No the AC-130 Spectre is a gunship variant of the C-130 Hercules.

there are things like counter battery fire. when artillery radar detects enemy artillery, it will send the location to the enemy for immediate response.

nowadays ship gun is smaller calliber (usually 57mm or 75mm) so it is more for direct enemy engagement(though they can be used for indirect bombardment as well). for long range engagement they rely on anti ship missile or even cruise missile

having said that


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONARC

tak ada lah.. suhkoi release a rather ambitious timeline where su-55 will be supplied to india on 2020, then russia on 2024

so, we want to get the two seat variant, 2025 would be the earliest date. Min 10 years from now.

if we folow our MKM path of custom avionics etc etc, add another 1 or 2 years for prototype testing and integration.

i see, something also about the spectral gunship, it appears it shoots out atry and rockets as well in verly fast motion and usually comes in 3 units

kena cancel although it a good cost effective idea.. but zumwalt-class will have two 155mm naval gun on board but sadly canot fire land ammunition instead a specialized projectiles

http://www.janes.com/article/48799/iai-rev...patrol-aircraft

there is always have time construction time slot for new coming order customer for air plane order. ..... depend deal.
unless only single order on time construction.

http://www.janes.com/article/48825/indones...wo-minesweepers

but one pointer fires multiple arty?

i would rather wait for the platform to mature before placing orders, at least until major complications involving the production model is rectified. Dont want something like f-35, countries already placed orders when the plane is having so many issues at the moment

You dont want something that suffer from engine fire right

Its easy if you meant to test productivity and efficiency, you got a good platform now - donbass, donetsk, lugansk etc.

imho, all cartoon simulation is not war ready until they are tested in real scenario.

oh gosh, su-25 just dropped!

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Neither head nor tail

Spanish foreign minister: EU has lost 21 Billion Euros due to lost trade with Russia caused by US-led sanctions
US seems perfectly willing to screw over the EU just to piss off Russia. Hope EU politicians grow some balls and work about their own interests rather than US interests. The simple fact is Europe cannot survive without Russia. If the EU tanks over and sinks because of US vendetta to Moscow, US won't be too much affected by the after-effects, hope EU sees that fact before it's too late.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Feb 10 2015, 10:11 PM

21 billion is change money for EU

Greexit will lead to downfall of EU which having spanish, italy and more to follow.

The fact is, EU is reluctant to follow suit US's decision having them as stakeholders for all these sanctions.

Russia been selling cheap oils for sometimes and imho, Russian is leading this crisis.

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US is afraid of a strong EU, the strongest union of states is US and to a certain extent next is china and EU.. EU's GDP is bigger than US and if EU unite the world would have another super power to counter US. Heading EU are germany, france that most of the time dont follow US' decisions, not forgetting in 30-50 years time EU would be in the hands of a muslim majority which posses a treat to US.

the loss comes from EU which could have been used to bail out Greece... US ntg to lose and all to gain

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This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Feb 10 2015, 10:46 PM