September 8, 200817 yr A great set of photos from Red Flag 08-04: http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/C1...5317/index.html
September 8, 200817 yr A great set of photos from Red Flag 08-04: http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/C1...5317/index.html Thanks, incredible pics, I love the mig cockpit ones... Btw, I thought that it was for security reasons the IAF would fly blind when it was mentioned a few weeks back as due to "electronics being imcompatible with US and NATO systems...", and not because one of their numerous bed partners is Russia (kamasutra pun, too easy and obvious, so I had to do it 8p) Cheers !
September 8, 200817 yr Author Btw, I thought that it was for security reasons the IAF would fly blind when it was mentioned a few weeks back as due to "electronics being imcompatible with US and NATO systems...", and not because one of their numerous bed partners is Russia It is usual for visiting aircraft to use "exercise mode" (to put it simply) with their sensors and avionics rather than "war mode", in order to avoid the danger (perceived or otherwise) that a host or participating air force might glean sensitive information from the frequencies used, etc.
September 8, 200817 yr Btw, I thought that it was for security reasons the IAF would fly blind when it was mentioned a few weeks back as due to "electronics being imcompatible with US and NATO systems...", and not because one of their numerous bed partners is Russia It is usual for visiting aircraft to use "exercise mode" (to put it simply) with their sensors and avionics rather than "war mode", in order to avoid the danger (perceived or otherwise) that a host or participating air force might glean sensitive information from the frequencies used, etc. Yeah, I messed up, was thinking in French when I wrote that : I meant it to say I did think it was for that reason that the IAF would not light up completely and use everything, rather than incompatibilities. So when I read about the exercise a few weeks back, and the writer mentioned incompatibility for keeping the Soviet/Indian electronics in "exercise mode", I immediately thought that it was most probably because of not wanting to divulge sensitive information to the US and its NATO partners instead of the given reason. In retrospect, and now knowing slightly more about the intricacy of the relationship between India and Russia in asset production and maintenance for that platform, well, it's even more obvious... I realize that I've managed to convey the opposite of what I was trying to say
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