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post Mar 26 2015, 06:59 PM

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Russia's New Military Transport Plane Set to Make Its Maiden Flight in 2017


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The aircraft's mass production is expected to be launched in 2019.

New Russian Plane Will Be Able to Deploy Army Globally in 7 Hours by 2024

The twin-engine turboprop plane, developed by the Ilyushin Aviation Complex (JSC IL), will be manufactured by the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association at an aircraft plant in Voronezh, located some 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of Moscow. It will replace the Antonov An-26.

Russia's Ministry of Defense plans to purchase at least 35 Ilyushin Il-112 planes. Earlier, JSC IL said the company was ready to deliver more than 60 Il-112 aircraft to the military.

The transport plane is designed to carry out missions in any geographic or weather conditions. It has a payload of 6 tons and can travel a maximum distance of 5,000 kilometers (3100 miles).

The project, launched over a decade ago, was canceled in 2011, but the work on the Il-112 resumed in 2013.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150326/1020026432.html
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China developing fighter with VTOL capability

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China is developing a new fighter with vertical take-off and landing capability, according to the official website of the state run Aviation Industry Corporation of China on Mar. 20, reports the Sina Military Network based in Beijing.

Like the AV-8 Harrier designed for the US Marine Corps, China's new stealth fighter is developed to serve aboard the PLA Navy's future amphibious assault ships.

The mission of this new aircraft is likely to be to provide close air support to ground forces operating in the Asia-Pacific region. China began the program to develop a fighter with VTOL capability back in 1950s.

However, these earlier aircraft were unsuitable for service because they lacked a proper flight control system, engine and material at the time.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...000132&cid=1101
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post Mar 27 2015, 10:06 AM

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SENSITIVE MILITARY GEAR ENDED UP ON EBAY, CRAIGLIST

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The Pentagon lost track of sensitive equipment from a $750 million program to help U.S. soldiers spot roadside bombs — and some of it wound up for sale on eBay, Craigslist and other websites, according to a Navy intelligence document obtained by The Intercept. 

The missing equipment includes thermal optic imaging and night vision devices that were supplied to U.S. forces to help locate improvised explosive devices, the leading killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as well as related threats. “Since 2009, some of this advanced hardware has been reported as missing and is actively being sold or discussed on the global market on a variety of websites,” says an intelligence brief by the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service and its Multiple Threat Alert Center.


https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/...ebay-craiglist/
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post Mar 27 2015, 11:34 AM

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USNS Trenton JHSV 5 completes US Navy acceptance trials

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The US Navy's new joint high-speed vessel 5 (JHSV 5), USNS Trenton, has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, marking a major milestone prior to its delivery.

The trials were conducted by the US Navy and involved comprehensive testing of the Austal-built USNS Trenton's major systems and equipment.

Austal chief executive officer Andrew Bellamy said: "The JHSV programme is in a mature, efficient phase of construction and USNS Trenton is the latest example of Austal's ability to design and construct high-quality defence vessels for the US Navy."

Austal is building ten such vessels at its shipyard at Mobile, Alabama, under a $1.6bn contract from the US Navy.

"USNS Trenton is the latest example of Austal's ability to design and construct high-quality defence vessels."
USNS Brunswick (JHSV 6) is expected to be launched later this year, while USNS Carson City (JHSV 7) and USNS Yuma (JHSV 8) are at various stages of construction.

The 338ft-long USNS Trenton can accommodate 104 personnel and includes airline-style seating for 312 members. It will be operated by the navy's military sealift command with a core crew of 22 civilian mariners and military mission personnel boarding when required.

With 20,000ft² open-mission and flight decks, JHSVs can support day and night launch and recovery missions as well as fast, intra-theatre transportation of troops, military vehicles, supplies and equipment.

The vessels can be deployed for a range of operations, including overseas contingency missions, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and support for special operations forces and emerging joint sea-basing concepts.

http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsu...-trials-4541022
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post Mar 28 2015, 05:46 AM

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Russian Combat Robots to Be on Display at Army 2015 Forum


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The Russian Defense Ministry will for the first time present its combat robots at the international military-technical forum "Army 2015", which will take place in June, Russian sources said.

"The Russian Defense Ministry's main research and testing robotics center will for the first time present the results of their work in the field of robotics at the international exhibition area in the Moscow Region town of Kubinka," the ministry's press service said on Friday.

