vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
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That is correct, but the problem with them is the aircraft itself, the performances compared with a true fighter are poor (subsonics, rate of climb, etc) and the lack of medium range misiles like the Sparrow or skyflash. In the other hand the A-4ar is a neat strike aircraft wich have in his arsenal some stand off weapons like the GPS guided Dardo (dart) bomb and the laser guided missile AS-25, it has a good choice for defensive measures in an agressive electronic enviroment. The argentine Air Force is pretty confident that with the proper penetration tactics this aircraft could achieve every strike mission given against any possible enemy in the worst possible scenario on the south american continent... you simply cant ask for more of it.
Holy $hit!
The concrete construction looks far below thickness grade for military (or civilian) application in the US and the western world. But holy cow that was dramatic.
And I explain and explained that to everybody with ears wich want to hear me, is a tactical aircraft with a very limited air-toair capabilities.
Easy Tiger. My ears work fine, by the way, as do my eyes; I just wanted to emphasise that despite its limited air air capabilities the A-4 took some beating manoeuvring at low level against better endowed fighters.
Hmm, yea but the israelis have a lot of experience with russian materiel, they keep caturing those since 1950s.I think the Isreali's made good use of them in this way as well.
Mi-8 is/was perhaps the most spread cargo/multirole helicopter in the world; the latest versions finally feature a proper rear ramp and decent avionics. We've bought some for Croatian AF.
The werstern choppers might be better choice, but I reckon two Mi-8s can be bought for 1 Cougar.
Mi8 and Mi 17 have always been very good at high altitude and its for that reason the Indian and Pakistani airforces use them. They may not be as sophisticated as the lastest designs, but they do what they are designed to do, at a low cost and there is nothing wrong with that.
Amen. I do believe that they are now manufacturing and selling Mi-117s with upgraded western avionics and turbine engines.