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BorneoAlliance	Mar 8 2016, 07:15 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #181
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Top Secret Area 6: Inside the Pentagon’s Drone Proving Ground QUOTE Pike was referring to Area 6, a top secret military base in Yucca Flat. Located roughly a dozen miles southwest of the infamous Area 51, the site was once a testing ground for the US nuclear weapons program. While the base is operated by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), it is used jointly by both the US Defense Department and Homeland Security. "They come here to test their own sensors," NNSA spokesman Darwin Morgan told the Las Vegas Review. "We have controlled airspace and that gives them opportunities to test various types of platforms," he added. "We do a wide variety of work for others…supporting people with sensor development activities. It evolved from the nuclear testing program. We had to have very good sensors to collect data in a split second before they were obliterated." Little is known about secretive location. Satellite imagery from Google Earth shows three separate hangars, as well as four small buildings. Stretching 5,000 feet into the desert is a runway. http://sputniknews.com/us/20160308/1035936...rone-tests.html
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 8 2016, 07:21 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #182
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Syria would be fully under ISIS control if not for Russia – Serbian president QUOTE “If it [Russia] didn’t intervene, Syria would be a country of the so-called Islamic State [IS, ISIS/ISIL],” QUOTE “Russia should be in the military aspect involved in the protection of Syria at the request from Syria, as it would mean protection from terrorism, and it is much better to be protected from it in Syria than in Russia,” QUOTE Commenting on the breakthrough ceasefire deal brokered by Russia and the US, he called it “a very encouraging sign” and urged both parties to curb Turkey’s posture in the region, which he said was “the master” while “staying in the shadow.” https://www.rt.com/news/334865-serbia-nicolic-isis-russia/
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azriel	Mar 8 2016, 08:11 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #183
New Member Newbie 4 posts Joined: Jan 2012	QUOTE(MilitaryMadness @ Mar 8 2016, 03:44 PM) Interestingly, the guard on the right is using a Surefire 60-round extended capacity magazine on his HK-416. Surefire 100 round. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/09...e-100-magazine/
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 8 2016, 09:13 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #184
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Djibouti: We Welcome the Establishment of a Saudi Military Base on Our Territory QUOTE The Saudi Council of Ministers headed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz entrusted the Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who is also Second Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence, or whoever he delegates, with discussions with the Djibouti government about a draft agreement on military cooperation between the two countries. On his part, Djibouti’s ambassador in Riyadh Ziauddin Bamakhrama said his country is looking forward to the signing of an agreement with Saudi Arabia to establish a Saudi military base on Djibouti territory. http://english.aawsat.com/2016/03/article5...n-our-territory
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Fat & Fluffy	Mar 8 2016, 09:17 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #185
Casual Junior Member 397 posts Joined: Jan 2016 From: Hong Kong	EPqN-wVVhhA
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SUSGregyong	Mar 8 2016, 09:22 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #186
Regular Senior Member 1,167 posts Joined: Feb 2012	QUOTE(BorneoAlliance @ Mar 8 2016, 09:13 PM) Djibouti: We Welcome the Establishment of a Saudi Military Base on Our Territory » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « http://english.aawsat.com/2016/03/article5...n-our-territory who doesn't have a military base in your (mama's) booty at this point
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thpace	Mar 8 2016, 09:38 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #187
Rising Star Senior Member 1,210 posts Joined: Aug 2011	QUOTE(DDG_Ross @ Mar 8 2016, 04:55 PM) cuz the kelantan royal family got "very interesting story" the "struggle" still persist? i thought die down ad
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 8 2016, 09:59 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #188
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Hishammuddin: I’m not afraid of IS kidnap threat QUOTE Ahmad Zahid revealed that apart from the prime minister, he himself and Hishammuddin had also been the targets. The deputy prime minister said besides the plot to kidnap, the group also planned attacks on places of worship and public places, steal firearms from army camps, as well as robbing cash to finance their activities. As such, Hishammuddin gave assurance that all military camps, especially those with firearms store, would be tightly controlled to prevent trespassing by the so-called militants. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia...s-kidnap-threat
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Fat & Fluffy	Mar 8 2016, 11:32 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #189
