It's becoming a war by proxy -- Iran, Hezbollah and Syria, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, plus Russia, Israel and the United States

or just shoot the camera using regular rifles..then close in and throw grenade in it..the cameras are exposed as hell..why they build that anyway..i thought FSA have tanks and some armored vehicles..what, their T-55/56 are all destroyed or something?

source

myself, as a muslim..i don't know which side is the good side actually..both side have videos evidence of them murdering civillians, slaughtering civvies, etc..now, people say Hezbollah is the bad guy..now thats funny, i remembered local media reported that Hezbollah are the muslim heroes when Israel invaded Lebanon not long ago..

Malaysia interested in Indonesian-made CN295 planes


Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - The Malaysian government has expressed keen interest in buying Indonesian-made CN295 military transport aircraft, considering it is very competitive particularly in Southeast Asia, Indonesian Deputy Defense Minister Lt. Gen. (ret) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said.

"The presence of the Malaysian air force chief and other air force and police officers (in the road show) indicates that they have great interest in making an observation of CN295 aircraft," Sjafrie said on the sidelines of CN295 military transport aircraft road show at Subang airport in Malaysia on Friday.

Sjafrie said he had earlier met with Malaysian counterpart who responded positively to a plan for an observation of CN295. "This is a good initial step for the two neighboring Asean member states," he said.

But he stopped short of revealing how many CN295s the Malaysian government was interested to buy.

Besides Malaysia, Sjafrie said other Asean member states to which he had visited such as the Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand and Myanmar also had given positive responses to the aircraft whose several parts of components were produced domestically.

"During my trip to a number of Asean member states, they gave positive responses to the aircraft. In the Philippines, we also took part in a limited tender. In Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, the aircraft also has good market prospect," he said.

The CN295 is made by state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) in Bandung, West Java. <br><br>

Asked about the financing of the aircraft`s production, he said PT DI had good capacity so it would not be a problem for banks to support it. "About funds, it is not difficult for PT DI because it has good capacity and even many of its products have penetrated the global market. Several of its products such as wings has been exported to Spain and other 14 countries," he said.

PT DI President Director Budi Santoso meanwhile said the company was focusing on fulfilling the Indonesian military (TNI)`s order.

"Hopefully, the TNI`s order can be met this year. After that, we will meet orders from neighboring countries," he said.

Source: Antara

Indonesia, Malaysia to have joint military exercise in June


JAKARTA, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and Malaysian militaries are to jointly conduct military exercise in North Sumatra of Indonesia from June 7 to 12, a senior Indonesian military official said here on Tuesday.

Vice Admiral Widodo, deputy assistant for Indonesian military commander said that the exercise was aimed at boosting professionalism of military officers from both countries.

Officers from the two countries are expected to exchange their expertise and experience, he said.

"Carry out the exercise well to reach the goal of the event," Widodo told Indonesian participants here.

"Use the momentum of Indonesia-Malaysia joint exercise to share knowledge, as an effort to boost skill and professionalism," he said.

Military in the region, including those from Indonesia and Malaysia, face great challenges, such as terrorism and transnational crimes, he noted.

Source: Xinhua

Which country's budget is missing? Maybe they couldn't get the figure.

Whenever a country's defence spending is increasing above the norm (say above 2 -2.5% of GDP) it is no longer linked to maintaining security alone but it is to increase regional influence and power projection.

I dont think it is as easy as arab VS arab...

The Arabic history and culture is strongly based on tribalism

The crisis started as a sectarian war between the ruling Alawite minority and the rebelling Sunni majority.

Interesting video of Syrien government T-72M1 tank fitted with homemade slat armor/ cage armor. Kinda odd although it is already eguipped with ERA on it's turret but the tank crew built cage armors aound it.



This post has been edited by azriel: Jun 3 2013, 03:26 PM

Improvised artillery by Syrian Rebel



The Hell Cannon is a massive piece of artillery, capable of launching explosives about one mile. The main projectile used by the hell cannon is a re-purposed propane gas cylinder, since ammunition for improvised weapons is also generally hard to find.

Name: Hell
Function: Explosive barrel Cannon
Specifications:It can fire more than fifteen types of shells that weigh more than forty kilograms. It also has two locally-made rocket launchers (Rohingya).
Range: 1.5 kilometers.
Effectiveness: Up to 200 square meters.
Projectile: Propane gas cylinder.
Cost of the shell: 15000 Syrian Pounds.
Manufacture: Ahrar Al-Shamal Battalions

Rebels use smartphones to aim their homemade launchers

is that Samsung?

A Free Syrian Army fighter producing improvised mortar shells inside a factory which previously manufactured steel and iron in Aleppo







This post has been edited by noavatar: Jun 3 2013, 03:48 PM

any update on malaysia military besides that interest in indonesia c295

I think timing is not right yet to announce any military acquisition....GE baru je lepas.....that interest in C295 pun pihak Indon yg buat

yup for recon purposes.

it's the cold war all over again, except we've replaced the rain forests of vietnam for the deserts of the ME.

the slat armor can entrap the rpg and let it explode b4 it hits the ERA.