It added that the Army-2015 forum will see the presentation of characteristics of combat and double-purpose robots made in Russia and beyond.

Additionally, visitors will see an archive of tests of ground, water and air robots.

"The center's exhibition stand will also present several experimental models of robots for military purposes," the press service said.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Blake Fletcher assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, explains the capabilities of a bomb disposal robot.

According to it, the first batch of robots has already been supplied to the engineering troops, navy, as well as reconnaissance units of land and airborne forcers.

The center's robotics-related activity includes work on the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles, ground robots, underwater unmanned vehicles and unmanned motor boats.

The international military-technical forum Army-2015 will be held in Patriot recreational park in Kubinka between June 16 and June 19.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150327/1020084919.html
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DARPA to re-invent GPS navigation without the use of satellites

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In the paper, DARPA hints at how it’s going to develop a positioning system without the use of satellites: “The need to be able to operate effectively in areas where GPS is inaccessible, unreliable or potentially denied by adversaries has created a demand for alternative precision timing and navigation capabilities. To address this need, DARPA is investing in radically new technologies that have the potential to deliver GPS-quality position, navigation and timing information for military systems, including novel inertial measurement devices that use cold-atom interferometry; chip-scale self-calibrating gyroscopes, accelerometers and clocks; and pulsed-laser-enabled atomic clocks and microwave sources.” 


More reading :- http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/202111-...hout-satellites
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Grounded? Russia's answer to US next-gen fighter hits the skids.

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Financial constraints are the key reason cited for cutting the military order from 52 to 12 of the planes over the next few years, according to the Moscow daily Kommersant.


http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015...-hits-the-skids
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Military Operation in Yemen

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Saudi Arabia and a number of Persian Gulf states launches a military operation in Yemen, having declared the intention to defend the country's legitimate government from the Houthi militants.

The armed struggle in Yemen between the government forces and the Shi’ah rebels has been ongoing since 2004. The fighting has resulted in numerous casualties and the deterioration of the region’s economy.

The Yemeni Zaidi Shias accuse the country’s government of discrimination towards the Shia minority. They demand an official recognition of their rights and seek to restore the Shiah Imamah that was abolished during the revolution of September 1962.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/infographics/201503...l#ixzz3VfP4o4uM
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Taiwan seeks Russia's help in designing 5th gen fighters

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After failing to purchase F-16C/D fighters from the United States, Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation is seeking assistance from Russia to design domestic fifth-generation fighters, according to our Chinese-language sister newspaper Want Daily. 

The move by Taiwan may take casual observers by surprise given the island's anti-Communist history, but during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet Union was a major supplier of military aircraft to the Republic of China Air Force.

In addition to 322 bombers, 777 fighters and 100 trainers, the Soviet Union even sent 3,665 pilots and ground crew to support China's war of resistance against the Japanese. After the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact was signed in 1941, the United States then replaced the Soviet Union to become the Republic of China's major supporter.


Read more:- http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...=20150328000054
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DARPA seeking technology for unmanned surface vessel


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WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- The U.S, military has issued a Request for Information on available technologies that could aid development of a new type of unmanned surface vessel.
The technologies sought by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are sensor systems and image-processing hardware and software that use electro-optical/infrared or light detection and ranging, or LIDAR, approaches for onboard systems to detect and track nearby surface vessels and potential navigation hazards, and classify those objects' characteristics.

The technologies would be for its Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel, or ACTUV program, which seeks development of an unmanned surface vessel that could independently track quiet diesel-electric submarines over thousands of miles.

"We're looking for test-ready, multi-sensor approaches that push the boundaries of today's automated sensing systems for unmanned surface vessels," said Scott Littlefield, DARPA program manager. "Enhancing the ability of these kinds of vessels to sense their environment in all weather and traffic conditions, day or night, would significantly advance our ability to conduct a range of military missions."

DARPA said a challenge for the program is development of autonomous behaviors for complying with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, known as COLREGS. The current ACTUV system is based on radar, which provides a "90 percent solution" for detecting other ships but less suitable for classification of the type of other vessels, for example determining whether the vessel is a powered vessel or a sailboat.

COLREGS also requires "a proper lookout by sight and hearing."

