The First Tour of the USS Zumwalt Reveals a Stealth Ship That's Right on Track





http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/n...he-uss-zumwalt/

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What's Behind US Military Moves in the South China Sea?





http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/whats-behin...outh-china-sea/

Battle for Daraa takes a frightening turn as ISIS reaches the outskirts of the capital: map





Northern Syria has become the primary focus for every major power involved in this 5 year long Syrian conflict; however, it appears their target, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), has shifted its attention to the southern province of Dara’a, where a one month long ceasefire is currently taking place between the government and opposition forces.

Undeterred by their recent losses in both northern and central Syria, ISIS is advancing in the southwestern countryside of the Dara’a Governorate, where they have already seized a large chunk of the Israeli and Jordanian borders from the Free Syrian Army’s “Southern Front Brigades” after a few weeks of fighting.

Making matters worse for all non-ISIS parties in the province, the terrorist organization is now 9 km away from the provincial capital of Dara’a after their recent gains, which includes the capture of Sheikh Saad on Thursday.

While, one could argue that 9 km is a considerable distance in military terms; it is not the reality on the ground:

The map above illustrates the Islamic State’s path to Dara’a City from their current positions at the small village of Nahj.

It is not really a question of “if” anymore; it is a question of “when” will ISIS capture the two villages between Nahj and the provincial capital.

The ISIS affiliates “Liwaa Shahada Al-Yarmouk” and “Harakat Al-Muthana” have the manpower needed to capture the aforementioned villages and to attack the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in the western suburbs.

The rebel forces cannot hold their own at this front, but the Syrian Arab Army also cannot wait for the terrorist organization to reach the city.

So, the Syrian government forces are stuck in a bind: launch an offensive to push ISIS back or let them defeat the rebels and threaten Dara’a City.

The procrastination period is over; it will have to be one of those two choices and given ISIS’ rapid advancement in southwest Dara’a, they do not have long.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battle...skirts-capital/

AMRAAM Envy
March 30, 2016: Indonesia is buying 36 American AIM-120C7 radar guided air-to-air missiles. Indonesia has 13 F-16s and another dozen on order so more missiles are required. AMRAAM weighs 172 kg (335 pounds), is 3.7 meters (12 feet) long, and 178mm (7 inches) in diameter. AMRAAM has a max range of 70 kilometers. These missiles cost about a million dollars each. They are complex mechanical, electronic, and chemical systems and each of them, on average, suffers a component failure every 1,500 hours.

AMRAAM entered service in 1992, more than 30 years after the first radar guided air-to-air missile (the AIM-7 Sparrow) appeared. The C7 version entered service in 2003. AMRAAM was designed to fix all the reliability and ease-of-use problems that cursed the earlier AIM-7. But AMRAAM has only had a few opportunities to be used in combat but over half of those launched have hit something.

The latest model, AIM-120D entered service in 2008 and has longer range, greater accuracy, and resistance to countermeasures. So far AMRAAMs have spent nearly 2 million hours hanging from the wings of jet fighters in flight. Some 2,500 AMRAAMs have been fired, mostly in training or testing operations. That’s about a quarter of those produced.

AMRAAM replaced Sparrow (AIM-7P), which is still in service. Many countries prefer the older Sparrow which is cheaper and is now more capable and reliable than the earlier versions. This missile weighs 230 kg (510 pounds), is 200mm (7.9 inches) in diameter, and 3.7 meters (12 feet) long. Max range is 50 kilometers and it is mainly used as a surface-to-air missile. Sparrow costs less than half as much as an AMRAAM. Over 50,000 Sparrows, of all types, have been built and over 20 percent of those are still in service. Indonesia opted for AMRAAM because most of its neighbors (Singapore, Malaysia and Australia) have it.

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/ar...s/20160330.aspx

Indonesia buys AIM-120C7 because they have F-16 Block 52ID.....just like they bought R-77, because they have Su-27/30....

The older Block 15 OCU can't even support AIM-7...there's no envy. Just common sense.

The Coalition Just Formed a Fighting Unit of 120 Kurdish Women







http://warisboring.com/articles/the-coalit...-kurdish-women/

btw wtf with all these "news" from warisboring, popsci, etc? literally worse than malaysian outsider tier writing

wanna spam news pun from reputable online news la. reporting is one thing ,but these online news portal also shove their libtard view to the reader, and they usually pungut from other main news portal (ap afp, xinhua, fars,etc)

This post has been edited by ayanami_tard: Apr 1 2016, 09:44 PM

not me dude thats the article title... the only thing is that they made sure to buy C7 model where others are using C5 and below
WiB used to be good when still on medium, now always spam anti-F35 shyt

Dressed to kill: Ukrainian sniper married to soldier accused of plotting to assassinate Putin raises eyebrows by posing in dress and hijab











http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-35...ress-hijab.html

ANALYSIS: Kurds lose faith in leaders as war rages in south





http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/kurdish-...kabir-468242072

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ARSENAL: THESE ARE THE CHINESE WEAPONS DEPLOYED ON DISPUTED ISLANDS











http://www.popsci.com/south-china-sea-arse...isputed-islands

The Peshmerga Viking That’s Taking The Fight To ISIS





https://www.funker530.com/the-peshmerga-vik...-fight-to-isis/

Qatar to buy QR32.6bn worth of arms as part of military build-up





http://dohanews.co/qatar-to-buy-qr32-6bn-w...itary-build-up/

Rebels storm strategic village in southern Aleppo



The extremist rebels of Jabhat Al-Nusra (Syrian Al-Qaeda group), Jund Al-Aqsa (Syrian Al-Qaeda group), Harakat Ahrar Al-Sham, and Ajnad Al-Sham have launched a joint offensive in the southern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate to seize the strategic hilltop of Tal Al-‘Eiss.

Jabhat Al-Nusra and their allies began the offensive by launching several mortar shells and rockets towards the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) defenses at Tal Al-‘Eiss’ southwestern flank.

Following the barrage of mortars and rockets, Jabhat Al-Nusra and their stormed the southwestern flank of Tal Al-‘Eiss, launching 3 VBIEDs(vehicle borne improvised explosive device) at the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses.

However, the 3 VBIEDs did not reach their intended targets, thanks in large part to the observant soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army that were protecting the village’s southwestern flank.

In addition to preventing the rebel infiltration, the Syrian Armed Forces also killed 3 commanders from Jabhat Al-Nusra and several of their combatants during this battle on Friday.

Fighting is still ongoing between the Syrian Armed Forces and rebel fighters; however, the main attack has been repelled by the former, despite some setbacks between Tal Al-‘Eiss and Banes.



https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/rebels...outhern-aleppo/

New British Empire? UK to re-establish military bases east of Suez





https://www.rt.com/uk/338056-british-military-east-suez/

Airbus A400M military transport plane hits more trouble





http://www.dw.com/en/airbus-a400m-military...uble/a-19158917