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Ma arvan, et pealetungiv vastane hakkaks võimalikke kohti peale esimest Milani lasku läbi kammima suurtükiväe tulelöökidega. Lisaks patrullivad kopterid. Kui arvestada venelsate kinnisideed UAV'de osas, siis oleks need paras peavalu line-of-sight relvasüsteemidele, sest suure tõenäosusega viskavad UAV operaatorid silma peale kõige tõenäolisematele pudelikaeladele. Kui on kahtlusi, siis tuleb ka tulelöök.

Приподнятое настроение, царившее на пресс-конференции, после заявления главы ФС ВТС о покупке "Мистраля" несколько упало. Оно и вовсе пошло на спад, когда генеральный директор госкорпорации "Ростехнологии", председатель Союза машиностроителей России Сергей Чемезов рассказал, что российский ОПК и израильская фирма Israel Airspace Industry «рассматривают планы по созданию совместного производства беспилотных летательных аппаратов». Компания, таким образом, может быть включена в структуру российско-израильского совместного производства.

Officers and experts from NATO countries were discussing anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), their merits and their optimum range. The Milan system had a range of 2 km while a couple other systems had ranges of about 4 km.
Finally an Israeli guest gave a comment. He reminded everyone that they would be happy if they had more than a single kilometre visual range on a battlefield because dust, smoke from fires and smoke from WP shells would be omnipresent.

kaur3 kirjutas:HeiniR, tegemist on tõesti kalli süsteemiga. Samas, kui teha demagoogiline arvutus ja öelda, et selle raha eest saab hävitada õlalt lastava relvaga vähemalt 5 vastase tankipataljoni (1 km kauguselt) ja jätta ülejäänud lahingumasinad ning veoautod CG, 120 mm MP jne meestele, siis ei ole number enam üldse nii hull. Kui omavahel rääkida, siis ma olen rohkme Spike fänn, sest see laseb tegeleda snaipritegevusega metsa ja küla tagant. Väidetavalt on tal ka pikem säilivusaeg.

Võib-öelda, et Milan teeb ära sama töö, kuid miks küll prantslased käituvad just nii nagu nad viimase uudise valguses käituvad? Midagi on neis relvades nii head, et nad loobuvad oma kaitsetööstuse turgutamisest 800 miljoni EEK'i väärtuses, samal ajal kui kaitsetööstuse turgutamise ettekäändel müüvad Mistrale. Miks?

kaur3 kirjutas: Võib-öelda, et Milan teeb ära sama töö, kuid miks küll prantslased käituvad just nii nagu nad viimase uudise valguses käituvad?

The decision comes within a month of media reports that Pakistan had included the Javelin on its wish list of U.S. weapons it wants to purchase. Senior Indian Defence Ministry officials had favored buying Israeli-made Spike ATGMs until those reports.

Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates leaned on India and Pakistan during his trip to South Asia this week to set aside a simmering rivalry and confront militant extremists. At the same time, Gates and other U.S. officials pushed arms sales that could fuel the antagonism between the two countries.

Gates' trip was framed by that apparent contradiction in U.S. policy. On his arrival in Pakistan, a television news interviewer put the question bluntly: "Why re-arm both countries?" The Pentagon chief sidestepped the question.

But Gates and other officials explained afterward that Washington hopes the military cooperation will help the U.S. win the trust it needs to advance its goals in the region. And, besides, they said, the two countries could get weapons elsewhere, so why not from us?

In India, Rafael's Spike is a contender for a helicopter-launched version for which the RFP was issued recently. Israel has demonstrated versions of the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) on some occasions in expectation of an upcoming tender for soldier portable, next generation fire-and-forget ATGMs. However, it will face tough competition from MBDA's Milan (tripod mounted), 2 offerings from American Raytheon - Javelin (man portable) & M47 Dragon (man-portable) and India's own vehicle mounted NAG.

Askhay Kumar is our main defence correspondent. Akshay comes from a military family and after an education at the prestigious Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun for several reasons could not joined the armed forces but instead joined 8ak after a course in journalism from JNU.