Naval and Defense News

[redcoat]

Taken last night. [:D]

[Filitch]

Frigate HMS St Albans escorts Russian warship through North Sea

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... an-warship

Infrared photos of 22350 inside

[Filitch]

Christmas never comes

[Dysta]

A late report, Qatari military has Chinese-made SY-400/BP-12A MLRS:

https://southfront.org/qatar-showcases- ... es-photos/
http://weaponews.com/weapons/20614-chin ... p-12a.html

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The dual-use proliferation comes to extreme, into UCAVs.

How can you tell the difference between military and civilian drones without looking at them, especially the delivering method?

https://twitter.com/xinfengcao/status/9 ... 4417523712

[Broncepulido]

Disclosed new Gray Wolf swarm missile:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... ssile.html

[Dysta]

At the beginning of 2018, PAP will no longer administrated by local provincial governments, and will be under command by central military commissions entirely. PAP will becomes a proper paramilitary rather than local enforcements or public servants:

http://3g.china.com/act/military/111327 ... 78758.html (Simplified Chinese)
https://mobile.twitter.com/CGTNOfficial ... 5160330240

[Hongjian]

DF-17 tested. Seems to be a powered variant of the DF-ZF/WU-14 HGV and mated on a DF-16 based MRBM.



https://thediplomat.com/2017/12/introdu ... e-vehicle/

Introducing the DF-17: China's Newly Tested Ballistic Missile Armed With a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle

The DF-17 is the first hypersonic glide vehicle-equipped missile intended for operational deployment ever tested.

China carried out the first flight-tests of a new kind of ballistic missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) in November, The Diplomat has learned.

According to a U.S. government source who described recent intelligence assessments on the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) on the condition of anonymity, China recently conducted two tests of a new missile known as the DF-17.

The first test took place on November 1 and the second test took place on November 15. The November 1 test was the first Chinese ballistic missile test to take place after the conclusion of the first plenum of the Communist Party of China’s 19th Party Congress in October.

During the November 1 test flight, which took place from the Jiuquan Space Launcher Center in Inner Mongolia, the missile’s payload flew to a range of approximately 1,400 kilometers with the HGV flying at a depressed altitude of around 60 kilometers following the completion of the DF-17’s ballistic and reentry phases.

HGVs begin powered flight after separating from their ballistic missile boosters, which follow a standard ballistic trajectory to give the payload vehicle sufficient altitude.

Parts of the U.S. intelligence community assess that the DF-17 is a medium-range system, with a range capability between 1,800 and 2,500 kilometers. The missile is expected to be capable of delivering both nuclear and conventional payloads and may be capable of being configured to deliver a maneuverable reentry vehicle instead of an HGV.

Most of the missile’s flight time during the November 1 flight test was powered by the HGV during the glide phase, the source said. The missile successfully made impact at a site in Xinjiang Province, outside Qiemo, “within meters” of the intended target, the source added. The duration of the HGV’s powered flight was nearly 11 minutes during that test.

The HGV payload that China tested in November was specifically designed for the DF-17, the source told The Diplomat, while noting that parts of the U.S. intelligence community assess that the DF-17 is heavily based on the PLARF’s DF-16B short-range ballistic missile, which is already deployed.

“The missile is explicitly designed for operational HGV implementation and not as a test bed,” the source said, describing U.S. intelligence assessments of the DF-17. This was “the first HGV test in the world using a system intended to be fielded operationally,” the source added.

The DF-17, per current U.S. intelligence assessments, is expected to reach initial operating capability around 2020.

Henri K. has the NOTAM:

https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann/statu ... 0219370496

[Dysta]

Just saw this news recently, I have zero clue where the DF-17 name is come from. Most of the PLARF missiles are labeled the name on the canisters.

[Dysta]

Scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chinese-ships ... 20180.html

[kevinkins]

This was is the WP today, but here is a bit on it from a free site:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/ ... mpetition/

I wonder if it would land on a carrier full of fuel or have to jettison all or a portion?

