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It does not replace current systems because it has no need to. It is being developed as part of a more integrated system, radars, from heliicopters, longe range (100km) Because Metis-M is not a new system, but an upgrade to an existant configuration, Kornet, and new developements adopted by...

Nothing wrong with Hermes. And the view you have is completely unreal. There is absolutely no sense to replace all ATGM with ones with active seekers. They are limited in capability and in range to 2km because of seeker. Replace Kornet, Metis-m, etc with them would be actually a step bacwards...

Range is limited to only 2km by wire configuration, warhead as well. "Jam inmunity" is decades behind to what Kornet´s developements were. On what base it is comparable? The only I´ve seen is that it was developed as a laser beam guided TOW (missile looked the same archaic) somewhere in the...

Another problem of Western missiles with active seekers, and poor launch metod: ********.com - Scary Javelin Problem is that Javelin entered production after it "passed" an evaluation test, on which it had a fail rate of 20%. Was adopted despite that, lobbism? ATGMs with vertical launch...

Old missile which is wire guided with limited range? (subject to jam?) Not worth of comparison. This has similar guidance but missile is not comparable still, archaic configuration with monoblock warhead. The targeting process is performed automatically and target can be designated by a...

This "Kornet vs Spike" is apples to oranges discussion. First, if you compare infantry ATGMs, fire & forget guidance is redundant and indeed, complex missiles with seekers have worser performance than those with laser guidance, thus they are not really an advance and they have not been widely...

These Israeli drones were aquired by the same lobbysm (if you like that term) of the Russian MoD. It was not really a matter of need, but evaluation and political fights. If you look it by that way, it is not surprising that those drones aquired by subjective means did not meet specific...

The ISS is an international effort in the sense that it is a project funded by many nations, but by no means from the technological point of view. The core of the ISS, the base and the support of the whole station, is all Russian technology, and part of the Russian controled module, so it is...

Given that the US is dependant already on russian rockets for delivering 20 ton loads to LEO (strategic importance), and that the ISS can be considered under Russian control, the edge is hardly a surprise.

Those arguments about intakes are funny. S-shaped intakes are worse for aerodynamics than any blocker. In the Raptor, S intakes and flat noozles reduced thrust and performance by 8%, in the F-35 does not matter because it does not cruise as the rest. Also, I see how the chinese just remain...

Yakhont: Export version of russian Onyx with reduced performance accordingly, range no more than 300km and smaller warhead. Brahmos: Offshoot of Yakhont for India, with some parts and receivers manufactured there, assembled in locally I presume. Another asian "Canadian" acting as a smartass...

I was not talking about missiles, but their developements in general. These countries receive and received a large influx of western technology and investement, but they are not able to develope nothing new or really competitive, by their own. For example, the japanese, received through the...

Everybody can attempt to develope these missiles. Succeed... Not. Taiwan? They have a big foreign tech input, and good luck with that "thing" hope it works, as the rest of eastern Asian (Korean, Jap) projects. On Chinese, political relations did not prevent them from gathering...

1- Brahmos is not Indian, it´s a Yakhont offshoot made for export- 2- Russia is the only country which developes cruise missiles in the supersonic range. None of them are chinese developed. These are either designations for imported ones or obsolete copies. And yes, there is/was Russian...

What a news: Nakidka: Маскировка - ÐПМ Накидка для защиты от разведки Nakidka is a Russian Radar-absorbent material (RAM) camouflage that "eliminates the use of precision-guided weapons". Nakidka reduces the Infrared, Thermal, and Radar band...

"MOSCOW, May 10 - RIA Novosti. Russia must create it´s own effective mechanism for coordination and cooperation with China in military-technical sphere, given the risks of leakage of technology and the transformation of China into a competitor in the arms market, said director of the Center for...

"BEIJING, April 25. (ARMS-TASS). Russia provides real aid to China in the field of military technology, but U.S. and EU create obstacles to their defense construction. Informs ITAR-TASS, in a meeting with the Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces Army General Nikolai Makarov, said on Sunday...

Not sure how reliable is this... "According to Kanwa, citing an unnamed military source in Moscow, at least one party of the Russian Air Force ordered 48 Su-35 will be posted on the 6,968 th air base in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, which is located just 300 km from the Russian-Chinese border...

Because it has "this" or "that" bigger/higher does not means it has to be more voluminous overall.

Again with your "distorsionated" comparisons? In the first photo, the persons and the tank are not in the same distance, and also, the soldiers are on top of a hill, while the tank is at a lower level. I´ll understood, if you atleast made that in an intelligent way, but this is very obvious.