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03/02/2012 Add new Photographic Essay APA-PE-2012-0201 (Sukhoi/NAPO Su-34 Fullback / Production Aircraft at Lipetsk) by Vitaliy Kuzmin.
21/01/2012 Add new Photographic Essay APA-PE-2012-0103 (Operation Pharos / Cocos Islands 1944 - 1945).
16/01/2012 Update APA editor biography text and imagery.
12/01/2012 Update and expand Directed Energy Weapons  and Electromagnetic Bombs index page with extensive materials on Nuclear High-altitude Electro Magnetic Pulse (HEMP) effects.
11/01/2012 Add new Photographic Essay APA-PE-2012-0102 (Operation Hardtack and Fishbowl High Altitude Test Imagery [HEMP]).
10/01/2012 Add new E-Bomb Frequently Asked Questions page.
04/01/2012 Add new Photographic Essay APA-PE-2012-0101 (Australian Civil Aircraft).
02/01/2012 Updated Military History Topics index page with additional imagery.


28/12/2011 Add new APA Analysis APA-2011-04 entitled Australia's Failing Defence Structure and Management Methodology by AIRCDRE E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd).
15/12/2011 APA Editor Dr Carlo Kopp engaged as science advisor to NCIS LA (CBS) television series, refer: Episode 3.11 Higher Power.
16/11/2011 Add multiple submissions by Air Commodore E.J. Bushell (retd) to Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee inquiry into Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects.
10/10/2011 Add March 2011 Defence Today journal articles entitled Airpower projection in Australia, East versus West: Divergent paths in air power, Chinese stealth and other fighters, Russian fighter technology accelerates, 90 years of Australian Air Power.
14/08/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0601 with Annex A (Defence Systems S-125-2M Pechora 2M) incorporating high quality imagery generously provided by Michael Jerdev.
09/08/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Reports APA-TR-2006-1202 (NIEMI/Antey 9K81/9K81-1/9K81M/MK  Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator), APA-TR-2009-0102 (Engagement and Fire Control Radars), and APA-TR-2009-0101 (Search and Acquisition Radars) with additional radar performance chart and details of S-300V4/VM configuration.
20/07/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0703 (96K6 Pantsir S1 / SA-22 Greyhound SPAAGM) with new acquisition radar equipped prototype image.
10/07/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0601 (Arming America’s Interceptors: The Hughes Falcon Missile Family) with Annex by LtCol Walt Bjorneby and multiple detail updates.
04/07/2011 Add new APA Analyses monograph APA-2011-03 (A Preliminary Assessment of Specular Radar Cross Section Performance in the Chengdu J-20 Prototype) by M.J. Pelosi and C. Kopp; add new NOTAM #74 (The Chengdu J-20: Peace in Our Time?) by WGCDR Chris Mills (Retd) and Peter Goon.
18/06/2011 Updated, expanded and retitled Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A (S-300P/S-400/S-500 Air Defence System Vehicles) with additional imagery of new 77P6 self-propelled TEL.
16/06/2011 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0602 (Almaz-Antey S-500 Triumfator M Self Propelled Air / Missile Defence System / SA-X-NN / Самоходный Комплекс Противоракетной / Противосамолетной Обороны С-500 «Триумфатор-М»); updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0504 (NKMZ 40V6M/40V6MD Universal Mobile Mast; НКМЗ 40В6М/40В6МД Универсальная Передвижная Вышка) with new imagery by Michael Jerdev, covering the extended height 40V6MD variant transporters and new 40V6MT variant for S-500; Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-D (Russian and PLA Point Defence System Vehicles) section covering the BAZ-6909-019.
14/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0503 (Almaz-Antey 40R6 / S-400 Triumf Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-21; Самоходный Зенитный Ракетный  Комплекс 40Р6 / С-400 'Триумф'), Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A (S-300P/S-400 Air Defence System Vehicles) with additional imagery of new 5P90S self-propelled TEL and 5T58-2 transporter provided generously by Vitaliy Kuzmin.
12/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0503 (Almaz-Antey 40R6 / S-400 Triumf Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-21; Самоходный Зенитный Ракетный  Комплекс 40Р6 / С-400 'Триумф'), Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A (S-300P/S-400 Air Defence System Vehicles) with imagery of new 5P90S self-propelled TEL provided generously by Michael Jerdev.
