if this is really jerlun, then its approximately 120km off the coast of bintulu and close to their usual anchoring site at luconia
to date the whole scene is dull fanfare with both sides staring at each other, usually i can see navy and mmea ship takes turn to watch them

although they do have radio warning blaring at us when we passes by to get to our sk408 oil block, but thats it
msian fishermen can always land at the luconia shoal with no problem if you just forget about the radio warning

they are like those crazy neighbour who always shouts at you, and provoke you to retaliate, cuz thats exactly what they wanted

in luconia shoal we have a big sovereign stone planted there ady

Why is Indonesia not in the Saudi-led Sunni coalition against terror?

Surely Indonesia, with a Sunni population of 200 million, would have an interest in joining

Robert Fisk
10 hours  ago

The Saudis love coalitions. The Sunni monarchy had the Americans, the British, the French and sundry other oil importers on their side to drive Saddam’s legions out of Kuwait in 1991. Earlier this year, the Saudi military – for which read the youngest defence minister in the world and the ambitious Deputy Prime Minister, Mohamed bin Salman al-Saud – struck at the Kingdom’s Shia Houthi enemies in Yemen in yet another coalition. This included not only Saudi fighter-bombers but jets from Qatar, the Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Sudan.

But now – with all the drama of a new Hollywood franchise – the Saudis have announced their new multinational military epic against the “disease” of Islamic “terror”, starring more Muslim and would-be Muslim states than ever before assembled since the time of the Prophet. Once more, as in the Yemen adventure (already plagued by humanitarian catastrophe and credible accounts of the slaughter of civilians under Saudi air attacks), Prince Mohamed, aged 31, is leading his country.

In all seriousness, he announced that the battle of this latest “coalition” – which includes countries as mythical as “Palestine”, as corrupt as Afghanistan and as powerless as Lebanon, with bankrupt Chad and the Islamic Republic of the Comoros thrown in for good measure – would require “a very strong effort to fight”. Few spotted, however, the curious absence from the 34-strong “coalition” of Indonesia, which has the world’s largest Muslim population.

This is very strange, since the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 mostly foreign civilians, brought al-Qaeda into Indonesia’s own “war against terror”. Surely Indonesia, with a Sunni population of more than 200 million, would have an interest in joining their fellow Sunni Muslims in this unprecedented “coalition”? Or could it be that with more than 30 Indonesian maids on Saudi Arabia’s death row after grotesquely unfair trials, the country wants an end to this injustice before committing its army to the Kingdom?

Pakistan is an interesting addition because the last time it was asked to fight for the Saudis, in the present disastrous Yemen civil war, the parliament in Islamabad rejected Saudi Arabia’s request after the Saudis insisted that only Sunni Muslim soldiers in the Pakistani army would be allowed to participate.

All in all, then, a pretty vast “coalition” – most of whom are saddled with massive international debt and face constant economic collapse. So the real figures behind this extraordinary military force is not how many countries plan to participate, but how many millions – or billions – of dollars Saudi Arabia plans to pay them for their fraternal military assistance.

Along with the obvious question: just which strain of the “terror disease” does young Prince Mohamed intend to destroy? The Isis version – albeit spiritually founded on the same Sunni Wahabi purist doctrines which govern the Saudi state? The Nusrah version, which is espoused by the very same Qatar which is now part of this weird “coalition”? The Shia Houthis of Yemen, who are regarded as pro-Iranian terrorists by the Sunni Yemeni President whom the Saudis support? And what kind of relationship do the Saudis envision with the Iranians who are fighting in both Iraq and Syria against the same Isis “terror” which our favourite Saudi prince identifies as part of the “disease”? Neither Shia Iran nor Shia Iraq, needless to say, is part of the new international Muslim army.

So we know there’s a “coalition”. But who will it fight? How much will it be paid? And why is this a largely Sunni Muslim force rather than just a Muslim “coalition”?

But according to US defense officials speaking to the Free Beacon, the encounter also involved that submarine locking onto the aircraft carrier as part of a simulated targeting exercise.

"If true, this would be yet another case of China trying to show us that they can hold our forces in the region at risk," Virginia Representative Randy Forbes, chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on sea power, told the Free Beacon.

