Kfir C2, Mig 27k and C7
Here's an article on Suicide Terror - from the respected Janes Intelligence Magazine:
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Kfir C2, Mig 27k, C7
Kfir C2, Mig 27k and C7
Here's an article on Suicide Terror - from the respected Janes Intelligence Magazine:
http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/usscole/jir001020_1_n.shtml
MIG 23 Ground attack aircraft
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 16.70 m (56 ft 9.5)
- Wingspan: Spread, 13.97 m (45 ft 10 in)
- Height: 4.82 m (15 ft 9.75 in)
- Wing area: 37.35 m² spread, 34.16 m² swept (402.05 ft² / 367.71 ft²)
- Empty weight: 9,595 kg (21,153 lb)
- Loaded weight: 15,700 kg (34,612 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 18,030 kg (39,749 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Khatchaturov R-35-300 afterburning turbojet, 83.6 kN dry, 127 kN afterburning (18,850 lbf / 28,700 lbf)
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.35, 2,500 km/h at altitude; Mach 1.14, 1,350 km/h at sea level (1,553 mph / 840 mph)
- Range: 1,150 km with six AAMs combat, 2,820 km ferry (570 mi / 1,750 mi)
- Service ceiling: 18,500 m (60,695 ft)
- Rate of climb: 240 m/s (47,245 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 420 kg/m² (78.6 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.88
According to the MiG-23ML manual, the MiG-23ML has sustained turn rate of 14.1 deg/sec and a maximum instantaneous turn rate of 16.7 deg/sec. The MiG-23ML accelerates from 600 km/h (373 mph) to 900 km/h (559 mph) in just 12 seconds at the altitude of 1000 meters. The MiG-23 accelerates at the altitude of 1 km from the speed of 630 km/h (391 mph) to 1300 km/h (808 mph) in just 30 seconds and at the altitude of 10-12 km will accelerate from Mach 1 to Mach 2 in just 160 seconds.
Armament
- 1x Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23L 23 mm cannon with 200 rounds
- Two fuselage, two wing glove, and two wing pylons for up to 3,000 kg (6,610 lb) of stores, including:
- also, upgraded aircraft may carry:
MIG 27 M Ground attack aircraft
- Crew: One
- Length: 17.1 m (56 ft)
- Wingspan: 13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
- Swept: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
- Height: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: * Spread: 37.35 m² (402.0 ft²)
- Swept: 34.16 m² (367.7 ft²)
- Empty weight: 11,908 kg (26,252 lb)
- Loaded weight: 18,100 kg (39,900 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 20,670 kg (45,570 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Khatchaturov R-29-300 afterburning turbojet
- Dry thrust: 81 kN dry (18,300 lbf)
- Thrust with afterburner: 123 kN (27,600 lbf)
Performance
- Maximum speed: *sea level: Mach 1.10 (1,350 km/h, 839 mph)
- at altitude: Mach 1.77 (1,885 km/h at 8,000 m, 1,170 mph at 26,000 ft)
- Range: 780 km (480 mi) combat, 2,500 km (1,550 mi) ferry
- Service ceiling: 14,000 m (45,900 ft)
- Rate of climb: 200 m/s (39,400 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 605 kg/m² (123 lb/ft²)
- Thrust/weight: 0.62
Armament
- 1x GSh-6-30 30 mm cannon with 260-300 rounds
- One centerline, four fuselage, and two wing glove pylons for a total of 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of stores, including general-purpose bombs, rocket pods, SPPU-22 and SPPU-6 gun pods, and various guided air-to-surface missiles
Friday, April 13, 2007
Chengdu F 7 Skybolt
Performance
- Maximum speed: 2,175 km/h (1,350 mph)
- Combat range: 850 km (528 miles)
- Ferry range: 2,200 km (1,380 miles)
- Service ceiling: 18,800 m (61,700 ft)
- Rate of climb: 11,700 meters/min (38,400 ft/min)
- Wing loading: Greater than 379 kg/m² (77.8 lb/ft²)
Armament
- Two 30mm Type 30-1 guns with 60 rounds each
- Four under-wing store stations (500 kg load each, 2,000 kg total limit)
- Centerline station (typically used for 720 liter drop tank)
- PL-8, PL-9 short-range AAM
- 50kg - 500kg Free-fall bombs
- 12x55mm Rocket pod, 7x90mm Rocket pod
Chengdu F 7 Skybolt
The F 7 is an improved Chinese version of the world renown Russian built Mig-21, which has faught in almost every theater of war all over the world. Sri Lanka's own experience with the Mig21 goes back to 1971, when the USSR gifted at least four Mig-21s to the then Sirima Bandaranaike government to oversome the first JVP insurrection.
