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Right after the release of Chains of War, there are some articles wrote by some alarmists. From hacking to lethal espionage failure.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/can-f-35-jets- ... rt-1622542

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The F-35 is controlled by Lockheed's complex maintenance and support system known as ALIS, or Autonomic Logistics Information System. Experts have opined that ALIS has been given too much power and sometimes human intervention cannot overrule it.

Bratt said hackers could exploit vulnerabilities in this system and take control which will make the human pilot useless. To avoid this, it is crucial that the hardware remains functional even if a hack or defect has incapacitated its software.

To achieve this, a software alteration is not enough. From the inception of designing the hardware itself, the defences have to be thought about. Bratt mentioned that the current F-35s are being looked at for upgrading their defence system but did not divulge any details saying it is classified.

Recently, a deadly seat ejection flaw was fixed on the F-35A, almost two years after the problem was discovered. Post the recent ransomware attacks that took the world by storm, several cyber experts have warned about defence weapons being targeted by hackers in future including remote controlling of fleets like the F-35 and nuclear access codes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-killed ... 29226.html

Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday.

The Times, quoting 10 current and former American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, described the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades.

It said that even now intelligence officials are unsure whether the US was betrayed by a mole within the CIA or whether the Chinese hacked a covert system used by the CIA to communicate with foreign sources.

Of the damage inflicted on what had been one of the most productive US spy networks, however, there was no doubt: at least a dozen CIA sources were killed between late 2010 and the end of 2012, including one who was shot in front of colleagues in a clear warning to anyone else who might be spying, the Times reported.

In all, 18 to 20 CIA sources in China were either killed or imprisoned, according to two former senior American officials quoted. It was a grave setback to a network that, up to then, had been working at its highest level in years.

Those losses were comparable to the number of US assets lost in the Soviet Union and Russia because of the betrayals of two infamous spies, Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen, the report said.

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And Jilin-1 Satellite captured the Nellis AFB dated on 11 April 2017, as clearly seen as the loadout mounted to F-15:

http://military.china.com/jctp/11172988 ... 49509.html (6 Photos, Simplified Chinese)

I just happened to find out about this company and its services, and find it interesting to say the least (they founded 15 years ago though) - why can't all of the armed services services just get along?? [:D] OMEGA is the USAF's Space-X. I suppose not a huge threat for the USAF and Boeing, they only have 2 KC707s and 1 KC-10.

http://omegaairrefueling.com/vms/

Type 052D Number 6, DDG-154 "Xiamen" soon to be commissioned. As the name already suggest, it will serve in the East Sea Fleet - the first 052D-class DDG for that fleet, actually.
It will be the 2nd commissioning of a 052D in 2017 (first one was DDG-117 "Xining" for the North Sea Fleet). A third commissioning is expected by the end of this year (DDG-118 "Urumuqi" for the NSF as well)



The ship's crest:

ORIGINAL: Hongjian

The ship's crest:

I think this is a courtesy to the US TV show The Last Ship few years ago. Hardly say it's just a coincidence, given by the tradition of PLA's insignia designs, mythic is very rare.

EDIT streaks: Finally, I found the video. Remember, it's just a show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8LCa1zsdw

Must have a heck on a keel on that ship ...

ORIGINAL: Hongjian

The ship's crest:

Made me wonder in the first place. Thought China uses a numbers-only style for their hullnumbers.

ORIGINAL: Supreme 2.0
Made me wonder in the first place. Thought China uses a numbers-only style for their hullnumbers.

Yes, the PLAN hulls only have that three digit number. 1XX for Destroyers, 5XX for Frigates, 8XX for AOR/AOEs and Test Ships, 9XX for landing ships/amphibious assets of all sort. Only the Aircraft carriers get a two digit number like 1X (CV16, CV17 etc.

And as for naming; Destroyers are named after big cities adjacent to the coast-line/Fleet HQ that they will be subordinate to, while Frigates are named after smaller cities. Landing ships are named after mountains, Fleet oilers and supply ships after lakes.
Carriers and presumably large cruisers are named after provinces (which is why the 055 will probably be classified as Destroyer, or else, the number of provinces will eventually run out)

A Few other ship crest;

Type 956EM Sovremenny-class DDG-139 "Ningbo" East Sea Fleet - the Russian text remains to honour its origin. SAM and AShM are modeled to represent ancient Chinese pole-arms; the "Ge 戈" (Dagger-Axe) and the "Ji 戟;" (Halbert), which were the mainstay weapons of Chinese armies.


Type 052D DDG-175 "Yinchuan", 4th 052D of the South Sea Fleet - A blood-thirsty shark wielding both a bloodied Ji-Halbert and a Sword.


Type 054 FFG-525 "Ma'anshan" of the East Sea Fleet. The symbol of the skewered Flipper (acutally a Shark but eh) is clearly inspired by the Russian/Soviet ASW badge. As such, the "Ma'anshan", like other FFG's main-duty is ASW.


And finally, the Type 001/Admiral Kutznesov-class carrier CV-16 "Liaoning". The flower is suppossed to have some symbolism, but I dont know any further.



The crest of the PLAN 1st Carrier Group to the right:

These ships are naval workhorses, but definitely not as non-characteristic as 'minions'. They have insignias for crews to the ship they're servicing in multiple roles at sea; unlike missile boats, they don't have insignia or name because it's solely for combat, and no diplomatic value with it.

