Military Related Questions

[TaimiKhan]

I saw a picture posted by Bezerk about the PAF Aerobatic Team - The Falcons16...Do Pakisthan Airforce still have an acrobatic team?if yes which aircrafts are they using?? Thanks in advance..

T-33 & in Solo sometimes K-8, Sherdils (meaning Lion Hearts) is the name of the Aerobatic Team. Stationed at PAF Academy Risalpur.

 

[ace slasher]

can anyone enlighten me about any new development/project/deal that pakistan is doing for arms/tech/planes??????

 

[harishx]

Can someone please highlight the offset policy associated with defence deals in Pakistan. Or if they could point me to a source, would be greatly helpful.

P.S.: Do i need to become a subscribed member to post new threads ??

 

[TaimiKhan]

Can someone please highlight the offset policy associated with defence deals in Pakistan. Or if they could point me to a source, would be greatly helpful.

P.S.: Do i need to become a subscribed member to post new threads ??

can you clarify what you mean by off set policy of defence deals ??

No you don't need, but once you become a regular poster and have sufficient posts, you will be able to open threads also, i believe 25 or 50 post count is the figure after which you will be able to open threads.

 

[hardtarget]

why pakistan have no destroyer and no aircraft carrier

 

[S_O_C_O_M]

How fast does the Shaheen 2 travel in mph?

 

[Old School]

why pakistan have no destroyer and no aircraft carrier

In short note , Destroyers play the role of escorting a flotilla or fleet . They are very heavy , make themselves bigger target and their use is in decline. Frigate/Corvettes are taking their place and we have them.

Air craft career is necessary when the area of operation/area of interest is beyond operational range of the air force. We do not have that requirement yet. Usually blue water navy use it and we are not yet a blue water navy.

 

[Hulk]

Nice thread, let me see if I can get my question answered here.

Hi,
I want someone who has flown a plane to help me understand this. Whenever I take a flight I wonder how does the pilot make sure that the plane is in correct position to take off. I mean when run with that kind of speed even if you are slightly off you will go off the runway. I have seen plane take a turn to main runway and then almost immediately take off.

How do they mange to do it. Also same thing in landing, how does they know they will be straight and how do they manage to know right distance to land.

I still need to understand this.

I tried Google but the answer was very technical, I need a laymen answer.

 

[Old School]

How fast does the Shaheen 2 travel in mph?

Shaheen II is a ballistic misslie.The velocity of a ballistic missile applies on three different trajectories unlike a cruise missile. These are the powered flight portion, the free-flight portion and the re-entry phase . The initial speed is around 2 Mach but that varies with the trajectory. The rest is variable but less than the initial speed.

 

[Old School]

Can someone please highlight the offset policy associated with defence deals in Pakistan. Or if they could point me to a source, would be greatly helpful.

P.S.: Do i need to become a subscribed member to post new threads ??

No , there is no mandatory offset policy associated in defence deals in Pakistan. It is a practice in India but we do not do that in Pakistan.

 

[S_O_C_O_M]

Shaheen II is a ballistic misslie.The velocity of a ballistic missile applies on three different trajectories unlike a cruise missile. These are the powered flight portion, the free-flight portion and the re-entry phase . The initial speed is around 2 Mach but that varies with the trajectory. The rest is variable but less than the initial speed.

Thanks. Is the cruise speed still at Mach1/supersonic?

Does after the inital take off the speed ever go below supersonic?

What are the chances that an India can shoot it down?

 

[Old School]

Thanks. Is the cruise speed still at Mach1/supersonic?

Does after the inital take off the speed ever go below supersonic?

What are the chances that an India can shoot it down?

When the missile enters at the re-entry phase which is the earth's atmosphere , the speed/velocity is subsonic. Ballistic missile does not cruise. It is like throwing a stone in the sky at 75deg angle which can no longer be controlled. The wind and G-force will determine it's velocity.

A ballistic missile can be shot down by most medium to long range surface to air missiles (HIMAD) .

 

[hardtarget]

Surface-to-surface missiles
Battlefield range ballistic missiles (BRBM)
Abdali-I
Hatf-I/IA
Short range ballistic missiles (SRBM)
Ghaznavi
Medium range ballistic missiles (MRBM)
Ghauri I
Shaheen I
Ghauri II
Intermediate range ballistic missiles (IRBM)
Shaheen II
Ghauri-III *
Shaheen-III *
Cruise missiles
Babur (Hatf VII) - ground launched cruise missile (submarine launched version under development)
Anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM)
Baktar-Shikan
[edit] Air-to-surface missiles
H-4 (rocket-boosted glide bomb)
Ra'ad (Hatf VIII) - air launched cruise missile
[edit] Surface-to-air missiles
Anza Mk.1, Mk.2, Mk.3

 

[TaimiKhan]

Nice thread, let me see if I can get my question answered here.

Hi,
I want someone who has flown a plane to help me understand this. Whenever I take a flight I wonder how does the pilot make sure that the plane is in correct position to take off. I mean when run with that kind of speed even if you are slightly off you will go off the runway. I have seen plane take a turn to main runway and then almost immediately take off.

How do they mange to do it. Also same thing in landing, how does they know they will be straight and how do they manage to know right distance to land.

I still need to understand this.

I tried Google but the answer was very technical, I need a laymen answer.

here read these, this may help you in understanding, to be short, there is a separate nose wheel turning thing in the aircraft used for aircraft steering on the ground, while during take off, the pedals for controlling the rudder which is in the tail, but i bet in today's modern aircraft it would be the computers which would be controlling the aircraft to keep it on the runway center line.

Read, its good and simple info:

Steering The Aircraft, How It's Done? — Tech Ops Forum | Airliners.net

Keeping The Plane Straight On Takeoff And Landing? — Tech Ops Forum | Airliners.net

 

[Tajdar adil]

Is Pakistan aquire J 11 fighters from China..