a new report that Russia’s capability is less effective than what is claimed by either the Russian military or the Western press.

The analysis shows that the actual range of the new Russian anti-aircraft system, S-400, which is promoted as having a range of 400 kilometers, is actually only 150-200 kilometers. Against low-flying missiles, the S-400’s range may be as short as 20 kilometers.

The S-400 anti-aircraft system is often said to have a 400-km range and be capable of intercepting a gamut of targets, from lumbering transport aircraft to agile fighter jets and cruise missiles, and even ballistic missiles.

According to a report, the missile with a purported 400-km range, the 40N6, is not yet operational and has been plagued by problems in development and testing. In its current configuration, the S-400 system should mainly be considered a threat to large high-value aircraft such as AWACS or transport aircraft at medium to high altitudes, out to a range of 200-250 km. In contrast, the effective range against agile fighter jets and cruise missiles operating at low altitudes can be as little 20-35 km.

Moreover, despite its sophistication, an S-400 battery is dependent on a single engagement radar and has a limited number of firing platforms. It is thus vulnerable both to munitions targeting its engagement radar and to saturation attacks. If and when the 40N6 missile goes online, its 400-km technical range cannot be effectively exploited against targets below approximately 3000 meters unless target data can be provided and updated during the missile’s flight by airborne or forward-deployed radars.

Such a capability – often known as Cooperative Engagement – has only recently been successfully achieved by the U.S. Navy, and is a highly complex and demanding endeavour that Russia should not be expected to master within 10-15 years.

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[Anlsvrthng]

Experts questions capability of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system

Incredible, finally an expert found a radar range calculator

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and managed to type into it the height of radar and the minimum altitude of a tomwhawk : O

Maybe in the next article they will calculate the cost of an 40N6 missile, and compare it to the cost of a tomahawk.