"Coming on the heels of anti-satellite tests and other demonstrations, this latest incident should be a reminder of the destabilizing course that China is on and the challenges we face in maintaining a stable military balance in the Asia-Pacific region."

Vladimir Putin and other top-ranking Russian officials' KGB weaponry training has left them impaired by a reduced arm swing labelled 'gunslinger's gait', experts claim.

The gait, featuring a consistently reduced right-sided arm swing, is usually considered an early sign of Parkinson's disease.

However, movement disorder experts discovered KGB training manuals that stressed agents move in specific ways, offering a possible explanation for the damage

The Lao Airlines Airbus A320 lifted off at approximately 8:10 a.m. from Gimhae International Airport (PUS) and flew towards its destination, Wattay International Airport (VTE). As reported by Air Transport World, Chinese air traffic controllers instructed Flight QV916 to turn back just as the civil aircraft approached the ECS ADIZ. Lao Airlines complied and returned to PUS.

Beijing explained that Flight QV916, en route from South Korea to Laos, “attempted to fly over China’s airspace on Saturday without permission from the country’s aviation authority.” China unmistakably has the legal right to instruct and prevent a foreign commercial flight, which lacks prior permission, from entering China’s sovereign airspace. Article 1 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the “Chicago Convention”) codifies the fundamental legal principle that every state has “complete and exclusive sovereignty” over the airspace above its territory. Pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Article 3, the territory of a coastal state includes the territorial sea, which extends twelve (12) nautical miles. In the Nicaragua case, the International Court of Justice interpreted United Nations Charter, Article 2, to extend state sovereignty to “the internal waters and territorial sea of every State and to the air space above its territory.”

Unlike provided under the UNCLOS, there is no right of “innocent passage” for overflight of foreign aircraft, civil or state (military). Instead, the Chicago Convention, Article 11, authorizes the non-discriminatory application of laws and regulations relating to the “admission to or departure” of aircraft from the territory of contracting states. Compliance with such rules is necessary “upon entering or departing from or while within the territory of the state.” Under Article 6, special permission is required for scheduled commercial flights over the territory of another state. In practice, foreign aircraft must obtain clearance and overflight rights before entering and traversing the national airspace.

Here, the scheduled route of Flight QV916 indicates that Lao Airlines intended to enter and cross China’s national airspace. The route for Flight QV916 tracks across the East China Sea from South Korea and then directly across the Eastern portion of mainland China. That Lao Airlines did not obtain prior permission for its route is bizarre, but may be due to the fact that the air carrier was launching a new service from Pusan to Vientiane. Regardless, if Flight QV916 failed to obtain the requisite permission and overflight rights, then China had the right to deny entry into its sovereign airspace.

In the ongoing Battle for Ramadi, an Iraqi Security Force CH-4 drone attacked an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) artillery position on December 6, 2015. This is the first documented use of a Chinese-made armed drone in Iraq.

Previously, armed Chinese-made drones have been flown by the Nigerian armed forces against Boko Haram terrorists, while Chinese UCAV technology may have also been employed in Pakistan and Yemen. With China becoming the world's third largest arms exporter last year, videos like the Ramadi strike show how Chinese weapons aren't just trade tools to earn cash and spread influence, but also are beginning to shape today's ongoing conflicts.

Indonesia's PT Pindad looks to secure Badak deal

Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
14 December 2015

Indonesia's land systems specialist PT Pindad aims to secure in 2016 a production contract for its under-development 6x6 Badak 90 mm direct fire vehicle (DFV), the state-owned company revealed on 14 December.

PT Pindad said in a press release that it oversaw trials of the vehicle earlier this month with the support of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and that the exercises were part of the certification process required to support a sale to the Indonesian Army.

Silmy Karim, chief executive officer of PT Pindad, said that with "good co-operation [between the company and the MoD] the Badak will strengthen the ranks of the army next year".

yes but do they have the benefit of doubt?

Well that is awkward for the Saudis.

but we do have medical team there
and commando too for protection details

Hello !

Prepping to kill some ISIS bastards

Is that all there is?

No spec ops units on the ground doing clandestine operations?

Even if there is, I doubt we'll know about it. Heh.

no offence, but usually, these kind of photos are posted by ISIS bastards. you're just missing a beard.

regulation bro . beard mana boleh .

this one ISIS tak ? 

Hello !

Prepping to kill some ISIS bastards

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."