DARPA is seeking information in three areas: maritime perception sensors, maritime perception software, classification software for day shapes/navigation lights: Algorithms and software to support detection, tracking and classification of day shapes and navigation lights—standard tools that vessels use to communicate a ship's position and status—by using passive optical or non-radar active imagers.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-.../8441427486392/
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post Mar 29 2015, 07:13 PM

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Tough, fish scale-like material with soft flexibility could protect soldiers, astronauts

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"The secret behind this material is in the combination and design of hard scales above with soft, flexible tissue below," says Technion Assistant Professor Stephan Rudykh, pictured here.

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A team of researchers has developed a revolutionary material that has superior anti-penetration properties while remaining flexible. The new material, inspired by the way nature designed fish scales, could be used to make bulletproof clothing for the military and space suits that are impervious to micro-meteorites and radiation when astronauts embark on spacewalks. The joint research effort was conducted at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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A paper outlining the characteristics, test results and applications of the new material was published in a recent issue of the technology journal Soft Matter, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry. The research was led by Assistant Professor Stephen Rudykh, head of the Technion's Mechanics of Soft Materials Laboratory.

"Many species of fish are flexible, but they are also protected by hard scales," said Prof. Rudykh. "Taking inspiration from nature, we tried to replicate this protecto-flexibility by combining two layers of materials -- one soft for flexibility and the other with armor-like scales. The secret behind this material is in the combination and design of hard scales above with soft, flexible tissue below."

Generally, strength and flexibility are competing properties, explained Professor Rudykh. You can't have both. However, the research team found a way to increase the penetration resistance by a factor of 40, while the flexibility of the soft material was reduced by only a factor of five. If the application is, for example, a military uniform for combat, more flexibility can be built into the areas needing flexibility, such as the elbows and knees, while the anti-penetration properties elsewhere, such as in the upper body, can be beefed-up.

"That attribute allows for the fabric to be tailored to the wearer's body and the environment that the wearer will be facing," explained Professor Rudykh, who carried out post-doctoral studies at MIT where he worked with 3-D printing technology before joining the Technion. "This work is part of a revolution in materials properties. Once we can gain control over a material's micro properties, using 3-D printing we can create materials of an entirely different type, each with the ability to be adjusted to fit the wearer, the need, and the environment."

The researchers have conducted initial testing on the material and are moving into dynamic tests using fast-moving projectiles, both bullets and small particles, and also testing the flexibility attribute under pressure.

"Our findings provide new guidelines for developing simple material architectures that retain flexibility while offering protection with highly tunable properties," concluded the researchers. "The tailored performance of the protective system -- with characteristics that can be tuned according to the required movements at different regions of the body -- draws its abilities from the microstructural geometry. The ability for a given microstructure to offer different deformation resistance mechanisms is key to achieving the multifunctional design of stiff plates and soft matrix. We found that careful selection of microstructural characteristics can provide designs optimized for protection against penetration while preserving flexibility."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/...50312122602.htm

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China's Nightmare: Vietnam's New Killer Submarines

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This Chinese analysis notes at the outset that the Vietnamese Navy is totally lacking in experience with “large type conventional submarines,” including not only their operations, but also their logistics and maintenance requirements. In a passage that might be termed condescending, the author writes: “… if [the submarine] is not used properly, not only will it become useless in combat, but [this lack of proficiency] can seriously threaten the lives of the whole crew.”

Given China’s own ample experience purchasing Russian Kilo’s during the 1990s, it is not surprising that Chinese naval analysts demonstrate an intimate knowledge regarding the processes and challenges involved with molding these particular imported boats into a credible fighting force.


Read more:- http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas...ubmarines-12505
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From undersea drones to $1M satellite launches: DARPA outlines its priorities

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Tern — a joint program between DARPA and the Navy to give forward-deployed small ships the ability to serve as mobile launch and recovery sites for medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial systems. On March 23, the agency announced the award of prime contracts for Phase 2 of the program to AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ: AVA) and Northrop Grumman Corp.(NYSE: NOC). In Phase 3, one performer will be selected to build a full-scale demonstrator Tern system for initial ground-based testing.


