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The Javelin is a manportable, fire-and-forget, antitank missile employed by dismounted infantry to defeat current and future threat armored combat vehicles. Javelin is intended to replace the Dragon system in the Army and the Marine Corps. JAVELIN has significant improvements over DRAGON. The Javelin’s range of approximately 2,500 meters is more than twice that of its predecessor, the Dragon. Read the rest of this entry »

Ka-50 “Black Shark” is a single-seat attack helicopter for destroying armored vehicles, slow-speed air targets and manpower on the battlefield.

Coaxial Ka-50 helicopter has two three-blade rotors of 14.5-m diameter each. The polymeric composite blade is attached to the hub by a torsion bar. The airframe features perfect aerodynamic outlines, mid-set stub wing, retractable three-leg landing gear and empennage of a fixed-wing aircraft type. The pilot cockpit is fully armored. The emergency pilot escape system, comprising an ejection seat, saves the pilot within the entire flight speed and altitude range. Read the rest of this entry »

Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile

SHORT-RANGE AIR SUPERIORITY

REDEFINES WITHIN VISUAL RANGE COMBAT : First Shot, First Intercept, First Kill

ASRAAM is the most capable next generation air-to-air missile dedicated to within visual range combat and provides the pilot with a range of options not available with any other short range missile.

Operational requirement
In modern short-range air combat, the pilot needs the capability to strike first. When he engages a hostile target, he needs a missile that reacts faster than ever. The missile’s speed and agility must guarantee that the pilot will be provided with the maximum killing power, whatever the enemy’s avoidance manoeuvres or the extent of the countermeasures he deploys. Read the rest of this entry »

The FC-1 (Fighter China-1) ‘Xiaolong’ is the single-seat, single-engine, multirole fighter aircraft developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) for export market. Currently three prototypes are flying. A joint venture between CAC and Pakistani Aeronautical Complex (PAC) will begin initial production of 16 aircraft in 2006. The designation of the aircraft in the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) is Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunder. The PLA Air Force (PLAAF) has yet confirmed whether it would order any FC-1 fighter. Read the rest of this entry »

The B-52H BUFF [Big Ugly Fat Fellow] is the primary nuclear roled bomber in the USAF inventory. It provides the only Air Launch Cruise Missile carriage in the USAF. The B-52H also provides theater CINCs with a long range strike capability. The bomber is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes up to 50,000 feet (15,000 meters). It can carry nuclear or conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability. Read the rest of this entry »