NiThe primary role of attack helicopter or also known as gunship is to engage ground target from infantry to armor vehicle such APC, MBT etc.
Our neighbour such as Singapore and Indonesia is now operating Apache gunship. Singapore has 20 Apaches with some equip with Longbow radar or AN/APG -78 millimeter wave fire control radar. This allow the Apache to track 128 targets and engage 16 at once within 30 seconds.... crazy, which a nightmare to a mechanise armor konvoi.
As for Indonesia army, they will be equip ed with the 8 latest Apache AH 64E, which has a lot of improvements such as more digital equipment, powerfull engine, can be fit to maritime operation etc. But for Indonesia, not sure about they will have longbow radar or not as the price they bought only not a full package price.
So how about us? What do we in mind? I think the best gunship to go against Apache is Eurocopter Tiger. The best part about Tiger is it been design for stealth and agility. The steath is referring to low to visual, radar, infra red and acoustic signature. Tiger use Doppler radar and got FLIR forward looking infrared for night flying. Some operator like German army equip their Tiger with mast mounted sensor Osiris-optical TV-up to 18km, thermal camera, laser finder and multiple gro scopes for sensor stabilizer. By having this the Tiger can be use for recon and even can fire long range anti- tank missile such as TRIGAT LR(up to 7km)- the idea is beyond fire of enemy vehicle. But if Tiger is consider expensive we always have an option.
Other thanSouth Africa Denel Rooivolk we can go for T|29 an upgrade of Agusta A-129 Mangusta. The upgrade is by Turkish Aerospace(TAI). The focus should on their weopon power and radar. Maybe not good as Apache long bow but it still under development. T129 is lighter attack gunship, so additional arm power will compromise it flying capabilities. That's why T129 is using 20mm instead of 30mm like Apache. Well maybe later we will see how Turks develop it and become better that Cobra.
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Mimpi le.korang. Duit 1MBD yg berjumlah RM42 billion telah berjaya disonglap oleh najib. Sepatutnya,.kalau duit tu digunakan utk pertahanan, Malaysia dah boleh beli 10 skuadron SU-30. Skrg pertahanan Malaysia hanya bergantung kpd 1 skuadron yg mengandungi 16 Su-30 aje. Hornet x ada live ammunition. Hanya dummy misil aje. Ini kata2 bekas pilot F-18 sendiri. Just for show off & buat pameran aje, seperti kata Tun Mahathir. Mig29 x boleh nak.terbang, dah patut jadi besi buruk dah. Lepas.tu nak upgrade Mig29. X kisah ke pilot Mig29 akan mati seperti pilot2 nuri helikopter? Kes2.mcm.ni yg melemahkan pertahanan Malaysia dimana.kita kononnya selalu x ada wang nak beli peralatan.militer. Tp songlap RM42 billion.duit rakyat ada wang pulak. Smpai blog dr mahathir, chedet yg mengutuk kes 1MBD pun kena blok skrg, apa cerita? Smpai seorang general tentera udara Malaysia & seorang pilot militer terbaik Malaysia dibuang kerja, kerana tidak puas hati dgn kekurangan & kelemahan TUDM. Beliau sanggup mengadaikan nyawa.beliau kpd Malaysia. Tetapi, bagaimana seorang tentera hendak berjuang jika segala keperluan & kelengkapan tidak disediakan? Semua x cukup & x layak utk diterbangkan? Contoh trbaik ialah helikopter Nuri yg dah patut jd besi buruk. Tp pilot malaysia terpaksa.bersabung nyawa menggunakan helikopter besi buruk.tu lg...
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