What about malaysian Herc?

what model? baru lagi or about to retire too?

base on my recent study, surprising cost marine diesel one of major cost for RMN getting LPD, a 10,000 tons ship usually have 1000 tons marine diesel oil. it cost about usd 620,000 (usd 600 per-ton) , about RM2 million to refuel. if 10 month operation refuel once a month, it will cost 20 million marine diesel. not include other like hydraulic oil and other.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Jul 1 2015, 11:20 AM

I though all ship used same diesel

Dam learn something today

all new warship/cormercial ship use same...
old ship if not wrong is use heavy diesel oil.
new ship now use newer marine diesel oil

but different for small marine engine/firshmen boat.
malaysia nelayan boat used class-E diesel

This post has been edited by waja2000: Jul 1 2015, 11:39 AM

^^^^^ It has started with renew calls from the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) for defense budget increase and modernization of TNI by buying new military hardware especially military transport aircraft.

Article in Indonesian.



http://www.gatra.com/nusantara-1/nasional-...diperbarui.html

This post has been edited by azriel: Jul 1 2015, 11:32 AM

agree on this, many country mindef not take seriously.

" sudah menjadi harga mati untuk memodernisasi alutsista TNI "

same to Nuri helicopter, how many crash only get EC725,
also our C130, Nuri, RMN gun boat, 40+ year plus still use, and have many incident.

just like IT people said, take rosak take baru. than pay for "harga mati" .

This post has been edited by waja2000: Jul 1 2015, 11:49 AM

RMAF using C-130H getting in 1976-1980 15 unit... also get 5 unit C130H-30 at 1995.
about 40 year using already.
now getting 4 unit airbus A400M to replace it, but still no enough, need 4 more.
last time news said our C-130H will fly until 2022... C130H-30 at lease until 2030.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Jul 1 2015, 01:43 PM

but how long are this air frame rated for?

i mean if it's build to fly for 40-50years, then ok la,

see see air frame only can last 5,000 hours, then we are a flying catastrophes

fly more than 40 year old plane, also give Psychological pressure to pilot and passenger。 just like drive 40 year old car. and much high risk than old car.
also our weather hot and high humility, maritime area corrosion is high.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/sys.../c-130-mods.htm

Service Life
Although service life computations have not been used to determine grounding or airframe restrictions, the Air Force has used service life estimates as a planning tool to anticipate when major aircraft structural events can be expected. A key issue was the structural service life of the C-130 airframes, which was dependent on mission severity, fatigue, and corrosion factors.

A severity factor accounted for the difference between normal civilian flying and military flying (low level, short-field landings, etc.). Mission profile determined the severity factor, which was averaged over each aircraft's most recent two year history. This calculation translated airframe clock hours into equivalent airframe damage hours which would indicate the higher aging rate of the military airframes. On average, active C-130 aircraft were found to be flying approximately 600 hours per year, while ARC C-130E and C-130H aircraft were flying about 375 hours and 450 hours per year, respectively.

The critical fatigue component for the C-130 fleet is the center wing box, which is structurally more susceptible to the stresses of mission profile and payload. The center wing box has a limit of 60,000 relative baseline hours (flight hours multiplied by the mission severity factor). A corrosion limit of 40,000 flight hours was based on historical data and engineering judgment. This data took into account corrosion factors not considered in airframe fatigue analysis. Actual airframe service life depends on which limit, fatigue or corrosion, is reached first. For instance, the service-life of the HC-130N/P was based upon the aircraft's wing box and operations tempo. Based on the current operations tempo, the fleet will begin to lose airworthiness in 2013.

The average age of the active duty C-130 fleet as of 2000 is over 25 years old, while the average age of Guard and Reserve C-130s is 15 years old. The average age of the C-130E model is over 28 years and average flying time is approximately 19,800 hours, with the newest E-model being produced in 1972. Based on projected operations tempo and overall mission severity, C-130E aircraft were said to have an average remaining service life of 15 years. Material solutions such as selective repair, a service life extension program (SLEP), or procurement of new aircraft were some of several ways investigated to influence and resolve aging of the C-130 fleet.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Jul 1 2015, 02:23 PM

Military facilities in S China Sea easy targets for US forces: experts



China's man-made islands and military constructions in the South China Sea would be nothing more than a "sitting duck" for US armed forces in the event of a naval conflict, say both American and Chinese experts.

