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I believe that the MD530 is not cleared for crossing sea.

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it's to be used at esszone coastal area

correct,
but in case happen, people expected it can use to catch/search intruder over sea, also fire support on sea.

average joe don't know enough to judge, but still spew out stuff like political ammo......Maybe should have considered a Mi24 so can carry Paskau inside to act as a flying police vehicle so people have less to complain

Nice pic of the Malaysian, Indonesian & Brunei navy ship together.



Credit to the original uploader.

Malay brotherhood

The battle for east Aleppo has recently intensified between the pro-government forces and ISIS, as both forces have exchanged large-scale offensives in this tug-of-war fight for control of the areas in Syria’s northern countryside.

On Thursday, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF) and Kataebat Al-Ba’ath advanced on the terrorists’ positions at the mounds of Sheikh Ahmad. According to reports, the Syrian forces were able to advance inside the southern neighborhoods of Sheikh Ahmad. Nonetheless, they still have a long way to go before being able to impose full control over this town near the Kuweries Military Airport.

Pro-Syrian sources argue that the next 48 hours in this sector will be critical for both the Syrian Armed Forces and ISIS, as the former attempts to lift the two year long siege on the Kuweries Military Airport. In turn, we expect a continuation of the heavy fighting in the settlements’ building blocks. It will be likely resulted in impossibility of the both sides to gain a momentum to get a significant success at the frontline in a short time.

The SAA’s 66th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division has been taking part in fierce clashes against the ISIS militants for control of the Khanasser-Ithriya Highway. It leads to the Syrian Government controlled areas of the Aleppo province. On account of this battle, the pro-government forces have been forced to abandon their southern Aleppo offensive in order to reopen this strategic supply route. On Thursday, the Syrian Arab Army’s 66th Brigade received a much needed boost when a contingent from Hezbollah arrived from the town of Khanasser to purge militants from this area.

Hezbollah fighters took control of the integral hilltop at Tal Ithriya after a series of intense firefights. This has allowed the SAA to concentrate some of their units to the Sheikh Hilal front, where they confronted another ISIS assault on this town located along the Raqqa-Salamiyah highway. In turn, ISIS terrorists pushed north towards the town of Sheikh Hilal. ISIS attacks were fixed near the town of Al-Sa’an. Northeast of al Safira, ISIS attempted to infiltrate into the town of Al-Aziziyah for the second time in 72 hours. The SAA servicemen repelled this attack in a fierce firefight.

Despite the pro-government forces’ efforts, the Khanasser-Ithriyah highway is still closed due to the ISIS presence. If it still remains closed, the Syrian Government will have to rely on airdrops in order to resupply their forces in Aleppo.

Mi24 is notoriously hard to find spare parts and need to maintain depot for constant operation...

correct,
but in case happen, people expected it can use to catch/search intruder over sea, also fire support on sea.

last time someone used that phrase, Sukarno tried to invade Malaysia

Government to buy four Russian Beriev aircraft

Jumat, 30 Oktober 2015 19:58 WIB - 0 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia will buy four Russian Beriev BE-200 aircraft for its armed forces and will also be used to conduct cloud seeding to create artificial rain to extinguish forest or land fires.

"We have submitted the proposal and included it in our strategic plan to buy four aircraft. This would be sufficient," the countrys Air Force Chief of Staff, Marshal Agus Supriatna, stated after meeting Vice President Jusuf Kalla here on Friday.

He noted that the Beriev BE-200 aircraft is ideal for conducting water bombing operations in areas affected by fires.

With additional Beriev aircraft being deployed to conduct cloud seeding operations, we would also be able to complete the operations quickly, he added.

"Many sorties are needed. An aircraft needs 20 to 30 minutes to fetch water from the sea and 15 to 17 seconds to load before flying for 30 minutes to reach a location," he explained.

“We will soon announce zero hour for the beginning of the battle of liberation from oppression and persecution,” Raqqa Revolutionaries Front leader Abu Issa said in the video.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Oct. 27 said that the U.S.-led coalition would back the rebel alliance in their efforts to drive ISIL from Raqqa and key cities in neighboring Iraq.

“It will be a historic battle, for Raqqa first and Syria second,” Abu Issa said. “Today we declare Raqqa province in its entirety a military zone. For this reason its people must not go near areas where there are Daesh (ISIL) elements” for their own safety.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a clearly correct decision when Islamic State terrorists began threatening the whole world. Nowadays hundreds of them are surrendering to the Syrian authorities," he continued.

"Many of them are trying to flee disguising themselves as women… They simply felt a real threat; felt that it was in earnest. Nobody had been fighting them before that in fact," he added.

Huh? so many more poorer third-world countries like Sudan, Kenya and Zimbabwe also use Mi-24 but I haven't heard that they have many problems with spare parts and supplies. Also some Mi-24 parts are also compatible with Mi-8 transport helicopters, which even more countries currently use, so its not like the Mi-24 a unique one of a kind helicopter with specialized parts.

Also what aircraft doesn't need depot for constant operation? 

A Russian patrol aircraft has spotted the place of landing of both pilots of the MiG-31 [NATO reporting name Foxhound] which had crashed in the country's Far East, the Russian defense Ministry said Saturday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Friday, the Russian military lost contact on Friday with a MiG-31 interceptor, which was carrying out a training mission in Russia's Far East.

"The crew of the [patrol] Il-38 [NATO reporting name May] aircraft has visually recorded the pilots, their parachutes and a signal fire," the ministry said in a statement.

The pilots will be evacuated when the weather conditions improve, according to the ministry.

apa kau kerepek?

last time someone used that phrase, Sukarno tried to invade Malaysia