[Typhoon]

From the discussion today some historically relevant footage from a US plane over former Yugoslavia, you can clearly hear the various alerts from the radar warning receiver as the engagement is conducted (listen to how long the radar stays on air for), as well as the high speed anti-radiation missiles being launched in response.

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[Typhoon]

Syrian combat footage...

Warning violence!

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[Igor Antunov]

Looks like they just blew the tracks.

[Typhoon]

^Probably did not do too much good to the crew either.

Incoming, kind of what the end of the world would as we know it would look like...

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[Typhoon]

Easy does it, easy does it...

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[Siberian Fox]

What is that?

[Typhoon]

I believe the tracked vehicle is the 9S15M Obzor-3 3D surveillance radar for the S-300V area defense missile system, what its humping appears to be a MAZ-537 transporter.

You can see all the components and the deployment in the video below, the Obzor radar has an unusual folding and rotating antenna but it gives the system a huge radar antenna with excellent mobility...

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[Typhoon]

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The USN is thinking about its anti-ship missile capability again and perhaps not without good reason. The new tomahawk will have some impressive networking capabilities but while capable land attack platforms the tomahawk is a poor performance anti-ship missile, especially against 'an advanced air defense system'. Note the Russian Slava's Fregat radar is not turning, having the 'advanced' air defenses not turned on is probably the most successful scenario for this type of missile today.

[Typhoon]

Speaking of advanced missiles here we can see some rare footage of the Avangard missile plant which appears to have started mass production of the 48N6 missile for the S-400, confirming perhaps that the development issues surrounding this 400 km range missile have been resolved. Enjoy

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[Typhoon]

Launched yesterday, quite a slow missile really.

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[roxunreal]

Last year my biggest aviation-related dream came true as the first Focke Wulf 190A (an A-5 model from 1943) restored with its original BMW 801 engine took flight. This is so far the only airworthy Focke Wulf with an original engine. There are a few more powered by Shvetsov ASh-82 engines that powered Russian Lavochkin fighters (most of these 190's are replicas and not the real stuff of history).

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This aircraft was found in the woods in Russia in 1989, this is how it looked like then (this is a remarkably good condition for a WW2 plane to be found in after so much time)

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There is another Focke Wulf being restored to airworthiness with its original engine, but this one will most likely not be finished any time soon.

[Baff]

"Did a Messerschemitt shoot you down?"

"No, some Fokker did".

[roxunreal]

Reminds me of the awesome advertising campaign of the Spitfire beer

[Typhoon]

This is so far the only airworthy Focke Wulf with an original engine.

Great aircraft, great flypast and a great achievement!

[Typhoon]

Not so good a fly-past from Syria in the last few hours, RIP to the pilots.

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[Igor Antunov]

Do you know what type of heli that was?

[Baff]

Mi 8 I was thinking.

[Typhoon]

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[roxunreal]

Sukhoi, pure sex on wings.

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[Typhoon]

Israeli recently shooting down a UAV that entered the territory from the east, unknown operator.

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Reminds me of the time that Russia shot down the Georgian (Israeli manufactured) drone before the war there using a MiG-29, this interception looks like it was conducted with an F-16.