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Looks like a Central Asian...Uzbek or Kazakh

Looks like a Central Asian...Uzbek or Kazakh

Indonesia Orders 11 Eurocopter Panther Helicopters To Re-Kindle Anti-Submarine Unit

Source : Our Bureau ~ Dated : Thursday, September 17, 2015 @ 09:26 AM

Indonesia has ordered 11 Panther helicopters to re-enforce its anti-submarine unit.

"The helicopters would be delivered gradually with four units to arrive by 2017," Navy spokesperson Rear Admiral M Zainuddin was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency Wednesday.

Squadron 100 was once regarded as one of the most powerful military units in the world in the 1960s.It was taken out of service in the late 1980s.

Soon after the arrival of the helicopters, the squadron will be activated, he said, adding that the contract to acquire those helicopters has been approved by government and the producer.

The Eurocopter SA 565 Panther helicopter is designed to carry out a wide range of military operations that include combat assault, fire support, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, search and rescue and medical evacuation.

Zainuddin said that the Navy is also expecting the arrival of six submarines - three Chang Bogo-class and three Kilo-class. The first three are scheduled to be delivered in 2017.

Looks like a Central Asian...Uzbek or Kazakh

so nice design, where can buy?

pity those fsa/ypg (anti-assad) fighters.. now they are battling syrian army + russia + isis

I remembered reading somewhere that the 'teeth-to-tail ratio' (the ratio of soldiers who do secondary work like logistics support or intelligence duties vs soldiers who are actually fighting on the front lines) in the US military is so massive, it was speculated that only 30% of the US military are front-line soldiers.

Wonder if this is true? 

I remembered reading somewhere that the 'teeth-to-tail ratio' (the ratio of soldiers who do secondary work like logistics support or intelligence duties vs soldiers who are actually fighting on the front lines) in the US military is so massive, it was speculated that only 30% of the US military are front-line soldiers.

Wonder if this is true? 

not surprising... with modern weaponry there's firepower multiplier.. that's why PLA is reducing manpower and focusing more on tech.. fine example is israel, matching both manpower and machinery...

Yesterday, 17th Sep. 2015, a SyAAF Su-22M-4 operating from T4 airbase was shot down over Jazal oil field area located around 40km to the north east of the said airbase. ISIS media reported shooting down the aircraft claimed as 'MiG-21' which is apparently not.

The plane was apparently shot down and crashed. Pictures of the wreckage have emerged on social media.

The jet had been deployed after an aircraft was detected violating Venezuelan airspace. The aircraft apparently came from Colombia.

A Venezuelan air force jet has crashed after it was deployed to the northwestern region of the country to verify information that an aircraft had entered Venezuelan airspace, the ministry of defense reported Thursday.

“At approximately 21:07 hours of Sept. 17, 2015, an airplane Sukhoi-30 of the air force has crashed with pilots Cap. Ronald Ramirez and Cap. Jackson Garcia on board,” the Minister of Defense Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in a statement.

The military official said that the country's defense systems was activated after an illegal aircraft was detected entering “through the northwestern region of the country toward the border line with Colombia.”

Padrino Lopez explained that the region where the plane illegally entered Venezuelan airspace is known for being utilized by drug traffickers.