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Avinandan wrote:
Aditya_V wrote:There is no Helicopter hanger or even space/ weight of a proper Targeting radar will be an issue. There is really no space for ASM or even CIWS. Best can be attached is Naval gun in the front
Aditya ji,
You might be taking this product lightly.
Helicopter Hanger is present.

https://products.damen.com/en/ranges/of ... ssel-1800?

And provisions are to be made for
1. Chinese ASW Helicopter
2. Main 30 mm Naval Gun
3. 1 Radar (behind the mast on some estension)
4. 2 Quad launchers for SSM (slanted , behind the mast)
5. 1 CIWS ( behind Starboard side funnel) possibly phalanx system from their ex ships.

Refer ship's top view at 1:24 to 1:40 of the below youtube video for point 2,34,5 above
Had a look at the video and model presented, there is no space for ASM or Helicopter Hanger, the 4 cross mounted missiles in the model can be best SAM's or really small ASM which will they compromise range.
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ArjunPandit wrote:http://idrw.org/pakistan-tests-a-new-cr ... ide-india/

nothing worthwhile...apart from the line
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Mansoor Ahmed, a senior fellow at the Center for International Strategic Studies in Islamabad who specializes in Pakistan’s nuclear program and its delivery platforms, believes the Ra’ad-II is “Pakistan’s answer to India’s development of the Nirbhay cruise missile.”
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rohit vats put up a post of twitter tearing this test apart...low amount of explosive..sideways hit..the video reminded me of crash if first ironman suit built in a cave in afghanistan...which i think is close enough...
Actually this is significant, on 27-Feb-19 whent he H-4 Raad were launched by the Mirages, the IAF most probably jammed them in terminal phase ( these are probably the tricks which ACM Dhanoa was reffering to). The PAF commander visited SA in Oct-19 and Pakis are signalling they have updated thier communication equipment on these missiles
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Pakistan's Chinese masters will most likely be the ones fulfilling this need as well.

the Z-10 was evaluated earlier and found wanting in several respects. Not at all idea for high altitude warfare. Will need to read up on the Z-10ME, which will anyway be a lot of speculation since no real specs ever get released for Chinese military products.

Pakistan considers Chinese attack helicopters on back of stalled AH-1Z and T-129 deals
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The Porkis have gone from truly TFTA American maal to half european (semi potent) hardware to their true calling : Chini ding dong stuff. :rotfl:
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yeah on this attack helicopter requirement at least, they're getting desperate now, to settle for the Z-10 which from reports I had read, did not impress them much during the sustained trials in Pakistan. The Apache procurement is what is driving this desperation. That makes it very clear that COIN ops is not the driving factor, but rather a desire to match whatever IA or IAF get.
In fact, Pakistan has set a deadline of July this year for a final decision, Ahmed says.

The relative urgency is driven by India’s capability increases, as New Delhi grows its fleet of Boeing AH-64E Apaches.

“The Cobras are no match for the Apaches that the Indians are getting,” he says. “We definitely want to match that [capability].”
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What happened to their buy of Mi-35 from Russia? No monnies?
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Kartik wrote:yeah on this attack helicopter requirement at least, they're getting desperate now, to settle for the Z-10 which from reports I had read, did not impress them much during the sustained trials in Pakistan. The Apache procurement is what is driving this desperation. That makes it very clear that COIN ops is not the driving factor, but rather a desire to match whatever IA or IAF get.
In fact, Pakistan has set a deadline of July this year for a final decision, Ahmed says.

The relative urgency is driven by India’s capability increases, as New Delhi grows its fleet of Boeing AH-64E Apaches.

“The Cobras are no match for the Apaches that the Indians are getting,” he says. “We definitely want to match that [capability].”
Awesome
Right where we want this to go.