10/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0106 (Boeing GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb I; Raytheon GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II) with new imagery and technical content.
06/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0502 (Almaz-Antey S-300PMU2 Favorit Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-20 Gargoyle) with new PLA imagery.
04/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2006-1202 (NIEMI/Antey 9K81/9K81-1/9K81M/MK  Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator) with further analysis, corrections, cutaway indices, and missile seeker performance chart; Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0702 (PLA-AF Airborne Early Warning & Control Programs) with new imagery; Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0802 (PLA Air to Air Missiles), Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0701 (Chengdu J-10) with new imagery from Zhuhai 2010; and Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0104 (PLA-AF and PLA-N Legacy Fighters) with multiple items of new high quality imagery from multiple sources.
03/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2006-1202 (NIEMI/Antey 9K81/9K81-1/9K81M/MK  Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator) with 9M82/82 missile drawings from the Russian language Soviet MoD Technical Order (ИЗДЕЛИЕ 9М82, Техническое описание, 9М82.0000 ТО, 1984) document.
01/06/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2006-1202 (NIEMI/Antey 9K81/9K81-1/9K81M/MK  Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator) with 9M82/82 missile internals description from the Russian language Soviet MoD Technical Order (ИЗДЕЛИЕ 9М82, Техническое описание, 9М82.0000 ТО, 1984) document.
31/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0801 (KBTochmash 9K35 Strela 10 Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-13 Gopher) with new imagery by Michael Jerdev, previously in Photographic Essay APA-PE-2011-0501.
30/05/2011 Add index page shortcut buttons for double digit SAM systems.
29/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-D (Russian and PLA Point Defence System Vehicles) section covering the MZKT-6922 vehicle; Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0701 (Tetraedr T38 “Stiletto” Short Range  Self Propelled Air Defence System); Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A (S-300P/S-400 Air Defence System Vehicles) and Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0601 (Legacy Air Defence System Upgrades) with Milex 2011 imagery by Michael Jerdev; add new Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0601 (Arming America’s Interceptors: The Hughes Falcon Missile Family) by Sean O'Connor.
26/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0504 (NKMZ 40V6M/40V6MD Universal Mobile Mast; НКМЗ 40В6М/40В6МД Универсальная Передвижная Вышка) with new imagery by Michael Jerdev, covering the extended height 40V6MD variant; add further 9M96E/E2 material to Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0503 (Almaz-Antey 40R6 / S-400 Triumf Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-21; Самоходный Зенитный Ракетный  Комплекс 40Р6 / С-400 'Триумф').
25/05/2011 Add new Photographic Essay APA-PE-2011-0501 (S-300V: 202nd Air Defence Brigade) by Michael Jerdev, covering S-300V / SA-12 Giant/Gladiator operations.
21/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2006-1202 (NIEMI/Antey 9K81/9K81-1/9K81M/MK  Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator) with additional imagery, and comparative analyses.
20/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Reports  APA-TR-2009-0502 (Almaz-Antey S-300PMU2 Favorit Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-20 Gargoyle) and APA-TR-2008-0601 (SAM System Mobility / Russian and PLA Air Defence System Vehicles) with new imagery and detail updates.
19/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0703 (96K6 Pantsir S1 / SA-22 Greyhound SPAAGM) with new imagery and detail updates; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2006-1202 (NIEMI/Antey 9K81/9K81-1/9K81M/MK  Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-12/SA-23 Giant/Gladiator).
15/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A (S-300P/S-400 Air Defence System Vehicles) with new imagery and most recent updates on the S-400 program.
14/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0503 (Almaz-Antey 40R6 / S-400 Triumf Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-21; Самоходный Зенитный Ракетный  Комплекс 40Р6 / С-400 'Триумф') with new imagery and most recent updates on the S-400 program.
09/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-D (Russian and PLA Point Defence System Vehicles) section covering the MZKT-6922 vehicle.
08/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0504 (NKMZ 40V6M/40V6MD Universal Mobile Mast; НКМЗ 40В6М/40В6МД Универсальная Передвижная Вышка) with new imagery and section discussing Soviet elevating platforms for radar deployment.
07/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0706 (NIIP 9K37/9K37M1/9K317 Buk M1/M2 Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-11/17 Gadfly/Grizzly).
