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Dec 16 2015, 05:22 PM
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YEMENI MILITARY OFFICIAL COMMENDS EFFICIENT AND SOPHISTICATED UAE ARMED FORCES IN OPERATION THEATRES  QUOTE Brig. Gen. Turki added that the UAE participation is not confined to the airstrikes alone, but it took part in the liberation of the city of Aden and other southern cities, alongside the brothers in the south and the national resistance army. He said, "Our Emirati brothers surprised us with their high morale and unique combat skills as they involved in various fronts. They also demonstrated high combat and military skills in the management of the operations and offensive plans that culminated with complete successes." On securing the coastline and the western sector, Brig. Gen. Turki said, "We lacked heavy military equipment but the UAE Armed Forces provided various weapons to the Third Brigade." http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Yemeni-mil...atres/72705.htm |
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Dec 16 2015, 06:25 PM
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QATAR TO BUY BOMBS FROM UKRAINE TO DISCREDIT RUSSIAN AIR FORCE IN SYRIA  QUOTE According to hackers in “CyberBerkut”, Qatar is planning to obtain Soviet model bombs from Ukraine and with middleman, a Polish firm called Level 11. What is noteworthy is that the Emirate is ready to pay a triple price – $2100 a piece, although these bombs are being used by the Airspace Forces in Syria, who are conducting a military operation against Daesh (IS, an organization forbidden in Russia). The Qatari Air Force is equipped with French fighters ‘Mirage 2000’ and Alpha Jet light attack aircrafts, and apparently the use of Soviet bombs is not characteristic of them. That is why we are raising a legitimate question: why then does Qatar need old bombs of Soviet production? Lets note that a high-explosive bomb or a fragmentation mine is not necessary to throw from an airplane – it can be detonated on the ground, if necessary. This means that it is an option that these weapons can miraculously end up in Syria and detonate in some busy place so that then Russia can be blamed in bombing peaceful civilians”, – reports the site “CyberBerkut”. http://rusplt.ru/society/podarok-ot-katara-20156.html |
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Dec 16 2015, 06:29 PM
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Ex-CIA Officer: Erdogan Meddles in Iraq, Syria to Isolate PKK  QUOTE I believe Erdogan seeks to carve out a ‘Kurdish-free zone’ in northern Iraq and northern Syria to keep Iraqi and Syrian Kurds from supplying PKK supporters on the Turkish side of the border," Kiriakou said. QUOTE As proof, we have Turkish actions in Syria in the past few weeks. As soon as Erdogan agreed to support allied military efforts in Syria, he began bombing Kurdish positions along the border. He didn't bomb the Islamic State, but bombed the Kurds," Kiriakou observed. QUOTE "I don't think Erdogan has the wherewithal to create a new Ottoman Empire-like presence in the Middle East, nor to occupy Iraqi or Syrian territory over the long-term. I think his goals are more parochial," he noted. http://sputniknews.com/politics/20151216/1...ates-kurds.html |
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Dec 16 2015, 07:01 PM
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This Very Odd Armored Vehicle Was Built by a Ghanian Minister  QUOTE A religious organization in the African nation of Ghana has built its own armored car. Designed for military duties including peacekeeping, the Katanka Armored Car is, well, odd. The Katanka is the brainchild of Kwadwo Safo, also known as African Star. Safo is a Christian minister in Ghana and the owner of the Katanka group of companies. Safo is also the inventor of the Katantka sport utility vehicles. QUOTE The YouTube video below was apparently taken at a demonstration of the Katanka, which featured members of the Ghanian military in the audience. We don't know what the announcer is saying, but given the comments at YouTube and at this web site, we can make some educated guesses. Even still, some aspects of the Katanka are so baffling we're still left scratching our heads. The Katanka appears to be made of unpainted sheet metal, with faceting that may give radar-evading qualities—or not. The level of armored protection the sheet metal gives is unknown—we don't know how thick the metal is, and bullet penetration can vary greatly depending on angle of impact. http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/w...-budget-minded/ |
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Dec 16 2015, 07:15 PM
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US military reveals it hopes to use artificial intelligence to create cybersoldiers and even help fly its F-35 fighter jet - but admits it is ALREADY playing catch up  QUOTE The US military has revealed its plans for artificial intelligence on the battlefield - but admits enemies are already ahead of it. It hopes AI will power everything from cybersoldiers to the targetting systems of the F-35 - but admits it has to catch up to commercial AI firms. Deputy Defense secretary Robert Work said 'The commercial world has already made this leap.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...g-catch-up.html |
