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Does he know anything about Defence.
You forgot goal shifting requirements changingBig problem is here. Do you see the video? It is fully developed.
Meaning.
Time for Drishti - 45 based on Hemes 450
Well, cheaper loitering munitions/drones who can do either surveillance or attack or both are present.You forgot goal shifting requirements changing
The things is it will be cheaper than archers ng. It can be used for isr role for 12hrs. It is simpler and much larger no. Can be produced in short span.Well, cheaper loitering munitions/drones who can do either surveillance or attack or both are present.
What benefit will archer provide?
These atgm's or any standoff weapon archer will carry will not be cheaper than those drones, so the reuse factor of archer is not more economical.
And archer will be quite vunrable just like turkish bayraktar, but at the same time more expensive loss than loitering drones/munitions if it gets shot down.
And instead of archer carring 2 standoff munitions, two or more separate loitering munitions are more survivable
The only advantage can think of is long loitering time of 12+ hours.
But we are already working on much larger rustom, archer ng for long endurance surveillance.
And they both can be used in armed mode in secondary roles
So, in this new age is there any significant benefit it can provide for its induction?
Like ukraine stopped using bayraktar drones long ago.
For surveillance role, Below is the pic of russian orlan 30, which has endurance of 8 hours, and very cheap compared to archer mk1.The things is it will be cheaper than archers ng. It can be used for isr role for 12hrs. It is simpler and much larger no. Can be produced in short span.
It should be inducted in descent numbers. Instead of using expensive mpatgm. Ulpgm variants need to be integrated with it. Which will make it a viable platform.
Pakistanis also have similar kind of drone quite same design too. They have integrated weapons like ulpgm or like kornet (on steroids)
Something called bark a 45kg laser guided surface to air missile.
This overall is a very cost effective solution. Atleast few hundred should be inducted by army
More importantly I think bsf should Induct them. For patrolling bangladesh border.
I am having gut feeling that armenia might induct it. It's perfect for them. If above options are explored + mpatgm
Actually these things get proven with sruav that...now drdo can do these things with a larger weapons with larger birds
I mean with archer ng , and tapas integrated with helina ..may be some day sant like atgms
Placeholder is playing good cop to the ACM IAF's bad cop. Game on .
View: https://youtu.be/pmP6-iurgSY?si=NjSBowKb3lyAcvY1
F117, flying wings, j36 etc has single large continous wing surface.I have a question. Requesting answer from anyone with a clue.
From F-117 to our stealth UAVs & Chinky 6th gen fighter, noone has proper planeform edge alignment like F-22. So how does that work for stealth aircrafts?.. I thought wing angles needed to match.
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I had seen a documentary of northrop where they said they achieved stealth with not just edge alignment but also with CURVED SURFACES such that radar waves doesn't bounce back instead scatter away. I think the documentary was abt tacit blue technology demonstrater which was equivalent to have blue which was further developed into f117.I have a question. Requesting answer from anyone with a clue.
From F-117 to our stealth UAVs & Chinky 6th gen fighter, noone has proper planeform edge alignment like F-22. So how does that work for stealth aircrafts?.. I thought wing angles needed to match.
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