Apparently, Russian AF and helicopter crew members prefer the Japanese Yaesu VHF AM handie-talkies over the R-855 ELT's. Does it mean that the R-855s are unreliable? Photo below found somewhere on the web.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/10/20/ukraine-news-russia-war-putin-martial-law-strikes-drones/
Apparently a genuine malfunction, but the incident hasn't helped present tensions any.
While scrolling through wikipedia, something caught my attention.
A Russian aircraft project named "PAK ShA" a proposed replacement to the aging Su-25. It was also called "??? PSS".
Since there's literally no info on the web, i wonder if anyone has any information about it, it would be...
Not sure you’d see many western aircraft transported like this.
https://theaviationist.com/2019/10/31/wait-what-what-is-a-russian-sukhoi-su-34-doing-driving-along-the-road/
Russians Scramble To Edit Wikipedia So The Kremlin's Claims Make Sense
I note that on the English-language Wikipedia page for the Su-25, there's this bit of wisdom:
Does the exchange rate between feet and meters change at lower altitude?
The Russians appear to be saying that LO/stealth technology is not worth the time and investment--or they have given up on developing it into a "Next Generation" bomber for industrial and technical reasons...
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/russia-considers-funding-mig-29-successor-394022/
Russia is to build a new lightweight fighter, deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin told parliamentary deputies on 11 December.
“There already is the task in our rearmament programme of creating a...
Last month's DTI carried a blurb on the Mig-31 BM . the last line talked about the Mig-31 BM's ability to counter stealth cruise missiles and Hypersonics. In this context I propose to start a discussion as to how the Mig-31 BM may indeed accomplish the same.
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Interesting. I seem to recall there was a proposed Russian cruise missile design that also used a propfan. The ol' memory is a bit fuzzy on the details, but I seem to recall some sort of mid-fuselage mounted prop.........
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