06/05/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0705 (Kupol 9K330/9K331/9K332 Tor M/M1/M2 / Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-15 Gauntlet).
04/05/2011
Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2004-1001 (76N6 Clam Shell Low Altitude Acquisition Radar), Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0102 (Engagement and Fire Control Radars), and Technical Report APA-TR-2006-1201 (Almaz S-300P/PT/PS/PMU/PMU1/PMU2; Almaz-Antey S-400 Triumf; SA-10/20/21 Grumble/Gargoyle) with new 5N63 Flap Lid A and 5N66M Clam Shell imagery by Said Aminov.
19/04/2011 Updated and expanded Photographic Essay APA-PE-2010-0401 (Australian Military Vehicles).
10/04/2011 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2004-1001 (76N6 Clam Shell Low Altitude Acquisition Radar).
01/04/2011 Add new Photographic Essay APA-PE-2011-0101 (Fighter Gallery) by Jeroen Oude Wolbers.
31/03/2011 Add 2008 - 2010 Defence Today journal articles entitled Identification underwater with towed array sonar, Evolving Naval Antiship Weapons Threat, Evolving Shipboard Air and Missile Defence Systems, Modern Laser Guided Bombs,  Close Air Support in COIN Operations, Soviet Heavy Lift Helicopters,  Evolving Weapons and Sensors for Rotary Wing Platforms, New Rotary Wing Technologies, Technological Impact on Close Air Support, Artillery in the Digital Age, Hardening Land Force Vehicles, Counter-Rocket Artillery Mortar Futures,  Advanced ISR for Land Warfare, UAVs versus Manned LRMP Platforms, Evolving ASW Sensor Technology, Evolution of Guided Torpedoes, Air Independent Propulsion - Now a Necessity, Sukhoi Fighters Evolve Potent Capability,  Russian Strategy to Defeat US Air Power, Operation Igloo White.
26/03/2011 Updated Wedgetail AEW&C Antennas page with A30-003 and ZH107 imagery, expanded to form Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0301; updated WW2 analysis to form Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0302 (The Dawn of the Smart Bomb).
28/02/2011 Updated APA Analysis APA-2011-01 Assessing PLA Underground Air Basing Capability with Albanian hangar tunnel layouts, and a new Annex C.3 containing detail imagery of various external blast door arrangements employed.
23/02/2011 Add new APA Analysis APA-2011-02 entitled An Analysis of Defence Materiel Organisation Major Projects Management and What Needs to be Fixed by AIRCDRE E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd); Add new NOTAM entitled Defence Materiel Organisation Probability of Failure: Pfail = 1.0; Updated APA Analysis APA-2011-01 Assessing PLA Underground Air Basing Capability with additional imagery from Gjadër / Lezhë-Zadrima AB in Albania.
16/02/2011 Add new NOTAM entitled F-35, F-22 and B-2 vs China's Underground Airbases: Everything Old is New Again by WGCDR Chris Mills, RAAF (Retd); Add new APA Analysis APA-2011-01 entitled Assessing PLA Underground Air Basing Capability by Sean O'Connor and Dr Carlo Kopp.
06/02/2011 Updated the Soviet Surface to Air Missile System Simulator page to reflect the recent addition of the SA-4 Ganef and SA-5 Gammon. APA highly recommends this tool, as it provides a realistic representation of the challenging operator interfaces on the systems.
24/01/2011 Add new NOTAM entitled J-20 Stealth Fighter: China's First Strike Weapon by WGCDR Chris Mills, RAAF (Retd); updated Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0103 (People's Liberation Army Air Force and Naval Air Arm Air Base Infrastructure) with additional Under Ground Hangar equipped airfields [now 29 identified].
19/01/2011 Add new F-22 index page imagery generously provided by new APA contributor Jeroen Oude Wolbers; updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0808 (PLA Guided Bombs) with additional imagery, new LS-6 variants, GB1 and FT-6 weapons.
17/01/2011 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0901 (CPMIEC HQ-7/FM-90 / CSA-5 Sino-Crotale) and Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0705 (XAC (Xian) H-6 Badger) with new imagery.
15/01/2011 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0103 (People's Liberation Army Air Force and Naval Air Arm
Air Base Infrastructure) layout and maps; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0101 (Chengdu J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter Prototype; A Preliminary Assessment) and NOTAM #70 The Strategic Impact of China's J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter with combat radius maps.