In a recent article arm chair defence pundit Iqbal Athas claimed that Sri Lanka 'never' had these aircraft. Athas also predicted imminent victory of tamil terror over democracy in Sri Lanka several times through the years, going as far back as the mid 1990's.
Sri Lankans do have short memories and too much forebearance, which obviously helps perpetuate absence of professionalism where quality matters. In my opinion, Athas is a panic-monger whether deliberately or otherwise, whose hidden agenda seems to be to demoralize the English media reading Sri Lankan elites against having any hope of winning against brutal tamil racist terrorism. Only an imbecile would not be able to guess who'd benefit from such a situation.
SLAF PUCARA
Crew 2 Length 14.25 m (46 ft 9 in)
Wingspan 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Height 5.36 m (47 ft 1 in)
Wing area 30.3m² (326.1ft²)
Weight (Empty) 4,020 kg (8,860 lb)
Maximum Takeoff 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
Powerplant 2 Turbomeca Astazou XVIG 965 shp turboprops
Max Speed 750 km/h (466 mph)
Cruising Speed 480 km/h (298 mph)
Range 3,710 km (2,300 mi)
Wing Loading 132.7 kg/m² empty, 224.4 max takeoff
Thrust/Weight 0.4825 hp/kg empty, 0.2838 hp/kg max takeoff
Guns 2× 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.804 autocannons
4× 7.62 mm FM M2-20 machine guns Bombs 3× hardpoints for up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) of gun pods, bombs, rockets, mines, or torpedoes
SLAF Beech Super King Air B200T (SIGNIT)
ISTAR/SPECIAL
Beech Super King Air B200T (SIGNIT) - 1 UNIT
Beech Super King Air B200T (HISAR) - 1 UNIT
Cessna 421 - 1 UNIT
SLAF C130K HERCULES
- Capacity:
- 92 passengers or
- 64 airborne troops or
- 74 litter patients with 2 medical personnel
- Payload: 45,000 lb (20,000 kg) including 2-3 Humvees or an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
- Length: 97 ft 9 in (29.8 m)
- Wingspan: 132 ft 7 in (40.4 m)
- Height: 38 ft 3 in (11.6 m)
- Wing area: 1,745 ft² (162.1 m²)
- Empty weight: 83,000 lb (38,000 kg)
- Useful load: 72,000 lb (33,000 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 155,000 lb (70,300 kg)
- Powerplant: 4× Allison T56-A-15 turboprops, 4,300 shp (3,210 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 329 knots (379 mph, 610 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 292 knots (336 mph, 540 km/h)
- Range: 2,050 nm (2,360 mi, 3,800 km)
- Service ceiling: 33,000 ft (10,000 m)
SLAF An-32B Cline
- Crew: 3
- Capacity: 42 paratroopers/50 passengers/24 Casualties on stretcher with 3 medical personnel
- Length: 23.78 m (78 ft 0¾ in)
- Wingspan 29.20 m (95 ft 9½ in)
- Height: 8.75m (28 ft 8½ in)
- Wing area: 75 m² (807 ft²)
- Empty weight: 16,800 kg (37,038 lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: 6700 kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 27,000 kg (59,525 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× ZMKB Progress AI-20DM turboprop, 3,812 kW (5,112 ehp) each
- Cargo hold dimensions: 12.48 (11 metres flat) x 2.30 x 1.84 metres
- Cargo door size: 2.40 x 1.91 metres, closed by rear loading ramp
- Maximum hold volume: 30 cubic metres
Performance
- Maximum Speed 540 km/h (286 knots, 329 mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: 2,500 km (1,350 nm, 1,553 mi)
- Service ceiling: 9,500m (31,165 ft)
- Rate of climb: 640 m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
- Takeoff run: 1360 metres for max takeoff weight
SLAF Shaanxi Y-8 (An-12)
- Crew: 5, or 3, or 2 (Y-8F600)
- Capacity: 20,000kg cargo, or ~90 equipped troops
- Length: 34.02m (111ft, 8in)
- Wingspan 38.0m (124ft 8in)
- Height: 11.6m (36ft 8in)
- Wing area: 121.9m² (1311.7ft²)
- Empty weight: 35,490kg (77,237lb)
- Loaded weight: kg (lb)
- Useful load: 20,000kg (44,090lb)
- Max take off weight 61,000kg (134,480lb)
- Powerplant: 4× Zhuzhou WoJiang-6 (WJ-6) turboprops, 3,170kW (4,250hp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 660km/h (357 knots, mph)- Cruise speed: 550km/h (knots, mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: 5,615km (3030nm, mi)
- Service ceiling: 10,400m (ft)
- Rate of climb: 10m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
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