“Aimed at the Exocet rocket”: Greek Mirage-2000 caught sight of a Turkish frigate

In the Greek segment of social networks appeared photos taken from the fighter Mirage-2000 Greek Air Force. It is reported that a multi-role fighter caught a sight of a frigate of the Turkish naval forces.

It is alleged that the Greek pilot "aimed at the Turkish frigate with an aircraft-based Exocet anti-ship missile." We are talking about a French-made cruise missile, which is in service with the Greek Air Force and Navy in several versions (including AM-39). It must be added that one of the Exocet modifications is in service with the Turkish army.

Pictures of a Turkish warship in the sight of a French-made Greek fighter are posted on Twitter by Ioannis Nikitas, a Greek war correspondent.

It is noted that the Turkish Yavuz class frigate was chosen as the target. This is a frigate with a displacement of about 3 thousand tons, length 110 m, equipped with various types of weapons, including Harpoon missiles.

Ioannis Nikitas:

Turkish frigate hit the sight of the Mirage fighter in the Aegean Sea. And this is the language that Turkey understands.

In the next tweet, the same person, with a rocket photograph, “wishes” “friends” Merry Christmas.

Turkish users responded to a Nikitas tweet with an image marking the radius of action of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, hinting that the Mirage-2000 itself at that moment could be an “illuminated” air defense system radar.

The media noted that this photo "indicates a growing level of tension between Greece and Turkey." Recall that both countries are members of NATO.

The Greek authorities expressed dissatisfaction with the Turkish agreements with Libya regarding the development of resources in the Mediterranean Sea.

Comments

[tlauicol]

How did they know about the "exosette sight", that the missile was launched and turned on the seeker?
C400 under Ankara will not see the plane at this height

[Charik]

in the sight of an airplane like

[Thrall]

Selfie epidemic striding the planet ...

[parkello]

where does the selfie? Selfie is from the Nagliyskiy May Self -t. I myself. where is the pilot?

[Sky strike fighter]

Can someone tell me. Here, most likely, the journalists messed up or RCC Caliber flies at 5 Mach since 250 km in 137 seconds is approximately 1.8 km / sec., I.e. about 5 Mach?

The Caliber cruise missile successfully hit a target position on a coastal training range, flying along a complex path a distance of about 140 nautical miles (more than 250 kilometers) in 137 seconds.

Supersonic fighters accompanied the Caliber, and the hit was recorded using drones.

https://m.tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/20191211759-HPkP5.html

[Charik]

Maybe at the end of the course, the PCR will end this way?

[tlauicol]

yeah. and escorted on fighter jets? on 5max? lie and do not blush

[Charik]

They were escorted on the march, and after switching to mahi (5?) The hit was fixed by a UAV. And how could that be?

[tlauicol]

Yes, you divide km for a while and estimate

[figwam]

Quote: Tlauicol

How did they find out about the "exoset sight" that the rocket was launched

At the sight of the mirage, the M39 weapon was chosen, which is the Exocet rocket.

[tlauicol]

Quote: figvam

Quote: Tlauicol

How did they find out about the "exoset sight" that the rocket was launched

At the sight of the mirage, the M39 weapon was chosen, which is the Exocet rocket.

as an option.

[Professor]

The "daredevil" took aim. We are waiting for photos from the radar screen of the Turkish frigate that drove the plane over a hundred kilometers.

PS
IMHO weak warriors Greeks. They would play backgammon ...

[bessmertniy]

However, they’ve become so bold that they even begin to aim. Surely, the Greeks were already encouraged that they can aim as much as they want - they will not be given offense.

[knn54]

Not for Senka, sorry, "Hercules" hat.

[zadorin1974]

Oleg agrees with you. The Greeks, besides hanging out, can’t oppose anything to the Turks. It’s interesting how much the plane was in the corvette’s air defense zone. All the cheating is ended with complaints to the Council of Europe and NATO.