Keep up with the Joneses please.
I want them to spend and buy something that overmatches an Apache ($$$$$$$$$$$$$)
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Kartik wrote:.. The Apache procurement is what is driving this desperation. That makes it very clear that COIN ops is not the driving factor, but rather a desire to match whatever IA or IAF get.
Just wow. The heads of the Pak mil establishment showing enthusiast forums level thinking (necessitated by H&D purposes). Oh well, good for us. I really think that we should buy a squadron or two of the F-16/21 and see these idiots desperately running to make import 4 more squadrons of the bunder.
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Pakistan using its IL-78 as IL-76
Good use of expanding strategic lift capability when required.
(I assume we have had a go at doing the same on our birds)

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Vips wrote:The Porkis have gone from truly TFTA American maal to half european (semi potent) hardware to their true calling : Chini ding dong stuff. :rotfl:
Sirji,
Top notch Amrikee maal did not save them in the wars with India. So, why waste more Amrikhan money? Better waste Chini money on raddi maal from Sugarland. In any case Pak will not pay markit wali daam for any thing.
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Prithwiraj wrote:What happened to their buy of Mi-35 from Russia? No monnies?
They only bought 4. No follow on deal after that.
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Khalsa wrote:Pakistan using its IL-78 as IL-76
Good use of expanding strategic lift capability when required.
(I assume we have had a go at doing the same on our birds)
LOL. Those Pakis in their hazmat suits look like they're scared stiff to be breathing the air in Cheen.
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chola wrote:
Khalsa wrote:Pakistan using its IL-78 as IL-76
Good use of expanding strategic lift capability when required.
(I assume we have had a go at doing the same on our birds)
LOL. Those Pakis in their hazmat suits look like they're scared stiff to be breathing the air in Cheen.
I'm not even sure those are hazmat suits. Just scrubs with hoodies looks like. As usual, if it's from tsp, it's fake.
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AOA some good news, Haram link

PAF F-16 fighter crashes near Islamabad

On 2nd thoughts why was a PAF F-16 over ISloo, upcoming Pakistan Day celebrations practice? or IAF activity which is making them to be there?

75-1 Thanks to Wing Commander Abhinandan and 1 more , F16 count is down to 73.
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After Feb 27, a F 16 had to publicly crash ;)

A better face saver story than concocting something like losing one against a pig on the runway.
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It was practice for the celebrations indeed. The F-16s must be having a rather increased role to play in the parade due to Swift Retort.
This is part and parcel of life. Operational hazard as they say.
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Question is there are videos of the plane crash, any videos of the Pilot Parachuting and what colour it was?
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Operation " Swift retreat" ! The classic manoeuvre of the Paki army.Time-tested many a time in the last century to date.
Well, the fate of the pilot unknown as of now, but the loss of the machine pleasurable. One less for the IAF to shoot down though.
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Apparent videos of the same

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The Pilots name as per Twitter sources was Nauman Akram- different from Nauman Ali khan? The reason for the F-16- I am yet to see JF-17 completing a loop.
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Yes. Said to be this guy

JF-17 retains PAF’s top fighter slot at armament competition

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Not sure from the article if he was a JF17 guy or an F16 one...

The Number 11 squadron which won the trophy is a F16 squadron.
Number 2 is JF17 squadron.
Number 8 is Mirage 5
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Looks like they lost the CO or OC of the Griffins. One of the crem-de-la-crem F-16 squadrons out of Sargodha
He was flying a single seater a/c.
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You kufr the pakistani pilot exhibited superior 'jazbaa' in crashing the F solah. :rotfl:

Even with limited number of hours in the air (due to resource crunch) this is the 4th Fizzle ya bird to crash this calendar year. What would be the rate if all porki pilots get to fly their regular hours?
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Manish_P wrote:Yes. Said to be this guy

Not sure from the article if he was a JF17 guy or an F16 one...

The Number 11 squadron which won the trophy is a F16 squadron.
Number 2 is JF17 squadron.
Number 8 is Mirage 5
Can see the patch of No 9 Sqn, Griffins on Wing Commander Noman Akram's right shoulder.
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Another one of Wing Commander Noman Akram....note the Su-30MKI models at left. Nice camo scheme on the Rambha.

