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Defence Ministry Ignores Russia's Requests to Discuss Fighter Project





http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-v...fa-fighter.html

PLA carriers will operate beyond China's local seas: admiral


The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, leaves Qingdao for a month of trials in the South China Sea, Nov. 26, 2013.(Photo/Xinhua)

Rear Admiral Zhang Zhaozhong of the PLA Navy admitted that China has ambitions to operate its future aircraft carriers in regions beyond the East and South China seas in an interview with China Central Televsion on March 30.

Zhang said that since India and Japan are both developing their own aircraft carriers with the support of the United States, China's existing carrier Liaoning and future carriers will not only be deployed in China's local waters. The PLA Navy must prepare for larger scale naval engagements between aircraft carriers in the open sea, Zhang said.

The United States Navy is able to control all the world's major maritime communication routes, Zhang said. "Instead of deploying its own carriers against China, the United States is more likely to encourage India and Japan to develop their own aircraft carriers for a potential war in the Asia-Pacific region," he said. Zhang said this is the reason why the United States is willing to assist India in building the INS Vishal, the country's second Vikrant-class aircraft carrier.

Zhang said it is impossible for the United States to provide India with its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System technology. However, Zhang believes the US may seek help from Britain to provide India with a steam catapult system.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...000026&cid=1101

The IDF’s new boot camp for startup entrepreneurs





http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defe...remium-1.650383

asw rockets? lol why?

it more armed than its own escorting frigate

f35 is long done over price.. and numerous fixes that lead to another problems. Some even call it the "flying waste of money"

All those issues you highlighted except the MIG29 probably, issues are stamped from own customization needs

The scorpene is due to wear and tear, I not sure why the navy decided to sail the entire sub from France to here rather on a transporter like vietnam kilo. Plus, it not a high endurance sub to begin with. Maybe enhance crew training in actual operation. What for sure, it can submerge while in france before it reached here

The a400 was still a paper plan when we purchase it. Breaking the norm the air force which usually purchase ready mature products. Again, it said to be a political purchase which i find it quite relevant

Russia Ready to Sell S-300 Missiles to Iran if Sanctions Fall




Iran Hopes to Receive Russian S-300 Air Defense Systems in 2015

Negotiators from Iran, the United States and other world powers agreed on Thursday to a framework for a final agreement to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran agreed in principle to accept significant restrictions on its nuclear facilities for at least a decade and submit to international inspections.

In return, economic sanctions unilaterally imposed on the Islamic Republic by the US and EU will be lifted.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov then said that a UN arms embargo against Iran should also go.

"Lifting sanctions on Iran, including the arms embargo, would be an absolutely logical thing to do,” said Igor Korotchenko, who heads the Global Arms Trade Analysis Center think tank in Moscow.

“Of key importance to us is the delivery of the upgraded S-300 missiles to Iran… A contract to this effect could be resumed on terms acceptable to both Moscow and Tehran,” he added.

In 2007, Russia contracted to sell to Iran $800 million worth of S-300 missile units. Moscow suspended the contract in 2010 following a UN Security Council resolution to stop the sale of arms to Iran due to its controversial nuclear energy program.

Iran then sued Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport at the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration in Geneva, with Moscow eventually offering Tehran a settlement and a promise to deliver the Antei-2500 missile systems at a later date, which was not specified.

Tehran refused, insisting on the implementation of the original deal.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150403/1020417724.html

Despite all the stereotypes, one thing is for sure, China-made weapons are superior than Indian made ones

Hell the word superior is an understatement. India are simply outclassed by China

Depends on whether the figure refers to empty or full displacement.

Glad to know we're using 76mm gun for our new missile corvettes.

http://www.janes.com/article/50055/lima-20...vette-programme

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Different doctrine I guess. Soviet saw it more as a cruiser with aircraft-launching capability rather than an aircraft carrier in it's own right.

France and the UK want a fleet of minesweeping robot ships



The biggest threat to America's Navy over the past 60 years hasn't been China's rapidly modernizing military, North Korea's nuclear saber rattling or even Russia's arctic overtures -- it's been underwater mines. They've damaged 15 of our ships since 1950. Sure, you can disarm these explosive hazards manually but that means risking the lives of Navy seamen in an underwater Hurt Locker. Instead, the UK and France are teaming with European defense contractors Thales and BAE to develop a fully automated minesweeping system that keeps sailors out of harm's way.

