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Leaked report: crashed Russian Air Force MiG-31 was shot down by wingman
Almost exactly two years ago, a Russian Air Force MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptor went down during an exercise over the Telemba proving grounds in Buryatia, a Siberian semi-autonomous Russian republic that borders Mongolia. (Telemba was one of the sites for Vostok, Russia’s giant wargames staged last fall with Chinese and Mongolian troops in attendance.) The incident was described by Russia’s Defense Ministry at the time as a simple mishap: the fighter “crashed during a training flight,”… (arstechnica.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This accident reminded me of a feat pulled off by USN Commander Wally Schirra while testing Sidewinder missiles (China Lake?). His wingman inadvertently fired a missile which aimed directly at Wally´s jet exhaust; the wingman very quickly warned him by radio and Wally pulled his jet up towards the sun in a nanosecond which by having a much powerful IR emission attracted it and a tragedy was avoided. This and a distinguished Navy/USAF career caused NASA to ask him to join it as a future astronaut, in which he also excelled.
highly ignorant to poke fun at the russian air force, for they are not primitive and yes, their missles work well. Soviet military pilots get few hours to hone their craft and their aircraft, so this is entirely feasible that this sort of incident occur. Soviet technologyought to be respected if not loved, for simplicity, ease of operation, ease of repair- we could take lessons from them.The soviets believe in numbers of aircraft- we believe in more costly, more complex and more expensive aircraft, more mechanic hours/flight hour and millions of line of code , just there to malfunction.
Let's hope we never find out which is the more effective approach...
Sir, the electronics inside Russian fighters supporting the gamut of missions incliding missile launches are, in the words of a well versed Aviation Week writer: well behind in quality, accuracy and reliability from those installed on US military aircraft. As for the cost of either, you get what you pay for.
But does the spending billions and billions of $ on a US weapon system actually get you a system that performs as extraordinarily well as the price suggests?
If you look at the example from WW2 of the German vs. Russian tanks. The German tanks were high tech, precision made, state of the art, and expensive. The Russian tanks were lower tech, made in tractor factories, and by design any farm boy could fix it when it broke. Yeah, 1 vs. 1 the German tanks were superior. But the odds change when its 1 vs. 10.
If you look at the example from WW2 of the German vs. Russian tanks. The German tanks were high tech, precision made, state of the art, and expensive. The Russian tanks were lower tech, made in tractor factories, and by design any farm boy could fix it when it broke. Yeah, 1 vs. 1 the German tanks were superior. But the odds change when its 1 vs. 10.
if you look at combat aircraft alone, the US has more than rusha and china combined.
that's just combat aircraft.
so it's not just the single aircraft price tag that affects the totals number.
that's just combat aircraft.
so it's not just the single aircraft price tag that affects the totals number.
Excellent point Patrick, high thumbs!