The Japanese Battleship Fusō, displaying it's towering 'Pagoda Mast' superstructure.

Hey I own one of these in world of warships. Very cool ship.

I don't like. The huge tower is a great aiming point lol

(Sails off in my KGV)

Malaysian Army to take delivery of six new helicopters in August

Bernama
Februari 26, 2021 17:56 MYT

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Army (TDM) will take delivery of six MD-530G helicopters worth RM321.9 million in August, said Army Chief General Tan Sri Zamrose Mohd Zain.

He said the McDonnell Douglas helicopters are still in Arizona, USA while all the agreements and certifications including the memorandum of understanding (MOU) have been approved.

"These MD-530G helicopters have undergone the flight test requirements and I was there (Arizona) to see to the validation testing. After all is clear the six helicopters will arrive in Malaysia this August.

"I will be going to Arizona again for the next phase which is the pre-delivery inspection (PDI) and subsequently training will be conducted," he said in an exclusive interview in conjunction with the 88th Army Day celebration at Perdana Sungai Besi Camp here today.

Zamrose said the assets would have a marked effect on military operations.

-- BERNAMA

South Korea to showcase its new fighter jet in April

By Gu Min-Cheol
Mar 1, 2021


Photo by the Korean Defense Photo Lab

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) plans to unveil a prototype of South Korea’s first indigenous fighter jet in April, the arms procurement agency has said.

According to the arms procurement agency, KAI is set to roll out the first prototype of its next-generation fighter jet, better known as the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) aircraft.

Jung Kwang-sun, heading the KF-X program at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, said the planned rollout event will be a “landmark moment” for the country and the aerospace industry.

“After working only with the blueprint so far, we will now have something we can actually see and test whether what we have been studying actually works,” Jung told reporters at the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) headquarters in the southern city of Sacheon on Wednesday.

South Korea has been working on the next-generation fighter development project since late 2015 to replace the Air Force’s aging fleet of F-4 and F-5 jets.

A total of six prototypes are in the final stages of assembly at the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) headquarters in Sacheon, Gyeongsang Province. Test flights will be carried out next year, following ground testing after the April roll-out.

MALAYA'S FIRST NAVAL SHIP



HMS Laburnum was one of the 24 ships of the Acacia-class Sloops. She was laid down at the Scotstoun yard of Charles Connell and Company in February 1915, launched on 10 June 1915 and completed in August 1915. The Acacia-class fleet sweeping sloops were adapted for escort work, minesweeping and as decoy warships. As an escort vessel, the Laburnum was relatively lightly armed, only equipped with two 76mm guns and three 47mm AA guns.

After a rather eventful WW1 the Laburnum was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1922 where she remained in service until 1935. Afterwards she was transferred to the Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve (precursor of the Royal Malaysian Navy) as a training ship. She remained in service until the invasion of Japan in 1942. As Japanese forces reached Singapore, the Laburnum was scuttled to prevent it being seized by the Japanese. The wreck was later raised and used as a breakwater in East Lagoon and was finally scrapped in 1967.

any idea how they can easily grab their water bottle? 

WW2 was the death of the battleship, we all know that

The IJN was actually quite strong, when the battleships and carriers and the whole fleet are taken into consideration. It's just that they could not match the massive untapped reserve of the US manpower, industry and civilian economy.

But that was a characteristic of the entire Japanese High Command planning in WW2. From strategic planning down to the banzai charge at platoon level, their mindset was to gamble everything on one bold attack, no reserves. Because frankly that was the only way they could match the numbers of their opponents.

they oso had the wrong strategy for subs

They had the wrong strategy period

yup and PH basically was just them destroying old unretired trash ships pre-ww1

Philippines signs agreement with India for world's fastest supersonic missiles


A soldier salutes from a Brahmos Weapon system in New Delhi, on Jan 26, 2021.PHOTO: AFP

PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO

MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Philippines and India have signed an agreement for a potential supply of BrahMos cruise missiles, a product of collaboration by India and Russia, which the Philippine government hopes would boost coastal defence.

Philippine Defence Undersecretary Raymund Elefante and Indian Ambassador Shambu Kumaran signed an implementing agreement on Tuesday (March 2) at Camp Aguinaldo, headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, according to the Philippine Department of National Defence on Facebook.

04 MARCH 2021

TKMS representatives arrive in Jakarta to discuss Type 214 submarines

by Ridzwan Rahmat


TKMS is understood to be offering a Type 214 variant that is similar to the Hellenic Navy’s Papanikolis-class boats. (Michael Nitz/Naval Press Service)

A delegation of representatives from German shipbuilder Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has arrived in Jakarta to discuss the potential acquisition of Type 214 diesel-electric submarines (SSKs) for the Indonesian Navy (Tentera Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL).

The delegation, which is headed by a TKMS Senior Vice President that is responsible for the eastern region, completed their last day of quarantine procedures on 2 March, and began discussions with representatives from the Indonesian Ministry of State Owned Enterprises and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) a day later, a source close to the ongoing discussions has confirmed with Janes.

Among matters that are being discussed include the TNI-AL’s operational requirements, work-share arrangements that can be offered by TKMS to the local shipbuilding industry, infrastructure support, and financing terms should a procurement programme for the boats materialise.

Besides Jakarta, the TKMS delegation will also be visiting PT PAL’s submarine production facilities in Surabaya.

The Type 214 SSK from TKMS is one of several programmes that have been recently included in the MoD’s ‘Blue Book’– a list of proposed procurements that either have, or are being escalated to the Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning (Kementerian Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional: BAPPENAS) for funding approval.

The escalation, which outlines a requirement for up to four Type 214 boats, was disclosed in the 2021 edition of a yearly publication for Indonesian Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia: TNI) and MoD staff known as the ‘Leadership Assembly’. The publication features opening remarks from TNI Chief Air Vice Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.