[nks]

Well, at one time the Greeks shot down the Turkish F-16. 100km is unlikely. And with such air defense as this frigate, the Greek pilot can calmly attack without entering the air defense defeat zone. Similarly, with the radius of the S-400 - I understand the onslaught, the Greeks work out low-altitude flights, so the Turks have only to draw circles on the map.

> IMHO weak warriors Greeks. They should play backgammon
It’s clear that these are all twitter wars, but the Turks are also so-so warriors.

[nks]

On ILS, it seems there isn’t (I certainly will not say for sure) - it is on the radar. Here, even without instruments, it’s clear that it’s close, but the Greek didn’t really attack. Would attack - not so I went. Air defense there RIM-7

[zadorin1974]

Aleksey.Could attack, but hardly hit.Po radar corvettes different data -from 50 to 75 km aircraft detection (which found). And the "fish" launch is about the same (depending on the height of the carrier). The only moment 1 missile against eight air defense (plus barrel air defense)

[nks]

Quote: zadorin1974

According to the corvette radar, different data are from 50 to 75 km aircraft detection (which I found).

I’m more about the fact that the SAM has a radius of ~ 20km, and about the radar of the Turkish ship - the range of AM39 is enough to attack due to the radio horizon. Preliminary intelligence is certainly needed, but here it is not a particularly problematic task.

Quote: zadorin1974

The only moment 1 missile against eight air defenses (plus barrel air defenses)

Why alone? Do not forget that the channel of illumination of missiles is limited. And so, calculating an attack with the necessary probability of defeat is a separate issue

[SSR]

Quote: professor

The "daredevil" took aim. We are waiting for photos from the radar screen of a Turkish frigate that flew the plane over a hundred kilometers.

+
It seems that someone wants to push the Greeks with the Turks and make a noise to solve part of their problems and the problems of NATO, and for this reason such irritation from the C400 system can be.

[Professor]

Quote from S.S.R.

It seems that someone wants to push the Greeks with the Turks and make a noise to solve part of their problems and the problems of NATO, and for this reason such irritation from the C400 system can be.

This "someone" is the president of Turkey who has now made claims to almost the entire Eastern Mediterranean.

[SSR]

Quote: professor

Quote from S.S.R.

It seems that someone wants to push the Greeks with the Turks and make a noise to solve part of their problems and the problems of NATO, and for this reason such irritation from the C400 system can be.

This "someone" is the president of Turkey who has now made claims to almost the entire Eastern Mediterranean.

Well, the fact that Erdogan's Ottoman manners have been known for a long time, but maybe he would have restrained them, do not throw them Europe with EU membership, how much they got there and they were fed breakfast, and part of Cyprus was not occupied by Erdogan, but before him, and the "partners" did not helped Erdogan when they tried to overthrow him. He has something to "love" partners for.

[parkello]

Olezha, do you want to play backgammon with you? all 5 games .. well, or we’ll fight. I won’t beat those hard faces. well, or let your warriors come here, let’s see who is capable of what ... and then quietly pour mud on our valiant army ... well, you were capable of what, apparently you did. but if you want, we can see each other. I already traveled to Israel in 2003. but I can come again. tell me where you live. I’ll come and not one. at the same time I bring my fellow soldiers to the sepulcher of the Lord. Netanya, Ashdot, Haifa, Jerushalaim. where to go ? well, or if you want, come to Thessaloniki. I live where the promenade ends ... everyone knows me here. tell Ergos I want ... Russian Ergos ... they’ll drag you to me. even if you don’t want to. let's play backgammon

[Professor]

Quote: parkello

Olezha, do you want to play backgammon with you? all 5 games .. well, or we’ll fight. I won’t beat those hard faces. well, or let your warriors come here, let’s see who is capable of what ... and then quietly pour mud on our valiant army ... well, you were capable of what, apparently you did. but if you want, we can see each other. I already traveled to Israel in 2003. but I can come again. tell me where you live. I’ll come and not one. at the same time I bring my fellow soldiers to the sepulcher of the Lord. Netanya, Ashdot, Haifa, Jerushalaim. where to go ? well, or if you want, come to Thessaloniki. I live where the promenade ends ... everyone knows me here. tell Ergos I want ... Russian Ergos ... they’ll drag you to me. even if you don’t want to. let's play backgammon

I visited Greece. Both on the islands and in Athens. I liked Paros most of all.
The Greeks were very surprised. Especially the local youth who were cutting backgammon in broad daylight. I could not pass by and even took a picture. Moreover, it was not a weekend. This is about "hard work". They don't want to work, but they want to live like the Germans.

Regarding military merits, I would have been silent in your place. On the flag of Cyprus, it’s time to cut off the island, as it does not correspond to reality.

You yourself served in the army, went to the training camp every year, fought? Why? For example, I served. Turks stomp your land, and fight in the comments.

PS
I live in Western Galilee. With sea views.

[parkello]

I also served for 18 months, and went to training camps just after Israel. about the Greeks that do not like to work you are wrong. this at first glance can create such an impression. Greeks work a lot (except for civil servants) I know how Greeks work. many are tempted and think that the Greeks are lazy. but you won't start working with the Greeks yet. about Cyprus, too, not our fault ... the Americans and the British forbade us to fight, they literally forced us to turn the ships back - you see, Cyprus lies far away (I quote literally) they needed Turkey .. and they supported it to the detriment of us. and since 1974 we no longer have a government, but what is not a government, but dummies, starting with the first Konstanin Karamanlis and Andreas Papandreou who followed him, who studied and "worked" in the USA and for the USA. and I beg you with whom are you fighting there? here the Greeks fought, with a strong enemy, Turks, Italians, Germans .. and who are you fighting with? with Palestine? or how are the Americans with Panama and Grenada? with countries that even do not have their own regular troops .. barefoot militia one.

[Professor]

Quote: parkello

about the Greeks that do not like to work, you are mistaken. it at first sight can create such an impression. the Greeks work a lot (except for civil servants) I know how the Greeks work. many are tempted and think that the Greeks are lazy. but you’re not starting to work with the Greeks yet.

It is lazy. Statistics confirm this. GDP is lame, the country is bankrupt, the EU is constantly pumping money into Greece, there is no contribution to the world economy, unemployment is 23% ...

Quote: parkello

about Cyprus, too, not our fault ... the Americans and the British forbade us to fight, they literally forced us to turn the ships back - you see, Cyprus lies far away (I quote literally) they needed Turkey .. and they supported it to the detriment of us. and since 1974 we no longer have a government, but what is not a government, but dummies, starting with the first Konstanin Karamanlis and Andreas Papandreou who followed him, who studied and "worked" in the USA and for the USA.

Yes Yes. The USA and England did not allow you to defend your land, otherwise you would have hoisted the Greek flag over Istanbul.

Quote: parkello

and I beg you with whom are you fighting there? the Greeks fought with a strong enemy, Turks, Italians, Germans .. and who are you fighting with? with Palestine? or how are Americans with Panama and Grenada? with countries in which even their regular troops do not exist .. barefoot militia is one.

1. The Greeks lost all the wars since the time of Alexander the Great.
2. Israel fought with a superior enemy consisting of several Arab countries at the same time and won ALL wars. Unlike the Greeks. You would learn from Israel how to work and fight for your land. Although you learn a little. We have. So, our men trained in Cyprus this morning and trained yours.
https://oleggranovsky.livejournal.com/345312.html

[parkello]

Yes. Well, think what you want .. moreover, it is violet to me, what do you think of the Greeks. it's just your personal opinion ... which you yourself know how to keep and where. neither argue with you nor prove to you personally I am not going to .. yes .a most likely you will have to study. such a life ..tells when the time comes. we learn from life. whenever it requires it ... and if the teaching is correct. then we accept it. O great warrior, winner of barefoot and wretched camel drivers, of the entire near and not so east peace be with all of you and your donkeys ... by the way, envy is also a sin .. just know for the future

[Professor]

Quote: parkello

Yes. Well, think what you want .. moreover, it is violet to me, what do you think of the Greeks. it's just your personal opinion ... which you yourself know how to keep and where.

This is not only my personal opinion. Modern Greece is "famous" for its medicine, agriculture, high-tech, army ...

Quote: parkello

neither argue with you nor prove to you personally I am not going to do anything.

And rightly so, I have numbers in the zashashnik, and you only have emotions. So you can be funny.

Quote: parkello

Yes. And most likely you will have to study. such a life ..tells when the time comes. we learn from life. whenever it requires it ... and if the teaching is correct. then we accept it.

We have always been proud of how we can learn and pride is not ours. So the other day, we learned to fight in an unfamiliar area in Cyprus.

Quote: parkello

O great warrior, winner of barefoot and wretched camel drivers, of the entire near and not so east

Offhand. The balance of power in the Doomsday War:

As you can see, the Arabs were superior to us in everything. The "barefoot and wretched camel drivers" had over 1000 modern aircraft and over 3500 tanks, some of which were superior to ours. For example, we didn't have a night vision system, but they did. The "barefoot and wretched camel drivers" had about 10 Soviet "advisers" as teachers. I will not say anything about how many Arab officers received their education in Soviet military schools.
And most importantly, we have defended our land, and Turks are in charge of your land. These are you warriors.

Quote: parkello

peace be with all of you and your donkeys ... by the way, envy is also a sin .. just know for the future

Peace to you too.

PS
By the way, "Middle East" is a proper name and is written with a capital letter.

[kiril1246]

Quote: parkello

I also served 18 months, and went to training camp, just after Israel. about the Greeks that do not like to work, you are mistaken. it at first sight can create such an impression

How an Israeli will support you. Not everyone has the same opinion about the Greeks as your opponent from Israel. I also worked with the Greeks and met with officers of your Air Force. Absolutely normal, adequate, hardworking people. And we are similar in mentality. I wish you success and prosperity.

[parkello]

thanks Cyril. and you prosperity and peace.

[Terenin]

. The media noted that this photo "indicates a growing level of tension between Greece and Turkey." Recall that both countries are members of NATO.

here you go how can I, a doubtful person, fly to rest in the sun in these countries after such publications?

[Krasnodar]

Quote: Terenin

. The media noted that this photo "indicates a growing level of tension between Greece and Turkey." Recall that both countries are members of NATO.

here you go how can I, a doubtful person, fly to rest in the sun in these countries after such publications?

Business class.

[synodontis]

there was a story with ecoset rockets. fought for the Falkland Islands. An English boat was quickly sunk by a rocket. England chided France and already Argentinean ecoset rockets no longer hit English targets. Now the Greeks and Turks have an eco-network. If they all pay France, then these missiles will become useless against the Turks and the Greeks.

[Paul Siebert]

In 1982, a war broke out between England and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.
The "Queen of the Seas" went to the end of the world on everything that floated with her then.
The Argentinean fleet and ground army acted sluggishly, without initiative.
What can not be said about the Argentine Air Force ...
The British sailors felt cold backs when they heard the roar of the approaching Argentine Mirage-IIIEs.
In a short period of time, the Argentines managed to seriously damage the British destroyer Sheffield with the Exocets.
Drown their frigate "Ardent", ironically armed with the same "Exocets".
And finally, their main victory. On May 25, 1982, an Argentine pilot attacked the Atlantic Conveyor British container ship with this missile.
The ship sank the next day. On board were CH-47 helicopters and bulldozers for the construction of runways on the islands.
French weapons are a serious thing!
And Exocet has a reputation for being a reliable, proven anti-ship missile.
Both the Turks and the Greeks have such missiles.
And already aim at each other ...
Who will we support ?.

[sergo1914]

Quote: Paul Siebert

And Exocet has a reputation for being a reliable, proven anti-ship missile.

Exocet has a reputation for being hopelessly outdated junk. Having a habit of not exploding on impact. Sheffield knows.

[Paul Siebert]

Sheffield burned for a day. 20 English sailors perished. He was later flooded.

[sergo1914]

Quote: Paul Siebert

Sheffield burned for a day. 20 English sailors perished. He was later flooded.

The rocket broke through the board, broke communications and stuck. Without undermining warheads. The fire did not occur due to an explosion.