13/01/2011 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0101 (Chengdu J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter Prototype; A Preliminary Assessment) with additional high resolution imagery.
12/01/2011 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0101 (Chengdu J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter Prototype; A Preliminary Assessment) and NOTAM #70 The Strategic Impact of China's J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter with additional high resolution imagery.
11/01/2011 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0101 (Chengdu J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter Prototype; A Preliminary Assessment) with additional imagery.
09/01/2011 Add new NOTAM entitled The Strategic Impact of China's J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter.
08/01/2011 Add expanded and reorganised toolbars to all HTML pages.
05/01/2011 Update home page shortcut buttons. Provide public access shortcut button to Members’ Area.
03/01/2011 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2011-0101 (Chengdu J-XX [J-20] Stealth Fighter Prototype; A Preliminary Assessment) by Carlo Kopp and Peter Goon. A more detailed analysis will be published at a future date.
01/01/2011 Updated notices and archived notices pages.


31/12/2010 Add new APA Analysis APA-2010-03 entitled The Widespread Consequences of Outsourcing by AIRCDRE E. J. Bushell AM, RAAF (Retd), new APA Analysis APA-2010-04 entitled Assessing the Impact of Exponential Growth Laws on Future Combat Aircraft Design by Dr Carlo Kopp, SMIEEE, SMAIAA, PEng, and new NOTAM entitled What China's New Stealth Fighter Means for the F-35 JSF and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet by WGCDR Chris Mills, RAAF (Retd). Happy New Year from the APA team!
16/12/2010 Rehost and update 1992 P-38 analysis as Technical Report APA-TR-2010-1201 (Der Gabelschwanz Teufel - Assessing the Lockheed P-38 Lightning).
13/12/2010 Add new NOTAM entitled Fast Forward ‘Fast Transients’: John Boyd, the F-22 and F-35 in 2016 by WGCDR Chris Mills, RAAF (Retd).
11/12/2010 New IO Journal paper entitled Exponential Growth Laws in Basic Technology and Capability Surprise; add link to IO Journal paper entitled The Four Strategies of Information Warfare and Their Applications.
05/12/2010 Add new topical index to JSF Index Page; apply new layout to F-22 Index Page.
03/12/2010 New layout introduced for APA Analyses peer reviewed journal.
02/12/2010 Add new APA Analysis paper A Strategic Assessment of PLA Theatre Missile and ASAT Capabilities by Dr Martin Andrew, RAAF (Retd)
01/12/2010 Add multiple links to Directed Energy Weapons  and Electromagnetic Bombs index page.
07/11/2010 Updated index page metadata.
19/10/2010 Add new NOTAM F-35 JSF: Can It Meet Canada's Needs?; add further materials to Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0102 (5N62 Square Pair).
13/10/2010 Extensive updates to Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0603 (S-200VE Vega / SA-5 Gammon) and Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0102 (5N62 Square Pair), with thanks to the Free SAM Simulator project for the generous provision of previously unpublished  imagery; add new APA Funding page.
09/10/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-1001 (Surface to Air Missile Effectiveness in Past Conflicts); add Defence Today articles entitled Modern Satellite Navigation Aided Weapons; Proliferation of Advanced Air Defence Systems; SAM System Mobility; Smart Bombs in Vietnam; Sukhoi’s Su-35S - not your father’s Flanker; Defeating Improvised Explosive Devices; Lifelong learning in the Information Age.
06/10/2010 Updated Australian National Aviation Museum page with September, 2010, high resolution imagery.
04/10/2010 Add new NOTAM F-111: Deadly Strike-Fighter to be Trashed by WGCDR Chris Mills, RAAF (Retd).
07/09/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0901 (CPMIEC HQ-7/FM-80 / CSA-4 Sino-Crotale, CPMIEC HQ-7/FM-90 / CSA-5 Sino-Crotale Self Propelled Air Defence Systems).
30/08/2010 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0803 (PLA Cruise Missiles / PLA Air - Surface Missiles) with new KD-88 imagery; Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0901 (Shenyang J-11B Flanker B+) with J-11B imagery; Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0802 (PLA Air to Air Missiles) with new PL-8 and PL-12 imagery.
