The Balance of Air power in Sub-continent considering latest inductions of Platforms / capabilities by PAF

[CSAW]

THE SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS IN CLOSE AIR SUPPORT ROLE BY AIR ASSETS

"Pakistan's Answer to Heavy Medium Mix requirement for GunShip Attack helicopters for Desert Theater & High Altitude mountainous roles lie in a mix of T929 ATAK-II with ITAR Free engines & Z-10MP with bells & whistles such as MMW Radar. Manned assets would provide for Troops transport as well as Ammo transfer & other useful tasks. Indian side has reinforced the area which lagged historically from PAA Cobra gunships by adding Apache gunships recently.

Without a shadow of doubt, the role of UAVs in Recon, Surveillance, Tracking, Targeting, ISTAR, Armour Attack has evolved into a Low Cost potent force - Yet it would not discount the role of Manned assets for support of Infantry / Tanks inform of Air Cover. No single system is a silver bullet in itself or in isolation.

The networking of these Assets carrying modern SMART Munitions with Pakistan's UAV fleet would be devastating for India's armour / mechanized columns. Having proper Aircover is mandatory as part of Synergy / integrated Warfare in modern Combined Arms scenario as evident in Ukraine - Russia war. The System of Systems is where the winning combination lies"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1568776998100824065

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651417550981578753

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651454920040542208

Our First Clear Look At Turkey’s New T929 Heavy Attack Helicopter

This is our first complete look at Turkey’s new attack helicopter, which recently began engine tests ahead of its first flight.

www.thedrive.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1635882603378274304

https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1550035950763474944

 

[CSAW]

"PAF could have downed more Indian planes in Pulwama crisis:​

Ex-Air Boss Pakistan "​

Nazriya Pakistan Trust Speech Dt :January 16, 2023

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Former Air Chief Marshall Sohail Aman said

Pakistan could have taught India even a bigger lesson during the Pulwama crisis but it displayed restraint as an escalation of the tension was not an objective.Pakistan’s superior strategy and leadership had humbled India during the ‘post-Pulwama crisis’ in February 2019, when “we had eight Indian aircraft within our range, with electronic warfare tracking their every move and we could have taught them a bigger lesson, but we didn’t want to escalate.”

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1499950378812690432

 

[CSAW]

Turkiye's Stand off Munitions for Akinci & future possibility in Ozgur F-16s

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651945464001069058

https://twitter.com/x/status/1608656886995484672

 

[CSAW]

Pakistan's Potential Induction in Heavy Class ATGM / CAS Support role take its maiden flight.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1651982574359838720

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651990407113322508

 

[CSAW]

MMU TFX UPDATE FOR IRST "KARAT" & EOTS "TOYGUN
- BOTH BY ASELSAN


The Passive search LWIP Capability for MMU through Aselsan's KARAT Infrared Search & Track. The location infron to cockpit placed reducing the RCS.

The Toygun EOTS has main MWIR IR sensor with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651551458137894915

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Turkey’s ASELSAN unveiled KARAT, an Infrared Search and Tracking System for the National Combat Aircraft (MMU) TF-X at Teknofest Istanbul.

Infrared search and tracking systems are very critical electro-optical systems to contribute to the low visibility features of 5th generation warplanes and to provide passive search capability. ASELSAN is also developing TOYGUN infrared search and targeting systems for the MMU, Turkish state media reported today.

The KARAT will be located in front of the cockpit of the National Combat Aircraft, behind a special window with a reduced radar cross section. With KARAT, the National Combat Aircraft will be able to detect enemy warplanes passively without active broadcasting with its radar. Together with KARAT, the National Combat Aircraft will be the first 5th Generation fighter aircraft with a fully infrared search system.

In the F-35, which can be compared, the air-to-air infrared search function is performed with the TOYGUN equivalent EOTS sensor system under the nose of the aircraft. KARAT will both perform better than EOTS and, as it is a discrete sensor, it will enable the National Combat Aircraft to attack land targets at the same time.

KARAT will be equipped with an infrared detector operating in the LWIR band, thus enabling target detection at long ranges. KARAT will have multi-target tracking, wide scanning area, low scanning time and imaging capabilities with narrow/wide angles.

On the one hand, the TOYGUN electro-optical sensor system project developed by ASELSAN for the National Combat Aircraft and Kızılelma continues. With its MWIR infrared main sensor with a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels, TOYGUN will play a role in meeting the air-to-ground targeting needs of our low-visibility aircraft.

TOYGUN will also be able to perform laser marking at a wavelength of 1064 nm, accurate laser range finding up to a distance of at least 35 km, laser spot tracking for detection and tracking of a target marked by another platform, and internal alignment according to thermal imagery. The system will have the ability to calculate the coordinates of a target on the ground with the support of internal GPS / external INS / platform navigation data / internal inertial measurement unit.

