Bombardier global express can match G5 performance. TUDM already operate vip Bombardier GE.

rasanya FT-5 bomb.
http://chinesemilitaryreview.blogspot.com/...bat-aerial.html

All Saab 2000 and 340 made for AEW and MPA are refurbished.

...and Singapore and Gurkha.

dari bujang, dah kawin, dah ada anak, mrca tak setel lagi

Jack Ryanski

Takde dah trademark T-series... Mudguard kat depan.

Thailand has an aircraft carrier with no aircraft
Jeremy Bender Military & Defense Feb. 21, 2015, 4:32 AM

For a brief period in the late 1990s, Thailand was the only country in southeast Asia that possessed one of the ultimate symbols of military strength: an aircraft carrier.

Its carrier, the HTMS Chakri Naruebet, was meant to be a point of pride for Thailand and symbolize the developing country’s power.

Then the late 1990s Asian financial crisis hit Thailand. Bangkok’s grand plans for its carrier were significantly hobbled. Commissioned in 1997, the same year the financial crisis struck the country, the Chakri Naruebet — which means “Sovereign of the Chakri dynasty,” the Thai monarchy’s ruling family — was mostly consigned to sitting in port due to lack of funding.

Now, according to The Motley Fool, Asia has plenty of aircraft carriers, as China, India, Japan, and South Korea all have carriers of different sizes. Not wanting to be left out, Singapore is on its way to constructing a carrier too.

All this competition has only made Thailand’s once-proud carrier look like a bizarre reminder of the country’s dysfunction, rather than the symbol of growing prestige that it was intended to be.

According to The Diplomat, Thailand’s AV-8S Matador (Harrier) accompanying jet fleet was withdrawn from service in 2006, leaving Bangkok with an aircraft carrier without aircraft. Thailand experienced a military coup that same year, along with a second one in 2014.

Thailand ordered its aircraft carrier from Spain in 1992. The vessel was commissioned five years later, in 1997

Crew members salute from Thailand’s first aircraft carrier the HTMS Chakri Naruebet during an official ceremony to commission the Spanish-built ship at Sattahip Naval Base in Chon Buri, 70 kilometers (44 miles) south of Bangkok, Sunday, Aug. 10, 1997. The 182.6-meter-long vessel is capable of carrying nine Sea Harrier AV-8S jets and six SH-70B helicopters.


Almost immediately, Thailand ran into budget constraints. The Chakri Naruebet was put to port for the better part of each month and in 2006 its associated air wing was withdrawn. The Harriers are now over 30 years old.


Even while operational, the carrier has been outclassed by the larger vessels of India and China, not to mention the US’s super carrier fleet pictured below. It’s now the smallest functioning aircraft carrier in the world.


The Chakri Naruebet was built to carry 9 Harrier aircraft and 14 helicopters, with a 605-person crew. Some of those planes are decades old, and the carrier reportedly doesn’t have a functioning anti-aircraft defense system.


Still, despite its shortcomings, the Chakri Naruebet has proved useful in humanitarian missions. The Diplomat notes that the carrier was used after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami as well as in rescue operations after flooding in Thailand in 2010 and 2011


Tourists climb up to the Royal Chakri Naruebet light aircraft carrier with the help of the Thai Navy from Koh Tao Island after heavy storms in Surat Thani, south of Bangkok March 30, 2011. Severe flooding and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 21 people, stranded thousands of tourists and threatened to delay shipments of rubber in the world’s largest rubber-producing country, authorities said on Wednesday. Thailand’s navy sent four vessels including an amphibious landing craft with on-board helicopters to the rubber-rich region to deliver supplies and rescue tourists and villagers in areas severely hit.

Read more at http://www.businessinsider.my/thailands-ai...948BImgw1I3Z.99

businessinsider.au

Airbus A400M refuels two F-18 fighters simultaneously

The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has further proved its credentials as a tanker by successfully demonstrating simultaneous air-to-air refuelling of two F/A-18 fighters. In the course of four flights, the A400M performed 74 contacts and dispensed 27.2 tonnes of fuel to the Spanish Air Force aircraft. Refuelling was conducted at altitudes of 20,000ft – 33,000ft, and airspeeds of 180kt – 300kt – the preferred refuelling envelope for fighters.

With a basic fuel capacity of 50.8 tonnes which can be increased by the use of extra cargo hold tanks, the A400M is the most capable tactical tanker in the market. The standard A400M aircraft has full provisions for air-to-air refuelling (AAR) operations already installed and only requires the rapid installation of the optional air-to-air refuelling kit to become a tanker. Designed from the outset to be a dual-role transport and tanker aircraft, the A400M provides air forces with a cost-effective way to acquire an air-to-air refuelling capability in addition to a versatile logistic and tactical airlifter.

