a couple shots of the new North Korean corvette.
The two 14.5mm Gatling guns in front of the bridge are identifiable, but I can't determine the type of main gun ahead
video from 15:22 to 15:31
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The two 14.5mm Gatling guns in front of the bridge are identifiable, but I can't determine the type of main gun ahead
video from 15:22 to 15:31
15:09 old g5 torpedo boat ! Not a lot of footage of these.
- That MBT we've seen before on parade is actually real, it even has a working APS and there's a scene of it being tested successfully against a RPG round
- they have a UCAV complete with hellfire like missile
- they have a HJ-10 like heavy ATGM
Is that RQ-4 clone new?
I wondered what engine the North Koreans used.
it is very similar to the Global Wawk, therefore the engine must have adequate power
The Global Wawk = Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce F137-RR-100 turbofan engine, 34 kN (7,600 lbf) thrust
New similar NK UAV, which engines the DPRK certainly has available list of Russian engines (or Chinese equivalents thereof) to be used without afterburner
1)Mig-17 Klimov VK-1F turbojet , 26.5 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust
2)Mig-19 Tumansky RD-9B turbojet , 25.5 kN (5,700 lbf) thrust
3)Mig-21 Tumansky R-13 turbojet 39.9 kN (8,970 lbf) thrust or
Tumansky R-25-300 turbojet, 40.18 kN (9,030 lbf)
4) Mig-23 MLA R-35F-300, turbojet 83.82 kN (18,840 lbf)
5)Mig-29 Klimov RD-33 turbofan, 49.42 kN (11,110 lbf)
or
6)Since it is the Iranians who have had access to the Global Wawk, in collaboration with the DPRK they could have developed a copy of the Turbofan Rolls-Royce, which they could then also use for piloted aircraft and also equip it with afterburner
Most likely R-13 without the afterburner. Won't have the endurance of the GH but for NK it is more than enough.
I wondered what engine the North Koreans used.
it is very similar to the Global Wawk, therefore the engine must have adequate power
The Global Wawk = Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce F137-RR-100 turbofan engine, 34 kN (7,600 lbf) thrust
New similar NK UAV, which engines the DPRK certainly has available list of Russian engines (or Chinese equivalents thereof) to be used without afterburner
1)Mig-17 Klimov VK-1F turbojet , 26.5 kN (6,000 lbf) thrust
2)Mig-19 Tumansky RD-9B turbojet , 25.5 kN (5,700 lbf) thrust
3)Mig-21 Tumansky R-13 turbojet 39.9 kN (8,970 lbf) thrust or
Tumansky R-25-300 turbojet, 40.18 kN (9,030 lbf)
4) Mig-23 MLA R-35F-300, turbojet 83.82 kN (18,840 lbf)
5)Mig-29 Klimov RD-33 turbofan, 49.42 kN (11,110 lbf)
or
6)Since it is the Iranians who have had access to the Global Wawk, in collaboration with the DPRK they could have developed a copy of the Turbofan Rolls-Royce, which they could then also use for piloted aircraft and also equip it with afterburner
#6 is out of reach and will take too long to bear fruits.
It'll cripple range really hard.
I personally suspect D-30 V versions, but they're significantly stronger than necessary.
p.s. 70 yrs ago there was also a kinda suitable H version of R-11 (R-11V-300), but it's a museum technology.
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Or they can just smuggle the commercial AE-3007.
GH can be considered an intercontinental ISR platform. NK doesn't need that much range. With a non-afterburning R-13 it can still fly for more than 8000km. More than enough to keep tabs on its surrounding waters and not to mention the relatively short landborder it shared with their southern neighbors.
North Korea used to have access to Ukrainian technology. So the Lotarev DV-2 is also a possibility. This is a turbofan with 24.5 kN.
But I agree that something like a MiG-21 turbojet engine is way more likely.
That MBT APS test is impressive. I think the worst thing in the NK next generation tank prototypes we have seen is that it still seems to retain the 115mm gun which originally came with the T-62.
But I agree that something like a MiG-21 turbojet engine is way more likely.
That MBT APS test is impressive. I think the worst thing in the NK next generation tank prototypes we have seen is that it still seems to retain the 115mm gun which originally came with the T-62.
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