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DARPA Launches 'Plan X' to Defeat Chinese and Russian Hackers

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She said Plan X is vital to winning against state-sponsored cyber threats such as those from China's secret hacking group called "Unit 61398" because protecting U.S. networks from computer attacks is as important to the military as defending the country's air, land, sea and space.


http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/44108/2...ese-hackers.htm
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Islamic Republic of Texas? How Jade Helm Could Be a Mock Invasion of Iran

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Islamic Republic of Texas? How Jade Helm Could Be a Mock Invasion of Iran  The US military is preparing to launch a massive military drill in towns scattered across the American Southwest. US Special Forces to Swarm Southwest for Massive Military Drills In the past several days, leaked plans for seven-state a US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) exercise in which states role-play as countries have made rounds across both news sites and conspiracy theorist circuits, with the latter ringing alarm, calling the drills a preparation for martial law.

However, considering layout of the states used in the exercise, as well as their climate and terrain, the intent could be a preparation for an invasion of Iran and a Middle East-wide war. According to the leaked proposal for the operation, service members will practice:  – Operating outside the normal support mechanisms – Adapting to unfamiliar terrain, social and economic conditions – Operating in and around communities where anything out the ordinary will be spotted and reported (Locals are the first to notice something out of place) – The opportunity to work with civilians to gain their trust and an understanding of the issues


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Texas — Islamic Republic of Iran 

Texas, colored red for "hostile," is likely a simulation of an invasion of Iran. Although it does not have the optimal terrain to simulate Iran, the proposal for the exercise appears to have chosen Texas for its Realistic Military Training because local authorities and the population are most receptive


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New Mexico — Iraq 

New Mexico, viewed from Amtrak's Southwest Chief  New Mexico is a state that has vast swathes of desert, like Iraq. Iraq has close ties with Iran, which could be a reason for why it is colored brown for "uncertain, leaning hostile," which Iraq would likely be if Iran was to be invaded.


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Utah — Syria  

Like Syria, which would be considered hostile in case of an Iran invasion, Utah is colored red. In addition, like parts of Syria, Utah has both mountains and flatlands.


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Colorado — Turkey 

Colorado is a largely mountainous state, like Turkey, and it is colored blue for "permissive," which means that aircraft and troops would be able to move through the state. Turkey as a NATO member would similarly be expected to fulfill such obligations.


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Nevada and Arizona — Lebanon and Jordan 

Nev  Phoenix, Arizona will be the site of the Special Forces' Operational Detachment Headquarters (ODH) and a Marine Corps (MC) site, likely simulating Jordan's capital Amman, which has been the site of Marine Corps deployments in recent years. However, although Phoenix is in a largely desert environment, it is also next to a mountain range, unlike Amman.


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California — Israel and Palestine 

California generally has a soft Mediterranean climate, like Israel, and would be permissive to US military movements, as Israel would be. There are no deployments planned to California, as the simulated invasion of Iran would likely not have much of an impact on the situation there. The "insurgent pocket" likely represents both the inland West Bank and the coastal Gaza Strip, which would be hostile to the operation and would not allow the US military to operate in the area. However, it is also possible that California is a simulation of Lebanon, and the "insurgent pocket" is a Hezbollah-controlled area that would be opposed to a US invasion of Iran.


http://sputniknews.com/us/20150329/1020185282.html

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India Okays 5K-cr project for next-gen airborne warning system

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NEW DELHI (PTI): The Government has sanctioned a Rs 5,113 crore project to develop a next-generation Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), which will act as a 360-degree 'Eye in the Sky', and also approved purchase of two Airbus A330 aircraft for the same. 

However, no decision was taken on the multi-crore Avro replacement programme in which an Airbus-Tata consortium is the only bidder.  Incidentally, Airbus was the only bidder in the AWACS programme and the approval for purchase of the aircraft is the first deal in a single-vendor situation that has been sanctioned by the Defence Acquisition Council, which met in New Delhi on Saturday.


More reading:- http://www.brahmand.com/news/India-Okays-5...13743/1/10.html
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The UK's ministry of defence has signed a multi-million pound deal to produce crew-less boats

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The UK’s defence body has conscripted French defence firm Thales to develop a drone program to defuse underwater mines in a £17 million contract.

The 18-month project will see a consortium including BAE systems and led by Thales to create autonomous boats and submarines that can be operated remotely by Royal Navy vessels, improving safety and accuracy.

http://www.techworld.com/news/personal-tec...e-deal-3605766/
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DOES IRAN HAVE SECRET NUKES IN NORTH KOREA?