29/08/2010 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-1103 (CPMIEC HQ-9 / HHQ-9 / FD-2000 / FT-2000 Self Propelled Air Defence System) with new high quality imagery of TEL design, and additional technical discussion.
28/08/2010 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0301 (PLA Mechanised Infantry Division Air Defence Systems / PLA Point Defence Systems) with LD-2000, ZPU-2, ZPU-4 materials.
22/08/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0802 (PLA Ballistic Missiles) by Sean O'Connor; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2007-0107 (Chengdu J-10) with new J-10B imagery.
21/08/2010 Add new historical photoessay  CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson / CVW-15; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0901 (Modern PLA Armoured Vehicles).
15/08/2010 Updated Soviet/Russian Bomber Footage page.
08/08/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0801 (Tropospheric Scatter Communications Systems).
02/08/2010 Updated and expanded Technical Reports APA-TR-2009-0703 (96K6 Pantsir S1 / SA-22 SPAAGM) and APA-TR-2009-0102 (Engagement and Fire Control Radars) with detailed technical material on all  96K6 /  SA-22 radar components and new missiles, and additional images.
27/07/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0701 (Tetraedr T38 “Stiletto” Short Range Self Propelled Air Defence System); updated Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-D with MZKT-69222 vehicle.
25/07/2010 Updated Russian SAM/AAA multimedia page with new SA-22 SPAAGM and S-500 footage; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601 (SAM System Mobility) and Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-D (Russian and PLA Point Defence System Vehicles).
24/07/2010 Updated Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0703 (96K6 Pantsir S1 / SA-22 SPAAGM) with additional imagery and technical content, including new BAZ-6909 host vehicle; add new historical photoessay Monino Central VVS Museum Transports, Helicopters and ISR by Paul Cropper; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0503 with new  CETC DWL002 Passive Detection System.
22/07/2010 Add new historical photoessay  Monino Central VVS Museum Bomber Aircraft by Paul Cropper.
21/07/2010 Add new historical photoessay  Monino Central VVS Museum Fighter and Attack Aircraft by Paul Cropper.
17/07/2010 Add new NOTAMs  Reassessing Iran's Air Defences and Is the JSF Affordable? An Australian’s Perspective; imagery updates to F/A-18A; AIM-9M; RAAF F/RF-111A/C/G.
13/07/2010 Add new historical photoessay Cold War Air Power - A Pacific Perspective; add additional APA Desktops.
09/07/2010 Add new NOTAM F-35 JSF Program: When is “Affordability” Not? by Peter Goon; miscellaneous new imagery added: KC-135R; F/A-18A; AIM-9M; Python 4; ASRAAM and other; layout updates.
08/07/2010 Updated Moorabbin Museum photoessay with additional new imagery.
05/07/2010 Add new NOTAM How? The Deadly Question for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by WGCDR Chris Mills (Retd); updated Anatomy of the Tacjammer with new imagery.
03/07/2010 Updated Longbow Apache flight report; Moorabbin Museum photoessay with new imagery.
01/07/2010 Updated 1990 RAAF 707-338C tanker analysis; Flying the Pilatus PC-9/A and 1991 RAAF Flight Training analysis  with new imagery.
20/06/2010 Add new historical photoessay detailing CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk / CVW-15.
10/06/2010 Updated 1991 flight report Flying the Pilatus PC-9/A with new imagery and rehosted on APA site.
04/06/2010 Add new photoessay detailing the RAAF F/RF-111A/C/G between 1983 and 2009.
02/06/2010 Add new APA Desktop series.
20/05/2010 Add new historical photoessay detailing CV-41 USS Midway / CVW-5. This is the first in a planned series; updated PAK-FA Multimedia page with latest footage.
29/04/2010 Add new page detailing Wedgetail AEW&C Antennas.
12/04/2010 Add new Australian Military Vehicles page; update Aerial Refuelling and Air Lift index page with additional imagery.
06/04/2010 CFP - Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment Conference 2010 - Australia 
30/03/2010 Add new NOTAM Why the F-22 and the PAK-FA have the “Right Stuff” and why the F/A-18 and the F-35 do not by WGCDR Chris Mills (Retd) and Peter Goon.