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Dec 16 2015, 07:30 PM
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India Plans To Build Stealth Combat Drones  QUOTE India Set To Launch Project Ghatak The approved proposal for indigenous Indian UCAVs will be classified under Project Ghatak, valued at INR 26,500 million and developed with a vision to build an advanced “Indian Unmanned Strike Air Vehicle” at the soonest. The project has already been green-lighted by the Indian Defence Ministry and is now being evaluated by the country’s finance ministry, pending approval from the central government. The Times of India reports that Indian defence officials are confident that the government will most certainly ratify the proposal for Project Ghatak. A source within the government revealed, “The project is now being evaluated by an expert committee set up by the finance ministry. Once approved, Project Ghatak will be placed before the cabinet committee on security for the final nod.” The report in The Times of India states that the Indian UCAVs will run on an upgraded version of the Kaveri aerospace engine, a native aero engine that is the brainchild of the Indian Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The inclusion of the Kaveri aerospace engine into these plans is an unusual decision because the system has not seen much success with the Made in India Tejas light combat aircraft it was initially deployed with. The original variant of the indigenous Kaveri engine has met with some criticism for not being powerful enough to run the Tejas; however, it is reported that the new “dry” engine variant of the Kaveri is expected to prove adequate for the proposed UCAVs. http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/12/india-pla...-combat-drones/ |
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Dec 16 2015, 10:31 PM
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Russia Is Using Space Power In Its Attack On Syria  QUOTE Russia now fields one of the largest and most effective satellite groups in the world, and it has reached a peak of activity amid the military operations in Syria,” crowed Russia Beyond the Headlines, a government-owned propaganda website. QUOTE On Nov. 17, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military’s general staff, briefed reporters on the space deployment. “Ten imagery and electronic warfare reconnaissance satellites, including civilian-use spacecraft, have been involved in reconnaissance,” Gerasimov said, adding that controllers on the ground modified some of the sats’ orbits to focus them on Syria. QUOTE According to Zak, the 10 satellites include the new Bars-M mapping sat, Garpun radio relays, the Lotos-S electronic eavesdropper and, perhaps most significantly, the modern Resurs-P2 and Persona sats, both of which are essentially high-resolution orbital cameras. In a phrase, “spy satellites.” Persona is a strictly military system and “the nation’s most advanced reconnaissance satellite,” according to Zak. Resurs-P2 is a slightly less sophisticated version of Persona for military and civilian use. “It could be commanded to photograph individual objects on the Earth’s surface as well as to scan swathes of land extending up to 2,000 kilometers,” Zak wrote about Resurs-P2. Citing official sources, Zak estimated that Resurs-P2 can photograph 80,000 square kilometers per day in high-resolution mode—roughly half of Syria’s land area. QUOTE On Dec. 3, the Russian defense ministry released imagery—apparently provided by the Persona or Resurs-P2 satellites—that allegedly depict thousands of ISIS oil tankers headed for a Turkish port. At least, that was the Russian claim. Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan denied the allegation in no uncertain terms. “Shame on you—those who claim we buy oil from Daesh are obliged to prove it,” Erdogan said, using a slang term for ISIS. “If not, you are a slanderer.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015...k-on-syria.html |
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Dec 16 2015, 10:34 PM
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Soldiers from Israel's elite anti-terror unit burst out laughing as they film themselves killing a CAMEL in drive-by shooting  QUOTE Two commandos from Israel's elite undercover anti-terror unit have been suspended and are facing expulsion from the service amid accusations they shot a camel. The soldiers, from the feared Duvdevan Unit, have been charged with animal cruelty and firearms offences after a video of the incident surfaced. Allegedly filmed by one of the men, the clip shows the off-duty pair driving past a camel by a sand dune near the Dead Sea while one of them fires at the helpless animal. Shocking footage shows gunman shooting a CAMEL in the neck http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-33...my-handgun.html |
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Dec 16 2015, 10:40 PM
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US Says no Evidence Shows Turkey Involved in Islamic State Oil Smuggling  http://chronicledaily.com/2015/12/16/us-sa...-islamic-state/ |
