South East Asia Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

timepass

Brigadier
Irrespective of my nationality, I seek out facts rather than conjecture. To date, no factual evidence has been brought forward to support the indian claims that they crossed into Pakistan's territory and destroyed some made-up, fantasy terrorist camp. Lest the world forgets how much Pakistan has contributed in the destruction of terrorists. More than what NATO or the U.S have done combined. As for the indians, their hubris is their doom. For all the slaughter of innocent Kashmiri Muslims cannot be covered up by a delusional theory of "State Sponsored Terrorism." Something the indians have been trying from Afghanistan (with the blessings of the West mind you) for the last 16 years. So don't make the mistake of confusing Pakistan's support for Kashmir, which ought have been part of Pakistan or an independent Muslim state, with some sort of terrorism. Had it not been for Kashmir, Pakistan would not want to have anything to do with india.

As for Kargil, well it was a brilliantly executed plan, if it were in 2017. But it was done back in 1999, when our military was shifting from U.S military hardware, to a diversified one. Plus we had a whus for a Prime Minister who ran like a sissy to Washington DC. Victory in Kargil cannot be claimed by either side. But it was an embarrassment for the mighty indian military to have been caught with its pants down and nowhere to run when it happened.

Not too familiar with the Kargil conflict but a quick search shows that Pakistan lost ~400 soldiers while India lost ~540, two fighter jets, and a helicopter. End result was no exchange of territory. This is despite that India brought 30,000 troops against Pakistan's 5,000. Doesn't sound like an Indian success to me.

They haven't used JF-17 in any high intensity conflicts because Pakistan didn't get it until 2007 and there hasn't been any conflicts since... unless you count fighting against insurgents as a conflict worthy of fighters in which case the JF-17 was deployed on those missions. Regardless, it's seen a lot more use than Tejas.

Excellent write up guys.....

araberuni .... do you want more :D:p
 

Dizasta1

Senior Member
Just a follow up to Mirages being used in Kargil. The indian air force initially were using MiGs to bomb positions held by the Mujahideen in Kargil sector. Those got shot down, which forced the indians to rethink their tactics. Turning to their Mirages to do the job, but not before they got urgent help from the French to provide targeting pods and LGBs for their jets. Even then, the weather, terrain and altitude favored the Mujahideen. Few bombs hit the mark, the rest didn't.
 

FORBIN

Lieutenant General
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Vietnam’s ex-US Coast Guard cutter arrives home

The Vietnam Coast Guard’s (Canh Sát Bin Vit Nam: CSBV) ex-Hamilton-class high-endurance cutter that was previously in service with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) has arrived in-country.

The vessel, which was formerly known as USCG Morgenthau (WHEC 722), departed Honolulu in November 2017, and arrived in Vung Tau, Vietnam on 15 December 2017, according to a vessel movement analysis by Jane’s . On its journey to home, the 115 m ship, which now bears the pennant number 8020, made a port call in Manila on 12 December.

CSB-8020 was officially handed over to Vietnam in May 2017. However the vessel, and a pioneering crew of Vietnamese personnel, remained in Hawaii in the ensuing months to conduct familiarisation and training activities with USCG officials. CSB-8020 is now the largest vessel in service with the CSBV.

The Hamilton class has an overall length of 115.2 m, an overall beam of 13.1 m, and a hull draught of 6.1 m. The cutter has a top speed of 29 kt, a standard range of 9,600 n miles (17,779 km) at 15 kt, and can accommodate a crew of 162 including 19 officers, and one helicopter on the flight deck.

While in USCG service, ex- Morgenthau was armed with one 76 mm naval gun as a primary weapon, two Orbital M242 Bushmaster dual-feed chain guns, and one 20 mm Raytheon close-in weapon system (CIWS). The ship was deployed for naval gunfire support (NGFS) missions in the Vietnam War.

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FORBIN

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Philippine Navy To Get Israeli Spike ER Missiles, AW-159 Anti-submarine Helicopters In 2018

The Philippine Navy will receive three Israeli-built Spike ER (extended range) missile systems and two brand-new AgustaWestland AW-159 “Wildcat” anti-submarine helicopters this year.

Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) spokesperson Arsenio Andolong was quoted as saying by
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that Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd’s Spike missiles would be delivered to the country “very early in the first quarter of the year”, whereas, AW-159 helicopters are expected to arrive the last quarter of 2018 and early 2019.

Spike missiles will be fitted on three of the Navy’s brand-new multi-purpose assault craft (MPAC) which was activated last May 22, the report said. The weapons are on anti-ship mode meaning it can engage surface vessel targets and is capable of penetrating 1,000 mm (39 inches) of rolled homogeneous armor and has a maximum range of five miles.

And the spokesperson said that the AW-159s will be based on the two frigates on order from Hyundai Heavy Industries, without further elaboration on what weapons and surveillance systems it would be carrying for security reasons.

The AW-159 (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is an improved version of the Westland Super Lynx military helicopter.

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Madokafc

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Indonesia give more order for Grob trainer

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Acceptance ceremony for Indonesian Navy Panther

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Acceptance ceremony for new MPA and fennec

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Newly acquired Apache guardian
 
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Rusia beri diskon persenjataan untuk Sukhoi Su-35
26 Oktober 2017
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"Russia gives discount weaponry for Sukhoi Su-35

Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu confirmed 11 units of Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker E aircraft that Indonesia ordered from Russia in a fully armed configuration.

"The weapon is more than complete because it can reduce the discount, so there are additional," he said in Jakarta on Thursday.

The plan, the signing of the purchase of Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker E it will be done in November 2017.

"Already in November signature is ready, it is Rp16 trillion," he said.

However, he did not specify the type, type, and variant of weaponry he meant. Even so with avionics and radar systems on 11 units Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker E it.

Earlier, the Russian state-owned company Rostec signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesian state-owned PT Indonesia Trade Company on the barter of 11 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker E units with a number of national commodities.

The purchase of Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker E through the return mechanism is in accordance with Law No. 16/2012 on Defense Industry.

35 percent of transaction value on the procurement of Sumhoi Su-35 Flanker E is in the form of offset and 50 percent in the form of buy-back. Thus, Indonesia earns export value of 570 million US dollars from the total 1.14 billion US dollars worth of procurement.

While related to South Korean submarine, he said, there is still a problem in the transfer of technology.

"South Korean submarine we processed yesterday but slow because the ship is large but the battery is small, it (the submarine) the first.But I have directly to the factory, there while for the second and third submarines done at PT PAL," he said .

He said the government still will not increase the number of submarines again.

"We'll see if it's good to add more, not expensive, expensive buy technology and educate people who are expensive," he said."
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Jakarta inches closer to Su-35 order
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  • 18 January, 2018
Jakarta could finalise its order for 11 Sukhoi Su-35 fighters in the coming months.

In an interview with Indoneisan television, the nation's new air force chief of staff Yuyu Sutisna says that concluding the long-awaited acquisition is "something on our plate" and could be formalised in the coming months.

In August 2017, Jakarta confirmed that it will buy 11 Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft for $1.14 billion, with a major component of the deal involving agricultural commodities.

Jakarta has previously expressed interest in 16 Su-35s, but this requirement appears to have been pared back.

The aircraft will replace Jakarta's six Northrop F-5E fighters. Flight Fleets Analyzer shows that these aircraft have an average age of 38.7 years.

Sutsina's comments come following Jakarta's receipt of the 24th refurbished Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 25 aircraft from the United States, which saw 19 single seat "C" and five two seat "D" aircraft reconditioned for use by the Southeast Asian country. The country has just 23 F-16s, however, because one was lost in a crash.

The work was conducted at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex and drew on former USAF and US Air National Guard F-16s.

Fleets Analyzer shows that Jakarta has 84 fixed-wing combat assets. Its fleet comprises 24 BAE Systems Hawk Mk. 209 single seat attack jets, 15 Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucanos, 23 F-16s , six F-5Es, five Su-27SKs and 11 Su-30MKs.

It also operates 15 Korea Aerospace Industries T-50I advanced jet trainers, and 14 KT-1 basic trainers. In addition, it has orders for two additional KT-1s.

Longer term, Jakarta hopes to obtain 80 Korea Aerospace Industries KFX fighters. The KFX is a developmental twin-engined fighter that will be developed by South Korea. Seoul, which wants to buy 120 KFXs, has an 80% share in the programme, and Jakarta 20%.
 
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