Naval and Defense News

[Dysta]

ORIGINAL: Hongjian

- 12,000km maximum range;
- 40 tons weight
- One 2.5 Megaton single warhead or up to three 400-600kt MIRVs.

The Chinese wrote 25 Wan (10 thousands) for single and 4-6 Wan for MIRV. So they're 250kT and 40-60kT respectively.

[Dysta]

-1 of JAS-39C for RTAF. A sad event right in front of many kids.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... lot-killed

A fighter jet crashed during a Children's Day air show in Hat Yai, Songkhla province, on Saturday. The pilot was killed.

Sqn Ldr Dilokrit Pattavee was killed when the Swedish-made Jas 39C Gripen fighter jet crashed on a runway at Wing 56 during the air show at around 9.27am while performing a surprise attack manoeuvre.

About an hour later, Thai media reported an airport fire engine overturned while rushing to put out the fire shortly after the crash. Hat Yai airport had to close to clear the runway. Commercial flights were diverted to Krabi airport while outbound flights were delayed. Authorities expect to be able to reopen the airport before noon.

Air Force spokesman Pongsak Semachai said a committee would be set up to investigate into the cause.

The "Royal Thai Air Force" Facebook urged the public not to share the video clips and photos of the crash out of respect for the victim's family and affected parties.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-ocha and ACM Jom Roongsawang expressed condolences to the pilot's family.

Thailand,  the only country in the region with the Swedish planes in its fleet, has acquired 12 Gripen C/D single-engine fighter jets since 2008 at a cost of nearly US$70 million (2.5 billion baht) apiece.

[Dysta]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-1 ... grant-atta
http://www.top-news.top/news-12645433.html (Auto-translate from Traditional Chinese)

Here's the analysis of how Israeli airstrike against Damascus airfield, with possible involvement of F-35I and S-400:

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However, I believe that the possibility of the emergence of confrontation is not large, first of all, the Israeli Air Force has just received F-35I fighter, so quickly into the operational possibility is not large, while the Russian S-400 mainly deployed in Latakia, For the protection of the Russian air force and naval base in Syria, Latakia and Damascus in a straight line distance of more than 300 km, for the S-400 ground air defense system that its detection range by the Earth curvature limit, microwave radar radar approximation So the radar can not detect the target below the horizon, regardless of whether the target is invisible, so from the radar line of sight in terms of, S-400 in Latakia almost only found Damascus more than 5,000 meters The Israeli fighter as long as less than this height will be able to avoid the Russian radar detection, while the Russian S-400 is currently equipped with a 48N6DM missile, its range is only 250 km from Latakia also can not hit Damascus.

More at Top-News

[xavierv]

Our coverage from Surface Navy Association national symposium (SNA 2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVH6ce_biJ4
Day 1:
HII DDG 51 Flight III
Kongsberg NSM Naval Strike Missile
Raytheon SM-6 missile
BAE Systems Electromagnetic Railgun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8LHZoazodA
Day 2:
- Lockheed Martin LRASM
- Saab CEROS 200 FCR
- 901D Computer Aided Dead Reckoning Tracing (CADRT)
- General Atomics EMALS, AAG and Railgun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beSFglOeHwc
Day 3:
- L3 Technologies MK20 Mod1 EOSS
- Lockheed Martin / Navantia F110 Frigate
- General Dynamics Mission Systems Bluefin Sandshark AUV
- Raytheon Excalibur for DDG 1000

[redcoat]

This article looks at how Russia is trying to develop systems to counter drone swarms:

https://warisboring.com/so-you-want-to-take-out-a-drone-swarm-e423ff57cf4d#.ugoxnahgo

The information about the Russian systems is from TASS and Izvestia. I think the British system mentioned is AUDS (Anti-UAV Defence System) – which is being developed by Blighter Surveillance Systems. It has a longer range than only 2.5km.

[xavierv]

Thales press release.... I am still strying to find out how many sets will be delivered... but can't seem to reach Thales right now

Thales contracted to deliver Royal Navy's new airborne surveillance and control capability

Thales and Lockheed Martin announce the contract award to deliver the Royal Navy’s new airborne surveillance and control system, under the ‘CROWSNEST’ programme. Lockheed Martin, who acts as the Ministry of Defence’s prime contractor for the Merlin helicopter, selected a new generation of the Thales Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system to be fitted to existing Merlin Mk2s helicopters to provide the Navy with an airborne surveillance and control capability (ASaC).

