just building module, still long time to wait. other year we can see Gowind start do final assembly in dry dock

Syria regime, allies recapture key airbase near Damascus





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/artic...r-Damascus.html

Syrian Army Captures the Strategic Marj Al-Sultan Helicopter Base in Rural Damascus



On Monday morning in rural Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army’s 105th Brigade of the Republican Guard – backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF) of Damascus City – imposed full control over the Marj Al-Sultan Military Airport’s Helicopter Base after a one month long and bloody battle with the Islamist rebels of Jaysh Al-Islam (Army of Islam).

According to a battlefield journalist in the East Ghouta region of rural Damascus, the Syrian Arab Army’s 105th Brigade and their allies seized the Helicopter Base after breaking through Jaysh Al-Islam’s frontline defenses at the Helicopter Airfields; this resulted in the aforementioned Islamist group’s retreat towards the village of Marj Al-Sultan, which is situated just north of the base.

Following the capture of the Helicopter Airbase, the Syrian Arab Army’s 105th Brigade entered the village of Marj Al-Sultan, where they were confronted by a large contingent of Jaysh Al-Islam fighters at the southern entrance – they would later conceded the southern entrance to the pro-government forces.

With the Syrian Armed Forces in full control of the Helicopter Airbase and half of the Marj Al-Sultan village, the Islamist rebels of Jaysh Al-Islam have been forced to reinforce their northern flank in anticipation for a final assault by the Republican Guard.

Adding to their plight in Marj Al-Sultan, Jaysh Al-Islam’s lead commander in the region, “Abu ‘Abdullah Al-Shami”, was captured by the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade – he was attempting to evade the Syrian Armed Forces at the southern flank of the village, but was taken prisoner before he could escape.

Despite claims of the Syrian Army taking full control of Marj Al-Sultan village and the northern Helicopter Base; this was dismissed by sources close to Al-Masdar News – fighting ongoing.

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian...rural-damascus/

Chinese-made weapons have become the best-seller in Africa





http://www.ejinsight.com/20151214-chinese-...ller-in-africa/

LAS has the benefit of doubt with pilot and wizzo has their eyes on the target. not to forget, armed UAVs can't strafe. + most of the time armed UAVs carry only missiles not the cheaper guns / cannons + rockets. not to forget, field of view for UAVs are quite limited.

wahhh... ini TUDM atau TDM yg punya?

hah!! now the russkies oso support kurds with weppins and money and do it terang2? mmg very komplikated this area

my kazen swears by Haix. https://www.haix.co.uk/

because nothing pisses off the turks more than a large Kurdistan movement......maybe Assad would have to concede some territory at the end of the day to pay off Russia with this, but still.....nothing pisses off the Turks more than a large Kurdistan movement or better yet.....independent Kurdistan

Blame not the Russians but the Turks for shooting down that plane

basically nobody wants the Kurds at their own backyard, be it the Arabs, the Iranians or the Turks or even Assad himself bcos to them the Kurds is unlike them. and becos of this persecution, the Kurds want their own independent country. it's a long and twisted history over there.

You can outfit UAVs with whatever you want, as long as the pylon fits and the ordnance weight is within limits. I have seen UAVs fitted with everything from 20mm cannon pods, unguided rockets and up to 2,000 laser-guided bombs. They are usually armed with guided missiles because they are on a precision strike missions.

There's also nothing wrong with a UAV's visual system. The UAVs cameras fitted are very powerful electro-optical equipment (popularly cited as able to zoom onto a beer crate from 60,000 feet in the air). They cameras also have IR and thermal seekers, far better than than trying to spot ground targets with pilot eyes alone. The cameras are also able to pivot over the entire 180 degree coverage underneath the UAV, which in the main duty of seeking ground targets.

There's also the phenomenal loiter time of UAVs, especially the larger ones like MQ-9 Reaper which can remain on patrol for a maximum of 14 hours. Even if the pilots are exhausted, a relief crew can replace them at the control module at base. UAVs can also be set on autopilot on a series of rally points to patrol a given geographical area.

The main problem of UAVs nowadays are the doctrine in which they are used, not the capabilities of the UAVs themselves.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Dec 15 2015, 12:18 PM

There are 4 major ethnic groups in the middle east: Turk, Arab, Persian, Kurd. The Kurd is the only one without their own land. Given a slightest chance, they will die to have their own, and the unprecedented opportunity is now.

The US currently only sells armed UAV to their main partners.

The other option is to buy from South Africa or China.

Iraq bought the armed CH4B UAV from China.

US Tests Plan for F-18 Jets to Carry Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles



WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Navy has commenced a series of tests to deploy Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) on its F-18/A and F-18E/F Super-Hornet jets, defense contractor Lockheed Martin said in a news release on Monday.

"The LRASM airworthiness flights on the Super Hornet put us one step closer to fielding this urgently needed capability for our warfighters," Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control LRASM Director Mike Fleming stated in the release.

The flights were conducted at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland, according to the release.
"The flight data acquired validates the LRASM system design and clears the way for the test program to continue," Fleming noted.

The LRASM is a precision-guided, anti-ship missile that allows carrier-launched aircraft to conduct precisions trikes against ships and other maritime targets from outside the range of their anti-aircraft defense systems.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20151214/1...e-missiles.html

Why Isn’t Israel Arming Iraq’s Kurds?





http://warisboring.com/articles/why-isnt-i...ng-iraqs-kurds/

yes but do they have the benefit of doubt?

U.S. Special Ops Forces On Women Entering Combat: What About PMS?





http://gawker.com/u-s-special-ops-forces-o...what-1747897740

‘Islamic coalition against terrorism’: Saudi Arabia presents 34-state military block





https://www.rt.com/news/325929-islamic-coal...errorism-saudi/

South Korean Light Armed Helicopter (LAH). Photo by KAI.

Setting up mid to high tier UAV ain't cheap.
You need a satellites, hq, support facilities and so on.