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Like Migbuster said flak is pretty useless. I've yet to be hit by one. Editing the gun data fields that he's quoted is a start, you also might want you go into your groundobjects folder and open up the e.g KS-19 folder and in the data.ini change the burst amount as well. If I'm not mistaken this controls the size of the flak burst.

Continuation of Dune, following after the events that transpire in the novels after Children of Dune (Novel and the Space TV show which was pretty good ). Dont see it hapening, the average movie goer just lacks the attention span for that.

I havn't been following Boeing's military side that closely, but aside from the tanker fiasco what exactly has Boeing been doing "wrong" Since you're in the forces therefore know more about their military business, in what sense has the company been dropping the ball ? (Truly curious)

To quote the anti-hero Lobo "Ya Bastich" :fuk:

Really nice work and big thanks to all those involved.

Good for the Indians, especially with the A-330. After reading various defence mag it's clear that the Russians were taking the Indians for granted (from the customer perspective) once they finally get it that the Indians will shop elsewhere with the change in Indo/U.S relationship and a stronger economy that India can afford to do so they might change their attitude.

That cockpit looks awesome. Really look forward to the end result of all the work that's being done in the making of this aircraft.

I think Allen was referring to the actual recent (Who did it ? ) attack on a Hamas convoy in the Sudan.

Well, I'm sure we all would like to see it in game.

Make it ridiculously political like some of the (recent) military aircraft posts and the person below is sure it will be closed.

The last line states otherwise to a degree as in they really want to go for the Boeing Longbow.

Superb work all around.

The person below me wonders if you're that bored to committ all replies to memory.

Yep, remember his contribution. On a much later date as I just happened to stumble upon CA. Happy Birthday !

There isn't one.

That is awesome.

Pretty cool anyways. Thanks FUBAR.

Nice one.

Source: DEFPRO New tender gives Boeing's AH-64D Apache a second chance. 09:31 GMT, March 25, 2009 defpro.com | The Indian Ministry of Defence yesterday confirmed the rumors that it has scraped the tender for 22 attack helicopters. According to the Indian Defence Ministry spokesman the tender had to be canceled since the remaining three companies still participating in the tender were unable to meet the military’s requirement. "The Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 22 attack helicopters have been retracted and cancelled, as the three offers received from foreign defence companies did not meet the Staff Qualitative Requirements set by the government,” the spokesman said. In May 2008, New Delhi has begun a competition to procure 22 attack helicopters for its air force. The aircraft are intended to replace the ageing Mil Mi-25 and Mi-35 fleets. India requested a 2.5 tonne twin-engined copter with all-weather and terrain ability. The new copter should also be highly manoeuvrable and able to deploy 20mm turret guns, rockets, air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. The new attack helicopter should also be able to employ air-to-ground, fire-and-forget missiles with a range of at least seven kilometers. Beyond that it should be equipped with anti-armour capabilities and be capable of operating at high altitudes such as in the Kashmir's mountain borders with Pakistan with day-and-night operations capabilities. With a unit price of $25 million (including armament and equipment), the first two helicopters were intended to be delivered within two years after contract signing with the final copter delivered within 36 months. Initially seven companies participated the tender with their products: AgustaWestland’s AW129, Bell’s AH-1Z SuperCobra, Boeing’s AH-64D Apache Longbow, Eurocopter’s Tiger HAD, Kamov’s Ka-50, Mil’s Mi-28 NE and the national Hindustan Aeronautics’s Light Combat Helicopter. However, at the final stage only three companies (AgustaWestland, Eurocopter and Mil) left over while the US companies as quit the race. Bell, a unit of Textron withdrew its participation since the AH-1Z Cobra is not in production anymore and thus only available through government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deals based on the conversion of existing airframes. Boeing decided to refuse to submit a proposal for the Apache since their request for an eight-week extension to the last August deadline has not been heeded. The extension was needed to submit a proposal which meets all the requirements of the Indian Air Force (IAF). The MoD spokesman said that a new tender will be announced soon since the air force aims to modernising the service by the middle of the next decade. However the IAF’s plans to begin with the deployment of the new attack helicopters by 2010 could now be delayed. Other tenders such as the $1.5 billion tender for 384 light utility helicopters are not affected by this cancelation. The attack helicopters are only one part of New Delhi’s overall plan to replace the military helicopter fleet for combat, reconnaissance and surveillance, and naval missions. The entire demand is estimated to be around 400 to 500 aircraft. As it is often the case with the ups and downs of Indian defence procurement, the MoD’s announcement has left observers and analysts completely mystified and unable to formulate a logical explanation. For the Indian MoD to maintain that the three combat helicopters in the final shortlist do not meet their qualitative requirements would effectively imply that these requirements were either unrealistic, or rather tailored for a specific model that however did not made it to the shortlist. Indeed, the only in-service helicopter-launched missile in the world that would offer a range of at least 7km with a fire-and-forget mode is the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire that equips the AH-64D Longbow Apache. Thus, an educated guess would be that the Indian military was not very happy with the AH-64D having fallen out of the competition. The move to cancel the ongoing process and announce a renewed procurement effort in the near future is clearly intended to offer Boeing a second chance, and the outcome of any new “competition” is already clear. ********** More or less shows how interested the Indians were/are in the Longbow. Would be fantastic to see Indian Army Longbows in some sort of interesting camo. The Apache's with new engines have good high altitude capability as demonstrated in Afghanistan..that may explain the IA's interest in the Apache.

Cant belive I missed this. Hilarious.

:lmaosmiley:

True. But the winner is definetly the Boeing EC-135B and N version. Those fuglies should have been blown up the very second they tried to get airborn. EDIT:- BTW great work Veltro.

And....3....2....1

Those of us that live or have lived in the Middle East will immediately get it.

Bloody Hell. Jolly good ole chap.