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^ well spotted, Rakesh ji

Number 9 is an F16 squadron. So probably looks like it was him.

Can't ever trust the Pakis though..
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Khalsa wrote:Looks like they lost the CO or OC of the Griffins. One of the crem-de-la-crem F-16 squadrons out of Sargodha
He was flying a single seater a/c.
Yup, a senior pilot, being a Wing Cmdr. Big loss for the PAF. But he clearly miscalculated the height at which to initiate the loop. Was simply too low to pull it off. Badly piloted.
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PAF has had 4 crashes this year.

Looks like intense flying and CAP in 2019 has hit them hard. So far they were sitting cosy managing airframe life. Now they need to fly more, train more pilots, spend more money..

Out of the lot they have, JF17 is the only one on which can manage airframe life.

On the other hand we can belt our Su30, LCA, if required Jaguars. We produce parts locally.

Claims of victory on Feb 27 by Pak did not notice that PAF is now in game of attrition. They have to replace older airframe with JF17, as they loose airframe life.

We need constant threats by our leaders and some intense flying towards LC by IAF. We want PAF to be on the toes, putting pressure on their F16 airframe life, on Aim120 etc.

The objective should be to reduce the life on those F16s..
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Phone recording of the CCTV footage of impact.

Says ‘China Friendship’ on the top right corner, so assuming it was captured from the Pak China Friendship Centre in Shakarparian

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https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/ ... 83299?s=20
According to this female Paki news anchor the pilot couldn't 'ejaculate' :shock:
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Kartik wrote:
Khalsa wrote:Looks like they lost the CO or OC of the Griffins. One of the crem-de-la-crem F-16 squadrons out of Sargodha
He was flying a single seater a/c.
Yup, a senior pilot, being a Wing Cmdr. Big loss for the PAF. But he clearly miscalculated the height at which to initiate the loop. Was simply too low to pull it off. Badly piloted.
Aye sir.

Also if you could view the video from the side and right underneath. I will put up links later. He is not pulling back on the stick and de-accelerating on the way down. He is coming down like rock with acceleration which tells me that he g-locked just on the way up. I.e. he woke up when he was on the way down.

Very aggressive start of the loop with poor safety factor factored in.
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Bart S wrote: https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/ ... 83299?s=20
According to this female Paki news anchor the pilot couldn't 'ejaculate' :shock:
Oh my goodness. I can't believe she actually said that! :lol:
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Khalsa wrote:
Kartik wrote:
Yup, a senior pilot, being a Wing Cmdr. Big loss for the PAF. But he clearly miscalculated the height at which to initiate the loop. Was simply too low to pull it off. Badly piloted.
Aye sir.

Also if you could view the video from the side and right underneath. I will put up links later. He is not pulling back on the stick and de-accelerating on the way down. He is coming down like rock with acceleration which tells me that he g-locked just on the way up. I.e. he woke up when he was on the way down.

Very aggressive start of the loop with poor safety factor factored in.
Reminds me of a Thunderbirds crash where the pilot miscalculated the height at which to begin the loop and simply couldn't pull up in time. He wasn't G-LOC'ed but rather just couldn't pull any more Gs and then the ground was right there.


