Technicall yes.. our f18 still have their hook for carrier landings. I also think our pilot recieved simulated carrier landing before on a simulator but not actual.

Maybe the closest would on airstrip marked according to carrier layout

Sk is vastly superior in technology but lack the manpower

Nk will just spam thousands of its conscripts to tge battle fill. Overwhelming SK

they fought d japs too... and a lot are eventually forced to fight in the jap army... they should be marching

waa.... this series not bad, very realistic... reminds me of my time

North Korea is irrelevant Korea. To China, Korth Korea is like that dangerous rabid dog you accidentally fed once and now won't leave your backyard.

The PLA even had a contingency plan to invade & occupy North Korea when Kim Jong-Il died to prevent a possible civil war. We're probably lucky (?!) his son took over relatively peacefully (besides him executing his uncle by throwing said uncle into a pack of killer dogs ).

Tun Azizan - Mobile Sea Base Ship

So will the ship be operated as an auxilliary ship or will it be formally commissioned into the RMN?

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At more than 600k strong (+ 3 million reserves), South Korea doesn't really going to get outnumbered.

South korea also has larger population than north korea (around 3:1 afaik). With US and Japan going to back them up, they're be fine

Neh.. japan wont come. That will violate their self defence policy

Us need at least a few day to deploys his troops. Leaving sk to hold for that fews days.

US have already nearly 20,000 military personnel in South Korea alone on high readiness, so there's not that of a very big deal (due to the Korean war ending on a ceasefire, US personnel deployed there are still put on a war footing and posted personnel get extra hazard pay) .

US troops in such numbers backed by advanced heavy equipment can probably give them a huge advantage against any North Korean aggression, their relatively small numbers notwithstanding. Also the nearly 40,000 US military personnel in Japan could be redeployed within a short time in the event of any attack.

Not to mention in an emergency US fighter planes from bases in Japan and Guam also could reach NK targets within a few hours at most.

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nuclear bomb and china backup is what worrying for sk and US

best korean ballistic missiles are liquid fueled, so usa and worst korea can anticipate and intercept them missile(via SM-2 missile in their aegis network)

worst Korea have also developed their own long rang cruise missile

STOVL fighter in development in China: report



AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group Company may be developing a new short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) fighter, according to Duowei News, a media outlet run by overseas Chinese.

The official Weibo account of the PLA Daily, the mouthpiece of the People's Liberation Army, reposted an article entitled "How will China develop its STOVL fighter?" on May 9, according to the website.

The article, first published on National Defense Reference, a magazine under the PLA Daily brand, stated that China's navy has been equipping itself with large landing crafts, supply ships, transport ships and amphibious assault ships. Different aircraft, including STOVL aircraft and helicopters, can take off from and land on the afterdecks of these ships.

The article stated that amphibious assault ships will play an increasingly important role in attempts to assert territorial claims and defend the political interests of different nations around the globe. In this context, STOVL fighters have become the second most important aspect of military conflict. The article called for China to accelerate its development of STOVL aircraft and stated that Russia can likely offer help to China with its experience and technological know-how in the field.

The article stated that China can push forth development of the STOVL aircraft by four routes. The first way is to continue developing a version of the Yakovlev Yak-141 supersonic vertical takeoff/landing (VTOL) fighter aircraft, which would allow for quick results with less investment. The Yak Aircraft Corporation design team have continued with the development of the aircraft, incorporating elements of modern fighters such as advanced stealth technology.

The second option is to develop multirole aircraft technology. This would involve developing a new generation of technology and an upgrade to fighter design.

A third option would be for China to adapt its spacecraft technology to create a fighter.

The fourth method is to go the route of a high-speed helicopter technology. This is one of the quickest and simplest methods and one of the cheapest and most practical. This is also the option that Russia is currently pursuing. In 2010, a Russian helicopter prototype reached a speed above 600 km per hour, which would satisfy current military demand.

The development project would offer a chance for Russia and China to work together, the website said.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the subsequent reduction of the Russian Navy, Russia was forced to abandon the development and manufacture of the Yak-141, returning its focus to its traditional fighters. Despite this, Russia is still in possession of the relevant technology, experience and experts necessary to facilitate the completion of the aircraft.

