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Tank destroyed by a grenade thrown in it's barrel? How did that happen? Shouldn't it just blow out of the barrel just like a shell?

Just when you think you're in 21st century and it's the jets era, with ramjets starting to make their way, with hypersonic speed tests... and the image of all that is destroyed by a crop duster...

:clown: you saw that in that crystal ball of yours? Wasn't there also a vision of PAK-FA carrying R-60 and R-27? Maybe that's how you see its AA armament?

It turns out the Chinese "indigenous" attack helicopter WZ-10 is based on Kamov design: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/heli-expo-chinese-wz-10-attack-helicopter-based-on-kamov-design-383147/

The news and info (http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1682391&postcount=199) released on the new missile developed by Lockheed Martin are pretty exciting, I thought I should start this thread to discuss the details. First of all its size is impressive and the possibility to substantially increase the payload (especially that of the F-35) is a great. What I don't understand is how is it categorized as medium range BVR missile having into account its size of just 1.78m? How are they doing that? How can this missile reach so far when it's so small? Any theories? Also why the kinetic kill solution? Isn't it easier to guide a missile close to an aircraft and use a proximity fuse instead of trying to direct-hit it? It is understandable why thaad missiles use kinetic energy to destroy warheads, but an aircraft be it a jet, helicopter or a uav is pretty fragile and we all have seen what a blast fragmentation warhead can do with such. Do you have any clue what the section with the dots (holes) behind the radome is?

It's quite impressive that it manages to land on an aircraft, but how does it take off?

It looks like a mock up, where's the real aircraft. This thing might still be on the drawing board.

I have never seen a page load so slowly in this forum, if you are going to upload so many photos in such high resolution post them as thumbnails, seriously.

I've never expected that someone might feel like you do when playing sims or FPS games, swift. I'm on the other extreme, I feel great. It is a great feeling of satisfaction when you see your missile blow the enemy fighter to bits, and sometimes I've even tried to gun down the pilot while he's flying down with his parachute after a successful ejection. In my mind I'm doing that not because of some sadistic pleasure but because that's the enemy, you'd want to inflict as much damages to the enemy as you can. Destroying a multi-million jet fighter is a win in itself, the pilots though are an asset not less valuable, denying the enemy that asset is another way to cause damages. There is no reason to feel guilty when killing people with an assault rifle or bombing them or whatever in a game. Certainly reality is much different than virtual reality even though sometimes it might not seem like that, like for instance sitting in your apache miles away looking at an MFCD, firing a missile with a push of a button. But it must be different, pilots who experienced that should elaborate more. In the virtual reality, since your life is not at stake, it's all about competition. Be it a driving game, a shooter, a sim or a strategy, it's all about who gets there first, who kills the most, who captures the enemy base, who returns to base after dropping his bombs... And since it is a competition I don't see why someone should feel guilty about anything, it's win or lose that's it. So it's expected to feel joy and satisfaction and relief after you've won not to feel bad about it.

AFAIK F-15C has some basic AG capabilities so is there any chance to see such implemented in FC3?

So they are putting a more durable ram there? Why is F-22 not painted like that, like Cali said?

Why are all the possible lid contours on this plane made so visible?

:laugh: + rep edit: "must spread" annoying forum rep system...

Why do people ignore the Photos/Videos thread? :huh: Not only this video's place is there but it already has been posted: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1549903&postcount=10085

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Check out how the Zumwalt DDG-1000 destroyer's deckhouse looks like :greedy:

Ka-52 should get the new Hermes missiles, I don't know at what stage their development is atm.

It's not just that concept, it's X-45, X-47, Phantom ray, Neuron, Taranis, etc...

Someone's gotta come up with a new radically different UCAV design, this shape ^^ is getting old.

Some nice slow mo footage of T-90's active protection system Arena testing, 14:50 - 16:10:

Reviving a two year old thread, rly? :huh:

I'm kinda surprised to see no changes to the underside of the plane. These round shapes are something that should be looked into IMO.

So what happened to the release date? "The team has been hard at work debugging FC3 and adding some new features; however, this has resulted in the game not being available in September as we had first planned. We regret the delay, but we hope the additional time will result in a better product." Having in mind the multiple delays of DCS: A-10C this debugging and adding of new features might as well last for an year or more. We are long past September so I wonder if a new release date or period might be announced.

Europe enters stealth club with Neuron first flight "Dassault today announced completing first flight of the Neuron, an unmanned combat air vehicle developed among six European partners. ... BAE Systems, meanwhile, has plans to achieve first flight of the Taranis unmanned stealth demonstrator in early 2013." Source: http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/europe-enters-stealth-club-with-neuron-first-flight-379672/ Footage: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1620931&postcount=10688

Neuron's first flight: