Same thing also happen in Taiwan

....and also Turkey, Ukraine, Jordan, Thailand, Macedonia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Venenzuela, Nepal, Nigeria, Mexico, Moldivia, Russia, Surinam, Jordan, Bolivia, ....the list goes on...

Taiwan got Parliament fight but no coup d'etat

Air defenses of Pyongyang

The North Korean capital is probably the most heavily defended city on the planet.

Satellite image with AAA positions marked by their effective ranges (*37mm AAA used as a median, each circle is 2.5km in radius)



The most common layout is a “rose” layout, with 4-8 AAA guns arranged in a circle with communication paths and trenches either around in a circle, or spidering out from the middle. A typical layout from South East Pongyang:




However AAA is going to have a very difficult time intercepting cruise missiles. The logical counter to cruise missiles is sophisticated fast response targeting systems integrated with highly agile SAMs.

Discussion on NK's air defence here.

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This post has been edited by noavatar: Apr 7 2013, 11:31 PM

The biggest threats of the entire North Korean military though are their SCUDs and the artillery [Gas, Chemical, and HE (High Explosive)] that is in range of Seoul.

Good article about NK missile defence can be found here. entitled "What do North Korea's air defenses look like?"

The link works ok for me....dunno...anyways their stuff mostly soviet ones

Dunno bout u guys....but this thought keeps bugging at the back of my mind...maybe big bro PRC wants to test US response and system...so small bro do dirty job...coz small bro in deep shit with economy and all that....I might be wrong bout this

MILITARY SPENDINGS AS % OF GDP (2012)

Malaysia 2.0 %
Singapore 3.7 %
Thailand 1.9 %
Indonesia 0.7 %
Brunei 3.1 %
Philippines 0.8 %
Vietnam 2.5 %

WORLD 2.2%


Source

Hi guys....u all think PAK FA on the card for next MRCA

I found an interesting article on the Air Power Australia Analyses website. Too long to to post it here....give quite detail assessment of PAK FA. You can read it here

Our mod culture bro...hehehe

....so can our mat rempits....I mean pilots do the Pacak....aka the Cobra Maneuver...like this SU 35





or go direct here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsyMUAfh6fg

This post has been edited by noavatar: Apr 9 2013, 11:19 AM

Rafale Emitting flares

Eurofighter Typhoon vs Dassault Rafale--let the battle begin !!

SEAD Tactics - Suppression of Enemy Air Defense




Note:

The Thales RBE2 radar is of the passive electronically-scanned-array (ESA) type, with a single power source, transmitter, receiver, and a physically fixed array of phase-shifter modules to steer the beam. The radar has a single beam - unlike the active ESA used on the F-22 and JSF - but it can be pointed instantly in any direction so that it can use a wide variety of interleaved modes. Dassault describes it as the difference between "track while scan" and "track here while scan there." For example, the RBE2 can readily track airborne targets while searching for a target on the ground or providing a ground profile for terrain-following flight.

But Thales announced that its RBE2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has successfully completed a new series of tests on the Rafale at the Cazaux flight test centre in Southwest France from February to March. So current version can be outfitted with RBE2 AESA.

Advantages are many. Example:

range extended by over 50%
higher module reliability for reduced cost of ownership (no array overhaul required for 10 years)
high-resolution imagery in air-to-ground mode and better resistance to jamming



This post has been edited by noavatar: Apr 9 2013, 03:17 PM

Bugatti Veyron vs Eurofighter Typhoon

We already have a win-win situation whereby China is investing multi-billion-ringgit investments at the 605ha Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP) in Gebeng, Kuantan, along with its sister park in the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park in Nanning. Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group invest RM 5 billion for three projects in the park, another RM3 billion by the Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group and IJM Corporation Berhad in the Kuantan Port expansion project and RM2.5 billion by the Master developer which is made up of a joint venture between a Malaysia consortium and China consortium.

Also China Harbour Engineering Co Ltd, is involved in building the 22.5km Second Penang Bridge.

In fact we were the first Southeast Asian nation to establish diplomatic ties with China in 1974. Next year, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing will mark the 40th year anniversary of the bilateral ties by designating 2014 as "Malaysia-China Friendship Year". China has loan two panda cubs – Feng Yi (female) and Fu Wa (male) – for 10 years to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations in 2014.

So I think in SEA we could say we are a China-friendly nation and we should be able to handle the said James Shoal incidence with diplomacy and not confrontation.

This post has been edited by noavatar: Apr 12 2013, 06:59 PM

Exactly...and it might turn out that it is China's response and reaction to the joint US-Phillipines military exercise or even the Lahad Datu attack. (THis is only my speculation)

The official line is:

Chinese officials said they “were determined to safeguard the country’s sovereignty with their services on the South China Sea” during a ceremony at uninhabited James Shoal, according to Xinhua news agency and the People’s Daily Online, the Communist Party’s official newspaper.

This post has been edited by noavatar: Apr 12 2013, 08:08 PM