30% is already a not bad figure actually, and is confirmed in a McKinsey report dated 2012. In pre-industrial age wars the TTR was as high as 1:10. Low TTR doesn't directly mean better; the USMC has a TTR of around 1:2 but its a light infantry that doesn't have much armour and the TTR doesn't count the Army and Navy personnel who run their logistics support.

Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA Fighters Expected to Join 2016 Drills



MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The T-50 is currently undergoing flight tests that have so far been successful.

"The first T-50s should enter into service in 2016. We haven’t drafter the drill plans for next year yet, but, believe me, it [the plane]…will be immediately tested in all its capabilities in all the different types of exercises," Bondarev said.

T-50 will become the first operational stealth aircraft for the Russian Air Force and will incorporate advanced avionics and all-digital flight systems.

"I think that during exercises it [T-50] will also show itself from the best perspective," Bondarev told journalists adding that the plane is "excellent" and has "vast capabilities" that Russia is pinning high hopes on.

Production of the Russian next-generation fighter is planned to begin in 2016.

http://sputniknews.com/science/20150918/1027173091.html

Ukraine to help establish aircraft engine production base in China




The 16th China Aviation Expo kicked off at the China National Convention Center in Beijing on Sept. 16, according to US-based Duowei News.

Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment Company, Ukrainian aircraft and helicopter engine manufacturer Motor Sich and Ukrainian state aircraft engine design bureau Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB shared a stage at the expo for the first time, according to the website.

Ukraine and China are reportedly set to begin comprehensive cooperation on an engine production base in China, in an attempt to work together in the global market.

Motor Sich, based in Zaporizhzhia, was founded in 1907. It is currently one of the world's largest aircraft engine producers and is the only one in Ukraine capable of producing engines for fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and industrial turbofan engines. Currently most of the company's engines are used in transport aircraft and helicopters.

Its AI and D series engines have been adopted by Ilyushin Il-18 passenger airliners, Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft, Soviet Beriev Be-12 turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft, Antonov An-10 passenger planes, An-12/32/24/26/30 transport planes, Yakovlev Yak-40 transport planes, Aero L-39 Albatros jet trainers, Yak-42 transport planes, An-72/74 transport planes, An-124/225 heavy-duty transport planes, An-140 transport planes, Tupolev Tu-334 passenger airliners and Be-200 amphibious airplanes.

The company has also provided turbofan engines for helicopters including the Kamov Ka-27, the Ka-28, the Ka-29, the Ka-31, the Ka-32, the Ka-50, the Ka-50-2, the Ka-52, the Mil Mi-8, the Mi-14, the Mi-17, the Mi-171, the Mi-172, the Mi-24, the Mi-25, the Mi-26, the Mi-28 and the Mi-35. The company has also played a key role in the development of missile engines, designing engines for the Russian Kh-35 subsonic anti-ship missile, the Kh-55 subsonic air-launched cruise missile and the Kh-59 Ovod TV-guided cruise missile.

Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB focuses more on technological research and development. In the past 70 years, the company has developed engines for 54 kinds of aircraft in 122 countries. The An-70 uses the company's D-27 engine, for example.

At least two Chinese-made aircrafts are using engines manufactured by Ukrainian companies. The first is the PLA Air Force variant of the K-8 intermediate jet trainer and light attack aircraft, the Hongdu JL-8. Although the K-8 is equipped with a US-made Garrett TFE731-2A-2A turbofan engine, the PLAAF variant is equipped with an Ivchenko AI-25 turbofan engines.

The second Ukrainian engine installed in Chinese planes is the Ivchenko-Progress AI-222-25 low-bypass turbofan engine, designed by Ivchenko and manufactured by Motor Sich. The AI-222-25 is based on the Lotarev DV-2, which was developed for the Yak-130. The AI-222-25F variant was developed specifically to meet the demands of the Hongdu L-15 supersonic training and light attack aircraft. There are some obstacles to the continuing supply of the AI-222-25 to China, as the engine was produced jointly by a Ukrainian company and a Russian company, which has stopped providing components to the former after the Russian annexation of Crimea. This has forced the Ukraine to attempt to make the components itself, which may take some time.

The construction of the engine production base is likely to boost China's helicopter industry, according to an expert cited by the website, particularly when it comes to rotors, engines and reduction drives. It will also allow the country to produce engines for Mi-17 helicopters domestically, replacing the Motor Sich TV3-117 engines currently in use. It will also allow China the research and development capability to replace the outdated D-30 engine for China's Xi'an Y-20 large military transport aircraft.

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclas...=20150918000084

PressTV-Yemen army enters Saudi military bases



The Yemeni army, backed by popular committees, has entered Saudi military bases in the kingdom’s southwestern region of Asir.

The video footage released by Yemen's al-Masirah television network on Friday showed Yemeni forces advancing into Saudi military bases in the region, destroying the vehicles and equipment of the Saudi army.

