Are U.S. Missiles Taking Out High-Ranking Russian Military Officials?





http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016...-officials.html

How Many More Braves Have To Die Before We Realise Just How Deadly Siachen Is For Indian Army?





http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/as-in...out-250299.html

Scrambling to be RSAF's Air Warrior!

There was silence in the air as a row of helicopters sit tight on the the tarmac. Suddenly the siren blares and a team of helicopter aircrew and ground crew make a dash for their helis. Welcome to the Ops Scramble segment of Air Warrior Challenge 2016!

One by one the helicopters start up their engines and take to the skies within minutes. The clock continues to tick. In this challenge, our helicopter SQNs are tested on how well their aircrew and ground crew can work together during an activation to get the heli airborne in the fastest possible time to carry out their respective mission.

Once their mission is completed and they return to base, in a standard obstacle course style, one airc









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INTERNATIONAL MILITARY REVIEW – SYRIA, FEB. 5, 2016



Over last three days, on February 1-4, the Russian Aerospace Forces have performed 237 combat sorties destroying 875 terrorists’ targets in Syria. The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) jointly with local militias are continuing to advance in the country’s northern part.

The Kurdish YPG have captured the villages of Khuraybah and Shatal az Ziyarah in the Aleppo province. Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters have advanced on the town of Dayr al-Jamal capturing its southern district. A mid-term goal of the YPG is to capture the cities of Azaz and Jarablus. This will expand the group’s control on the border with Turkish and cut some supply lines through it. We remember, with lifting the siege from the towns of Nubbul and al-Zahraa, the SAA and its allies have cut a crucial terrorists’ supply line linking western Idlib with ISIS territory northeast of Aleppo city. Now, the Idlib terrorists are cut from their main fuel supplier.

The local sources report that in the north of the country the terrorists are leaving their positions and retreating to the Syrian-Turkish border closer to their supply lines. Thus, they expect to keep the combat capability of their formations.

The SAA and its allies are continuing to conduct military operations around Daraa to secure the strategic Damascus-Quneitra-Daraa triangle. The army is now exercising an offensive south of Daraa as well as northwest in the direction of Al-Quneitra. Clashes are also ongoing near Athman.

According to the reports, al-Nusra and Harakat Ahrar ash-Sham militants have organized a unit of teenagers who had finished a special training courses in the Idlib province. The oldest “cadet” is only 16 years old. This unit is designed to conduct terrorist attacks against civilians in Damascus, Homs and Latakia provinces.

On Feb.4, Russian Defense Ministry reported that the current activity at the Turkish-Syrian border suggest that Turkey prepares to invade Syria. According to Russian MoD, Turkey’s refusal to allow a Russian inspection flight over its territory is an attempt to conceal Ankara’s illegal military activity.

Turkey also intensified supplies of weapons and recruits to the terrorists in the northeastern regions of Syria.

http://southfront.org/international-milita...ria-feb-5-2016/

Interesting that the Caesar is the only Wheeled SPH in the Norwegian SPA Programme competing against PzH 2000, K9 Thunder and Modernised M109.



http://www.janes.com/article/57738/norway-...lery-contenders

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Gunning to be the RSAF's Bigshot!

RSAF heavyweights pulled no punches in the latest Bigshot Challenge - a competition specially designed for our transport aircraft SQNs!

As our C-130 Hercules, Fokker-50, G550 - Airborne Early Warning aircraft, and KC-135R Stratotanker took to the skies, our aircrew were put through different segments that challenged their precision flying skills and their proficiency in carrying out their respective missions.

Back on the ground, our logistics crew also participated in the Salvage Response, Precision Towing and Aircraft Generation competency segments.


122 SQN's C-130 Hercules during the Precision Landing portion of Bigshot Challenge.


111 SQN's G550-AEW aircraft flying over the runway as part of the Precision Flying segment of Bigshot Challenge.


121 SQN's Fokker-50 takes to the skies for a segment during Bigshot Challenge.


112 SQN's KC-135R Stratotanker flying over the runway as part of the Precision Flying segment of Bigshot Challenge.

Haha these newfangled SF helmets sure lets people hang a lot of tactical things off them, but to me it looks like their ballistic protection may have a lot to be desired.

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2016 Singapore Airshow, ROKAF Black Eagles on the way to Singapore.












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WATCH: Russia’s Daesh-Crushing Su-35 Fighter Jets at Hmeymim Airbase







http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160205...sian-su-35.html

Vladimir Putin is grooming ex-bodyguard and military hero, 43, to become future Russian president, experts claim





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-34...erts-claim.html

wow the warplane is huge.

must be design to carry a lot of weapon systems

Gunning to be the RSAF's Bigshot!

