China buys aerostat from Russia

[malllawcha]

 

[malllawcha]

Russian firm builds another aerostat system for China

00:37 09/01/2011

Russia's Augur-RosAeroSystems will finish in 2011 the construction of a third large-size tethered aerostat under a contract with a Chinese firm, the company's president said.

The Puma aerostat is primarily designed to carry an early-warning radar station, but could also carry other surveillance and communications equipment, which makes it a low cost alternative to satellites.

"We are not worried about China copying our design because we are well-protected by our technologies and know-how," Gennady Verba told reporters on Saturday, adding that two aerostats had already been delivered to China.

The aerostat could climb to altitudes of up to 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) and stay in the air for 30-35 days without landing.

The payload is located on a truss, suspended under the envelope in a protective soft-pressurized cockpit of an aerodynamic shape.

RosAeroSystems is a leading Russian manufacturer of airships and aerostats. Foreign partners include Kubicek (Czech Republic), Voliris (France), and the U.S. companies Worldwide Aeros and General Aeronautics Corporation.



MOSCOW, January 9 (RIA Novosti)

俄罗斯售中国巨型美洲豹浮空雷达即将交付
2011-3-22

 

[Hafizzz]

Similar stuff from Russia :

Russian Army Fools All With Blow-Up Dolls Dummy Weapons
Russian Army Fools All With Blow-Up Dolls Dummy Weapons

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Want to put together your own fake army to fool all the dolts trolling Google Earth? Try getting in touch with Rusbal, a Moscow-based R&D company that produces inflatable, life-size replica of the usual implements of war, including big tanks, bomber jets and rocket launchers.

Used by the Russian Army to fool spy satellites taking aerial pictures of local areas, the blow-up contraptions are reportedly more realistic than older generations of dummy weapons, which were made from either rubber, plastic or plywood. Not only that, they irradiate warmth too (so heat-sensing drones should be easily fooled), along with radar and infra-red bands (just in case the enemy uses more tools than Google Earth, which they probably do).

In actual battle scenarios, fake military artillery serves to distract enemies, forcing them to use their available resources keeping tabs on dummy installations, instead of focusing on real combat units. According to reports, the army even sends in soldiers who pretend to operate and maintain the balloon equipment, so it looks like a real threat waiting in the wings (no, they don't create mannequin soldiers - too obvious).

But why blow-up balloons? They are lighter and more portable than other types of dummies, allowing the army to set up a fake camp within minutes (the fake missile launcher reportedly pumps up to full size in five minutes, the sham battle tank in four). Just like you can in your backyard. Can you imagine the shitstorm (along with the giggles) you can cause putting up fake tanks, battalion trucks and cannons right on your school's playground? Way-freaking-awesome.

[Russia Today via Cakehead Loves Evil]

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

china buying aerostat from russia. Cant you guys make an aerostat??

 

[Anonymous user]

Reminds me of the Cargolifter project

 

[azfar]

^ no they cant, they bought it to reverse engineer it and apply it to J20. happy.

 

[siegecrossbow]

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Russian firm builds another aerostat system for China



俄罗斯售中国巨型美洲豹浮空雷达即将交付
俄罗斯军工新闻网3月3日报道

Floating Radar? Interesting.

 

[Skull and Bones]

It's just an aerostat, what's weird in that?

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

^ no they cant, they bought it to reverse engineer it and apply it to J20. happy.

Are you chinease??.....they can reverse engineer it thats why they bought only one, this much is clear to me. But how they gonna use is on j20...oohhh j20 will use this to take off.

 

[fighter20]

It's just an aerostat, what's weird in that?

It just looks like a weird one,perhaps because it is too white.

 

[Rain]

interesting! The system can be used in a variety of ways, survaillance, may by airborne refueler like in movies, and more interestingly as a signal intelligence system apart from being used as dummy AWACs. what you guys say?

 

[MaheenRizvi]

China buys something and the indians have an issue

 

[Hafizzz]

China buys something and the indians have an issue

Man, that is not healthy for Indians.

 

[kingkobra]

China buys something and the indians have an issue

not an issue but curiosity as India has already made "Akshadeep"

Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: India's Akashdeep is ready: DRDO's Agra lab tests critical surveillance technologies successfully on Aerostat

 

[Zeeshan360]

China buys something and the indians have an issue

Plz China Plz .. Plz ....
Build a satellite for us Plz China .. Plz ...