Indonesian Army launched it's new locally built Kapal Motor Cepat (KMC) Komando.









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Okay here the info I get on sgpv.

ship displacement around 3100 tons.
the ship will have at least 8 cell vls and have additional buffer space to put up to 24 cell vls.
138crew members.
Decoy launcher contract will be announce in near future.
The design was quite sexy or i should say very sexy indeed though it not yet finalise.
no worry about codad as it uses Raft-Mounted Propulsion System (RMPS) which optimise for asw mission.

Unfortunately we wont get uav such as s-100 as it will be over the cap price tags.

First ship will be completed by dec 2018.
current bhic shipyard having major refurbishment.
2 new assembly hall, 3 new hall for panel assembly, 3 keel lines.
by 2020 it will be able to build 3 ship at the same times.
good for the future production lines.

Too bad I can't get any info on SAM and ASM.
The answer I get sabar yer tunggu dan lihat je lar.

I'm more interested on the shipyards upgrade instead.
good for our future procurement.

Yes included into the cost as well.

Today....I had 6 hours lesson on ASW heli..... my french instructor really emphasized on this NH90. big platform....more endurance, bigger dipper, bigger radar & MAD, more sonobouys

went to the TLDM open day last week in Lumut. The sailor told me that torpedo tubes for laksamana class corvette have been removed. Any reason for this?

Ukrainian military Mi-8 taking a lot of small arms fire

after watching multiple spec ops training TV documentaries, i think i can say that the toughest spec ops are among those from Asia's nations..and the most hardcore of them all are among the South East Asia nations' spec ops.. 

and btw, is it true that pinoy actually send their spec ops's trainees on an actual combat mission against insurgents as a final test for the recruits to passed before they are approved as part of the particular spec ops unit?   

edited: i found out which spec ops unit is that..Phillipine's Scout Rangers..good lord, they actually send them to actual combat before their graduation ceremony.. 

Slain soldiers in Sulu were on test mission



ZAMBOANGA CITY—“We still haven’t learned our lessons,” retired Col. Ariel Querubin, a former superintendent of the Philippine Marine Corps Training Center, said of the killings of seven Marines in a clash with Abu Sayyaf bandits in Patikul, Sulu, on Saturday.

“They were on a test mission, these were students, they may be the best considering they were with the Recon (reconnaissance team), they belonged to the Marines’ elite team but the doctrine of the Recon is basically just to go out there to gather data and they are not there to engage their enemies,” Querubin said Sunday in a phone interview.

Around 20 soldiers on two teams of the Force Reconnaissance Battalion were sent to Tugas, a hilly jungle in Patikul, for the purported test mission that led to the incident in which seven Abu Sayyaf bandits were also killed.

itu macam ka     

aku dgr citer ni pun drpd brader2 komando kem sg udang masa highschool...masa solat jumaat, kdg2 depa berborak dgn kami..sorang tu citer team dia tawan balai polis mana ntah kt melaka, kul 3 pagi ketua polis melaka kena turun sign borang     

mana lagi kalau jiran sg udang     

masuk tahun brapa? aku tak dapat nak join pkbm, time highscool, aku weakling, skang ni, strongling     

aku super senior ko     

Esscom exchanged fire with 5 gunmen in hot pursuit of kidnappers

KOTA KINABALU: Malaysian security forces exchanged fire with five gunmen after their boat was detected at 6.20am within Mataking waters off Semporna.
Special task force and marine personnel of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) were in hot pursuit of the armed men who kidnapped Chinese national Yang Zai Lin, 34, from a fish farm near Pulau Baik off Silam, Lahad Datu.

Yang, who is a manager of Wonderful Terrace Sdn Bhd, was taken from the farm centre at 2.45am by the gunmen who fled in a boat towards the open sea.

Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said the suspects were believed to have changed to another boat with bigger horsepower before making their way towards Mataking waters.

"When security forces detected their boat, one of the gunmen opened fire forcing security personnel to retaliate while chasing them," he said in a press conference.

The gunmen fled towards Alice Reef, between Malaysian and Philipines water border, and entered Saluag village in the Southern Sibutu Island of the southern Philippine.

"Our security forces had entered the Philippines waters and were forced to withdraw for fear of their safety."

Hamza classified the case as kidnapping for ransom and did not rule out inside job.

He said two of the gunmen were wearing masks and in camouflage uniforms.

They were armed with M16 while others were in civilian clothings.

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Three US navy planes crushed in Japan snow: report



TOKYO: At least three US Navy P-3 Orion surveillance planes were crushed “beyond repair” when unusually heavy snowfall swept across Japan in February, a US military daily reported Wednesday.

The planes were inside a contractor’s hangar near the US Navy air facility in Atsugi, west of Tokyo, the Pacific Stars and Stripes said in its online edition, citing a US Naval spokeswoman.

A US Orion and six P-3 variants from the Japanese defence forces brought in for repairs or checks were also there.
The 550-foot (168-metre)-long hangar with an ageing 50-foot-high roof collapsed under snow, damaging most of the Japanese planes as well, the daily said, without saying the exact date of the incident.

Heavy snowfall struck across the Japanese islands on and off over weeks in February, killing 26 people, injuring more than 1,000 others and damaging more than 600 houses.

Tokyo and its vicinity on the Pacific board are not used to heavy snow storms.

Japan’s major non-life insurers have estimated the total damage caused by the heavy snow at roughly 60 billion yen ($600 million) or more after many garages and house roofs collapsed under the weight of snow and motor vehicles were involved in accidents on slippery roads. AFP

Hisham: Sea-basing is vital

KUALA LUMPUR: Sea-basing, a naval capability that provides commanders the ability to conduct selected functions and tasks at sea without relying on infrastructure ashore, will enable strategic deployment of assets in tightening the security off Sabah waters, said Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

The Defence Minister said the concept, which was mooted by the Royal Malaysian Navy, would enable security forces to give prompt aid in any emergency.

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Sea Basing

SHAH ALAM: It appears that a used oil rig may well be used as the logistic hub for ESSCOM sea basing operations.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein in Twitter message yesterday posted the picture of the proposed hub with the message “ESSCOM: “Sea Basing” suggested by TS PTL doable wit(h) designated route.”



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Gumdoksuri class good for patrol that area, and cheap too. 
for latest development, the kidnap chinese fish farm manager 2 week ago, Esscom said kidnapper using 200hp high power outboard engine at there boat, now we see if 15 feet or less small  boot using 200hp outboard engine, it can reach 40~45 knots, that speed on par or faster than our cb90( max speed 40 knot), so that is one reason kidnapper can escape our boot Pursuit. some more Philippine boarder only 20km+-, so left 15 min+- for as to intercept/pursuit.

so i think ESScom also need interceptor can speed reach more than 45 knot, best if Esscom can get few 50~60 knot intercepter boot.