TOYGUN and KARAT will have a special sensor fusion system that is not found in their National Combat Aircraft counterparts. Making infrared search and targeting systems with separate sensors will enable the aircraft to attack ground targets while searching against air targets. TOYGUN and KARAT will also work together with the 360-degree infrared imaging system on the National Combat Aircraft.

Turkey Develops Infrared Search and Tracking System For Upcoming MMU Aircraft

Turkey Develops Infrared Search and Tracking System For Upcoming MMU Aircraft

www.defensemirror.com

ASELSAN KARAT İlk Kez Teknofest'te Sergilendi

ASELSAN tarafından Milli Muharip Uçak (MMU) için geliştirilen Kızılötesi Arama ve Takip Sistemi KARAT ilk kez Teknofest İstanbul’da sergilendi.

www.savunmasanayist.com

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Hats off

 

[CallSignMaverick]

Astra Mk-II completes testing enters production as per AD.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651967563008552962

160 km range

 

[CSAW]

Astra Mk-II completes testing enters production as per AD.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651967563008552962

160 km range

Dual Pulse Motor propelled ?

India’s ‘Astra Mk2’ BVR Missile Breaks Cover; IAF’s New Promo Video Shows Su-30 MKI Fighter Firing The Indigenous Weapon

In the video released by Indian Air Force (IAF), an Astra Mk-II air-to-air missile (BVR-AAM) is launched from a Su-30 MKI fighter jet.

eurasiantimes.com

 

[CallSignMaverick]

Dual Pulse Motor propelled ?

Guess so

 

[Falcon26]

MMU TFX UPDATE FOR IRST "KARAT" & EOTS "TOYGUN
- BOTH BY ASELSAN


The Passive search LWIP Capability for MMU through Aselsan's KARAT Infrared Search & Track. The location infron to cockpit placed reducing the RCS.

The Toygun EOTS has main MWIR IR sensor with 1280 x 1024 pixel resolution.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651551458137894915

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Turkey’s ASELSAN unveiled KARAT, an Infrared Search and Tracking System for the National Combat Aircraft (MMU) TF-X at Teknofest Istanbul.

Infrared search and tracking systems are very critical electro-optical systems to contribute to the low visibility features of 5th generation warplanes and to provide passive search capability. ASELSAN is also developing TOYGUN infrared search and targeting systems for the MMU, Turkish state media reported today.

The KARAT will be located in front of the cockpit of the National Combat Aircraft, behind a special window with a reduced radar cross section. With KARAT, the National Combat Aircraft will be able to detect enemy warplanes passively without active broadcasting with its radar. Together with KARAT, the National Combat Aircraft will be the first 5th Generation fighter aircraft with a fully infrared search system.

In the F-35, which can be compared, the air-to-air infrared search function is performed with the TOYGUN equivalent EOTS sensor system under the nose of the aircraft. KARAT will both perform better than EOTS and, as it is a discrete sensor, it will enable the National Combat Aircraft to attack land targets at the same time.

KARAT will be equipped with an infrared detector operating in the LWIR band, thus enabling target detection at long ranges. KARAT will have multi-target tracking, wide scanning area, low scanning time and imaging capabilities with narrow/wide angles.

On the one hand, the TOYGUN electro-optical sensor system project developed by ASELSAN for the National Combat Aircraft and Kızılelma continues. With its MWIR infrared main sensor with a resolution of 1280×1024 pixels, TOYGUN will play a role in meeting the air-to-ground targeting needs of our low-visibility aircraft.

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TOYGUN will also be able to perform laser marking at a wavelength of 1064 nm, accurate laser range finding up to a distance of at least 35 km, laser spot tracking for detection and tracking of a target marked by another platform, and internal alignment according to thermal imagery. The system will have the ability to calculate the coordinates of a target on the ground with the support of internal GPS / external INS / platform navigation data / internal inertial measurement unit.

TOYGUN and KARAT will have a special sensor fusion system that is not found in their National Combat Aircraft counterparts. Making infrared search and targeting systems with separate sensors will enable the aircraft to attack ground targets while searching against air targets. TOYGUN and KARAT will also work together with the 360-degree infrared imaging system on the National Combat Aircraft.

Turkey Develops Infrared Search and Tracking System For Upcoming MMU Aircraft

Turkey Develops Infrared Search and Tracking System For Upcoming MMU Aircraft

www.defensemirror.com

ASELSAN KARAT İlk Kez Teknofest'te Sergilendi

ASELSAN tarafından Milli Muharip Uçak (MMU) için geliştirilen Kızılötesi Arama ve Takip Sistemi KARAT ilk kez Teknofest İstanbul’da sergilendi.

www.savunmasanayist.com

If Pakistan has any brain cells remaining , it would fund a variant of the TFX with Chinese WS-15 or WS-19 engines while keeping everything else intact. @Bilal Khan (Quwa) @JamD

 

[Dazzler]

Astra Mk-II completes testing enters production as per AD.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1651967563008552962

160 km range

They should abandon meteor and induct this thing instead.

