This promo end up making us pity them...old planes and helicopters. Compared to SA, Turkey, Israel and Egypt. But still a decent recruitment ad for locals

But last night sources within the department reacted with fury and dismissed the claims, denying there was any such plan to sell current ships to the South American nations.

The UK Government is currently conducting a security and capability review, which is largely seen as a cuts exercise. Service chiefs have been told to find billions in savings over the next decade to fund an ambitious future modernization programme.

and not just poor, some of them cannot do anything as their family was living near or in the black area, on the assurance that their family to be rescued by the security forces they will turned against and help the security forces.

Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) promo vid
come join them!   

come join the barrel bombers!

Army moving rapidly on plans for lightweight armored combat vehicle

By Gary Sheftick, Army News Service October 25, 2017



WASHINGTON -- The Army will ask industry next month to provide proposals for a lightweight armored combat vehicle known as the Mobile Protected Firepower or MPF vehicle, and plans call for fielding the system under a rapid acquisition effort.

Maj. Gen. David Bassett, the Army's program executive officer for Ground Combat Systems, said he hopes to cut bureaucracy on his programs and "do acquisition differently to deliver capability quickly." He spoke to reporters Oct. 10 at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, laying out a schedule for fielding the MPF.

First, the MPF program skipped the normal two- or three-year technology development phase.

A draft Request For Proposal, or RFP, went out at the end of September and feedback from potential MPF contractors was received this past week. The final RFP is scheduled to be issued in mid-November, Bassett said.

March will be the deadline for MPF proposals and bid samples are to be delivered to test sites in April. The Army will be expecting to see some "mature technologies" on the sample vehicles, a spokesperson said, and may opt for some modified "off-the-shelf" technology to speed up delivery.

The MPF vehicle will provide infantry brigade combat teams with a long-range direct-fire capability for forcible entry and breaching operations. It could very well have a 105mm gun up top, officials said, like the original Abrams tank.

"I don't want to say it's a light tank, but it's kind of like a light tank," said David Dopp, MPF project lead. He was named program manager for the MPF in June.

The MPF will be much lighter than a tank, though, weighing between 25 and 35 tons. Two of the armored vehicles should be able to be flown on a C-17 aircraft.

"It's not going toe to toe with a tank," Dopp said. "…It's for the infantry. It goes where the infantry goes --- it breaks through bunkers, it works through targets that the infantry can't get through."

It will be a tracked vehicle with substantial armor protection, Bassett said, "but certainly not what you'd see on a main battle tank." Plans also call for it to have "cyber-resilient" capabilities. 

What it will not be capable of is a low-velocity air drop from a C-17, Bassett said. Protection and lethality requirements will probably make it heavier than what's acceptable for a C-17 air drop, he explained.

A PLAAF JL-9 LIFT aircraft crashed in Anhui, China yesterday after "a sudden engine failure", the JL-9 is powered by a single locally built turbofan engine, the WP-13.

The pilots managed to eject.

Defense Ministry gets top allocation in 2018 state budget

The Jakarta Post

Jakarta | Thu, October 26, 2017 | 04:03 pm

The Defense Ministry will get a Rp 107.7 trillion allocation, the largest figure among the allocations for the Cabinet Ministries as stated in the 2018 state budget approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

“After the [final] update, the Defense Ministry budget is Rp 107.7 trillion. It is the largest allocation,” said the Finance Ministry's director general of budgetary affairs Askolani in Jakarta as reported by kompas.com on Thursday.

There is no further explanation about the detailed use of the funds in the ministry.

Total government spending in the approved state budget will reach Rp 2.22 quadrillion.

The second-largest budget allocation will go to the Public Works and Housing Ministry, as it will receive Rp 107.4 trillion, followed by the Religious Affairs Ministry (Rp 62.2 trillion), Health Ministry (Rp 59.1 trillion), Transportation Ministry (Rp 48.2 trillion), Social Ministry (Rp 41.3 trillion), Research and Higher Education Ministry (Rp 41.3 trillion), Education and Culture Ministry (40.1 trillion), Finance Ministry (Rp 32.9 trillion) and the Agriculture Ministry (Rp 23.8 trillion).

Meanwhile, the National Police get Rp 96.3 trillion, the largest figure for a non-ministry government institution.

Askolani said the budget increase for the National Police was to strengthen security prior to the simultaneous regional elections in 101 regions and to establish a new Regional Police Headquarters.

October 27, 2017 6:40 pm JST

MALAYSIA BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS: Propose To Allocate MYR2.2 Bln In 2018 To Raise Home Ownership

By Kuala Lumpur Newsroom
Nikkei Markets
 
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27) -- Here are some budget proposals related to fund allocations:

*Propose to allocate MYR2.2 billion in 2018 to raise home ownership

*Propose to allocate MYR27 billion in 2018 for health services

*Propose to allocate MYR6.5 billion for rural infrastructure

*Propose to allocate MYR3 billion for purchase, maintenance of defense assets

surplus cold war stuff.. 


i wanna see which "unfortunate?" unit will wear the classic soviet helmet 

Read more: https://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Nikkei-Mark...n_cid=NARAN1507

Dammit missed budget reading bcoz of stupid meeting.

Can anyone post specifics on defence budget?

-Almost RM9bil allocated for Royal Malaysian Police, including RM720mil to build 11 headquarters and six police stations, purchase of new firearms and operational vehicles, RM170mil to upgrade ICT equipment, including 1PDRMnet system.

– Over RM14bil allocated for the Armed Forces, including RM3bil for purchase and maintenance of defence assets and RM250mil for Esscom to enhance coastal security controls in Sabah and Sarawak.

Police, armed forces get shot in arm with RM23 billion allocation: PM

By NST ONLINE - October 27, 2017 @ 5:34pm

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM23 billion has been allocated for the country’s police and armed forces.

In his 2018 Budget announcement, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the allocation comprises RM14 billion for the armed forces and RM9 billion for the police.

Najib also announced RM900 million for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

“RM3 billion is allocated for the purchase and organising of defence assets.

“A total of RM720 million is also allocated to build 11 police headquarters and six police stations, as well as to purchase firearms and operational vehicles.

“Another RM170 million is allocated to upgrade ICT equipment such as the 1PDRMnet system; and another RM100 million to improve (enforcement forces’) communication system,” he said.

Najib added that a regional digital centre will be developed to curb threats from groups such as the Islamic State.

Dammit missed budget reading bcoz of stupid meeting.

Can anyone post specifics on defence budget?