Bharat Rakshak

Spinster...you mean RAAF instead of RAF, right?

I just made a quick visit to FAS and have a question.<P>Is the Sharpshooter the targetting version of the Lantirn (Lantrin has seperate nav and targetting pods)?

Vivek,<P>I have heard a bit about the pod shortage as well. The ANG units are being forced to get Israeli equipment. I will try to look for where I read this...but don't count on it.

Don't expect the Kh-31s to be able to destroy buildings or fortified targets. They only have a 90kg warhead and are best left for the ARM role (and ofcourse the AShM model).

Fyi, here is the inventory of PLAAF (not including air assets of PLAN and PLA). Compiled by AKC; <P>---<P>Organization: 420,000 personnel (160,000 conscripts), including 220,000 in air-defense and 200,000 in aviation. A total of 4 Air Army Headquarters (1st at Changchun, 7th at Nanning, 8th at Fuzho...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Also, while I'm sure we could start a new discussion about the worth and success of the operations over Kosovo or Kargil last year...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Tom, <P>Fyi, there is a lot of info about this and other Karg...

Was it the Sa-5 that was stationed around Moscow with nuke warheads, meant to destroy incoming ICBMs?

Things are calmer on the AFM forum...the Pukes are buggin out.

About the Mirage 2000's range:<P>The "Encyclopedia of World Aircraft" states a general Mirage 2000 range with aux fuel tanks of 3335km(2,073m).<P>An older reference, "The Complete Encyclopedia of modern weapons..." has a seperate section on the Mirage 2000N and states the range a...

>>I hope so. I wonder if the NSA is shaking<BR>in its boots. I have heard that they claim<BR>there is no code that they<BR>can't break simply because they<BR>can throw more computing power at<BR>the problem than anyone else. <<<P>Not quite, you can easily make a cipher that can theoretically take bi...

Apart from the USMC, IN and RN; the two other countries operating Harriers are Spain and Italy.