The Thales-BAE Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM), due for preliminary testing in about two years, is actually more like a fleet. The system revolves around an unmanned surface vessel towing a Synthetic Aperture Sonar array to locate mines. This surface ship, upon finding a mine, will then deploy an autonomous underwater drone (like, say, the SeaFox UUV) which will then neutralize the threat, typically by affixing sand detonating an explosive charge to the side of the mine. Of course, these robotic vessels will still report to nearby humans. In fact, the entire system will deploy from a larger, manned naval vessel and maintain open communication and data lines throughout the course of the operation.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/03/france-...ng-robot-ships/

DARPA's Crazy But Genius Plan to Replace Batteries With Propane



If you’re a soldier doing reconnaissance in enemy territory, you’ve got a lot of problems. Taking fire, staying invisible, and enduring the elements are obvious. Battery life is a little less so. The idea that propane is a solution to these woes? That sounds crazy.

And yet, battery life remains an increasingly cumbersome struggle that the military faces. As American soldiers become increasingly reliant on technology, they demand more power sources. One dependable option is the standard Ultralife UBI-2590 battery, pictured below. Weighing over three pounds a piece, these brick-sized devices can power anything from a radio to an antenna to a smartphone. But since the batteries have a limited capacity, soldiers need more than just one for a mission. They might need a few dozen. After all, there aren’t many wall outlets for recharging in the mountains of Afghanistan.

DARPA's Crazy But Genius Plan to Replace Batteries With Propane

Enter DARPA. With the support of DARPA’s Trans App program, a team of engineers from Ultra Electronics built a lightweight, 350-watt propane generator that’s capable of charging in batteries in the field. It’s also practically silent. At a recent DARPA demo day the team showed me the invention, which isn’t much bigger than a duffel bag. I had to ask if it was running. (It was.)

At first, a propane-powered generator might not seem like such a game-changing innovation. But consider our recon soldiers camped out in far flung locations, transmitting potentially life-saving intelligence while struggling to evade detection. Once they’re out of battery power, the soldiers can’t do their job. Firing up a gasoline-powered generator would give away their position, and dropping more batteries into the area risks lives. So these soldiers lug in as many charged batteries as they think they’ll need—sometimes adding nearly a hundred pounds to their already heavy load of gear.

Propane is not nearly as heavy as lithium ion battery cells. Thanks to the impossibly quiet new DARPA-funded generator, soldiers can carry in a few batteries and recharge them on the fly. To give you an idea of how much weight this new invention can save, check out the illustration below. On the left are 100 UBI-2590 batteries. On the right is the equivalent amount of gear a soldier would need to generate the same amount of power on a mission:



Bear in mind the simple, brutal fact that each of those 100 batteries weighs over three pounds. The propane generator weighs just 11 pounds, and the tank weighs an extra 20. Smaller four-pound tanks work just as well.

Effectively, DARPA wants to replace dozens of pounds of gear in a soldier’s pack with just a few pounds of propane. It sounds like an ambitious but simple goal, one that could save lives. Now if they could juuuuuuuuust figure out how to turn fatigues into a giant solar cell, nobody would have to carry any power sources at all.

http://gizmodo.com/darpas-crazy-but-genius...with-1695354917

Army Researching Uniforms That Automatically Decontaminate





http://science.dodlive.mil/2015/04/03/army...-decontaminate/

just pass it.

Japan needs 800 Tomahawks to match up to China's missile capability: experts



Japan needs about 800 US-made Tomahawk cruise missiles to defend itself against a potential attack by China's huge quantity of ballistic missiles, according to Mitsuharu Furuze, a Japanese defense expert, reports Tokyo-based Livedoor News.

With the Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMDSF) would be able to launch effective strikes against Chinese warships and crucial ground targets in the event of a regional conflict, according to Furuze. Jun Kitamura, a Japanese consultant to the US Pacific Command said that Washington would be unlikely to provide any direct military assistance to Tokyo before the JMDSF was obliterated by Chinese forces.

Kitamura believes that the US forces in Japan will eventually be withdrawn to Guam or other strategic locations in the Eastern Pacific. He said that this makes Japan nothing more than cannon fodder for the United States in the latter's operations against PLA ballistic missiles. To prevent Japan from being sacrificed by the United States, Furuze and Kitamura both suggested that policymakers in Tokyo purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles as soon as possible to deter Beijing.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...000024&cid=1101

Awesome vid of an unidentified gun-launched ATGM



Very tacky disco music tho.

US ‘improved bunker buster bomb’ as Iran talks progressed







http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-improved-b...lks-progressed/

Canadian military armoured vehicle project delayed by 'significant' problems





http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/can...ficant-problems