Casual Junior Member 397 posts Joined: Jan 2016 From: Hong Kong	City boys can, and must fight I remember that when we first arrived, the talk within the Brigade - we had a Malaysian Brigade Commander - was, "these Singaporeans cannot fight. They are city boys.” - LG (Ret) Winston Choo What do you remember about National Service (NS)? Whether it’s rolling in the mud, getting drenched in the rain, itching from mosquito bites, waking up in the wee hours, kena-ing weekend guard duty, or surviving the tough training... it isn’t easy. No one said it’s gonna be easy. But like what our NSmen will tell you, all will pass. As much as people think Singaporeans are unfit softies, spoilt by our parents or fussed over by our maids, more than 900,000 of us have served the nation till date - and emerged better, and stronger. Yes, city boys can fight, too. And city boys must fight as well - because they are all what Singapore has. We are the owners of our own destiny, and we need to be responsible for our own defence. Find out how Lieutenant-General (LG) (Ret) Winston Choo stepped up to the challenge during Konfrontasi, and how our city boys then fought to keep us safe. “When I joined the military in 1959, the Singapore Armed Forces did not exist. Even Singapore did not exist then as an independent nation. After I was commissioned as an officer in 1961, I was in the 1st Battalion Singapore Infantry Regiment (1 SIR), who were all career soldiers. In 1963, then-Indonesian president Sukarno launched the Konfrontasi or Confrontation campaign to oppose the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, which merged Singapore, Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak. When the Confrontation broke out, we were sent to Sebatik Island south of Sabah - the northern half was under Malaysia, the southern half was under Indonesia. We were there conducting operations for about seven months. Our role was to patrol the border areas and ensure that there were no intrusions by infiltrators into Sabah. We went there expecting to take fire, expecting to fight. We didn't have any experience then and, of course, there was some degree of apprehension that we could lose our lives. We had a real enemy across the border, and it is only natural that any person would feel fear. We were all carrying loaded weapons, and you don't carry loaded weapons unless you expect to use them. When you go into an operational zone, you must go in with the expectation that this danger might happen. There was always this sense that we could be shot at. But if you train your people well and motivate them well, they will fight - and fight well. We knew that it was professionally and operationally expected of us to fight. I remember that when we first arrived, the talk within the Brigade - we had a Malaysian Brigade Commander - was, "these Singaporeans cannot fight. They are city boys.” As it turned out, we could. There was shooting and mortar fire, and we continued with our operations. Our soldiers performed their tasks courageously and did not turn tail and run. Fortunately, those of us in 1 SIR didn't suffer any casualties, though our brothers from 2 SIR did in Kota Tinggi. We executed our duties as professionals and we showed the rest that we were capable of fighting alongside the best of them. But that was just the first battle that we had to fight.” Read the rest of LG (Ret) Winston Choo’s journey through Singapore’s separation from Malaysia and independence here: http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/resourcel...ml#.Vt7zkkJ967M
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SUSMrUbikeledek	Mar 9 2016, 01:08 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #190
On my way Senior Member 580 posts Joined: Aug 2011	QUOTE(Fat & Fluffy @ Mar 8 2016, 06:52 PM) that's his own army... This post has been edited by MrUbikeledek: Mar 9 2016, 01:08 AM
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 9 2016, 01:19 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #191
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	STRATFOR founder George Friedman: ‘Be ready for war’ QUOTE Last month, Business Insider sat down with George Friedman, the founder of Geopolitical Futures. Friedman is also the author of “The Next 100 Years” and founder of STRATFOR, the influential geopolitical forecasting firm QUOTE Friedman warned that in the modern era, every period of peace has been a built-up towards a violent reckoning. “There has never been a century that has not had a systemic war — a systemic war, meaning when the entire system convulses,” Friedman continued, citing the Seven Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the world wars QUOTE “When you have the countries like Germany, China, and Russia decline, and be replaced by others, that’s when systemic wars start,” Friedman explains. “That’s when it gets dangerous, because they haven’t yet reached a balance. So Germany united in 1871 and all hell broke loose. Japan rose in the early 20th century, and then you had chaos. So we’re looking at a systemic shift. Be ready for war.” QUOTE Well the most likely emerging countries are Japan, Turkey, and Poland. So I would say Eastern Europe, the Middle East and a maritime war by Japan with the United States enjoying its own pleasures. But every time new powers emerge they have to find their balance. New powers are emerging, old powers are declining. It’s not that process that’s dangerous, it’s the emerging position that’s dangerous. http://www.businessinsider.my/stratfor-fou...Qqwm4MRpHRyM.97
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 9 2016, 07:36 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #192
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Revealed: Anti-Aircraft Missile Sinks US Navy Ship in Test QUOTE The USS Reuben James, which was also featured in the filmed version of Clancy’s The Hunt For Red October, went down after being hit by an anti-surface warfare variant of the Raytheon Standard Missile-6 as part of a test of the U.S. Navy’s new “distributed lethality” warfighting concept. The ship had already been decommissioned in 2013. QUOTE The vertically launched supersonic SM-6 missile, originally designed to intercept incoming aircraft and cruise missiles, was fired from the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones on January 18, hitting the USS James Reuben anchored at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility off the coast of Hawaii. “The test was a demonstration of the U.S. Navy’s concept of ‘distributed lethality,’ employing ships in dispersed formations to increase the offensive might of the surface force and enabling future options for the joint force commander,” according to a Raytheon press release. “Distributed lethality is about having such overwhelming offensive superiority that no potential threat would consider attacking. And if for some reason they did attack, they would lose decisively and rapidly,” said former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer William J. Parker III, one of the minds behind the distributed lethality concept, in an interview with The Diplomat. Part of the Navy’s distributed lethality concept has been to modify existing weapon systems and employ them in missions for which they were not originally designed. It was obviously with that in mind that U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told reporters in February 2016: “We are going to create a brand-new capability. We’re modifying the SM-6 so that in addition to missile defense, it can also target enemy ships at sea at very long ranges.” The Mach 3.5+ SM-6 has an effective range of approximately 200 (some say 250) nautical miles (around 370 kilometers) outranging the U.S. Navy’s other major anti-surface weapon, the Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon anti-surface missile. The SM-6 provides U.S. fleets with an over-the-horizon engagement capability. http://thediplomat.com/2016/03/revealed-an...y-ship-in-test/
