War in South Ossetia

[Stealthflanker]

Originally Posted by Carlo

One question: I thought Su-25SM was able to launch guided weapons, doesn't it have the Kopyo radar? Can someone confirm this?

Hmm i haven't seen the Su-25SM images with Guided weapons, so sorry if i couldn't help you

but for sure Su-25 originally have no provisions for Radar , BUT one can be mounted in external pod Pod

[zb10948]

Kopyo is an option for Su-25SM. Vanilla Su-25 can launch precision guided missiles. X-25ML (laser guided), and X-25MP (passive antiradiation). Su-25T has Shkval TV system and 9K121 Vikhr (AT-16 Scallion) missiles. Su-25SM retains the capacity of both previous models.

[Carlo]

Thanks for the information, zb! But what exactly do you mean by "Kopyo is an option for Su-25SM"? Is it that some of these planes have this radar installed and others not? Or perhaps they will be installed later in a new upgrade (Su-25SM2)? Or is it that it can carry the radar in a external pod?

[BERKUT_SU]

Originally Posted by Carlo

Thanks for the information, zb! But what exactly do you mean by "Kopyo is an option for Su-25SM"? Is it that some of these planes have this radar installed and others not? Or perhaps they will be installed later in a new upgrade (Su-25SM2)? Or is it that it can carry the radar in a external pod?

they can be fixed under wing same like other pods >>>>>>>>>




Kopyo has an air-to-air track-while-scan ("SNP") mode, it tracks 8 targets, and engages 2 simultaneously. The simultaneous engagement capability has been demonstrated.

It retains a single target track mode. Search range in lookup is 57km headon and 30 km in pursuit, with a tracking range of 45km, against a 3 sq m RCS target. Lookdown mode ranges are the same in headon but slightly reduced in pursuit mode (20km).

It has vertical scan, automatic HUD scan (± 14°), optical (pilot selected target on HUD) and helmet close combat modes.

Air-to-surface operating modes are comprehensive, something Phazotron only introduced in the current crop of radar designs. There are three mapping modes; low resolution (real beam) at ; medium resolution (Doppler beam sharpening, 10:1); high resolution (synthetic aperture, 100:1). Resolution in low res at 80km is 300x300m, in medum res at 60km is 30x30m, and high res at 60km is 10x5m.

Range against a large ship is 200km, a railroad bridge is 100km, a missile boat 80km and a moving group of tanks 20km.

Allows detection of moving ground targets, sea surface search, map freezing and interfaces with the Kh-31A antiship missile for target handoff.

Komar was a version of Kopyo with ±60° azimuth scan limits for the Su-22.

Kopyo-25 / N027 External pod version of Kopyo designed for Su-25TM

[BERKUT_SU]

Originally Posted by Stealthflanker

Hmm i haven't seen the Su-25SM images with Guided weapons, so sorry if i couldn't help you

but for sure Su-25 originally have no provisions for Radar , BUT one can be mounted in external pod Pod

stealthflanker:

im sorry about intereption here but i was looking at ur signature picture which shows flanker with small awacs radar as i think ,, can you please tell me what is the story and is it aplicable...i mean from where did u get this idea,pic? coz i always thought about things like this and other ???

and sorry again

[Check six]

According the media a Russian UAV was shot down near town of Gori. Does anybody have more info about that? It should have been a Pchela reconnaissance vehicle.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7630978.stm