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph ... ility.html

[Hongjian]

Oh, looks like that PLAAF Monster AAM of last year was long in service - it already took part in China's Red-Flag equivalent:

https://twitter.com/xinfengcao/status/8 ... 7424627712

Newly released pic shows J-11B carried the unnamed long range AAM in last year's Red Sword exercise.

Previously; this missile has been identified as some sort of airborne anti-air ballistic missile with long range to take out AWACS and Tankers etc. The name of that missile is, as said, unknown - but the sort of trajectory it uses makes using the acronym "AABM" quite fitting.

http://www.janes.com/article/65922/imag ... ir-missile

Here, we see a pair being carried by the J-16 Strike Flanker, raising questions about whether this missile is anti-air at all. But now we could be pretty sure that it is, since the J-11B Sino-Flanker is no attack plane (and has no ground attack radar modes).

[Gunner98]

USS Ford set for April acceptance.

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/nav ... rrier-ford

[Dysta]

http://newatlas.com/laser-weapon-space- ... bae/47409/

BAE explores airborne laser deflector shield concept

https://youtu.be/rhWBAFAGwzE

[kevinkins]

US Navy's Harpoon Weapon System - extended range at 2x current distance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEMM1tDw58M

[redcoat]

Japan and the UK are moving forward with efforts to develop a new joint air-to-air missile.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/details-of-joint-missile-project-with-japan-emerge/

[xavierv]

our last SNA 2017 video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSNln7gS4QQ

In this video, coverage of:
- Boeing Harpoon ER anti-ship missile
- Raytheon SeaRAM and RAM Block 2 missile
- Lockheed Martin export LCS / MMSC Multi Mission Surface Combatant
- Curtiss-Wright TRAPS sonar system
- Atlas North America SeaCAT AUV

[mikmykWS]

Excellent reporting! Looked like a fun event.

Mike

[tjhkkr]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mee ... li=BBnb7Kz

[Dysta]

It's simply too risky to proliferate nuclear arsenal in the future, and cannot equalize the measure by destroying the world.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/xi-calls-worl ... 58713.html

"Nuclear weapons should be completely prohibited and destroyed over time to make the world free of nuclear weapons,"

Also a scenario opportunity:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/0 ... es-taiwan/
http://3g.china.com/act/military/111327 ... 88894.html (Simplified Chinese, with short note of "this can be an act of war.")

In a commentary published Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal likely to stoke anger in China, Bolton said Washington “could enhance its East Asia military posture by increasing U.S. military sales to Taiwan and by again stationing military personnel and assets there.”

In the commentary, Bolton also noted that the stationing of U.S. military personnel in Taiwan could help alleviate other problems in East Asia, including in Okinawa Prefecture, which hosts the bulk of U.S. forces in Japan.

[Hongjian]

Bolton also noted that the stationing of U.S. military personnel in Taiwan could help alleviate other problems in East Asia

Holy crap.
That's, like, the worst offense you can commit in China's eyes. They can accept literally everything, even that SCS island blockade - but US troops in Taiwan would instantly prompt war. That's not even funny. That's Cuba-crisis-like sort of unfunny.

[Raptorx7_slith]

Its going to be a long 4 years...

[strykerpsg]

ORIGINAL: raptorx7

Its going to be a long 4 years...

Because the last 8 years have been so stabilizing.......back to OP threads

[strykerpsg]

ORIGINAL: navyrecognition

our last SNA 2017 video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSNln7gS4QQ

In this video, coverage of:
- Boeing Harpoon ER anti-ship missile

Nice video! Question about the Harpoon ER, are they only extending it's range? While the added range is nice, it needs some added stealth characteristics to be competitive with the likes of NSM.

[Raptorx7_slith]

ORIGINAL: strykerpsg

ORIGINAL: raptorx7

Its going to be a long 4 years...

Because the last 8 years have been so stabilizing.......back to OP threads

Assuming that I don't think that either is pretty silly, don't twist it to fit a narrative.