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our LCS progress

that is what we call progress? 

A South Korean military chopper involved in a joint military drill with U.S. Navy has crashed in waters off the nation's east coast Monday night.

The Lynx combat helicopter carrying three pilots on board disappeared from radar at 8:57 p.m., eight minutes after takeoff, after sending a distress call.

The exact cause of the crash has not been confirmed yet.

A search for the missing chopper by S. Korean and U.S. Navy is underway.

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crashed near Mianwali, on Monday.

A spokesman from Air force has confirmed that the PAF UAV jet was on its routine training mission when the crash happened.

The spokesperson has also confirmed that no loss of life or property has been reported, yet.

Air Headquarters, Islamabad has already set up a board of inquiry to determine the cause of the crash.

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our LCS progress

Abu Sayyaff trembles in fear...

If that is a recent pic then it is a very slow progress. Below pic was the keel laying in March 2016. Same section. They just only constructed the upper hull of that section.



More pics of the keel laying in March 2016:

http://syarkghost.blogspot.co.id/2016/03/m...ttoral.html?m=1

U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer sidelined after engineering casualty



NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt guided-missile destroyer has sustained an engineering casualty, less than a month before it is slated to be commissioned into service.

The casualty occurred on Monday during preparation to get underway at Naval Station Norfolk, the sea service told the U.S. Naval Institute.

The future DDG 1000 will stay in Norfolk to conduct an assessment of the casualty and to complete repairs.

Crews discovered the casualty after detecting a seawater leak in the propulsion motor drive lube oil auxiliary system for one of the ship's shafts, USNI reported.

While built-in redundancies in the ship's propulsion plant allows the first-in-class destroyer to operate with multiple engine configurations, it was determined that repairs should be done in port.

The Navy's newest and most technologically advanced surface ship was in the midst of a three-month journey to its San Diego home port.

The Zumwalt was scheduled to perform operational proficiency training, certifications and preparation ahead of its October commissioning.

UPI

ya, picture is show by RMN in FB yesterday. anyway our LCS only launch in 3th quarters 2017, so BNS still have 1 year time to complete the hull.

Unless you are a Chinese shipyard, I thought if take 1 year to build frigate-sized ship is usual timeframe?

Unless you are a Chinese shipyard, I thought if take 1 year to build frigate-sized ship is usual timeframe?

Fabrication started in Lumut in late December, 2015 or early January, this year while the keel laying ceremony was only held on March 8. And almost six months later, no one will say officially about the launch date.

It was expected that DCNS will beat BNS to the punch. Lorient is a “hot” yard complete with steel cutting facilities while BNS is a “cold” one – it has not build any ships since the last Kedah-class, KD Selangor. Work on KD Selangor started in 2006 while the ship was launched in 2009 and commissioned a year later.

Russia arms deal eyed

Moscow planning donation or loan

posted September 25, 2016 at 12:01 am
by Sara Susanne D. Fabunan

MOSCOW is planning to donate or loan military equipment and technology to Manila, only days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he would go to Russia or China if the United States did not like his “dirty mouth.”

Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta announced the plan after he met with Russian officials over how the two countries could boost trade and security cooperation as Duterte discussed with Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev last May.

At the same time, the US State Department also announced on Saturday that Washington approved the release of $6.725 million (more than P300 million) from the $32 million fund that US State Secretary John Kerry pledged during his visit to Manila last July.
Ambassador to Russia Carlos Sorreta

Sorreta said the plan to donate or loan military equipment was discussed when he and vice consul Luningning Camoying were briefed by officials of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC).

The FSMTC is a federal agency directly under the Office of the President of the Russian Federation responsible for control and oversight in the field of military-technical cooperation between the Russian Federation and foreign countries.

Russian officials who hosted the briefing are First Department on Military and Technical Cooperation with Foreign States chief Serggey Buganov; and Section on Military-Technical Cooperation with Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region chief Valery Orel.

“We welcomed the briefing, which was quite revealing, particularly the extent that Russia is able to interact with a large number of countries in this field and the different mechanisms that are employed, including acquisition and transfer of Russian military equipment,” Soretta said.

“This is all part of our job to explore opportunities that could contribute to our government’s efforts to modernize our defense capabilities,” Sorreta said.

Aside from the military equipment and technology, Sorreta said Russia is also willing to provide training, after-sales service and maintenance, transfer of technology, investment in domestic military production and servicing and different modes of financing.