On a typical tanking mission where it would loiter for 2 hours at a range of 500 nm (930 km) from base, the A400M would have a potential “fuel give-away” of 34,000 kg (75,000 lb).



http://airbusdefenceandspace.com/airbus-a4...simultaneously/

New Success in Egypt for DCNS and its FREMM Frigate (plus some technical details)

On Monday 16 February, DCNS signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the supply of a FREMM multi-mission frigate. This agreement strengthens the strategic relations initiated by DCNS last July with the signing of a contract to supply four Gowind® 2500 corvettes. Egypt becomes the second export customer of the FREMM after Morocco.


Hervé Guillou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DCNS, declared: “I would like to thank the Egyptian authorities for the trust they have once again placed in us, for the participation in the modernization of their defence system. DCNS will be keen to demonstrate that this trust is justified. The Group will do its utmost to ensure that this program is completed successfully.”

The frigate, the current Normandie, will be delivered mid-2015 after some outfitting work, and the first phase of the training programme. The logistics and support services provided to the Egyptian Navy will then continue over several years.

For Hervé Guillou, “With this historical agreement, DCNS is pursuing a policy of long-term partnership with the Egyptian Navy and its shipyards, with whom we plan to invest in the long-term to develop their skills and industrial facilities. In addition, strengthening our relations opens new perspectives for the sale of vessels.”

The FREMM delivered to the Egyptian Navy will be taken from the series currently under construction for the French Navy. To ensure that the operational capacities of the French Navy will not be affected, DCNS will speed up the rate of production of subsequent ships.

“I would like to stress that this success would not have been possible without a close-knit team in France and the tireless support of the French state services, in particular the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and the French Navy, who accepted the postponement of delivery of its second frigate.”



FREMM technical characteristics

Multi-mission frigates are versatile vessels able to respond to all types of air, marine, submarine or land threats. FREMM frigates are at the cutting edge of technology and are perfectly suited to ensuring that client navies are able to respond to current threats and the growing needs of maritime security.

Overall length: 142 metres
Width: 20 metres
Displacement: 6,000 tonnes
Maximum speed: 27 knots
Crew: 108 persons (helicopter detachment included)
Accommodation capacity: 145 men and women
Range: 6,000 nautical miles at 15 knots

Comment and additional details
Egypt is reinforcing its naval capabilities in prevision of the new Suez Canal opening planned for this summer. Navy Recognition learned that DCI will be in charge of the formation of the Egyptian sailors. The Normandie Frigate was originally expected to be commissioned with the French Navy at the end of 2014. The same frigate was supposed to conduct the first live firing test of MBDA's Naval Cruise Missile (NCM) late last year or early this year. A source from the French defense industry explained to Navy Recognition the NCM mission computers would be taken off board because the Egyptian Navy won't be getting the cruise missiles (because of export restriction). It is not clear whether or not other equipment will be taken off, such as the 16x Sylver A70 vertical launch systems (strike length VLS used to accommodate the NCM), the two Nexter Narwhal remote weapon systems and the two SIGEN R ECM Electronic Warfare systems. DCNS, MBDA, Thales and Nexter didn't wish to comment on these technical aspects.

It has to be noted that the above systems are not present on the Mohammed VI Frigate sold to the Royal Moroccan Navy and this FREMM is only fitted with 16x Sylver A50 vertical launch systems for 16x ASTER 15 missiles. The current Normandie will probably end up looking like the Mohammed VI once delivered to Egypt unless:
» The Egyptian Navy could have made the request to replace the 16x Sylver A70 with a second row of A50 model in order to deploy up to 32x ASTER 15 SAM.
» For commonality with its four future Gowind corvettes, the Egyptian Navy may have requested to replace the A70 VLS with A43 model: The FREMM would then be fitted with 16x VLS cells similar to those fitted on its corvettes and would therefore be able to launch up to 16x VL MICA missiles in addition to the 16x ASTER 15.
» An even cheaper alternative of course would be to leave the 16x A70 cells in place since they can launch ASTER 15 missiles as well. The Egyptian Navy FREMM would then be able to deploy up to 32x ASTER 15.

Another unknown is the helicopter. FREMM Frigates are very potent anti-submarine warfare designed from the start to operate with a dedicated ASW helicopter, an NH90 NFH in the case of the French Navy. An helicopter was not part of the deal. Egypt will probably use one of its Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprites until they procure NH90 or Panther maritime helicopters from Airbus Helicopters. The possibilities are many and we will have to wait to find out the final configuration of the future Egyptian Navy FREMM, the current Normandie.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?o...sk=view&id=2426

"Historical suppork" claims

This post has been edited by pcboss00: Feb 23 2015, 02:13 PM

Only Malaysia, Philippines and Brunei claimed based on UNCLOS (200nm rules). PRC, Vietnam and ROC based on 'historical evidence'.

quite surprise. donno PLA quite open about this. why they release the footage?

From here they mention 2 times we planning 8 missile corvette. a mistake?
http://defencereviewasia.realviewtechnolog...113892#folio=28