waiting for the next parade ceremony..our air chief will certainly reveal this in his speech...
He already did almost two years ago. Talk about MR-SAM is actually older than that. Even older than army's evaluation.
Too many false dawns with "insider" reports that we should wait for official confirmation.
Well, Aselsan already make official announcement including other Turkish sources like the SAM's project manager. We shouldn't expect anything from our side, they make proper announcement only few times and sometimes they don't tell it specifically. Though minister and air chief already announced MR-SAM procurement years ago.
Where did you get this from?
As long as weather is clear LGBs can bomb from service ceiling of plane and up to 30km away.
Sorry, i forgot to add "AFAIK/I could be wrong". I was actually trying to find about the altitude from where fighter jet can launch ground attack accurately. Previously i found 3-8km range but mostly in 4-6km range.
After your question i tried to find about it again and i only found that American LGB can be dropped at 9km altitude. The Russian LGBs on Su-30MKI have 5-10km altitude range while Israeli SPICE has 3-4km. India's own Sudarshan LGB has 7km altitude.
LITENING and Sniper pod has operational range of 12km and 15km. India uses the first one. I couldn't find anything about 30km or service ceiling anywhere. Can you please provide the link?
@dbc can you shed some light in it?
“In a modern weapon system, there’s no payoff” below 5,000 feet, Leaf explained. “In terms of precise, laser-guided bomb employment, moving it up to 15,000 or 20,000 feet, if the weather allows, you get better, not worse, in terms of precisely placing your ordnance.”
As the tactical payoff diminishes, the random dangers to aircraft increase. Said Leaf: “If you are below 5,000 feet AGL, anybody with an AK-47 or anything else can really ruin your day.” In Vietnam, there were several reported cases of pilots or their backseaters being killed by small-arms fire. “Above 15,000 feet, you’ve got less vulnerability and more reaction time,” continued Leaf. “Based on radar warning or visual acquisition of something that’s threatening you, you’ve got more time to respond and they’re less likely to hit you. You don’t get comfortable, but you do have a sense that above 15,000 feet you have a more significant sense of being able to control the situation.”
To increase its firing capacity after Balakot strike, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday conducted trials of the new genration laser-guided bomb, S
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Contrary to popular opinion, lower is not always best.
www.airforcemag.com
True , don't know why BA didn't get the Chinese LY-80s ?
LY-80 can engage target at 18km altitude. Not much difference.
I am not convinced that the 25km range Hisar-O actually has 15km altitude ceiling and this is more likely to be the 50km range version.
Hisar O has been christened as "Medium Altitude", given that and the various sources stating its 15KM, I think it is indeed 15 KMs.
I don't understand why you two are making so much fuss about the altitude. It's officially confirmed.
@DalalErMaNodi already showed it. What is here to argue about then? And Hisar O+ (50km) will have 20km altitude range.
If the 25km range Hisar-O can go up to 15km altitude then there is no reason that the 15km FM-90 cannot go up to 9-10km range in theory but obviously the chance of a hit diminishes the higher it has to reach to get to it's target.
Remember that the tracking range of the FM-90 radar is 25km and homing is 20km and so the radar can guide the missile for longer than the missile can travel.
This just went over my head. With that logic Hisar O should have increased altitude as it can detect and track targets up to 40-60km.
Yes it is better than the FM-90 but really is not medium range as you need around 50km for that.
How did you reach to that conclusion and determine that MR-SAM has to be in 50km range? MR-SAM has 25/30/40/50km ranges.
I'd say we need a lot more Fm-90B, If we actually want to provide credible short range air defence.
I think army and air force have full SHORADS coverage now, that's why they are moving forward with MR-SAM procurement.
, and yeah slant range seems good for incoming mf ground strike aircraft or bombs