 

[CallSignMaverick]

They should abandon meteor and induct this thing instead.

Meteor is for Rafales only, this will be with other jets.

 

[TheGuy]

Cost cutting

thunder needed a better engine(rd93 ma or ws 13) and IRST but apparently were shelves in favour of getting more J10s

 

[CSAW]

HURJET is a Work in Process for future exports for many operators including Potential for Pakistan


"As Defense experts specultae on future development in store for TAI TUSAS Light Attack aircraft cum Trainer jet Hurjet, Two discussions are important.

First claim that a Naval version of Hurjet will be developed to carry out operations from LHD TCG Anadolu using strengthened Landing gears and structures.

Second debate is evolving into a Full Light Combat jet with AESA Radar , Cutting edge Avionics benefiting from TFX development & A2A / A2G Missiles. The plan is to integrate an indigenous engine also.

These developments if carried out would mean tapping the export market in 2024-25."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652127772037513216

 

[CSAW]

THE CAS SUPPORT GUNSHIPS 'MAY GET A MUCH NEEDED FRESH
LEASE OF LIFE'

Ukraine based Motor Sich set to supply Pakistan with 1.5 million USD worth of engines and spare parts for Pakistan's MI-17 fleet. This being the largest military sale by Ukraine since the start of the 2022-23 conflict.

Mi-17 of Pakistan Air Force equipped with SS-III FLIR system. Such equipment is necessary for conducting Search and Rescue Missions especially at night and bad weather. These helicopters are also used for combat missions behind enemy lines to insert and retrieve special forces

https://twitter.com/x/status/1652008323749691395

 

[CSAW]

Deadly Long shot Combo.

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"In a post on Weibo on Monday, the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China said the Active radar guided BVR LETRI PiL PL-15 is a sophisticated long-range beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile (AAM) currently in use by the People’s Liberation Army–Air Force (PLAAF). The export variant, the PL-15E has been supplied to Pakistan Airforce.

General Herbert Carlisle, the head of the Air Force’s Air Combat Command, was quoted by Flight Global magazine as saying, that AIM-120D & AIM JATM 260 are of “exceedingly high priority” for America. “The PL-15 and the range of that missile, we’ve got to be able to out-stick that missile,” he stressed

The estimated range of the PL-15 is reportedly 200 kilometers with a large NEZ (no escape zone). According to Wei Dongxu, a military analyst based in Beijing, both the PL-15 and the AIM-120D have a high range allowing the platform to be turned into an aerial sniper.

This allows an aircraft armed with the missile such as J-10C to seek and destroy enemy fighters at long distances with the help of AESA Radar, IRST & Cooperative Targeting.

The export variant of the missile, PL-15E, has lower specifications. But still, it has a higher range than its American or Russian counterparts or even export versions of Meteor missile. The MBDA A2A Missile Meteor is claimed to posses better NEZ owing to its ducted Ramjet Propulsion.

The Meteor Missile has a SDFR to ensure maximum kinetic energy is sustained after launch. This ensures that the target is unable to escape the missile within a certain distance. The AIM-120 has a smaller No-Escape Zone than the PL-15, comparable to the Meteor missile.

PL-15E has the ability to attack manned aircraft, unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles and other targets located more than 145km [90 miles] away, with a two-way datalink for dynamic Re-targeting in the air.

PL-15E is guarded with a combination of inertial, satellite navigation, datalink, and radar. The missile can cover long-range and short-range air combat as well as surface attack.

The medium to long-range missile with advanced AESA Seeker can travel at 4-5 times the speed of sound and is powered by a Dual-thrust, solid-fuel Motor.

The indian response is to rapidly stride towards Astra MK-2 & MK-3. Astra Mk-1 is comparable to SD-10 or PL-12 Chinese BVRs that JF-17s carry. Astra MK-1 has a range of 100 kilometers and a ceiling of twenty kilometers.

Astra Mk-1 can be launched agnostic to the target’s relative position. Compared to Russian Missiles in Indian Fleet - It includes improved electronic countermeasures (ECM), which improve its target tracking capability even in an environment with electronic jammers. It can engage multiple targets and now sports an indigenous RF seeker-based active radar instead of semi-active radar.

The Astra Mk-3 is being developed along with Russia and will most likely have the new Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SDFR) for a range of 350 kilometers. The Astra Mk-3 my afford India a credible response to the Chinese PL-15 and other world-class BVR missiles."

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