[Horon]

Frenchmen!

[Ka-52]

Drown their frigate "Ardent", ironically armed with the same "Exocets".

if memory serves, Ardent was sunk not by missiles or Mirages, but by bombs and Skyhawks. In general, Mirages could weakly manifest themselves in view of the maximum range of flight to the target.

French weapons are a serious thing!

Especially in the case of Sheffield, when one Exocet was knocked off the REP course and the other did not explode. Again, the launch of the anti-ship missiles was carried out by Super Enders, not Mirage

And finally, their main victory. On May 25, 1982, an Argentine pilot attacked the Atlantic Conveyor British container ship with this missile.

again, if my memory serves me right, then the container ship was not the target of S. Endeders that day, who tried to hit the aircraft carriers. He just turned out to be the only target not covered by interference.

[Avior]

So yes, memory serves you right

[Paul Siebert]

I agree that, due to the small radius of action, the Mirages did not show themselves as brightly as Super Etandars.
But "Dassault Super-Étendard" is also a product of the French military-industrial complex.
What really badly failed the Argentines was the 30 air bombs that were sold by the Americans to Argentina shortly before the conflict.
Dropped from a small height - they simply did not explode.

[Avior]

The English sailors, it turns out, have a sharp ear, but poorly distinguishes nuances
It is good that they heard the Argentines from a distance of 40 km and got colder, but they could not distinguish the Etandars from the Mirages.

[Fat]

Quote: synodontis

there was a story with ecoset rockets. fought for the Falkland Islands. An English boat was quickly sunk by a rocket. England chided France and already Argentinean ecoset rockets no longer hit English targets. Now the Greeks and Turks have an eco-network. If they all pay France, then these missiles will become useless against the Turks and the Greeks.

Argentina had several units of exosets, for which they either didn’t have enough money, or they weren’t sold, or the British organized difficulties with logistics.

[novel66]

gene to Thailand, there is still calm

[Avior]

Late
Already there are problems

Silent Soviet-built submarine caused concern in Thailand

[Terenin]

Quote: Avior

Late
Already there are problems

Silent Soviet-built submarine caused concern in Thailand

Well I'm not to blame that the damned imperialists themselves are depriving themselves of a chance to improve their gene pool

[Okolotochny]

In Thailand, it’s dangerous ... to improve))) Dima can confirm)))

[bober1982]

Military correspondent Nikitas is an ordinary balabol, aiming can (and should) be done on a cruise ship, to advertise such aiming is bad form.

[cniza]

You said very softly, such photos are the greatest stupidity and stupidity ...

[bober1982]

Quote: cniza

You said very softly

The Greeks, after all, are nice people, ours are Orthodox, somehow even awkward.

[cniza]

Yes, I agree with you, but "a good guy is not a profession" ...

[Kurare]

Quote: bober1982

... to advertise such aiming is bad form.

Strange pictures, if they are tied to Exocet. The distance may be a couple of miles. The maximum range of the French anti-ship missiles is about 50-75 km, with the most recent modification up to 200 km.

The author wants to say that these pictures aiming Exocet? Yes, it’s more like a bombing call.

[Avior]

Rather, the gun was going to shoot

[bober1982]

Quote: Kurare

Yes, it’s more like a bombing call.

Tactical bombing, or tacticallyth missile launch, that is, the usual aiming, for a real target. After all, the Turks also worked on the plane, tactically. Everyone trained, everyone benefited.

[Kurare]

Quote: bober1982

Tactical bombing, or tactical missile launch,

First, yes. The second is also yes, but not anti-ship missiles with a range of tens of kilometers, which is Exocet. It’s just that the author is trying to give something very wishful thinking. Now, if he showed a picture from the radar and capture the frigate to defeat the RCC - is another matter.

[Demagogue]

Quote: professor

The "daredevil" took aim. We are waiting for photos from the radar screen of the Turkish frigate that drove the plane over a hundred kilometers.

PS
IMHO weak warriors Greeks. They would play backgammon ...