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Iran has bought a lot with its money. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, thought to be Tehran’s chief nuclear scientist, was almost certainly in North Korea at Punggye-ri in February 2013 to witness Pyongyang’s third atomic test. Reports put Iranian technicians on hand at the site for the first two detonations as well.  The North Koreans have also sold Iran material for bomb cores, perhaps even weapons-grade uranium.

The Telegraph reported that in 2002 a barrel of North Korean uranium cracked open and contaminated the tarmac of the new Tehran airport.  In addition, the Kim Jong Un  regime appears to have helped the Islamic Republic on its other pathway to the bomb. In 2013, Meir Dagan, a former Mossad director, charged the North with providing assistance to Iran’s plutonium reactor. 

The relationship between the two regimes has been long-lasting. Hundreds of North Koreans have worked at about 10 nuclear and missile facilities in Iran. There were so many nuclear and missile scientists, specialists, and technicians that they took over their own coastal resort there, according to Henry Sokolski,  the proliferation maven, writing in 2003.  Even if Iran today were to agree to adhere to the Additional Protocol, it could still continue developing its bomb in North Korea, conducting research there or buying North Korean technology and plans.

And as North Korean centrifuges spin in both known and hidden locations, the Kim regime will have a bigger stock of uranium to sell to the Iranians for their warheads. With the removal of sanctions, as the P5+1 is contemplating, Iran will have the cash to accelerate the building of its nuclear arsenal.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015...orth-korea.html
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Russian Military to Unveil New Drones in June – Defense Ministry

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia's new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the Eleron, Orlan-10, Forpost and Gorizont drones, will be unveiled at the inaugural Army-2105 international forum scheduled for June 2015, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

"Complexes with unmanned aerial vehicles, both short and medium range, as well as helicopter drones will be presented as part of the first Army-2015 International Forum," the ministry's press release read.

In December 2014, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian military received 179 new UAVs in 2014, which was "almost as many as we received in all the previous years."

The minister's announcement came two weeks after a military unit, to be equipped with Orlan-10 drones, was formed in the Chukotka Autonomous Area, in the Russian Far East, according to Russia's Eastern Military District.

Development and production of surveillance drones is one of the top priorities for the Russian Armed Forces.

In May 2014, the Russian Defense Ministry said it would spend about $9.2 billion on acquiring new drones and training military personnel to operate UAVs before 2020.

More than 1,000 companies and manufacturers are expected to take part in the Army-2015 forum, due to be held in the Moscow region from June 16-19.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150330/1020207269.html
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Sowing The Sea With Fire: The Threat Of Sea Mines

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So how many ships? Consider China, the worst-case adversary. “They’ve got a lot of weapons, but the means of delivery are relatively few,” said mine warfare expert Scott Truver. By Truver’s estimate, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has 80,000 to 100,000 sea mines. The good news: it’s got only one purpose-built minelayer, which can carry 300 mines at a time.


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If Beijing really wanted to go for broke, though, it could mobilize its largely state-controlled fishing fleet: 30,000 trawlers able to carry 10 mines each and, for defensive mine-laying just off China’s own coast, some 50,000 sailboats that could carry two to five mines.


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China has been careful, in fact, to equip its entire submarine fleet to lay mines. It has about 70 subs able to carry 20 to 30 mines apiece, according to the Navy War College experts — Andrew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein, and William Murray. Between 50 and 60 of those boats are short-range diesels, most of them obsolete and loud. But, at least five Chinese boats are modern, nuclear-powered craft capable of traveling long distances. They would be hard to find. 


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The best way to lay mines en masse before anyone can react is to drop them from aircraft. It’s a technique the United States itself used against Imperial Japan almost 70 years ago. Ericson and company estimate that China’s hundred or so H-6 bombers, “though obsolete for many missions,” could carry as many as 18 large mines apiece and indeed have been used for minelaying exercises already. Another hundred JH-7 fighter-bombers could carry 20 smaller mines apiece.


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The famous Strait of Malacca, through which most of East Asia’s oil flows, is only 1.7 miles across. But if it were mined, the Chinese would cut their most direct supply of Persian Gulf oil. In any case, tankers could detour around Sumatra, Java, and Timor, then head north. It would cost considerable time and money to take the long route, but it would hardly cripple seaborne commerce.


More reading :- http://breakingdefense.com/2015/03/sowing-...w-to-stop-them/


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