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 9 2016, 07:40 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #193
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	The Pentagon Is Finally Designing Combat Gear for Women QUOTE The program was initially suggested to help in recruitment, but a spokesperson for the Department of Defense said that keeping women in the military was a key factor in deciding the program’s effectiveness. “The pilot is designed as a two-year trial, with an option to renew it up to five times based on the impacts, efficiency, and effectiveness of the program on women’s retention,” the spokesperson said, adding that the department has budgeted $150 million for the program. “We do believe … that this new benefit will have positive effects on women’s retention, over time.” http://warisboring.com/articles/the-pentag...gear-for-women/
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 9 2016, 07:44 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #194
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	F-35 Bug Forces Pilots to Turn Radar Off and Back On Again QUOTE Major General Jeffrey Harrigian, director of the F-35 Integration Office, explained the problem being with the fighter's "radar stability—the radar's ability to stay up and running," according to analysts at IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. "What would happen is [pilots would] get a signal that says either a radar degrade or a radar fail—something that would force us to restart the radar." The issue apparently started cropping up in late 2015, and with coders diverted to fixing the problem, Lockheed Martin is hoping for a reboot-free fix by the end of the month. This isn't the first knock on the F-35's software. Internal memos from the Department of Defense have highlighted fears that the fighter's software might not be sufficiently shielded against cyber attacks. There have also been an assortment of sensor issues that, if not quickly fixed, stand to push back a declaration of combat readiness for the Air Force's F-35A variant from August 1st until later in the year. http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a...equires-reboot/
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 9 2016, 07:50 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #195
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	US criticizes Saudi halt to Lebanon arms QUOTE We believe that the Lebanese armed forces deserve the support of the international community," State Department spokesman John Kirby said. "Assistance to the Lebanese armed forces and to other legitimate state institutions is essential to help diminish the role of Hezbollah and its foreign patrons," he said, in an implicit swipe at Iran. "We've raised our concerns about the reports of aid cut off with the Saudi authorities. I'm not going to talk about the details of that." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/artic...banon-arms.html
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BorneoAlliance	Mar 9 2016, 07:56 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #196
New Member Newbie 0 posts Joined: Dec 2014	Top IS commander targeted in coalition strike in Syria: US official QUOTE Al-Shishani is the nom de guerre of Tarkhan Batirashvili, an ethnic Chechen from the former Soviet state of Georgia who has a $5 million US bounty on his head. He is widely known as “Omar the Chechen". QUOTE Known for his flowing red beard, he is believed to be one of IS's top military commanders QUOTE A US official speaking on condition of anonymity said al-Shishani "likely died" in the assault by waves of US warplanes and drones, along with 12 other IS fighters. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/top-comm...icial-447958223
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azriel	Mar 9 2016, 09:06 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #197
New Member Newbie 4 posts Joined: Jan 2012	QUOTE PT PAL readies lead Philippine SSV for first sea trials Ridzwan Rahmat, Surabaya - IHS Jane's Navy International 07 March 2016 Key Points • The first of two amphibious ships on order for the Philippine Navy is being prepared for sea trials • The ships will be delivered to the Philippine government without weapons The first strategic sealift vessel (SSV) on order for the Philippine Navy (PN) is being prepared for its first sea trials, PT PAL executives told IHS Jane's during a tour of the company's shipyard in Surabaya on 8 March. The first strategic sealift vessel (SSV) on order for the Philippine Navy is being prepared for its first sea trials in April 2016. (IHS/Ridzwan Rahmat) The 123 m vessel, which will be commissioned as BRP Tarlac with pennant number 601, is the first of two landing platform dock (LPD)-like vessels procured under a contract worth USD92 million signed in June 2014 between PT PAL and the Philippine government. http://www.janes.com/article/58621/pt-pal-...irst-sea-trials
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mi-g	Mar 9 2016, 09:16 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #198
Part-time Troll Senior Member 1,501 posts Joined: Oct 2004 From: ISA Detention Room -Port Valdez-	QUOTE(BorneoAlliance @ Mar 9 2016, 07:44 AM) F-35 Bug Forces Pilots to Turn Radar Off and Back On Again http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a...equires-reboot/ PILOT: Control, my radar isn't working!! CONTROL: Have you tried turn it off and on again? classic IT troubleshooting
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Fat & Fluffy	Mar 9 2016, 09:54 AM Show posts by this member only \| Post #199
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