[TheOttoman]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

Scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chinese-ships ... 20180.html

I had seen that and thought the same. Are the sensors for the satellite platforms modeled in a way that it can identify a specific ship - meaning in game, can it distinguish a specific cargo container from a pool of a dozen cargo containers?

[Dysta]

ORIGINAL: TheOttoman

I had seen that and thought the same. Are the sensors for the satellite platforms modeled in a way that it can identify a specific ship - meaning in game, can it distinguish a specific cargo container from a pool of a dozen cargo containers?

Yes, even for a plane as well, some commercial imaging satellites in 2010s has that capability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ-9zITGlr0

There's a downside however, normal visible spectrum imaging cannot penetrate cloud or smog, while SAR imaging is still classified for only governmental use.

[TheOttoman]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

ORIGINAL: TheOttoman

I had seen that and thought the same. Are the sensors for the satellite platforms modeled in a way that it can identify a specific ship - meaning in game, can it distinguish a specific cargo container from a pool of a dozen cargo containers?

Yes, even for a plane as well, some commercial imaging satellites in 2010s has that capability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ-9zITGlr0

There's a downside however, normal visible spectrum imaging cannot penetrate cloud or smog, while SAR imaging is still classified for only governmental use.

I'm specifically talking about in-game

[Dysta]

ORIGINAL: TheOttoman

I'm specifically talking about in-game

Yes.

[Dysta]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

Scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chinese-ships ... 20180.html

Quoted myself. Another scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-rus ... 44546.html

I have two assumptions for this case:
1, Cannot let NK die in cold, but I doubt they use oil for warmth
2, A retaliatory response to US, whom withdrawn UN funding after the counteragreement against Jerusalem capitalization.

[TheOttoman]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

ORIGINAL: TheOttoman

I'm specifically talking about in-game

Yes.

Brilliant!! Thank you

[Dysta]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

ORIGINAL: Dysta

Scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chinese-ships ... 20180.html

Quoted myself. Another scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-rus ... 44546.html

The plot chickens, oil smuggling is getting more desperate. Is Panama a victim or a deceiver?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/north-korea-s ... 06880.html

[Hongjian]

An official AVIC scale model of the Sharp Sword (Li Jian) UCAV was leaked. Precedence lead to PLA watchers rumoring that the production of this stealth attack drone is imminent, five years after the maiden flight of the prototype (which still used the RD-93 engines with unshielded nozzles and afterburner).

The latest images of an AVIC scale model (December 2017) suggested that Sharp Sword to go into production has undergone some modifications including a shielded engine exaust, a chin-mounted IRST, conformal (phased array/EW?) antennas embedded in the leading edges of flying wing, two optimized internal bomb bays for GPS/Beidou guided glide bombs of different weights (100kg & 500kg). The UCAV may be powered by a new engine as well.

Heri K. wrote a piece dedicated to that topic: Despite his cautions to jump to conclusions, there are some precedence in the appearance of official AVIC scale models and the impeding production of various new projects.

http://www.eastpendulum.com/debut-de-li ... harp-sword

[Tailhook]

ORIGINAL: Dysta

ORIGINAL: Dysta

ORIGINAL: Dysta

Scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chinese-ships ... 20180.html

Quoted myself. Another scenario opportunity:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-rus ... 44546.html

The plot chickens, oil smuggling is getting more desperate. Is Panama a victim or a deceiver?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/north-korea-s ... 06880.html

The vast majority of the world's merchant ships are flagged out of Panama for a number of financial and legal reasons. I sincerely doubt the government has any awareness, involvement, or culpability in this.

[Dysta]

Shots fired:

https://www.maritime-executive.com/arti ... -shot-down

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Fully autonomous robots for assembling ammunition is taking place in China, under increasing demands of domestic renewal and export:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac ... urned-over