er..... those Military spec proper LPD cost much cheaper than 1 unit LCS price.
don‘t why Gov no money to get it. i means form 2002 until now, and we just need 2 unit, so by right cost procurement not really high。
or is no requirement from RMN ？ so no proposal to Gov。

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Mi-35 helicopter crashes south of Baghdad





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I guess it's ok for the regular PGA and police personnel that are doing stuff away from the hot areas like roadblocks and such. What I most geram is when the VAT69 units tasked to directly contain the Sulu invaders were wearing stuff similar to this in an active combat area. At least issue a helmet and soft body armor la to them. The troopers themselves also so selamba looking, like that was just a training exercise.

If i remember correctly, rmn prefer to have military spec vessel than a civilian convertion

BM5 tat time was operational requirements. Running our patrol ship at gulf was straining for a already limited number of vessels. Thus, to get a hull fast, the convertion was given the go ahead.

had the military dun give a fck abt military spec ship we already buy them ferry LPD from indon(or buy ckd from korea and assembled them ourself like gagah samudera)

I think rmn still looking at flat top lhd, so they might gonna hold on to that. prob with getting cheap/used LPD (or LST) as stopgsp is that rmn may gonna stuck with that ship for a long time bcos MoF won't approve the procurement of the real deal

prob is after the lcs programme, they still need to get plenty of things (new asw helo,kedah class rearmament, getting more sgpv, new subs? lol) so I'd imagine lpd/lhd is gonna be down there in term of priority number

Needs to build 4 more to replace all 6 Van Speijk

2016 Ireland Easter Rising Parade

Nice pimped up Ford truck for the special forces.



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Armenian MoD: Nagorno-Karabakh Army Claims to Have Downed Azerbaijani Drone







http://sputniknews.com/military/20160405/1...jani-drone.html

It still down to chicken and egg things.

Which should come first.

World military spending grows to $1.7tn in 2015 - Swedish think tank





https://www.rt.com/business/338456-world-mi...-spending-2015/

Syrian Air Force Su-22 shot down by rebels near Aleppo





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Azerbaijan Kills Armenian Troops With a Suicide Drone





http://warisboring.com/articles/azerbaijan...-suicide-drone/

How China Fights: The PLA’s Strategic Doctrine





http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/how-china-f...tegic-doctrine/

it is all about political will.
Sgpv so expensive pun boleh approved.
I doubt tldm lpd requirements is expensive at most pun around usd200mil.
Given the current political environment it hard to imagine the government willing to apprpve big ticket procurement.

yeaps... very much agreed, body armor (inclusive of helmet) is a must in all situations... even training

then that's a design flaw or they are just not used to moving with armor... SF operates differently, so SF is not a good example

lol... pinoys get scrap better than ntg... heavier but it still protects them

only time without helmet is probably during MOOTW operations or in a civi sentry position

South China Sea: Hainan is the 'tip of the naval spear'




Balmy beaches, patriotic cruise passengers and a nuclear submarine base - all these are to be found in Hainan, the linchpin in Beijing's southern seas strategy. In the second of a three-part series on the South China Sea disputes, The Straits Times reports on the geopolitical importance of this sunny isle.

Except for a few transient fishermen living in wooden huts, the tranquil shores of Woody Island were for decades largely devoid of inhabitants or civilian facilities.

Then, in 2012, it all changed for the biggest island of the disputed Paracels in the South China Sea.

That year, China - which controls the archipelago - established the Sansha city government, giving it the authority to "govern" the South China Sea islands and surrounding waters. Soon after, it added a library, a school, a hospital and even a satellite TV station, in an area half the size of Sentosa. Cafes and supermarkets line its main thoroughfare, Beijing Road.

The Chinese call the island Yongxing, or "eternal prosperity", and it now has more than 1,000 residents, as China moves to solidify its claims in this and other disputed areas of the South China Sea.

Such rapid developments have shone a spotlight on Hainan, the country's southern-most province, whose geopolitical importance has risen in tandem with the tensions in the region.

Hainan not only administers Sansha, but is also home to Yulin Naval Base and its submarine bunker, located mere kilometres away from crowded tourist beaches of seaside resort Sanya.

Such oddities have led some to dub Hainan - roughly the size of Taiwan - as having "a curious blend of beaches, babes and naval bases". But experts have no doubt about the island's strategic significance.

"Hainan is the tip of the naval spear vital to China's projection of power," noted Beijing-based security analyst Xie Yanmei from the International Crisis Group.

The province hosts China's conventional and nuclear submarines, and is likely to host its aircraft carriers as well, she said.