For hundreds of kilometers since the late 70s, no one has been driving anyone. Drummers approach the target in the dead zone of the radar at a low altitude. A mirage jumped out 40 km from the frigate. That's all, target capture and rocket launch. And then back to the dead zone of the radar.

[novel66]

the British remember about the "exoset" ...

[rocket757]

Butt, conditionally, there for a long time and ... for a long time!

[Rostislav Bely]

Greece is an ally of Israel - they really become uncomfortable in the air ...
Israeli media reported on new agreements between the Russian and Iranian military. On December 6, Russia allowed the Iranian military to deploy new Bavar-373 air defense systems in Syria, which is an analogue of the Russian S-300 complex. Bavar-373 is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 250 kilometers, and the range of the radar is 350 kilometers.

[cniza]

Turkish users responded to a Nikitas tweet with an image marking the radius of action of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, hinting that the Mirage-2000 itself at that moment could be an “illuminated” air defense system radar.

If my memory serves me, the Greeks have an S-300.

[rotmistr60]

The Greeks decided to touch the Turks, and they answered the same.

Mirage-2000 itself at that moment could be "flashed" by the radar of the air defense system

The parties remained unconvinced and so far diverged.

[Ka-52]

The parties remained unconvinced and so far diverged.

in fact, if you remember that similar "games" and other pretend duels in the past led to repeated plane crashes and the death of crews on both sides, then everything is not so harmless. Not to mention the well-established practice of mutual violation of airspace. For ordinary countries, everything ends with a demonstration of "interception" or, in extreme cases, a dangerous rapprochement. But the Greeks and Turks do not love each other so much that imitations of interception there often ended in real duels.

[Charik]

Well, to such a distance. This plane should be in the capture of the radar of the ship and should it beep from exposure?

[Alien From]

Now these pipyrms are measured))) where the world is heading ......

[vnord]

Quote: synodontis

there was a story with ecoset rockets. fought for the Falkland Islands

There, everything was easier for Argentina had few missiles, they did not manage to get everything under the contract, and then the embargo ...
Plus aviation acted at the limit of range ..

[Krasnodar]

Also, the aircraft served so
Of the 8 departing on a combat mission, on average, two returned due to malfunctions to the base

[Forest]

The United States decided to intimidate Turkey by Greece, the tension there will increase if both do not come to their senses.

[Avior]

The end of the sensation?

A photograph of a Turkish frigate in the sight of a Greek Mirage 2000 fighter turned out to be a year ago, and the ship was Greek.
According to media reports, these photos were uploaded to the Network in September 2018. On them, the Mirage 2000 fighter takes aim at the Greek frigate of the Elli class (the details of the superstructure are characteristic of this type of ship) during unnamed exercises in the Aegean Sea.
The weapon selector is on the PRAC M39 mark, which means "practical" (without warhead) Exocet anti-ship missile.

https://diana-mihailova.livejournal.com/4251200.html

[Avior]

Found where the legs roam
The Turk wrote that this is a Greek frigate
https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1204170625192988675

[kupitman]

Oh, nothing will be there, they will awaken and calm down.
Both countries are part of the US military toy, so everyone will disperse there after a call from the West. Shores of the Atlantic.

[superman]

Greece cannot do otherwise. Even if it's just bravado. To them, these creeps of the Sultan to the new empire are already sitting in the liver.

[Klingon]

Quote: zadorin1974

Oleg agrees with you. The Greeks, besides hanging out, can’t oppose anything to the Turks. It’s interesting how much the plane was in the corvette’s air defense zone. All the cheating is ended with complaints to the Council of Europe and NATO.

can oppose the Turks) for example, grow more oranges

[Altai72]

The Greeks are still those fans of feykanut.Photography of 2018, taken during exercises in the territorial waters of Greece. In the sight, a frigate like MEKO (F453) belonging to the Greek Navy.

[Altai72]

Quote: zadorin1974

I wonder how much the plane was in the corvette air defense zone.

Depending on the type of missile weapons, from 0,5-10 to 90-120 km in range, and from 0,004-5,5 to 16 km in height.