As for the name behind pennant numbers, It's just following the PLAN's ship naming system by the Chinese towns/cities/provinces for most of the frontliners, instead of using leader/contributor/serviceman such as USS Stark (destroyer) and USS Duncan (frigate). PLAN only use the human name for training ships and weapon research ships.

ORIGINAL: Dysta

These ships are naval workhorses, but definitely not as non-characteristic as 'minions'. They have insignias for crews to the ship they're servicing in multiple roles at sea; unlike missile boats, they don't have insignia or name because it's solely for combat, and no diplomatic value with it.

As for the name behind pennant numbers, It's just following the PLAN's ship naming system by the Chinese towns/cities/provinces for most of the frontliners, instead of using leader/contributor/serviceman such as USS Stark (destroyer) and USS Duncan (frigate). PLAN only use the human name for training ships and weapon research ships.

What I meant was that the Xiamen ship crest read "DDG-154" which made me wonder because I thought China does not use the US style of hullnumbers (placing DDG, CVN, SSN, etc. before the actual pennant number).

ORIGINAL: Supreme 2.0

What I meant was that the Xiamen ship crest read "DDG-154" which made me wonder because I thought China does not use the US style of hullnumbers (placing DDG, CVN, SSN, etc. before the actual pennant number).

Ohhhhhh, the Hull Code. When you said Hull Number, I thought it means Pennant Number. It's actually the same I realized today:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_clas ... ion_symbol

There are people out there who would have you believe that this video shows the USMC completing F-35B airborne gun testing....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wvR1BLM8ds

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/f-35b-airborne-gun-testing-run-complete/

I on the other hand think it shows this F-35 has the same problem as my old Jeep Cherokee!
The smoke is identical [:D]

FYI ...

Penghu islands

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ ... 5-07-53-55

Lockheed Martin Drops LRASM Out of Littoral Combat Ship/Frigate Missile Competition

https://news.usni.org/2017/05/24/lockhe ... ompetition

it became clear that our offering would not be fully valued

Seems like double-speak meaning - 'We told the Navy they needed this because we spent $$ on it - but they didn't want to pay for what they didn't ask for'

Not sure..

B

Will the LRASM be still be fitted to the Arleigh Burkes, Zumwalts or the Ticonderoga Classes via VLS or above deck mounts?

Ps occasionally when replaying a scenario and I feel there's not enough US local firepower, I'll add 4 B-1 loaded with 24, it makes for a bad day at bad guy central!!!

B

ORIGINAL: BrianinMinnie

Will the LRASM be still be fitted to the Arleigh Burkes, Zumwalts or the Ticonderoga Classes via VLS or above deck mounts?

Ps occasionally when replaying a scenario and I feel there's not enough US local firepower, I'll add 4 B-1 loaded with 24, it makes for a bad day at bad guy central!!!

B

There is a competition that's slated to begin this year (Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Increment 2) for fielding in 2024. Its expected that LRASM will compete against Joint Strike Missile for Air Launch and a Tomahawk for VLS.

The current air launch batch is a stop gap though maybe the Navy will secretly get some into VLS sooner as its been tested.

ORIGINAL: Gunner98

Lockheed Martin Drops LRASM Out of Littoral Combat Ship/Frigate Missile Competition

https://news.usni.org/2017/05/24/lockhe ... ompetition

it became clear that our offering would not be fully valued

Seems like double-speak meaning - 'We told the Navy they needed this because we spent $$ on it - but they didn't want to pay for what they didn't ask for'

Not sure..

B

Well that leaves only the Naval Strike Missle left in contention it would seem. A fine choice for the LCS/Frigate mission.
One thinking hurting any LRASM offering is they have to newly develop a deck launcher for it which only adds to the cost.

Is this more about spreading contracts around NATO than the inherit capabilities of the missile? Maybe the supply chain's ability to get the full product into warriors hands quickly made a difference. This back stage stuff we are not privy to.

Kevin

The state developers was nominated the top award by the government for the success of Chinese ABM program. The official article reported the variant of its missile is 'Air & Space Defense Missile' , or 'Hungtian' (空天) for the first two words in Chinese.

No foreign redirected news or analysis yet, but local medias and fans spectate it is the rumored HQ-19. It's yet to know the true name, as they believe it's still not yet to be serviceable.

Will bring more updates later on, I will temporary nickname it Hungtian:

http://3g.china.com/act/military/111327 ... 64541.html (Simplified Chinese)

I got quite excited when I saw this, but then realized its for communications-jamming only. I'm sure your pro users would be happy to have this - I don't see it in the WIKI database...however I don't see the CHAMP system there either, so maybe your Pro-Only weapons don't show up for us. Anyways, I think the best feature of this, is that ability for the pod to be remotely controlled so the pilot doesn't have to worry about EW. I hope this concept applies to the NGJ, so they can eventually be mounted to the F-35B to give the Gator Navy its final missing Marine Aviation Capability Requirement, which is lacking on the LHA.

http://www.janes.com/article/62616/us-m ... perational

Pretty sure there are omnidirectional EMP versions of gbu31 and Jassm.

Mike