Harbin Z9. A close copy of EC Dauphin.

This post has been edited by MrUbikeledek: Sep 19 2015, 08:56 PM

Depend on the type of armor and type of gun. K9 use steel armor, while Primus use aluminium armor. Some SPG like PzH 2000 carry a heavier 52 caliber gun instead of usual 39 caliber like most SPH.

We can buy Galicia class which is within the RMN required tonnage. Or we can get Makassar class which is cheaper.

De Zeven Provincien and Alvario De Bazan already exceed 6000 ton and both classified as frigate. And SG Formidable class is not that much more advance than the Gowind that we get. I might be mistaken, but i heard that the NSM has a precision strike capability against target on land.

Though exocet or even harpoon have land attack capability, It only have an active radar for terminal homing. That leave the task of guiding the missile to a land target to a GPS only. It'll not be a pinpoint strike weapon like a tomahawk.

NSM on the other hand use infrared imaging seeker for terminal homing, which mean it's more suited for precision strike. It has also a TERCOM guidance which will allow it to fly between terrain. It'll be like a mini Tomahawk.

It's no secret actually. Many military "exercise" of many nations were scripted by the field commanders. It's more a theatrical performance rather than a training. This way they can write a favorable performance report to the HQ and avoid reprimand. It also serve as a kinda "show of force" for propaganda purpose. Most countries that aren't under threat of war usually tolerate this practice. The fact that China military done this is worrying though. It mean's they started to take the training seriously. The same thing happen in Egypt before their surprise attack on Israel during 1972 war.

This post has been edited by MrUbikeledek: Sep 23 2015, 04:38 PM

The new kind of transparent ceramic is under development. It'll be just as tough as the ceramic armor used in many armored vehicles.

At least they alert of the coming and going in their airspace. We don't even detect the MH370 making U-turn.

sarcasm mode off: The plane most likely already informed the TNI of their passage through Indonesian airspace. The intercept was merely to make sure the plane didn't do anything more than flying over. It's also a good training for their pilot.

This post has been edited by MrUbikeledek: Sep 24 2015, 05:47 PM

It was based on a result of testing by Indian Air Force. Not sure bias or not.

I think you mistake Switzerland for Sweden.

Is there a place in Malaysia like this CAD WEST in Wales?

It's called Conformal Fuel Tank. It's not just stealthy, it also incur less drag than drop tank. Example is F-16 below.

I've been thinking about this kind of weapon for quite some times. I was thinking about a stealth cruise missile that can loiter for hours on a location until a suitable target enter it's targeting perimeter.

Armed UAV require some form of logistics chain and many require an airstrip or an aviation ship to launch and recover the UAV. The UAV will require fuel and spare parts which must be be conveyed through the chain. This logistic chain and static launch bases is vulnerable to enemy interdiction effort. . This is not a problem for COIN, but it'll be a vulnerabilities in a conventional war.

Cruise missile on the other hand are almost maintenance free and can be launch from a varieties of mobile platform, like a Submarine for example. Since it's one use weapon, it'll be cheaper than UAV. The loitering capability is useful for interdiction mission. Of course, the decision to attack will be in the hand's of a human operator. When the missile detected potential target, it'll send a signal burst via satellite which contain the visual and sensor information on the target to the command center. Then the human operator will send back a signal to attack the target or not.

Regarding wasting the expensive missile, the same thing can be said about the existing cruise missile. The key here is intelligence. If your intelligence is shaky, then there's a large possibility that the cruise missile will attack a barn instead of a enemy HQ due to faulty intel. A capability to loiter will give a missile a capability to attack secondary target nearby in case the primary target doesn't appear in a allotted time frame.

Chinese in the game use Type 59 tank.

What's wrong with their TRIGAT missile?

Should we adopt a larger caliber round than the current 5.56x45? Though 5.56x45 is proven to be highly accurate and high penetration, but it lack a knockout power of say, 7.62x39 round of the AK. Against Sulu fighters for example, most of them are high on drugs. There's account from the American officers who fought in Sulu island who saw a Moro warrior high on drug were hit by rifle bullet several times but still came on.



So maybe, we should consider switching to 7.65x51. Not now, but in the future when the time come for us to replace the M4A1 we currently use.

Later "US fighters shot down Russian aircraft that attack ISIS position", "ISIS fighter captured an Iraqi Patriot PAC-3 from an abandoned Iraqi military base".

Anyone here know the unit price of VL MICA? The figure i get is around 1.8 mil, which is higher than the ESSM 1.4 mil. So why Mindef choose MICA over ESSM?

This post has been edited by MrUbikeledek: Nov 11 2015, 09:09 AM