The Saudi soldiers, who could not resist the Yemeni offensive, fled the area, reports added.

The attack was part of Yemen’s retaliatory measures against Saudi Arabia over Riyadh's unabated military campaign in the impoverished Arab country.

Earlier in the day, Saudi Arabia’s aerial aggression claimed the lives of 18 civilians from two Yemeni families in Sa’ada Province in the northwest of the war-ridden country.

Saudi fighter jets pounded residential areas and a stadium in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, killing more than ten people, including several women and children.

The airstrikes also targeted a military base in the east and a broadcaster building in the north of the capital.

Saudi airborne assaults further struck positions in the central Yemeni province of Ibb, killing and injuring several civilians.

The Saudi attacks also left one dead and three others injured in Kamaran island located at the southern end of the Red Sea.

Meanwhile, reports say that the areas surrounding the presidential palace in the southwestern province of Ta’izz are the scene of fierce clashes between the Ansarullah fighters of the Houthi movement and militants loyal to Yemen’s fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The foreign-backed militants have so far failed to take control of the palace despite aerial support provided by Saudi warplanes.

On March 26, Saudi Arabia began its aggression against Yemen – without a UN mandate – in a bid to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.

According to the UN, the conflict has so far left about 4,500 people dead and thousands of others wounded. Local Yemeni sources, however, say the fatality figure is much higher.

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/09/18/42...izz-Mansur-Hadi

isn't this count as war crime? accidental or not, someone has to bear the responsibility

rugi.. huu huu

pak arab with all their spending still tidor... this is why they would never defeat israel...

then US and its allies shud also be charged of war crimes for its thousands of civilian bombing in iraq, afghan, pakistan
to them its just collateral damage, just another casualties in their war on terrorism

new Caesar SPH 8x8 futuristic look （atreyuangel interested ？）

DSEI 2015: Nexter brings out big guns



The gradual introduction of larger, more capable tactical transport aircraft and the need for added protection is opening up a growing requirement for bigger land platforms, including artillery vehicles.

French company Nexter has responded to this trend for platform growth with the introduction of a new and heavier variant of its Caesar self-propelled gun at this year's DSEI exhibition.

Nexter has swapped out the traditional 6x6 chassis, which was capable of being loaded on a C-130 Hercules, with a heavier 8x8 platform. The 155mm/52 cal. gun has remained the same as the original 6x6.

'The problem [with the 6x6 variant] is that if you want more ammunition, more crew or more protection, then you are limited by volume and mass,' said Didier Rampal, Nexter's sales manager for the Caesar system.

At this year's DSEI, the new 8x8 on display featured a chassis manufactured by Czech company Tatra.

Rampal told Shephard that a Rheinmetall MAN and Renault chassis could be used as well. Nexter are also in talks with Iveco to offer a chassis for the system.

The 8x8 weighs around 30 tons, dependent on configuration, while the 6x6 vehicle weighs in at less than 18 tons. The new variant is not capable of being loaded onto a C-130, but Nexter admits there are some customers who do not require it.

'Many customers are not interested in the C-130 air transportability,' said Rampal. 'Therefore the logical option was going to an 8x8, because your payload is increased and you can accommodate for equipment and armour.'

Rampal added that the new 8x8 was air transportable on the A400M, currently being introduced by several European nations.

The new Caesar comes with Level 2 protection as standard and with additional armour can achieve Level 3 standards. It is capable of 90km/h and a range of 600km on the road, while off-road it can achieve more than 50km/h.


read more

http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarf...s-out-big-guns/

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 19 2015, 12:52 AM

maybe ATM didnt purchase any SPH yet is a good thing, have more option to choose from.
the bold part would be work really well for ATM.

macam nih?

This post has been edited by alaskanbunny: Sep 19 2015, 01:35 AM

Pakistan Army AS350 helicopter crash-landed in battle at Camp Badaber





[sos]

This post has been edited by KYPMbangi: Sep 19 2015, 05:00 AM

Although I don't know who he is...I know he is a Malaysian from his camo...just commenting on his appearance

Japan approved sending its military abroad for the first time since World War II





http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-just-...ii-2015-9?IR=T&

There a good chance we will opt for tracked instead of wheeled spg

U mean the K9 SPH combo with K2 MBT?☺

K9 possible

K2 mbt impossible. It expensive like shit and weight like an elephant.

ya, K9 heavy too, can't carry by A400M, unless Army no require to carry by A400m,
but surprising SG Primus can make it to 30 tons, maybe material strong is different.

To tell the truth.. hardly any army transport via planes

It expensive and limited numbers

primus developed from its US cousin the paladin, both vehicle is under-30 tons
and in theory both also could fit in the a400m

This post has been edited by DDG_Ross: Sep 19 2015, 09:32 PM

Russian Combat Jets Spotted in Syria





http://www.voanews.com/content/russia-eyei...ia/2968799.html