Houthi 'suicide drone' explodes at King Khalid Air Base, destroying two Saudi Tornado attack jets



The Mail on Sunday can also reveal how RAF engineers sent to Saudi Arabia to repair the kingdom’s fleet of military aircraft narrowly escaped death last week. Iranian-backed rebels launched a ‘suicide drone’ strike on the King Khalid air base, where they are maintaining Tornado jets used to bomb civilian areas in Yemen.

According to reports, the drone exploded on the runway, destroying two Tornados. The MoD said no UK personnel were wounded.

In response to the revelations, former Minister Andrew Mitchell said last night the UK was ‘shamefully complicit’ in Saudi Arabia’s role in Yemen. He called on the Government to provide further explanations to Parliament about the role of the British troops.

In related news, at least five British Special Forces commandos have been wounded in gun battles as part of a top-secret UK military campaign in Yemen, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The elite Special Boat Service (SBS) troops, whose presence in the war-ravaged country is shrouded in secrecy, suffered gunshot injuries in fierce clashes with Iranian-backed rebel militia in recent months.

The SBS men were treated for leg and arm wounds following the battles in the Sa’dah area of northern Yemen, where up to 30 crack British troops are based. The casualties are understood to be now recovering in the UK.

A SBS source said: ‘The guys are fighting in inhospitable desert and mountainous terrain against highly committed and well-equipped Houthi rebels. The SBS’s role is mainly training and mentoring but on occasions they have found themselves in firefights and some British troops have been shot.

‘In a contact a few weeks ago, a SBS guy was shot in the hand and another guy was shot in the leg. Their injuries were a reminder that this is a very dangerous assignment. Obviously nothing about the mission will be confirmed publicly by the Ministry of Defence unless a UK soldier is killed – they’d have to announce that.’

The Government’s official position is that it is seeking a ‘sustainable political solution to the Yemen conflict’.

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are all our exocet surface launch or some also SM39s? LTZ

KDN akan tubuhkan pasukan petugas tangani isu pencerobohan nelayan asing



Kabinet akan menubuhkan sebuah pasukan petugas khas diketuai oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) bagi menangani masalah pencerobohan nelayan asing di perairan negara, kata Menteri Dalam Negeri Muhyiddin Yassin.

Selain KDN, katanya, pasukan itu turut disertai Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Kementerian Pertahanan dan Kementerian Luar serta tujuh agensi penguatkuasaan.

Tujuh agensi berkenaan adalah ​​​​​​​Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM), Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM), Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), Jabatan Imigresen, Jabatan Perikanan, Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM) dan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM).

"Mereka akan mengatur operasi khas dalam tempoh yang segera dan diharapkan dengan tindakan ini maka pencerobohan nelayan asing tidak terus berlaku," katanya pada sidang media di KDN, di Putrajaya, hari ini.

Turut serta pada sidang media itu ialah Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Salahuddin Ayub dan Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan, Liew Chin Tong.

Menurut Muhyiddin, masalah pencerobohan nelayan asing terutamanya dari Vietnam pada tahun ini semakin berleluasa dengan 41 bot telah ditahan oleh APMM, manakala Jabatan Perikanan menahan sebanyak 26 bot.

"Kes ini bukan baru tetapi akhir-akhir ini semakin meningkat mengikut musim kerana sekarang musim sotong. Mereka (nelayan asing) masuk dan tidak mengendahkan undang-undang perairan antarabangsa," katanya.

Ditanya sama ada tindakan penguatkuasaan sebelum ini kurang berkesan, Muhyiddin berkata setiap agensi menjalankan tugas dan operasi mengikut bidang masing-masing.

"Kalau gerakan dibuat secara bersepadu, bila mereka (nelayan asing) dengar kita datang, diharapkan mereka tak berani masuk dan ceroboh peraiaran kita.

"Jika mereka ceroboh juga, dengan aset yang lebih dan tenaga manusia yang dimobilisasikan maka mungkin kita boleh tahan mereka secara lebih baik," jelasnya.

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This should be the main purview of the APMM, yet the navy is still getting roped into this venture.

River-class Batch 1 OPV HMS Clyde



and

River-class Batch 2 OPV HMS Forth




^ excellent points

Question: do TDM have division-scale manoeuvre exercises?

this is a major problem... 10para which is supposed to be the rpd should at least have a battalion size unit to be able to deploy anywhere in msia within 24 hours

they tired maybe...come a long way from tomyam land... 

their will get next sub from china right??so they visit here only or will try some of our sub training?

apa lagi side roll, front roll sama back roll bejemaah laa

France’s FS Charles de Gaulle in Singapore for deployment’s furthest port visit



French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle has arrived in Singapore where the French defense minister will be taking part in the Shangri-La Dialogue from May 31 to June 2.

Singapore’ Changi Naval Base is the farthest port call of the aircraft carrier’s deployment as part of operation Clemencau 2019, which started in March this year.

Once the ship gets underway, it will start the return leg of the mission and is expected to return to its Toulon homeport in July.

During its time in Singapore, however, the aircraft carrier and ships from the carrier strike group will join their Singaporean counterparts for exercises.

This is the aircraft carrier’s second port call in Singapore, after it previously arrived for a visit in 2002.

Prior to arriving in Singapore, the aircraft carrier took part in a number of exercises in the Bay of Bengal, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The ship also took part in dual-carrier ops with Indian and US aircraft carriers.

your sub don't wanna go record izumo's and de gaulle's sound signature ka?   

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just finish... 7.5/10... if u do watch i hv questions to ask
hmmm... grunt doing sentry n patrol?

netflix

Abg mat gi france ni x bawak balik apa2 ke? Huhu..