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The portable GPS' seen in both Ukrainian and Russian look like an off the shelf Garmin unit (I owned one of these several years ago). Mine was a great tool but IIRC were accurate within 300' most of the time and this was before GLONASS was fully operational.From Avweb:
"Along with video of the missiles leaving the rails of the MiG-29, the footage released by the Ukrainians shows a shot of the cockpit sporting a portable GPS. Although no details have been released about the installation it's speculated the missile's sensors are linked to the GPS to give targeting information to the pilot.
Slovakia donated it's fleet of MiG-29s to Ukraine.Could those Polish MiGs that were offered to Ukraine but the U.S. said no to, were being modified to accept HARMS?
Hey GrauGeist,
Can you provide a link to the source that mentions Ukraine getting the Slovak MiG-29s? Last I heard (as of 31 August) the MiGs were still in Slovakia at Sliač Air Base.
(There was a false report back in July that the MiGs had already been donated.)
Well that's about all that's out there. Either nothing has happened or it's happening covertly.Hey FLYBOY J,
Thanks for the reply, but that link is to a statement made by the Slovak PM in March, then re-tweeted by someone in July.
But it's apparent that the MiG-29, be it Ukrainian or Slovak can be modified to carry air to ground ordnance (as seen in the earlier video). Based on industry publications, the modification, developed by Raytheon, has been engineered and proven as a viable system. If this deal becomes a reality, it would not surprise me if these MiGs show up modified.Also, although I do not know how much it matters, the Slovak MiG-29s were never upgraded to use NATO weapons. EADS made some upgrades to handle NATO compatible communications and IFF, along with some other minor details, but the air defense weapons fit remained the Russian AAM types. I do not think the Slovak MiG-29s were upgraded to use any air-to-ground ordnance other that unguided rockets and dumb bombs.
without any problems - hardpoints are wired with MILSTD1553B databus, all you need is to upload proper software to the mission computer, which shouldn't be very difficult because hardware is almost identical with F-16ICould those Polish MiGs that were offered to Ukraine but the U.S. said no to, were being modified to accept HARMS?
this is Polish upgrade to the oryginal 9.12 configuration, Ukrainians did similar thing with some of their 9.13 series machines.I guess it's a good thing the Ruzzians stole our technology this time.
Cool!this is Polish upgrade to the oryginal 9.12 configuration, Ukrainians did similar thing with some of their 9.13 series machines.