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INTERNATIONAL MILITARY REVIEW – SYRIA-IRAQ BATTLESPACE, DEC. 16, 2015 In the past three days Russian warplanes have destroyed six illegal oil production facilities and seven truck convoys with oil and oil products in Syria. On the whole, Russian aircraft have destroyed more than 1,200 tanker trucks of militants transporting crude oil and oil products since the start of the operation in Syria. Last few days the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Hezbollah have conducted military operations in the area of the strategic town of Al-Zorba fighting against Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, Al-Nusra, Liwaa Suqour Al-Sham and Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki. On Tuesday, pro-government forces made gains at the western flank of the town. Thus, the loyalists are spreading militants too thin in order to expose the most vulnerable parts of their positions. The same approach was used in the town of Al-Hadher last month. In North Latakia, the SAA supported by the NDF, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) and Muqawama Souri took control of the Al-Nuba Mountains after week long clashes with Al-Nusra and its allies. This allows the pro-government forces to cut the terrorists-controlled areas which border Turkey. Russia has supplied a large cargo of military and arms aid to Iraq as part of the growing anti-terrorism cooperation between Moscow and Baghdad. According to the reports, a large number of the Russian-made armored vehicles have arrived in the Iraqi port of Basra. Turkey has withdrawn some troops from Mosul. On December 10, Turkish President Recep Erdogan refused to withdraw the Turkish troops from Mount Bashiqa. However, Ankara withdrew forces and armored vehicles from the camp on December 14, but Turkish PM Davutoglu noted some trainers would remain at Bashiqa because of a “new arrangement.” http://southfront.org/international-milita...ia-dec-16-2015/ |
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Italy is sending 450 soldiers to protect Iraq’s most important dam against ISIS  QUOTE Italy’s prime minister has announced that the country will send 450 soldiers to protect Iraq’s most important dam, The Local reports. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced that the troops will be deployed to protect the Mosul Dam from the extremist group ISIS, also known as the Islamic State. The militants currently control the city of Mosul, which is just more than 30 miles from the dam. Speaking on national television Tuesday, Renzi announced that the initial call for soldiers to be deployed to the dam came from an Italian company that has an economic interest in the dam. “The call [to protect the dam] was made by an Italian company … and we will send 450 of our men there to help protect it alongside the Americans,” Renzi said. http://www.businessinsider.my/italy-iraq-m...bWI0l1W8dH0L.97 |
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Dec 17 2015, 01:41 PM
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First footage from recaptured Syrian airbase near Damascus (VIDEO) QUOTE The Syrian Army has regained control over the Marj al-Sultan airbase on the outskirts of Damascus for the first time in three years. The first video from the area, courtesy of Ruptly, shows badly damaged tanks and helicopters and destroyed buildings. https://www.rt.com/news/326185-syria-damasc...ase-liberation/ |
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Dec 17 2015, 01:46 PM
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Turkey sends tanks on to streets of Kurdish cities  QUOTE Turkey's armed forces have sent military vehicles, including tanks, into civilian areas in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of the country, according to photographs published on Wednesday. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tom-stevenson-1351506935 |
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Dec 17 2015, 05:48 PM
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Obama’s Plan to Arm Taiwan  QUOTE The U.S. arms package being offered to Taiwan includes the following items, according to Congressional sources: * Two of the four surplus Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates that Congress authorized by law for transfer to Taiwan a year ago. Together, the ships will cost Taiwan $190 million to acquire and refurbish. * 201 Javelin shoulder-fired anti-armor missiles for $77 million. * 769 TOW 2B anti-armor missiles for $268 million. * Thirty-six AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles for $375 million. * Ten Link 11/Link 16 Communication systems for naval vessels for $120 million. * Minesweepers for $108 million. * Thirteen Phalanx ship defense systems for $416 million. * 250 shoulder-fired STINGER anti-aircraft missiles for $217 million. * No-cost lease of the Bilateral Network System — a communications link between U.S. Pacific Command and Taiwan’s military. The U.S. State Department couldn’t immediately comment on the prospective deal by press time. But the only big-ticket items in the package are the two frigates, which would boost some of Taiwan’s capabilities. http://warisboring.com/articles/obamas-plan-to-arm-taiwan/ |