Even with the most advanced weaponry, nothing can beat strong fundamentals. This Hotshot Challenge 2016, our fighter aircrew revisit their basic weaponry skills - employing unguided munitions accurately within defined parameters at the bomb range at Pulau Pawai.

Back at Hotshot Village, our ground crew are tested on their proficiency and speed in carrying out aircraft generation and maintenance tasks, at both the individual and team level. This segments include weapon loading, uncovering of simulated defects, precision marshalling and creative marshalling.

Click through the album to find out what happened during Hotshot Challenge!

Three British special forces soldiers injured in fight against Isil





http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/def...ainst-Isil.html

Russia Defense Report - Feb. 6, 2016: Battle for Arctic



Text by J.Hawk exclusively for SouthFront

Russia’s Northern Fleet’s sphere of responsibility includes the protection of the country’s sovereignty and of its economic interests in the Arctic Ocean zone. To this end the fleet has at its disposal not only powerful surface ships, submarines, and aircraft, which make it the most powerful of Russia’s four fleets, but also a sizable land component in the form of two motorized rifle brigades. Recent conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, and Yemen have demonstrated that land forces are the ultimate guarantee of military success, and even though any conflict in the Arctic would be fought mainly by naval and air forces, the decisive role would still fall to the land component. Which is why the Northern Fleet has a sizable land force at its disposal.

The 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade is a conventional unit of one tank and three motorized rifle battalions with extensive artillery, air defense, and combat engineer support intended mainly for operations on Russia’s mainland, with the objective of protecting the fleet’s naval and air bases against a NATO attack. In the Far North, Russia borders a NATO country, Norway, which hosts frequent international exercises by the alliance’s Arctic-specialized units, including British Royal Marines. Further raising the level of tensions, Swedish officials have recently declared they are expecting to be engaged in a major conventional conflict in a matter of only a few years and are interested in expanding their cooperation with NATO and perhaps in joining the alliance, and even the neutral Finland has contemplated NATO membership in recent years. In the worst-case scenario, the balance of forces in the North could rapidly shift against Russia.

Defending Russia’s soil against conventional NATO attack is not the only concern. It is becoming clear that the Arctic will soon become the arena of a power struggle for control of this resource-rich region, just as the Middle East has become in recent years. Therefore, Russia’s armed forces are preparing to play their part in the looming conflict. The 80th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade which was activated in January 2015 and which is based in the town of Alakurtti, can also be used for the same purpose as the 200th Brigade, but its organization, equipment, and training exercises indicate a somewhat different main mission. The 80th Brigade is also intended to fulfill the role of force projection alongside the Northern Fleet’s Naval Infantry units. While the Naval Infantry’s main mission is amphibious assault against a defended enemy coastline, the 80th Brigade is equipped and trained not for forced entry, but for extended independent operations far away from friendly bases on the many islands and archipelagoes of the Arctic theater of operation, such as Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, and Spitsbergen, and relying mainly on air and sea resupply. It could play both a defensive role, protecting key Russian military infrastructure such as airfields and early warning radar stations against NATO special operations raids, and an offensive one by pre-empting NATO landings on any contested land areas of the Arctic.

The Brigade’s recent exercises included close cooperation with Northern Fleet’s amphibious assault ships, which were used for transporting its units to their distant exercise areas. The strategic mobility requirement and the need to operate in extreme conditions with limited logistical support means that the 80th Brigade is more lightly equipped than conventional motorized rifle units. It does not have a tank battalion, and its rifle battalions are mounted on MTLB tracked APCs which have good mobility over snow and tundra. It is currently testing a wide range of specialized equipment, including winter uniforms suitable for extended operations in extremely cold conditions of the polar night, snowmobiles, 4-by-4 all terrain vehicles, articulated tracked carriers specially designed for over-snow operations, and other gear specifically adapted for Arctic conditions. Its personnel, which contain a high proportion of contract soldiers, is also receiving specialized training in Arctic warfare. A recent exercise included its reconnaissance company soldiers utilizing dogs and reindeer as a means of transport during a simulated operation behind enemy lines, indicating the brigade has considerable special operations capability.

This highly specialized unit represents an important military capability which contributes to Russia’s conventional deterrence. The ultimate measure of its success in that role may be that it will never have to be used to fulfill its assigned combat role against a real adversary, who will instead be persuaded to address Arctic-related issues through a normal negotiating process.

Watch the insane knife training South Korean special forces go through

A Chinese defector revealed some of the innermost secrets of the Chinese military





http://www.businessinsider.com/a-chinese-d...04148?r=US&IR=T

US Admiral: Russia's submarine activity in the North Atlantic is at Cold War levels -- and we don't know why





http://www.businessinsider.com.au/russias-...r-levels-2016-2

$66M set aside by U.S. for military facilities in Philippines





http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-.../4231454693027/