IHS Jane's said images of the Fiery Cross Reef showed a paved section of runway 505 metres by 53 metres on the northeastern side of the reef.

Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies said satellite photographs from 11 April showed the runway about one-third complete, with a projected total length at 3,110 metres, large enough for heavy military transport planes and fighters.

However, its artificial islands were too small and vulnerable to support major forward deployment of military forces, it said.

#SaudiArabia Army using PLZ-45 (#China Type 88) 155mm SPG w/ PCZ-45 supt veh to shell #Houthi over #Yemen border

i wander solder beside plz45 can tahan sound。。。。

I wonder when the saudi will send their land forces into Yaman.... so far only air attack and some skirmish at the border...

Senior Aide to Former Iraqi President Hussein Killed in Iraq – Governor



BAGHDAD (Sputnik) — Douri was named as number six on the US most-wanted list of Iraqi officials when the US-led coalition launched a military operation against President Hussein's government in March 2003.

"The Iraqi security forces have managed to eliminate Izzat Ibrahim Douri during an operation in the Himrin area," Saladin Province Governor Ahmed Jubouri told local Al Sumaria television.

The channel showed pictures of the body of a red-bearded man believed to be Douri. Local police said that were conducting DNA tests to identify the body.

Prior to the overthrow of Hussein Gen. Douri was Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, the country's ultimate decision-making body at the time.

After Hussein was executed in December 2006, Douri succeeded him as the new leader of the banned Baath Party.

Douri had also been a commander of an insurgency group fighting the new Iraqi government since late 2006.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150417/1021033145.html

Coalition Forces now focus on attacking the pro-Houthi militia brigades, spokesman says

Riyadh, Jumada II 27, 1436, Apr 16, 2015, SPA — Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, Consultant at the Minister of Defense’s Office and Spokesman of the Coalition Forces, said that the Coalition Forces are now focusing on attacking the pro-Houthi militia brigades, noting that, at the same time, many brigades, once joining the Houthi militias, have abandoned their ranks, citing brigade 90 marines, and reiterated his call for other brigade commanders to come back to the support for legitimacy to evade the coalition airstrikes.

In his daily press briefing held this evening at Riyadh Airbase, Asiri said the Houthi militias are now lacking command and control and that the leading hierarchy associated with the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh has turned to be cut off leaving the Houthi militias to launch random individual operations to achieve personal gains at the expense of the security and safety of Yemen and its citizens.

Brig. Gen. Asiri explained that the coalition forces have become more accurate in targeting vehicles, camps, ordnance warehouses and fuel tanks captured by the Houthis through robbery, in order to use them, later on, indicating that the airstrikes have carried a quantum operation, in Abeen, as solid information were received on mobilizing military vehicles and equipment there, hence the coalition forces hit them.
Having been informed of Houthis plan to launch attack on the Saudi border, Coalition forces consequently targeted spots of ammunition and fuels, alike, in addition to their military concentrations, he added.

On the situation, in Aden, he disclosed that there is communication between the coalition forces, the People’s Committees and resistance units, in order to pinpoint Houthi targets, pointing to yesterday’s tasks of air dropping of foodstuffs and ammunition for that end in Aden.

In the surroundings of Sana’a, the operations have become less fierce, despite vivid movement to get the Scud missiles out of it, in a move that expose the Houthis retreat to Northern Yemen, however, the coalition airstrikes have targeted and destroyed equipment, rocket launching pads, which were destined to be moved to the North of Yemen, he remarked.

He asserted that the operations of the Houthis have been raging for along the whole Southern border of the Kingdom, especially in the sectors of Najran and Jazan, as daily skirmishes continue with sporadic mortar, while the Land Forces, directly, deal with them, to guarantee the safety along the Saudi border.

Naval tasks, Asiri said that the number of battleships will increase, within coming few days, as new battleships will join the coalition navy, while the people committees, tribesmen and other forces loyal to the Yemeni Army will assist in deliverance of provisions to the needy citizena, commenting that checking up operations, on board of all ships, will also continue.

Answering a question on the Coalition forces plan to attack Al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, Asiri said the overall plan does not specify Al-Qaeda or ISIS but has specified scheduled targets on the ground to achieve the goals of restoring the legitimacy in Yemen, led by President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi.

Asked about the so-called initiative of a special envoy of the deposed president Ali Saleh to secure a safe haven for his boss and find a possible settlement to the determination storm operation, or have it ended or stopped, Asiri said the operation never deals with individuals but is committed to solve the whole issue absolutely, noting that the situation before the start of the operation would never come back again.
He noted that the militias were controlling most of the Yemeni territories of the north and southwards at the beginning of the storm, but now they have lost control and scattering on the ground in isolated spots.

He drew the attention to the fact that the militias are now on the defensive and more vulnerable to coalition forces airstrikes which became more accurate, vowing that they would achieve their goals very soon.

