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Kfir mishap averted
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eskimo06
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 29 Mar 2007 15:42:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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'LTTE trying to acquire submarine'
Reports have suggested that the LTTE, which has a naval wing called the Sea Tigers, is building a mini-submarine as part of its new arsenal. A top Indian navy official, who was asked about this issue today, did not discount it entirely and said the LTTE could be 'trying its hand' at building 'submerged vehicles'.
I'm pretty sure LTTE have already tried its hand on building mini-submarines. |
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 30 Mar 2007 13:25:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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| He cant talk right now because there is a news black out for crying out loud. he'll appear in time and satisfy all of you so hang in there. i wonder why you need him. Nothing was damaged! |
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 30 Mar 2007 14:47:47 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Actually TC, i'm more curious about finding out what WILL be damaged- namely the ltte. |
nemesislk
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 1 Apr 2007 01:47:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hey all,
I saw on a Sunday paper that the SLAF is getting SAMs!! :-)
About time too, now we got to make sure our boys & the equipment remain ready and vigilant 24/7. |
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Guys!
So we did send a K8 to hunt those down! Athas further says Kfirs were not ready for AA combat??? Any idea why??
He further says
The use of Kfirs or the recently acquired MiG 27s to intercept the two light aircraft was not possible due to a number of important reasons. Despite the very heavy investment of public funds, they lacked some features. For obvious reasons they cannot be spelt out.
Obviously athas has NO idea what MIGs were NEVER meant for a AA role in lanka. that seriously questions his comments on military hardware stuff. the last being questioning the MIG deal. hes better off giving out how an event occurred rather than giving out his opinion especially when it comes to hardware stuff.
also MI24s carried out a sortie deep inside puliyankulam at 11.30 pm! marvellous!! |
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1 Apr 2007 11:33:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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Su,
So we did send a K8 to hunt those down! Athas further says Kfirs were not ready for AA combat??? Any idea why??
do you think he's talking about AA role? I thought he was talking about the night mission role when I read it.
Anyway it's too ambigous and maybe he's covering up for lack info or to avoid red tape? |
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1 Apr 2007 12:03:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Thinking,
why not for the AA role? if it wasnt for the AA role then whats the purpose of scrambling it? to bomb the landed planes? if so why not the dedicated ground attack craft? the MI24 or the Kfir which are night attack capable.
The SLAF scoured into the sky a Chinese built K-8 jet trainer, which has night flying capability, to intercept them
for some reason the Kfirs are still not ready for AA combat even though SLAF has sidewinders in stock. So far it seems only the K8 is capable. it has some PL-3 in stock.
If only Mr. Mig29 was here :-(
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Su,
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough.
I didnt meant to say Kfirs were not for AA role or anything as such. I was just commenting on what Athas said..
The use of Kfirs or the recently acquired MiG 27s to intercept the two light aircraft was not possible due to a number of important reasons. Despite the very heavy investment of public funds, they lacked some features. For obvious reasons they cannot be spelt out.
Did he mean that Kfirs or migs were not use due to not being able to use them in a AA role or not being able to do that in the night...
Infact ..
The SLAF scoured into the sky a Chinese built K-8 jet trainer, which has night flying capability I still think he meant not being able to use the Kfirs(and migs) in a night attack against the LTTE plane.
Now maybe that explains why they sent the K8s even though they had sidewinders which they could have used in the Kfirs as you said..
for some reason the Kfirs are still not ready for AA combat even though SLAF has sidewinders in stock. So far it seems only the K8 is capable. it has some PL-3 in stock.
Edited By - ThinKing - 1 Apr 2007 12:55:59 GMT |
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As Mig-29C prophesised .. SL Air Force Night attack missions appear to have started :)
The Night-Reapers have arrived!!..
I couldn't help but notice the article about tamilents black out on aerial raids!!
Another interesting morsel for the sharks!!..
26 March 2007
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have for the first time released photos of their Air-Tigers to media with Tamileelam Air Force (TAF) 'FIRST MAJOR MISSION.'
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21668
August 11, 2006
Tiger aircraft rockets Palaly base, curfew in Jaffna
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19186
''First major mission''!!.. I thought the incident on the 11 of August was just the First major mission :) |
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