Given that Russia is no longer developing the plane, there is no conflict of interest in Russia helping China develop the plane.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...=20150512000064

That depend how the situation goes.
if NK is the one who went full retard and going out of hand; China would probably whack NK tukar patung.
If US and SK went full retard invade NK then China and Russian have to act.

Russia to Send Nearly 700 Pieces of Military Equipment to Peru Exhibit © AP Photo/ Michel Euler



Russian companies will present a total of about 700 pieces of various weaponry and military equipment at the upcoming SITDEF 2015 trade show in Peru, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The exhibition, the complete name of which translates from Spanish as “international exhibition of technology for defense and the prevention of natural disasters,” is set to take place in Peru’s capital Lima from May 14 to 17.

“Under the auspices of the Russian exhibition organizer, the state corporation Rostec, 12 Russian companies will present stands, 10 of which will present military products,” the FSMTC said in a statement.

Over 60 foreign companies will participate in the event, presenting products including armored vehicles and artillery, aircraft and avionics systems, medical equipment, and construction machinery.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20150512/1...l#ixzz3ZxuzRjve

Philippines, Japan hold historic naval drills in flashpoint waters





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Will Beijing Deploy 42,000 Drones to Secure the South China Sea?



According to the recently released annual U.S. Department of Defense report to Congress on China’s military and security developments (see: “What the Pentagon Thinks of China’s Military”), Beijing is heavily investing into the development of longer-range UAVs.

“China is advancing its development and employment of UAVs. Some estimates indicate China plans to produce upwards of 41,800 land- and sea-based unmanned systems, worth about $10.5 billion, between 2014 and 2023,” the Pentagon notes. The report continues:

In 2013, China unveiled details of four UAVs under development — the Xianglong, Yilong, Sky Saber, and Lijian — the last three of which are designed to carry precision-strike capable weapons. The Lijian, which first flew on November 21, 2013, is China’s first stealthy flying wing UAV.

Over at Breaking Defense, Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. interviewed Paul Scharre, an expert on emerging weapon technologies, and Kelley Sayler, a research associate at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) to shed some more light on the Pentagon’s assessment of China’s burgeoning fleet of UAVs.

In her interview with Freedberg, Sayler emphasizes that not all drones are made equal and that one has to distinguish between small and less expensive reconnaissance drones versus larger armed UAVs when discussing China’s capabilities in this field:

Are we talking about 42,000 commercial off-the-shelf surveillance drones or 42,000 high-end or stealth combat drones? That clearly makes a difference in the threat assessment. Judging by the projected budget — a rather modest $10.5 billion over 10 years — it would seem that the bulk of Chinese UAV investments will be in lower- to mid-end systems.

Paul Scharre also cautioned not to ring the alarm bells over China’s growing drone fleet just yet. “It’s not like the sky is falling, but it would suggest a future where China will have better situational awareness over its surrounding regions,” he explains. Scharre also points out that unlike U.S. drones, Chinese UAVs will primarily be deployed locally, requiring less sophisticated technology as well as less resources to operate them:

If they’re using drones for surveillance…. that doesn’t mean they need 90 analysts behind every drone orbit. China doesn’t have to project power around the globe like we do in places like Afghanistan, they’re looking to project power locally, so they may be able to do with line-of-sight [radio] networks and relay networks using other drones.

Furthermore, he states that China’s drone program appears to be largely founded upon reverse engineering of foreign technologies, and that China may be taking advantage of existing R&D efforts in the United States:

I wouldn’t look to China to be developing the most cutting-edge technology [themselves], but they may well capitalize on things that we fail to do: really cutting-edge things that are developed in U.S. labs or other countries that we don’t move forward with.

Aviation Industry Corp of China (Avic), the largest Chinese drone manufacturer, is predicted to become the world’s largest maker of military drones by 2023, Reuters reports. While Ni Lexiong, a naval expert at the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law reiterated Scharre’s assessment above he also emphasized Beijing desire to catch up with the West : “Admittedly our technology is not first-rate compared with developed countries, but we don’t want to be left behind.”

http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/will-beijin...outh-china-sea/

UH-1Y missing in Nepal





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