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RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:34 am
by Hongjian
https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann/statu ... 6569077760
Le destroyer Type 055 s’est équipé d’une nouvelle génération de systèmes équivalente du CEC américain. La plupart des navires actuels de la marine chinoise, y compris les ravitailleurs, est doté de la 2e (??) génération qui a été testée pendant 12 ans jusqu’en 2016.
Henri K reports, a new generation (2nd?) of Chinese equivalent to the USN's CEC system has been equipped on the Type 055.
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:28 am
by kevinkins
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22 ... -personnel
Things are getting messy/messier.
I see a scenario in all this somewhere. Maybe an evacuation of the base and protection of the transports and nukes.
Article on future battlegrounds:
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/ ... rd%20Brief
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:40 pm
by Dysta
If that escalates, Syria will have a significant advantage for the siege of Idlib, Turkey cannot put out two fires at the same time, especially in a middle of devaluation.
Speaking of military involvement against Idlib rebels, China has officially denied the claim of pro-regime media that the 'ambassador' will send PLA to Syria:
http://www.ecns.cn/m/news/military/2018 ... 1512.shtml
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:47 pm
by Dysta
The recent 1.14.4 update cannot have better timing than ever -- looks like DF-ZF program has extended to UAV developments too:
https://www.twitter.com/RupprechtDeino/ ... 0631012352 (images)
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:58 am
by kevinkins
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... ines-28807
"It does this by launching unmanned underwater vehicles that are equipped with bistatic sonar. Therefore, the UUV will use active sonar to detect and track enemy vessels and send their location back to the host submarine, which will be equipped with sonar receivers."
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:26 pm
by Broncepulido
APG-83 SABR AESA radar very probably for USMC F/A-18C/D:
https://www.naval-technology.com/news/n ... 8c-hornet/
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:43 pm
by Dysta
ORIGINAL: kevinkin
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... ines-28807
"It does this by launching unmanned underwater vehicles that are equipped with bistatic sonar. Therefore, the UUV will use active sonar to detect and track enemy vessels and send their location back to the host submarine, which will be equipped with sonar receivers."
So that means the UUV can also act as both seeker and decoy simultaneously. UUV ping the sub location, while its own sonar noise can deceive the enemy sub.
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:06 am
by Triode
fully modernized Tu-22M3M , returned refueling equipment? and no rear gun
hmm, is refueling ban from SALT-2 no longer in effect?
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 12:41 pm
by Sharana
ORIGINAL: Triode
fully modernized Tu-22M3M , returned refueling equipment? and no rear gun
hmm, is refueling ban from SALT-2 no longer in effect?
The improvements are a lot more. The main thing is the completely new avionics that are from the new Tu-160M2. As such it can also use weapons from the Tu-160 like the Kh-101 cruise missile for example. Also new engines that are for Tu-160M2 - more fuel efficent and of course maximum possible unification to reduce logistics cost. New defensive systems instead of the gun that was quite heavy they say allowing to place quite some jamming equipment instead.
The other big thing is the refueling equipment ofc - with few refuels it can fly up to 20 000km (combat radius of 10 000km).
As for the refueling ban from SALT-2 - well they say that SALT-2 is no longer active and was one of many signed treaties. After the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) ones there were START ones (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). The latest one is "New START" (also START III) signed in 2011 and it's the 7th such treatie (the mentioned SALT-2 was the 3rd) and they succeed each other. Article XIV Section 4 says that this new treatie replaces the older one making it the only active one. And this latest treatie (New START) says nothing about Tu-22, it just sets limit strategic nuclear missile launchers which is 700 (missiles + bombers). Yes Tu-22M3M can and will be counted as strategic bomber along with Tu-95 and Tu-160 now, but they won't go above the limit of 700 so no violation.
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:37 pm
by Hongjian
Good view on the modified Type 032 Qing-class SSB test submarine. The new conning tower with the protrusion is speculated to be for the longer ranged and larger JL-3 SLBM.
The old conning tower, for testing the old JL-2 SLBM.

RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 5:14 pm
by Broncepulido
RAF Typhoons based at Romania intercepting Russian Su-24s over the Black Sea on 13 August 2018:
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/typhoon ... r-romania/
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:30 am
by Sharana
Su-57 with it's targeting pod

RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:58 am
by Hongjian
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diploma ... atch-south
String of Chinese satellites to keep real-time watch on South China Sea to protect ‘national sovereignty’
Each reef and island in the contested waters will be monitored from space after launches start next year, developer says
China will next year start launching a series of satellites to track water conditions and traffic, and reinforce “national sovereignty” throughout the South China Sea, according to state media.
In all, six optical satellites, two hyperspectral satellites and two radar satellites will keep a real-time daily watch on the contested waters and monitor key areas several times a day as part of the Hainan satellite constellation system, China News Service reported on Monday.
The programme is being carried out by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and is expected to be completed by 2021.
In the programme’s first phase, three of the optical satellites will be launched in the second half of next year. They will be equipped with optical remote sensors, a system to identify ships and cameras designed to monitor the ocean’s surface.
The network’s initial priority was to cover all of the South China, Sea so the cameras in the first three satellites will be strong enough only to focus on large and mid-sized vessels, the report said.
The two hyperspectral satellites to be launched in the second phase in 2020 will be able to assess water conditions, while the synthetic aperture radar satellites to be sent into orbit in the third phase will be able to provide all-weather, high-definition monitoring.
Yang said that when the network is completed, it will cover the entire area between the 30th north and south parallels, and could offer “seamless monitoring and receiving system” of tropical regions.
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:52 pm
by Triode
from "Army-2018" another KGNTs project
Storm-KM
37-44000 t
110000 hp gasturbine engine ,smoke stacks horisontal like on "Akagi" carrier
28 knots
electro-mechanical catapult
24-28 fighters (Mig-29k or Su-33)
12 helicopters
4 "perspective AEWACS"
and UAVs
smaller than 100000t "Storm", idea to build this supported by USC (cose they can build this now on existed shipyards)
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:06 pm
by Dysta
ORIGINAL: Triode
electro-mechanical catapult
But I dont see any catapult in this photo. Where and how many will it built?
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:42 am
by Triode
ORIGINAL: Dysta
But I dont see any catapult in this photo. Where and how many will it built?
second forward start position, only one for AEWACS
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:51 am
by Dysta
Thanks for the picture!
Wow, a curved catapult rail on a ramp, what kind of engineering does it involved?
Also I don't know if enclosed hangar is a good idea. It may looks like the smaller center elevators could be efficient to store and move those aircrafts, but it's also a serious hazard. Like the IJN carrier was built that way, the bomb went through the deck and exploded inside the hangar, all the shockwave is trapped inside to literally obliterated everything in it. Maybe the aft elevator has an opening to vent the shockwave?
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 12:58 pm
by Tailhook
And how do they plan on paying for this? Even if it’s smaller it’s still not going to be cheap.
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:23 pm
by Filitch
Colleagues, this project is not for Russian Navy. "This is export model, targeting partners from Asia and Latin America"
https://russian.rt.com/russia/article/5 ... inki-forum
Of course, there are too many question to this model to consider it seriously.
RE: Naval and Defense News
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:45 pm
by kevinkins
I would have loved to see that model carrier under the xmas tree when I was 12 years old. Anyway here is an interesting vehicle:
https://defence-blog.com/aviation/azerb ... cises.html
Not in the DB that I can tell. A SSM system by the same name (2010) is there.