empire23, are you there?

Why? Need ammo?

no weih i wanna ask something.

1. How does a fighter knows that he is being "locked" ?

2. Is it possible that a fighter "out-speed" a missile?

How fast is a missile actually? Jets usually can fly at super sonic speed right? like this is it all possible that the fighter just sprint to the max speed and leave the missile alone?

1. Yes... fighter have missile warning system.. "MWS"
2. Impossible A2A missile have at least Mach 4 speed... F-15SE "1 of the fastest fighter" Max speed Mach 2.5 IINM

for first question, i mean "How"..

how does a fighter knows hes being locked? the lock system is based in infra red system release by the heat of the jet right?
uhhhh nvm i use wikipedia liao.

no weih i wanna ask something.

1. How does a fighter knows that he is being "locked" ?

2. Is it possible that a fighter "out-speed" a missile?

How fast is a missile actually? Jets usually can fly at super sonic speed right? like this is it all possible that the fighter just sprint to the max speed and leave the missile alone?

1. Any active seeker (Radar based missile) paints an aircraft with a radar beam to track it until impact, this radar beam can be detected. When the aircraft know it's being painted, based on the kind of radar, its energy, direction and frequency, it gives a warning to the pilot.

2. Out speed? Probably unlikely as missiles have solid fuel thrusters which are extremely fast. It is possible to out turn a missile by breaking before it hits.

Soldiers to Get More Killing Power


New Zealand Army has been evaluating FN SCAR for Steyr AUG replacement (photo : DevianArt ).

The country's soldiers are about to get more killing power with a new weapon which will better the range and accuracy of the rifles used by the enemies they are likely to be fighting.

A 7.62mm marksman's rifle will be issued to each section of eight to 10 soldiers after the New Zealand Defence Force completed a study of 10 of its weapons systems, mostly small arms issued to soldiers.

Three sections make up a platoon and the army said today one soldier in each section would get the new weapon when the army decided what rifle to buy. The rest of the soldiers in the section would continue to be issued with Steyr rifles which fire a 5.56mm standard issue Nato cartridge which was limited in range, said Deputy Chief of Army, Brigadier Dave Gawn.

The new rifle would fire a more powerful cartridge with greater range and accuracy.

Brig Gawn said most hostile forces used the Russian-designed AK47, which fired a similar 7.62mm round.

"In terms of range and hitting power there is a mismatch between the 5.56mm (bullet) which has a maximum range of around 300m versus the 7.62mm which is closer to 600m."

He said giving the soldiers more powerful 5.56mm cartridges would overcome some of that difference but the new weapon would have a range of up to 1000m.
The army would also replace its specialist 7.62mm sniper rifles.

About 3000 of the 13,000 Steyr rifles in the Defence Force armory would be fitted with a new sighting system, which would increase magnification from 1.5 times to four times magnification. They would also be modified to allow thermal sighting systems to be fitted.

The Steyr rifles were likely to last another 10 years before they were replaced, but Brig Gawn said it was too soon to say what calibre rifle would be adopted.

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Credited to mcwood of militaryphotos.net

what else can you expect from us?

i see some guys with loose uni and some with REALLY tight uni.i wonder if tight clothing makes you look OPERATOR

SA Rooivalk

Btw, when would our armed forces be equipped with these chopper?
I mean, attack heli's.

.......when PR stop whining about it

just watch on CNN...apparently Egypt got quite a number of M1A1 Abram tanks.... don't quite know the technical spec of the tanks but they hv a factory to produce these tanks for Egyptian Army  in Cairo although 60% of the parts comes from US... that is news to me...

what is the scorpion's role in ATM?recce or fire support?