Happy Valentines





on this day when most are celebrating Valentine's Day, or the 7th day of Chinese New Year (Ren Ri, all humans birthday), there was a hero who died on 14 February 1942. His name, is Adnan Bin Saidi. one of the many war heroes who laid their lives, for our peace.







"If we do not remember our heroes, we will produce no heroes. If we do not record their sacrifices, their sacrifices would have been in vain…
the greatest strength we have as a people is our common memories of the past and our common hopes for the future…
For without those memories, the next generation will not have the fighting spirit to carry on."
BG(NS) George Yeo
Former Singapore Minister

This post has been edited by Fat & Fluffy: Feb 14 2016, 11:26 PM

2016 Singapore Airshow Preview with RMAF SU30MKM performance.
14 February 2016 Sunday

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/vid...display-preview

This post has been edited by xtemujin: Feb 14 2016, 11:17 PM

Enter here;

https://goo.gl/AUGk3O

Cuba returns lost dummy missile to US: State Department



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/artic...Department.html

“That’s Not a Cluster Bomb” – The Differences Between OFAB 250-270s and RBK-500s

























https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-to...s-and-rbk-500s/

You been reading the M113 nuts izit?

In Afghanistan wherever tracks are needed they do employ tracks. Iraq is not Afghanistan, its much more developed. The vehicle is travelling on roads through towns and farmland where offroading is not always possible. The insurgents are also smart enough to put the IEDs at choke points where offroading is not possible.

Stryker and other wheeled APCs complement tracked APCs by offering different capabilities. This is recognised in both doctrine and practice. Strykers are usually assigned to urban areas where they can outrun tracked vehicles on roads. And they equip formations which have been riding in nothing thicker than Humvees. Something the Stryker critics conveniently omit to mention.

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Feb 15 2016, 12:48 AM

Unique Russian Aircraft Undergoes Test Flight (VIDEO)







http://sputniknews.com/military/20160214/1...est-flight.html

Mind-blowing drone footage of a South Korean armored vehicle parade

A new video released on Friday shows the impressive range of tanks and armored vehicles in the South Korean Army’s 20th division.

The video, taken by a drone in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province, shows South Korean made K-1 and K2 tanks, as well as armored vehicles, air defense vehicles, and mobile artillery pieces.

South Korea currently has more than 2,300 tanks, 2,600 armored vehicles, and almost 2,000 self-propelled artillery pieces.

To see 340 of these vehicles proudly rolling in formation, view the video below.



Read more at http://www.businessinsider.my/drone-footag...TSaqtmwDT6dw.99

Terrier' Is The UK's Crazy Leatherman Multi-Tool Of A Combat-Engineering Tank







http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/terrier-i...-com-1759049206

i admit refuel tanker is new requirement for current/new generation air-force
and plane like A330 MRTT not only for tanker, but also for transportation, our defense force so many UN mission in oversea, so we no need rely on MAS/AA (plan transportation)
anyway still matter off no budget and not priority ...
from kuantan AB to kuching/Labuan AB just about 850km and 1400km, still within our fighter ferry range.
i see we need new milti role auxiliary/support ship to support logistic 2 side country.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Feb 15 2016, 09:43 AM

Well, the majority of global air forces use probe-and-drogue C-130 or Il-76 for midair refueling so I think it is the best current solution.

If you are proposing an actual dedicated tanker like a KC-135 Stratotanker or KC-10 Extender, I don't think we can afford something like that anytime soon.

Use the Bunga Mas auxiliary ships model, or straightaway RMN buy a few used MISC container ships and use them as supply vessels.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Feb 15 2016, 11:32 AM

amoi at boeing lagi sexy...

track vehicles travel on roads too... and if not, like afghan, non paved tracks too become trap zones...

even with track vehicles, a patrol would still travel on roads...

are you referring to makeshift mines?


ok, got my sentry posting... zzzzz, boring area... nothing to see... so hot too...

MISC manada kapal kontena lagi dah bang. Semua sudah sold off quite a few years ago.

Tambah gaji ooooooo siapa kerja ATM belanja minum haha



This post has been edited by waja2000: Feb 15 2016, 02:32 PM

I get that tracked vehicles also use roads, problem is sometimes 15-20 ton heavy wheeled vehicles cannot even move to the side of the road to bypass a suspected stretch of road, especially after bad weather. Everyone have to either wait in full view of insurgents for either engineers to find and disable any IEDs or wait for anti-IED vehicles.

Troops from 20 countries prepared for largest military drill





http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/tr...military-drill/

LoL, suddenly got Malaysia?

Sounds like Saudis syok sendiri.

Malaysian Mig-29 and F-5 Decisions in 2016?



Compared to many other nations in the region, Malaysia has a relationship to China that seems positively laid-back. The government in Kuala Lumpur has long held a relaxed attitude toward supposed Chinese aggression, and even the curious case of the mooring of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel in Malaysian waters hasn’t caused much fuss.

At some point around 2013, an island formed in an area of reefs known both as Luconia Shoals and as Gugusan Beting Patinggi Ali, some 80 miles off the Sarawak coast. The new island aroused some territorial interest, despite its location well inside Malaysia’s economic zone. Around the same time, a Chinese Coast Guard vessel dropped anchor in the shoals and didn’t leave.

Last year, a Malaysian minister insisted that the area belonged to Malaysia and that its navy and coast guard were monitoring the area “to ensure the sovereignty of the country.” In August, the Malaysian government said it had been sending weekly letters of protest to China. Toward the end of September, local fishermen reported being threatened by armed men on the Chinese ship.

Last June, the shoals had a Malaysian flag planted on them, apparently for the first time – not by the Malaysian government, but by a German-born Australian marine archaeologist Hans Berekoven, who discovered the wreck of the HMS Viscount Melbourne near the shoals. The Melbourne sank while sailing from Singapore to Macau in 1842.

This leisurely approach to territorial disputes seems to be reflected in the progress of the nation’s military procurement programs. A decision is expected this year on a replacement for the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s MiG-29 and F-5 fleets, though the discussion has been ongoing since the start of the decade. All the usual suspects – Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab JAS 39 Gripen – are in the running.

One new aircraft type is in service: The RMAF took delivery of its first Airbus A400M last year, and the second of four arrived in January.

http://aviationweek.com/singapore-airshow-...-decisions-2016