Ukraine - Russia Conflict

Picdelamirand-oil said:
When I told you that the development of the Rafale N two-seater would only cost $270 million you told me that the Rafale was already more expensive than the SH and that it would be a lot to add this expense. With the fall of the Euro, it's free.
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I don't recall being told the price, but yeah, it's way cheaper now. Hell, if euro keeps falling, the Rafale will become cheaper than the LCA.
 
Bon Plan said:
If you expect a US R&D assistance..... You are self lying.
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They are providing assistance where necessary. Like the development of the carrier and its propulsion system, along with EMALS. They are willing to provide ToT for LM2500 and F414 (for LCA, TEDBF and AMCA).

They are also providing assistance in developing ISR satellites (NISAR), navigation satellites (like linking India's NaVIC with GPS) and ISR aircraft (Sentinel).

The US is also expecting India to participate in programs like FVL helicopters and a common IFV between US, India and Israel. Although these won't take off or will only be accepted in a limited way, one area we are interested in is future wide body aircraft like strategic transports, C&C aircraft and tankers.

So we are working with the US in areas where the French have none or complementary expertise.
 
xxxxx said:
In fact, in the eyes of the Chinese military, HIMARS is a very dangerous weapon, and it is difficult to give early warning. It is too similar to a civilian truck, so it is difficult to find out relying on AI to analyze satellite images, and it only takes 2 minutes to evacuate after launch. It is difficult to catch him by conventional counter-artillery means.
The more effective means is to use the J-20's EOTS or stealth drones for surveillance and rapid strikes.
Or use space infrared surveillance satellites and DF-17 for quick strikes
But Russia has neither of these
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There's no real difference between M270, HIMARS, Smerch, Tornado, A-100, Pinaka etc in terms of precision fires. All kinds of artillery is difficult to target. The problem with HIMARS is the numbers deployed in Ukraine are so low that the chances of killing it is very low.

As for satellites, Russia's satellite-based surveillance is one of the most advanced in the world.

As of 2022, China's MoD owns 129 satellites and Russia's MoD owns 125. USAF owns 87, US DoD owns 45, USN owns 24 and NRO owns 63, collectively 219. With Zircon, the Russians have far more advanced capability than what the DF-17 provides at a far cheaper rate.
Innominate said:
Some in here have said they are saving their air force for a war against NATO. :rolleyes:
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The Russians are not using their fighter jets. They are mainly using Su-25s with unguided rockets like artillery.
 
randomradio said:
Google for Tornado family of MLRS. There are three variants. The biggest one has a range of 120Km, which will be upgraded to 200Km.
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Clearly the costs of the rockets must be prohibitive as regards a GLONASS-guided variant, because I don't see it being used much, or maybe the intelligence to feed it just isn't there.
 
jetray said:
sanctions dont work in a globalized world, look at cuba . If a small country like cuba can survive a big resource rich country like russia will not be having much problem. Sanctions only affect countries which cant even manufacture basic goods , grow staple food or medicines. More or less in the long run they prove counter productive as countries either bypass them or end up acquiring the technology on their own.

America now has unwittingly pushed russia from europe to asia. They will now try to integrate more with south east asia economically and along with china end up creating a new alternate economic block.
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As long as you have food and energy security and are capable of maintaining communications internally and externally, you are secure from sanctions.

Russia has all three. Plus they have what the world needs, oil, gas and weapons, which can easily exchange for some electronics.

With the exception of some temporary damage to manage the transition, the Russian economy will just bounce back.

Such sanctions will work on China and India, but not on Russia. Hell, at least India has food security, China lacks both food and energy security.
 
BMD said:
Clearly the costs of the rockets must be prohibitive as regards a GLONASS-guided variant, because I don't see it being used much, or maybe the intelligence to feed it just isn't there.
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They are using it. But they are not making a big deal about it like the West is.
 
BMD said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1547260107121106947
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Lukashenko fires the general responsible for the mobilisation

UKRAINSKA PRAVDA - TUESDAY, 12 JULY 2022, 19:08 Aleksandr Lukashenko, self-proclaimed President of the Republic of Belarus, has fired Major General Alexander Shkirenko from the position of Head of the Main Organisational and Mobilisation Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
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They just happen to be exactly the same length and diameter and look the same.
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what are you kidding
The data on the website you gave me is obviously wrong. This is the official data at the Zhuhai Air Show. It is obviously much smaller than the Iskander, and the M20 has obviously weakened the performance for export.
If it is similar, North Korea's Hwasong-11, South Korea's Xuanmo-2, China's M-20, and Russia's Iskander are all the same,
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China received a lot of Western support defeating Japan, and were good friends with the US and Britain before the Soviet-backed Communists took over China in 1949 and Mao began a systematic extermination of any Chinese people not on board.
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Before the re-opening of the Burma Road in 1945, the major US aid materials did not enter China at all, and most of the weapons were equipped with the Chinese troops stationed in India and the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
From 1939 to 1942, the most dangerous period of China's Anti-Japanese War, China mainly relied on the weapons and equipment of 30 infantry divisions assisted by the Soviet Union

抗日战争期间的苏联对华援助

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20万人修筑滇缅公路：军民血肉之躯筑起生命线-新华网

20万人修筑滇缅公路：军民血肉之躯筑起生命线---滇缅公路、中印公路的存在，成了当时中国的重要运输通道，为及时转运战略物资、取得抗战最终胜利立下汗马功劳。 同时，在贵州境内的“24道拐”，“驼峰航线”运入中国的物资，经过这里运往大后方，大后方生产的军需品，也经这里运往滇缅前线。
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