In interviews with the US-based outlet Defense News, Ian Easton, a China defense specialist at the Project 2049 Institute in Washington; Wallace Gregson, a former assistant defense secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, and Zhu Feng, a South China Sea expert at China's Nanjing University, all agreed that China's rapidly expanding land reclamation efforts and militarization on disputed islands in the South China Sea "would not survive long in a war with the US."

As such, claims by the US that China's reclamation program is a military effort should be dismissed as nothing more than "consipracy theories," said Zhu, who added that Washington is simply being paraoid and "overplaying" the activities and should not see it as a "creeping provocation or challenge to their authority."

"If the islands are militarized they are sitting ducks to the US military, so island reclamation means nothing, changes nothing," Zhu said, warning that plans to send US warships to the region would only "raise tensions unnecessarily."

Easton, however, acknowledges that the People's Liberation Army views the militarization of the islands as "creating an outer defensive perimeter to extend its precision strike battle networks," adding that the facilities will "enable precision strikes from aircraft operating on the islands, from submarines resupplying there and from on-island cruise missile sites."

Likewise, Gregson also concedes that the military facilities will provide the PLA with "radar coverage, signal intelligence and aerial coverage of the South China Sea."

Officially, China still insists that its activities in the South China Sea are largely for civilian purposes such as humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, fishery safety, ocean preservation and scientific research, according to Wang Dong, an expert on China-US relations at Peking University. "I think China is being honest by acknowledging that there will be defensive military value to the facilities but they are mainly for civilian purposes," he said.

The US and the Philippines clearly think otherwise and have accused China of aggressively bolstering its sovereignty claims. US officials have vowed to increase military presence in the region to guarantee freedom of navigation, while Japan is also reportedly on board to begin surveillance in the area.

Beijing announced earlier this month that it will soon be halting its land reclamation activities in the Spratly islands, which it claims along with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan. Brunei also claims an exclusive economic zone that overlaps with part of the region.

The reason for stopping the land reclamation, however, is because the project will soon be complete, and the Chinese foreign affairs ministry insists that further construction will proceed as planned to "fulfill various functions." The US claims that China has already added more than 2,000 acres of man-made land to existing islands and reefs in the Spratlys.

Andrew Erickson, a China defense specialist at the US Naval War College in Rhode Island, told Defense News that there are now expectations China will establish an air defense identification zone, as it did in the East China Sea in November 2013, as part of an anti-access/area denial strategy in the South China Sea.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...=20150701000080

Pentagon Plots New Exploits for US Navy’s Joint High Speed Vessel





http://sputniknews.com/us/20150701/1024067285.html

http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/558b866...pen-for-the-paf

This post has been edited by azriel: Jul 1 2015, 08:13 PM

http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2015/07/01/05...m-Modernization

 

our MiG airframe also reaching expiry date

but that one got ejector seat

read between the lines... sitting ducks for US, yes... bout how bout peenoise with no fighter?

inb4 ejector not working cause expired

Satnews Publishers: Daily Satellite News





http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1588475475

Kuwait orders NBC reconnaissance vehicles



DUSSELDORF, Germany, July 1 (UPI) -- Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles is to supply a dozen armored NBC reconnaissance trucks to Kuwait together with comprehensive support.

The vehicles are the company's 2 NBC-RS "Spürfuchs," which will be delivered beginning in 2017. The 6x6 vehicles feature an integrated suite of devices for identifying nuclear, biological and chemical warfare agents and other hazardous materials in a protective capsule.

"This important order is a major vote of confidence by an Arab country in Rheinmetall, Europe's leading supplier of army technology," said Pietro Borgo, managing director of RMMV and a member of the Executive Board of parent company Rheinmetall Defense. "We greatly appreciate this. By placing this order, Kuwait will soon possess NBC reconnaissance capabilities that are second to none."

The vehicles for Kuwait are the first by the company to feature an additional biological detection capability.

Rheinmetall did not disclose the price of the vehicles.

The company said its support for the vehicles procured by Kuwait is for five years and is comprised of training, service and spare parts.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-.../2221435779603/

CHINA’S MILITARY STRATEGY WHITE PAPER 2015: FAR SEAS OPERATIONS AND THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION





http://cimsec.org/chinas-military-strategy...an-region/16906

http://www.janes.com/article/52667/boeing-...-with-indonesia

Super Hornet makes emergency landing at Chicago International Airport





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This post has been edited by KYPMbangi: Jul 2 2015, 09:02 AM