Canada PM Trudeau says no to ransom



Canada will not pay ransoms for the release of its citizens held hostage overseas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday (Apr 26) after the gruesome killing of a Canadian in the Philippines.

"Canada does not and will not pay ransom to terrorists, directly or indirectly," Trudeau said, vowing instead to hunt down and prosecute hostage-takers.

His comments come after Trudeau delivered the grim news on Monday that Canadian John Ridsdel had been killed by his captors - the Abu Sayyaf militant group - in the Philippines. Efforts, however, were continuing to try to secure the release of three others, including another Canadian national, he said.

In decrying ransom payouts, Trudeau explained that they helped to support criminal or terrorist activities, and "endangered the lives of every single one of the millions of Canadians who live, work and travel around the globe" as they could become targets for abduction.



Trudeau said that he and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed in a telephone conversation earlier to press allies on the issue.

"We agreed that it is something that we are going to make sure that we do bring up with our friends and allies around the world as we come to grips with the fact that the world is a dangerous place," he said.

"We need to make sure that terrorists understand that they cannot continue to fund their crimes and their violence from taking innocents hostage," he added.

Ridsdel, fellow Canadian tourist Robert Hall, Hall's girlfriend Filipina Marites Flor, and Norwegian resort manager Kjartan Sekkingstad were kidnapped seven months ago from yachts at a marina near the major city of Davao, more than 500 kilometres from Jolo.

In a recent video, Ridsdel, a retiree in his late 60s, said his captors would kill him on Apr 25 if a ransom of US$6.4 million was not paid.

Hours after the deadline passed, police in the Philippines said two people on a motorbike dropped a head in a plastic bag near city hall on Jolo, a mostly lawless island around 1,000 kilometers south of Manila that is one of the Abu Sayyaf group's main strongholds.

- AFP/de

US House Prepared to Boost EU Defense Funds Above $3.4Bln to Deter Russia





http://sputniknews.com/military/20160427/1...an-defense.html

U.S. Fears New Missile Race In Syria Would Help ISIS





http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016...-help-isis.html

Russia may supply radiolocation, electronic warfare systems to Iran





http://tass.ru/en/defense/872512

he'll be dead for nothing maaang

Rebels doomed in northern Aleppo as ISIS nears Azaz – Map update



Over the past 72 hours, ISIS has been making steady gains in northern Aleppo, thus capturing the villages of Tahmoul, Jariz Kafrah, Fayruziyah, Tilal Al-Hussein, and Dudiyan.

Dudiyan represents the 3rd most important town to isolated rebel forces in northern Aleppo; the loss of this town has the armed Syrian Opposition reduced to a last ditch line of defence and foothold at the cities of Azaz and Mare’.

While rebel fighters have reopened the border corridor which was temporarily cut by ISIS, their forces have been greatly pushed back since the initial rebel advances along the border.

With the Islamic State on the advance, their fighters are now less than 6 kilometers from the eastern gates of Azaz. Meanwhile, Kurdish fighters are also keen to capture the rebel-held border city as their troops are less than 3 kilometers west of the site.

Despite the backing of Turkish artillery and warplanes of the US-led coalition, rebel fighters face a very real possibility of losing the entire enclave under their control in northern Aleppo.

Now, rebel commanders must either order their troops to fight to the last drop of blood or attempt to broker a regional peace deal with ISIS.

Otherwise, rebels could retreat across the Turkish border and possibly redeploy to Idlib which is largely controlled by Jaish al-Fateh, a coalition of Islamist rebel factions.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/rebels...zaz-map-update/

Belarus Mi-24 crash landed; crew escapes injury





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Published on 27 Apr 2016
The H225M can be refueled in-flight - both by day and at night
Since 2006 with the arrival of the first H225M Caracal aircraft, the French Air Force set itself an ambitious objective - to master in-flight refueling with its new helicopters. Ten years later, the investment has paid off, and this in-flight refueling capability has been fully mastered by the EH 1/67 Pyrénées helicopter squadron based in Cazaux.

With the support of the Italian and US Air Forces - which both provided tanker aircraft - the squadron has patiently assimilated the procedures and trained its crews. Two thirds of the squadron's pilots are now certified to perform in-flight refueling by day, with this certification even becoming standard within the unit. France is thus one the very few countries in the world to master the procedure.
This capability is now taken into account in operations. The French forces are fully aware of the added operational value a helicopter that can be refueled in flight provides in terms of extended range, stealth and speed of action. Several operational missions have already been performed in the Sahel using this capability, in particular with a non-stop 7-hour flight.

Even better, at the start of the year, the 1/67 Pyrénées squadron took a further step with the certification of its first instructors and pilots for night refueling. The procedure is performed in complete blackout conditions with the only view of the outside world being the greenish image seen in the night vision goggles and that of the FLIR installed in the nose section of the helicopter. This means that even greater concentration and precise piloting are required. To fly a helicopter only a few meters away from a transport aircraft, attached to a boom and with the strong turbulence generated by the propellers is already a complex operation. To do this at night may almost be qualified as audacious...

Impressive video footage taken by the SAA’s paramilitary faction of “Liwaa Der’ Al-Watan” shows the moment their troops take down a rebel sniper. The missile attack was conducted with a modified homemade Al-Fil rocket (the elephant) with the incident taking place at an unknown location in the countryside of Damascus.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/watch-...-missile-video/ | Al-Masdar News

Iranian Air Force Chengdu FT-7 crashed during training flight





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holy fak overkill

Got this from another forum.

Tactical roll at the end

sounds like average day in Battlefield games

more amazed how they can aim the missile right into that position
and what vehicle carries it? looks pretty big

Watch an F-22 Thread the Mach Loop — Low, Fast and Loud — War Is Boring





https://warisboring.com/watch-f-22s-thread-...3aea#.nv5bk4msm

China Tests New Weapon Capable of Breaching US Missile Defense Systems





http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/china-tests...efense-systems/

Maybe can discuss in Asean for large scale Military action to entire Sulu and south Philippine for solve all problem at one time. other US,OZ, CN,Canada, UK can be assist in technical aspect. or small involve like providee LHD. hospital ship.
combine 50,000-70,000 army, 150 tanks，100+ AFV, SPH， assist by 50 warship, LPD, Attack helicopter，figther, UAV, satellite ，multi type smart bomb


just dream....

This post has been edited by waja2000: Apr 28 2016, 12:33 PM

Nose Art of the Indonesian Air Force new Grob G-120 TP trainer aircraft. Credit to fadhfaiz.

Siapa nak bayar hahaha

Later we willnhave will have issue like syria as well like immigrants issue.