14 September 2003: Captain Chris Stricklin, flying Thunderbird No. 6 (F-16), crashed during an airshow at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.[24] Immediately after takeoff, Stricklin attempted a "Split S" maneuver (which he had successfully performed over 200 times) based on an incorrect mean-sea-level elevation of the airfield, 1,100 ft (340 m) higher than the home base at Nellis. Climbing to only 1,670 ft (510 m) above ground level instead of 2,500 ft (760 m), Stricklin had insufficient altitude to complete the maneuver, but guided the F-16C aircraft down the runway away from the spectators and ejected less than one second before impact. He survived with only minor injuries and no one on the ground was injured, but the $20 million aircraft was completely destroyed. Official procedure for demonstration "split S" maneuvers was changed, and the USAF now requires Thunderbird pilots and airshow ground controllers to both work in above-MSL (mean-sea-level) altitudes, as opposed to ground control working in AGL (above-ground-level) and pilots in MSL, which led to two sets of numbers that had to be reconciled by the pilot. Thunderbird pilots now also climb an extra 1,000 ft (300 m) before performing the Split S maneuver.[25]
Captain Chris Stricklin ejected at the very last second, Wing Cmdr Noman Akram perished.
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Bart S wrote:https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/ ... 83299?s=20
According to this female Paki news anchor the pilot couldn't 'ejaculate' :shock:
what was he flying: stick or d!(k :mrgreen:
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Bart S wrote:https://twitter.com/nailainayat/status/ ... 83299?s=20
According to this female Paki news anchor the pilot couldn't 'ejaculate' :shock:
LOL. He couldn't ejaculate because he was probably peeing when he realized he'd miscalculated the loop.
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Khalsa wrote:
Kartik wrote:
Yup, a senior pilot, being a Wing Cmdr. Big loss for the PAF. But he clearly miscalculated the height at which to initiate the loop. Was simply too low to pull it off. Badly piloted.
Aye sir.

Also if you could view the video from the side and right underneath. I will put up links later. He is not pulling back on the stick and de-accelerating on the way down. He is coming down like rock with acceleration which tells me that he g-locked just on the way up. I.e. he woke up when he was on the way down.

Very aggressive start of the loop with poor safety factor factored in.
these are teh same guys who say sargadha..oops..sarfada..ooops....Sargodha AF training facility is the besht..AF training facility with pilots decide their own programs and fly F16s at tree top level...
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The link below (click and scroll down) also displays Wing Commander Noman Akram's body, but someone has said that the video is fake. The video shows a pilot who ejected from an aircraft. It is my understanding that he did not eject.

The red text below is my notes and the Urdu I translated into English via Google Translate.

https://twitter.com/Carloskhan69/status ... 13280?s=20 ---> Last 10 seconds conversation between Wing Comd Noman Akram and ATC. This brave son and brother of us could have ejected in time but he wanted to avoid populated area and sacrificed his life in process. He had a lions heart in his body. He like hundreds of other brave young men is our pride. May Allah bless him in heavens. May Allah protect his family. Amen.

CALL SIGN GRIFFINS: MAY DAY MAY DAY
ATC: EJECT IMMEDIATELY
CALL SIGN GRIFFINS: WILL CLEAR POPULATION
ATC: C FIRM (confirm?)
ATC: C FIRM
ATC: C FIRM
CALL SIGN GRIFFINS: CLOSE TO JUNGLE
ATC: TIME SHORT
ATC: DROPPING ALTITUDE FAST
ATC: EJECT ASP
CALL SIGN GRIFFINS: الحمداللہ (Praise be to Allah!)
ATC: Griffins 1 .....................................send over
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In the video, the chute is still attached to the seat. So could indicate last minute ejection or that he could've even been thrown out of the jet as it impacted the ground. There was once a story i read on brf of an IAF sardar pilot who got thrown out of his mig-21 as it crashed during low level exercise. The sardar escaped alive!
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So someone took a close up shot of the F-16 that crashed. See this picture. The aircraft has the serial number of 92730 and you can see the last three digits of the serial number near the nose of the aircraft.

https://twitter.com/Ahmer_Shah/status/1 ... 79393?s=20 ---> Wing Commander Noman Akram entering Shakar Parian Parade Ground Arena today. Picture was captured by Rana Suhaib Photography, just a moment before the crash.

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Another picture of 92730 from earlier....

http://www.f-16.net/g3/f-16-photos/albu ... um18/92730

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the vid/pic of the pilot shows a rural agri area...where as the plane crashed in a urban area..looks not credible.
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