He said fighting in Taiz is taking place between Brigade 35 which supports legitimacy and some militia elements and popular army supporters, drawing the attention that over the last 24 hours, the operations were continuing and that the airstrikes are providing a strong back up, describing the situation inside Taiz as stable.

He noted that the militias are taking refuge in residential cities and inside schools, hotels and hospitals with strict instructions for the coalition airplanes not to attack them unless a rare definite chance arises, citing the attack on the vocational institute and adding that yesterday targets in Loder and Abeen were attacked as they were seized by the militias.

Asiri said that the aid dropped inside Aden is a military logistics to back up the resistance, in order to carry out with their tasks, pointing that a great number of ships is heading to Yemeni ports of Aden and Hodeida, in coordination with the Yemeni government.

He confirmed arrival of medical appliances, throughout last week, by the Red Cross, pointing to the difficulty of traffic for the committees and relief agencies, from the ports of Aden and Hodeida as well, towards hospitals and needy areas, as the Houthi militias wage guerilla war, within the cities.

The presence of People’s Committees inside the Yemeni society and inside the government, in collaboration with the coalition forces, to be reassured of the delivery of relief to the citizenry but not for those killers among the Houthi militias and their loyalists, who killed the needy, drawing the attention to a work that takes a patience and more coordination, lest those stuffs fall in the wrong hands, he stated.

Asiri remarked that the operations of the coalition came in response to the call of the elected president who felt that the motherland and the citizen, alike, were kidnapped by these militias, hence came the Operation Determination Storm, confirming that all walks of life, in Yemen, are calling asking to be saved of the militias and their deeds, adding that as soon as the operation completes its goals, security and peace will return to Yemen and all its citizenry, with no exception, at all.

The operation of the coalition has loosen the relationship between the deposed president and Houthi militias, indicating that declaration of commanders of some brigades and military units their loyalty to the legitimacy, was but a response to the military work on the ground, as they felt that they are under pressured, Asiri said.
He explained their situation, pointing to two main factors: military operations that weaken them and late feeling of some commanders of their responsibility, asserting that their gains would not be achieved and that their relationships have now become more stressed.

Sewing discord among them, in orientation as well as in coordination, is a main objective, which we attempted to achieve, form the very beginning of the operation, he concluded.

–SPA

I place my best on dsme news or attack heli 

Mrca highly unlikely 
We don't want to get involved. No point is doing so unless like Pakistan army

Tp artikel dia nampak lain skit. Ade persoalan, are we ready?? Hope we are...... tak nampak mcm procurement..... nampak mcm involvement in something

ke pasal warrior competition ke....

Marine Corp?

My bet goes to this
Looks like something with all the tri-service branch

Join command center ?

Are we ready to operate attack helicopter given our limited experience? Ni satu persoalan juga

Macam are we ready to operate another class of submarine instead of scorpene 

Neh.. i am sure our top brass does not to want to involve in any kind of war. Barang pun tak cukup untuk negara sendiri nak sibuk negara lain. Betul tak?
Oh hold already iinm
Dcns for sure. Cut and straight assemble there

Here we have cut, send to here and assemble

Marhalim just edited his article it's about Saudi asked Malaysia to join in operation in Yemen.

http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=6265#comment-234294

Marhalim just edited his article it's about Saudi asked Malaysia to join in operation in Yemen.

http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=6265#comment-234294

Marhalim just edited his article it's about Saudi asked Malaysia to join in operation in Yemen.

http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=6265#comment-234294

Kemenhan Akan Tender Pengganti F-5 Tiger

SENIN, 13 APRIL 2015 | 05:41 WIB

TEMPO.CO , Jakarta:Kementerian Pertahanan akan membuka tender pengadaan pengganti F-5 Tiger milik TNI Angkatan Udara. Pesawat tempur F-5 Tiger sudah uzur untuk melaksanakan tugas pengawasan wilayah udara Indonesia.

"Tendernya sedang dikerjakan, sebab tender besar tidak bisa satu atau dua hari selesai," kata kata Kepala Pusat Komunikasi Publik Kementerian Pertahanan, Brigadir Jenderal Jundan Eko Bintoro, ketika dihubungi Tempo, Ahad, 12 April 2015.

Sesuai rencana, Jundan melanjutkan, Kementerian Pertahanan akan membuka tender tersebut tahun ini. Sayangnya Jundan belum bisa memastikan waktu pembukaan tender pembelian pesawat tempur baru."Jika dibuka, nanti kami akan berbicara ke media," kata dia.

Soal anggaran, Jundan memilih bungkam. Dia hanya mengatakan bahwa anggaran pembelian pesawat tempur baru TNI AU sudah masuk dalam Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara tahun ini. "Anggarannya sudah ada, tunggu saja nanti hasilnya," kata dia.

INDRA WIJAYA