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Master Blaster: US Defense Contractor Develops New Laser Cooling System  Northrop Grumman, US’ third-largest weapons manufacturer, may have come up with a new way of cooling aircraft-mounted laser weapons, though the research isn’t yet complete according to Aviation Week. Apparently, the Northrop Grumman researchers proposed using the so called adaptive cycle aircraft engines to augment the laser weapons’ cooling and energy conservation systems. One of the methods proposed by the design team involves a sort of accumulator module that would transfer heat to a dissipation circuit. The circuit itself would be integrated into the second bypass duct of the adaptive cycle engine so that the heat would be dissipated by a stream of cool air passing through it. According to the developers, this multi-layered system would allow a pilot to fire the onboard laser weapons almost indefinitely as he wouldn’t have to wait for the ‘guns’ to cool down; the system would also help decrease the aircraft’s thermal signature. Technical experts at GE Aviation, the company that developed the adaptive cycle engines, believe that this method could also be employed for dissipating heat generated by other onboard radio-electronic systems and weapons. http://sputniknews.com/us/20151216/1031860...ing-system.html |
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The Struggle for Azaz Corridor Could Spur a Turkish Intervention  QUOTE For some time, Syrian rebels have been struggling to hold onto a narrow but crucial strip of territory between the northern border town of Azaz and the contested city of Aleppo. This corridor is the lifeline for antiregime forces in the north because it is their land bridge to Turkey. Yet it now faces imminent threats on several fronts: from the east by the Islamic State (IS), from the west by the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), and from the south by the Syrian army and its allies. In fact, the Azaz corridor has become the epicenter of the war, with hostilities intensifying throughout the area over the past two weeks. Everything seems to indicate that a Kurdish offensive supported by Russian aviation is underway to the west, coordinated with a developing campaign by the Syrian army and proxy militias on the outskirts of Aleppo. Meanwhile, Russia is apparently not taking action against the IS forces pushing into the area from the north. And the prospect of direct Turkish intervention looms over the fighting, especially if the corridor should fall. QUOTE Currently, the tens of thousands of civilians and fighters remaining in eastern Aleppo have been devastated by bombings and are surrounded by the Syrian army. Recovering the entire city and its environs is crucial for Assad, and that goal once again requires cutting the supply road of Azaz. In that scenario, the surrounded rebels in Aleppo would be forced to evacuate the city, as happened in Homs. To be sure, ousting the rebels will be difficult -- although only five kilometers separate the main regime-controlled Shiite pockets northwest of Aleppo (Bashkuy and Zahra-Nubl), the area in question is a dense urban zone, so the army would likely be forced to go house by house. Moreover, that small corridor is of high strategic value to the rebels, so it is very well defended. The Russian air force is intensively bombing rebel positions in Anadan and Haritan, suggesting that a general offensive is brewing. Yet if the regime and its Shiite allies want to succeed this time, they will need the PYD's support. QUOTE The PYD is present in the mountainous Kurd Dagh area around Afrin, whose entire population is Kurdish. It is also present in the Sheikh Maqsoud district north of Aleppo, a large informal suburb. The Kurds hope to link Kobane with Afrin in order to make their "Rojava" (the PYD's name for Kurdish territory in Syria) a single entity. But Turkey strongly objects to this objective. It complained about the PYD's annexation of Tal Abyad last spring and bombed Kurdish forces opposite Jarabulus in June. Ankara is adamant that the PYD not cross the Euphrates River to seize Jarabulus, even though the city is under IS control. QUOTE The latter scenario is precisely what Vladimir Putin wants. Ever since Turkey shot down one of his bombers last month, he is bent on seeking revenge. Moreover, he already offered military support to the Kurds in September to help them link Afrin with Kobane by seizing Azaz and Jarabulus. The PYD then attempted to raise the stakes with their U.S. partner, but without success apparently. Earlier this month, however, Moscow delivered weapons to the 5,000 Kurdish fighters in Afrin, while Russian aircraft bombed a convoy of trucks that crossed the Turkish border into Syria at Bab al-Salam. Rebel positions north of Aleppo were struck as well, preparing the ground for an offensive by the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG), the PYD's main militia. Of course, the Islamic State could seize the opportunity to overrun Azaz before the YPG. IS forces have already captured the village of Kafrah, only ten kilometers down the road from Azaz. It occupied the town a few months before the fratricidal fighting between rebel groups in winter 2014. But this does not bother the Russians or Assad, whose primary interest is to see the road between Aleppo and Turkey cut -- whether by IS or the PYD. QUOTE The Azaz corridor may or may not fall, but the bigger U.S.-Turkish goal remains securing the Marea-Jarabulus corridor from IS, and any future Azaz-Jarabulus corridor if Azaz falls to the group. In other words, if the corridor is overrun, broader US-Turkish policy in this area (backed by allies from Incirlik) would essentially become two steps forward, one step back. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-...sh-intervention |