"China's recent build-up of outposts in the South China Sea is partly aimed at making spying on the Hainan bases riskier and more complicated, and stretching the depth of defence to shield Hainan," Ms Xie told The Straits Times.

Hainan's importance to China's national security prompted the launch of the country's first 24-hour anti-spying hotline in the province last year. According to Chinese media reports, the hotline aims to crack down on "foreign intelligence networks keen on knowing China's military capabilities".

Hainan could also play an important role if China decides to declare an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the South China Sea, noted senior fellow Ian Storey from the Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute. As recently as last week, China defended its right to do so.

"If China declares an ADIZ over northern parts of the South China Sea, it could be administered from either Hainan or the Paracels," Professor Storey said.

Yet, Hainan is not just about military hardware. Elsewhere on the island, its fishermen are tasked with protecting China's sovereignty through their frequent fishing trips.

In Sanya, a passenger cruise ship has been offering nationalistic tours of the Paracels since 2013.

All these moves are aimed at safeguarding China's interests - and more such measures can be expected in the coming months.

Sansha's deputy mayor Feng Wenhai said in January that the authorities will start to operate civilian flights, build judicial courts and provide full Wi-Fi coverage on Woody Island this year, as the city gears up to celebrate its third birthday.

"Hainan's officials have for years been the most ardent advocates for more aggressive development of the South China Sea," noted Ms Xie. "They often argue that such actions are vital to the defence of China's sovereignty and maritime rights."



http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia...?xtor=EREC-16-1[ST_Newsletter_AM]-20160404-[South+China+Sea%3A+Hainan+is+the+%27tip+of+the+naval+spear%27]&xts=538291

Madafocker these China. Why can't we just get along nicely together?

indon goes full retard... lets see whether their retardness applies to PRC or only countries deemed weaker to them..

Appeal to Jakarta not to blow up 10 Chinese fishing boats


Fishing boats from Malaysia being blown up off the coast of Kuala Langsa, Aceh, yesterday. Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister has been coming down hard on poachers since taking office in 2014, ordering as many as 174 foreign boats caught in its waters destroyed.

The owners of 10 fishing boats from China caught poaching in Indonesian waters are appealing to the authorities not to sink their vessels.

This comes after high courts in Ambon and Merauke cities ruled that the boats rounded up in December 2014 had fished without a permit in Indonesian waters, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti told a press conference yesterday.

"We hope that the Supreme Court will pass a verdict to have the boats confiscated as state property and have them destroyed as soon as possible," she said, after watching a live stream of 23 boats from Malaysia and Vietnam being sunk at seven different locations.

Ms Susi has been coming down hard on poachers since taking office in 2014, ordering as many as 174 foreign boats caught in Indonesian waters destroyed.

Apart from the 23 boats sunk yesterday, one Chinese boat is still being investigated for a similar offence, Mr Mas Achmad Santosa, who heads the ministry's illegal- fishing prevention task force, told The Straits Times.

He also said the authorities have identified 1,132 fishing vessels, including 374 from China, that are sailing in Indonesian waters under the flags of two states, one being Indonesia.

"That's double-flagging. Their status is stateless, and that's serious. It's against both national and international laws."

Mr Mas Achmad said Indonesia will prosecute these boat companies if they are found to have committed serious offences - such as evading taxes and operating without a licence - and assist those with minor offences to leave the country.

"No more foreign boats, no more foreign investors are allowed to catch fish in Indonesia," he said.

Indonesia and China were entangled in a maritime row last month after Indonesia accused a Chinese coast guard patrol boat of breaching its sovereign rights by forcibly preventing the local maritime authorities from seizing a Chinese fishing boat.

Ms Susi yesterday called on "big country, great nation" China to respect Indonesia's sovereignty.

"If there's illegal fishing carried out by an American boat, we will sink it too. It's the same," she said.

"I admire and I salute the law enforcement in China.

"I believe the Chinese government will strongly support the Indonesian government in law enforcement against illegal violations committed by Chinese boats. We are waiting for their answer," she said.

In a separate development, the Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia has said that Chinese fishing boats did not enter Malaysian waters recently, adding that they were in fact "quite far away" from the Qiongtai Jiao, part of the Luconia Shoals in the South China Sea.

Last week, Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had called up the envoy, Dr Huang Huikang, for "clarification as well as to register Malaysia's concerns over the matter".

Dr Huang told the The Star daily yesterday that overlapping claims between China and Malaysia over certain islands and reefs in the South China Sea were a "historical issue", adding that he believed both countries could deal with the issue in "an amicable, peaceful and quiet way".

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/a...e-fishing-boats

Read more: http://www.pressreader.com/indonesia/the-j...549590/textview

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