24/03/2010 Add new NOTAM F-35 JSF: See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Do No Good by AVM B J Graf, RAAF (Retd).
15/03/2010 Add links to new JFQ / Q2 2010 paper Evolving Technological Strategy in Advanced Air Defense Systems [Index]
10/03/2010 Add new Sukhoi PAK-FA Imagery and Multimedia page.
28/02/2010 Updated APA-TR-2009-0503, APA-TR-2007-0901, APA-TR-2009-0102 and APA-TR-2006-1201 with new S-400 / SA-21 imagery generously provided by Yevgeniy Yerokhin of Missiles.ru.
23/02/2010 Add new NOTAM PAK-FA, F-35, F-22 and “Capability Surprise” by Chris Mills and Peter Goon.
21/02/2010 Updated navigation page.
19/02/2010 Revised Media page layout and hot topics index; minor updates to PLA AFV page.
16/02/2010 Revised Flanker index page, which becomes now the index page for both the Flanker and PAK-FA fighters; updated Raptor index page.
15/02/2010 Add new PAK-FA APA Analysis paper and PAK-FA NOTAM.
13/02/2010 Add new APA NOTAMS.
02/02/2010 T-50 PAK-FA: APA has received a large number of email queries asking the question: “when will an analysis of the PAK-FA be published?” A Technical Report analysing the PAK-FA is currently in development. The importance of this program is such that APA will not be releasing this  TR until the analysis is properly completed, and a robust and thorough report can be produced. Visitors interested in the strategic and operational implications of the PAK-FA might consider reading the following 2009 NOTAMs: When America’s Stealth Monopoly Ends, What's Next? and Air Combat: Russia’s PAK-FA versus the F-22 and F-35; and the 2009 Technical Report update covering the Tikhomirov NIIP PAK-FA AESA radar. All indications at this time are that the conclusions of the two 2009 NOTAMs will firmly hold, although PAK-FA is more capable in many respects than previously expected.
18/01/2010 Updated navigation page, formatting adjustments to various pages.
16/01/2010 Revised standard HTML page trailer, including Google Translate multilingual toolbar widget; this update is due to frequent requests from non-English speaking visitors.
12/01/2010 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0503  (40N6 / S-400 Triumf Self Propelled Air Defence System / SA-21 ); updated above and Technical Reports APA-TR-2009-0502  (S-300PMU2 Favorit / SA-20 Gargoyle) and APA-TR-2008-0602 (Warsaw Pact / Russian Air Defence Command Posts) with high quality images provided by Miroslav Gyűrösi.
11/01/2010 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0502  (S-300PMU2 Favorit / SA-20 Gargoyle).
10/01/2010 Updated and expanded Technical Report APA-TR-2008-0601-A (S-300P/S-400 Air Defence System Vehicles).
09/01/2010 Updated Technical Reports APA-TR-2009-1103 (CPMIEC HQ-9 / HHQ-9 / FD-2000 / FT-2000 Self Propelled Air Defence System) and APA-TR-2009-1201 (HQ-9 and HQ-12 SAM System Battery Radars) with CCTV7 stills.
08/01/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0103 (Strategic SAM Deployment in Syria) by Sean O'Connor.
07/01/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0102 (Strategic SAM Deployment in Iran) by Sean O'Connor.
04/01/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2009-1205-B (Soviet/Russian SAM Site Configuration Part 2: S-300P/S-400 / SA-10/20/21, S-300V/SA-12, 2K11/SA-4, 2K12/SA-6, 9K37/317/SA-11/17) by Sean O'Connor; updated Technical Reports APA-TR-2009-1201 (HQ-9 and HQ-12 SAM System Battery Radars) and APA-TR-2009-0103 (PLA Air Defence Radars) with JY-29/LSS-1; updated Technical Report APA-TR-2009-0702 (S-75 / SA-2 Guideline) with additional images provided by Miroslav Gyűrösi.
03/01/2010 Add new Technical Report APA-TR-2010-0101 (The Soviet Fractional Orbital Bombardment System Program) by Miroslav Gyűrösi.
02/01/2010 Add new index page covering Ballistic Missiles and Missile Defence topics; merge legacy policy index page with strategy index page; revise header and footer toolbars. This change reflects increasing interest in missile defence related topics.






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