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US military supplies Syrian fighters ahead of battle for strategic Islamic State-held town  QUOTE The Syrian Arabs are allied with Kurdish fighters, and the initial shipment of US ammunition unnerved NATO ally Turkey, which is sensitive to any operations that could benefit Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. The Syrian Arabs number around 5,000 fighters. With the Kurds and others, they form the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces seeking to claw back land from Islamic State, officials say. The US officials said the fighters were preparing to eventually move toward al-Shadadi, which is located on a strategic network of highways. Capturing it would help isolate Raqqa, Islamic State's de facto capital. US Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the US-led coalition against Islamic State, said the militants used al-Shadadi to stage weapons, equipment and personnel for distribution throughout the battlefield. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-17/us-s...te-town/7038268 |
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AMPHIBIOUS DRONE MAKES FIRST FLIGHT  QUOTE There is no real comparable amphibious drone in the US system. If the PLAN picks up use of the U560, its large size and amphibious takeoff/landing capabilities could offer Chinese surface warships a fast off board reconnaissance capability, with quite different range and capability than the helicopters, manned and soon unmanned that the US Navy has on board its ships. For instance, a Type 052D guided missile destroyer could hoist a U560 drone onto the water and send it off on a longer range hunt for enemy submarines, warships and missile launchers, or even conduct electronic warfare (much how World War II battleships used seaplanes to scout ahead). The U560's amphibious and autonomous capabilities also mean that it could be used to supply Chinese island garrisons with a heavy UAV capability. QUOTE The future of Chinese unmanned warfare is likely to be not just in the type of platforms they field, but also their integration alongside manned systems, including in roles the US military is not contemplating. http://www.popsci.com/amphibious-drone-makes-first-flight |
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Look to Japan to Solve the Navy’s ASM Crisis  QUOTE What these missiles have in survivability and range, however, they lack in speed. Compared to the Chinese and Russian missiles, the LRASM and Tomahawk are only capable of subsonic operation. This is precisely why the Navy should, in addition to procuring the LRASM/Tomahawk, move to collaborate with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the developers of the XASM-3. Procuring the XASM-3 is a tactical no-brainer for the Navy. Like the LRASM, it is a stealthy missile, yet unlike its American counterparts, its ramjet engine allows it to reach speeds in excess of Mach 3. This combination of speed and low-observability may prove decisive in a future A2/AD conflict, as the XASM-3 would be able to both evade sensors and outrun legacy defensive systems. Deployment with stealthy aircraft like the F-35 or B-2 would help mitigate its relatively short range of ~90 nm, but co-development between the U.S. and Japan on the missile’s propulsion could conceivably overcome this hurdle and also allow for ship-based deployment. Even at its current stage, the combination of ship-based LRASM and stealth aircraft-based XASM-3 deployment would represent an devastating fielding of stealth ASM capabilities. QUOTE While co-development and procurement of the XASM-3 makes sense both tactically and strategically, then, it would also prove to be a technological boon to the Navy. An agreement between the two governments would allow American defense industrial firms to peek into the propulsion technology of the world’s fastest ASM, and perhaps co-produce a land attack version of the XASM-3. Moreover, it would permit the Navy to develop advanced countermeasures and tactics to defeat supersonic ASM fielded by the Chinese and Russians. With even its newest warships like the USS Zumwalt unable to field (already dated) ASM capability, the Navy’s traditional blue-water advantage in the Asia-Pacific is at risk. Submarines and aircraft alone cannot compensate for a lack of cutting-edge ASM technologies, especially in the face of the steadily mounting potential of adversaries to knock out Navy ships with fast missiles. While the Navy can and should move along with the LRASM/Tomahawk, MHI’s XASM-3 represents a unique intersection of technological superiority, tactical supremacy and strategic wisdom that make it a must-buy for the United States. http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/look-to-jap...vys-asm-crisis/ |
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