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RKX is being tested both turbojet and rocket engine powered. There is no official announcement on the test, but we can see that the testing is really conducted by reading LAPAN journal and also some incident in the testing site where the rocket went into village areas, the recovered rocket that I saw on the TV look like RKX, and not RX type, the RKX with rocket engine like this model
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Orange one indeed looks like an anti-ship missile with the round tip, and imo looks better than RNS-- one.
Good to see RX-300 revived.
The incident looks like Rhan 122? of the 7 priority programs, the slowest missile ..
Nope, as I said it looks RKX (rocket powered) and by the fact that it went to village region shows that the rocket can turn, and if I am not mistaken the villager witness that the rocket take some turn during the flight
It rather looks like a target drone.The turbo jet RKX test is disclosed but the model hasnt look like usual cruise missile yet.
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It rather looks like a target drone.
Does Lapan funds these projects from their own budget, or they are specifically assigned a new budget?
sold to PT Unisem Batam { now closed }No, it is not ... first name was Astra Microtronics Technology ... then sold and renamed with Advanced Microtronics Technologies, then Advanced Interconnect Technologies. Now, I heard had been sold again. But this company was or still the most advanced factory in chip business in Indonesia.
I don't think so, the Air Force wants something that actually works.what about the Smart Bomb, anyone knows the progress?
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