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[Bernard]

that's interesting:
Admiral Says China Outnumbers U.S. in Attack Submarines

source:

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I also saw a sarcastic comment on that website along the lines of "Yeah they also outnumber us in infantry also". I thought it was funny. So I don't think it matters, that they have more quantity of submarines compared to quality. Especially with Submarines, where you can't attack/ survive what you can't see or hide from. With their older dated submarines

 

[Brumby]

I also saw a sarcastic comment on that website along the lines of "Yeah they also outnumber us in infantry also". I thought it was funny. So I don't think it matters, that they have more quantity of submarines compared to quality. Especially with Submarines, where you can't attack/ survive what you can't see or hide from. With their older dated submarines

I think the Admiral was simply posturing before the committee to get more funding for submarines. The issue of number is overblown in my view but the comment about Russian and Chinese collaboration in submarine development is more meaningful because the Chinese needs to get Russian assistance in submarine acoustics reduction techniques which is their major problem at the moment.

 

[thunderchief]

I also saw a sarcastic comment on that website along the lines of "Yeah they also outnumber us in infantry also". I thought it was funny. So I don't think it matters, that they have more quantity of submarines compared to quality. Especially with Submarines, where you can't attack/ survive what you can't see or hide from. With their older dated submarines

It is not that funny when you consider that PLA outweighs U.S. Army in number of artillery systems, armored vehicles etc ... Especially if you know that they produce and procure modern equipment every year, while U.S. Army mostly uses tanks from previous century (somewhat upgraded tho) .

 

[asif iqbal]

Update on C-17 programme

10 "white tail" units are in various stages of assembly at Long Beech California the first 3 are painted and have numbers

N270ZD
N271ZD
And N272ZD

7 are in process of getting numbers

Now for exports to foreign country's

Boeing spokesman Tiffany Pitts stated that Algeria will be getting 2 units
Canada is getting another 1 unit
Australia is getting 2 with possibly 2 more
UK might get another 1 unit
And Kuwait and UAE might struggle to get 1 each

 

[cyan1320]

"USA has more fighter planes than Russia and China Combined"

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AIR FORCE FIGHTERS

F15C 222 Will stay in service until 2025
F15D 22
F15E Strike Eagle 219 [Being upgraded and will stay in service until 2025]
F16 C/D 983
F22A 186 [Fifth generation stealth fighter]
F35A Lightning II 47 [Fifth generation stealth fighter]

MARINES
F18 A/C/D 149

NAVY
F-18 A/B/C/D 433
F-18 E/F 565
F-35 Lightning II 4

 

[Bernard]

UAE military buys two Boeing C-17s as part of record IDEX spend

By Stanley Carvalho
ABU DHABI Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:08am EST

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft of the United States Air Force (USAF) performs a fly-by during the Singapore Airshow in Singapore February 15, 2012.

Credit: Reuters/Tim Chong
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The Middle East’s largest arms expo ended on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announcing it had spent a record amount at the event, signaling continued spending on defense in a region where security is of rising concern.

At 18.33 billion dirhams ($5 billion), the total for deals signed with local and international companies by the Gulf Arab state was the highest at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) since the event began in the early 1990s.

It was also up 30 percent on the previous event in 2013.

This spending comes despite a declining oil price putting pressure on government spending across the Gulf region and reflects regional political instability, particularly in

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and Syria. The UAE is one of the nations undertaking bombing runs against Islamic State targets.

"It is according to the requirements of the armed forces, which is increasing," Obeid al-Ketbi, chairman of the organizing committee for the IDEX event in Abu Dhabi, told reporters, adding the quality of the requirements was also different to previous shows.

One of the last to be announced at the biennial event was a 2.27 billion dirham deal with Boeing for the purchase of two C-17 military transport planes.

Other contracts announced during the week-long event were a 3.75 billion dirham deal with Airbus and Thales to purchase two satellites and their land control stations, and a 732 million dirham contract with AgustaWestland to buy nine AW139 helicopters.

The event witnessed around 1,200 companies from 55 countries showcase their military wares.

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UAE just bought two C-17s how many does that leave Boeing from the final 10? This marketing ploy of theirs saying they will be closing the line is working. It may spark more interest and have to keep it open

 

[Jura The idiot]

happened three days ago ... I didn't see it discussed here (sorry if I overlooked) ... very cool:
AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System Tracks, Simulates Engagements of Three Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and sailors aboard the USS Carney, USS Gonzalez, and USS Barry successfully completed a flight test involving the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system.
At approximately 2:30 a.m. EST today, three short-range ballistic missile targets were launched near simultaneously from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia. Two Aegis BMD destroyers acquired and tracked the targets. Using this data, the Aegis BMD ships conducted simulated Standard Missile-3 Block IB guided missile engagements with the distributed weighted engagement scheme (DWES) capability enabled. The DWES provides an automated engagement coordination scheme between multiple Aegis BMD ships that determines which ship is the preferred shooter, reducing duplication of BMD engagements and missile expenditures while ensuring BMD threat coverage.
Several fire control, discrimination, and engagement functions were exercised. As no SM-3 guided missiles were launched, the test did not include an attempted intercept.
This test was designated Flight Test Other (FTX)-19. This was the first flight test to assess the ability of the Aegis BMD 4.0 weapon system to simulate engagements of a raid consisting of three short-range, separating ballistic missile targets. This was also the first time Aegis BMD 4.0 ships used the DWES capability with live targets.
The MDA will use test results to improve and enhance the Ballistic Missile Defense System and support the advancement of Phase 2 of the Phased Adaptive Approach for missile defense in Europe to provide protection of U.S. deployed forces, our European allies and partners.

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[strehl]

happened three days ago ... I didn't see it discussed here (sorry if I overlooked) ... very cool:
AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System Tracks, Simulates Engagements of Three Short-Range Ballistic Missiles

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I thought CEC already did this but I guess they haven't gotten around to having a ship's weapons fired by a remote command source. However, it seems like a pretty obvious step in the evolution. Right now CEC mainly fuses the information and weapons status on all the participating elements:
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Quote From FAS Summary:
Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) brings revolutionary new capability to naval air and missile defense, not by adding new radars or weapon systems, but by distributing sensor and weapons data from existing systems in a new and significantly different manner. CEC fuses high quality tracking data from participating sensors and distributes it to all other participants in a filtered and combined state, using identical algorithms to create a single, common air defense tactical display ("air picture"). The result is a superior air picture based on all sensor data available that permits significantly earlier detection and more consistent tracking of air contacts. CEC was designed against the air threat (e.g., from cruise missiles), especially in littoral waters. Undergirding CEC is a robust communications system with several orders of magnitude in improvement to bandwidth and electronic countermeasures, as well as the systemic advantages offered by the global positioning system (GPS).
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This may also be a matter of politics since any allied navy platform equipped with CEC would be suspected of being subject to US weapons firing control. I didn't include another part of the quote where CEC directs each ship's sensors to limit their search zones knowing that other ships will fill in the blanks. That allows available sensor power/dwell time to concentrate in specific zones to maximize detection probability.

 

[Jura The idiot]

... I didn't include another part of the quote where CEC directs each ship's sensors to limit their search zones knowing that other ships will fill in the blanks. ...

the link is

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correct?

 

[FORBIN]

Red Flag 15-1, all aircrafts, units, number, with a gallery at the end ! yeaah

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