Reply With Quoteand why a landing ship is supposed to have any more firepower then for self-defense?Originally Posted by Maximmmm
It's hardly going to be going in alone. Perhaps they reasoned that this armament will be redundant. It makes sense to fit AA and Anti-Ship missiles on as many craft as possible as these are constant threats for any naval force. But artillery support to marines in the form of main cannon fire and Grad missiles is a far more specific mission, there is perhaps no need for more than 1-2 ships in the task-force to have such capabilities.
At least that's my take on it :P
Personally though I think it would have been worth it, to have it pack more of a punch. At least to have kept the Grad.
and why a landing ship is supposed to have any more firepower then for self-defense?
Well I personally think they did it because the project has been sitting there forever and they just want it done ASAP and as cheap as they can.
Packing a bit more punch would have been keeping up with soviet BDK doctrine. The Ropucha, our most successful landing ship class (build in Poland) has about the same armament as the Gren would have had.
Hello Raden5.
So, if i understand this correctly: The BMD-4M isnt being bought due to the fact that the Russian MoD decreases the role of the VDV in strategic warfare and wants it to be a lighter (less machines, more paratroop oriented) and more tactical force?
Bump to get these questions awnsered correctly as i am quite curious to say the least.
It's just a landing ship, so from that point of view I can see how it wouldn't need any of that armament. On the other hand I also see how it WOULD need all of that armament. They should've left it at least with a Palash for self-defence.
"Russia will develop a new military doctrine by the end of 2012..." (с)
I am not able to predict the future.
Can't answer your second question Horus, not knowledgeable enough xD
As for the BMD we simply don't know.
-Option one is they're waiting for one for the new platforms under development and don't want to waste precious money on older systems.
-Option two is the VDV will undergo some serious structural changes, giving the force different capabilities and equipment
-Option three is that there's a limited amount of money that's being given to the VDV with all the other purchases going on and they simply can't purchase it at the moment.
I think the first option is most likely.
Not really. The whole project was started back in early 90s, and when Pentkovsky joined in, IIRC, 1996, the first series of P1 were already long on the shelves. On the other hand, the collaboration between ITMiVT and Intel started as early as in 1991, so he was at least well known to Intel bosses at the time.
No way a company would name their most soughtafter(worldwide!) product after a single project' participant who is known to be a rival country citizen, no matter how big was his contribution. Pentkovsky / Pentium names are just a coincidence.
Sources in the Navy Staff are saying that the Yasen class submarines will be armed with "hypersonic missiles with a range of 1000 km".
http://www.lenta.ru/news/2012/04/25/yasen/
Well, there are your first stats on BrahMos 2/Oniks 2.
By method of exclusion, Klub is subsonic and has a range of 2500 km. BrahMos is supersonic, but not hypersonic. By exclusion, this means they are referring to BrahMos 2.
1000 km is pretty good for a hypersonic missile in the 9 by 0.7 meter dimensions.
Or Zircon-S.
I think Zircon-S is the same thing as BrahMos 2.
"Mineral" name, supersonic cruise missile. Who else do you think is making it if not NPO Mash, makers of Amethyst, Bazalt, Granite, Malachite, Onyx, etc?
Related i think, distanten cousin at that but i'd be suprised if Zircon-S and Brahmos are same missile's.
I seriously doubt they are developing several different missiles, at least as far as propulsion and materials are concerned (which is 90% of the work).
As per usual, Indians are going to get gimped range and indigenous electronics, but in all important ways, I seriously doubt that these two missiles are from different R&D projects. That's just not economically efficient, especially since NPO Mash is given an opportunity to develop a missile on Indian dime.
But it is not yet known - what kind "ten types of guided high-precision aircraft and naval weapons" develops the JSC TMC.
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