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21 Januari 2019 Anniversary the 70th of the Lao People's Army  (all photos : Houmphet Manisouk,  Lao National Radio) On January 20, in the Phonhong district of Vientiane province, the Lao People's Army held a review ceremony to celebrate its 70th anniversary with the participation of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of modern military equipment. Formerly known as Latxavong which was declared by President Kaysone Phomvihane on January 20, 1949 with only 25 soldiers and rudimentary armament, spent 70 years of building, fighting and maturity, Nowadays, Lao People's Army is gradually developing to be formal, sophisticated and modern. In the photo, the Lao Army representative block with a rifle assaulting a Vietnamese-made Galil ACE, can be seen at first glance as an ACE 32 rifle variant. In particular, the General Secretary and Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith attended and presided over the military ceremony to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Lao People's Army at P...

21 Januari 2019 AN/TPQ-49 counter-drone radar (photo : SRC, US Army) Woodside Barracks, South Australia – In September, SRC, Inc., successfully completed a demonstration of the AN/TPQ-49 radar performing counter-UAS and air surveillance missions for members of the Ground Based Air Defence and Radar Program of the Australian Defence Force. The Australian Army has confirmed that it is investigating options for the development of a counter-UAS and air surveillance capability to help protect warfighters from hostile drones. Australia has already deployed multiple AN/TPQ-49 radars for counterfire missions. These AN/TPQ-49 radars are capable of being upgraded with SRC’s LSTAR® air surveillance software to provide drone air surveillance capabilities without needing to replace the radar hardware. This upgrade would give these existing radars advanced air surveillance and UAS detection capability to guard against emerging threats. “This demonstration helped provide evidence to our Australian al...

18 Januari 2019 Galil rifles to the Laos Army (photo : KPL) Page kpl.gov.la of Laos has published information saying that the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam has awarded some advanced attack rifles to Galil ACE. According to the pictures posted by the press of the country, the Ministry of Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has awarded a defense shipment of rifles to the Galil ACE fairy to the Lao People's Democratic Republic advanced. Known to act as a greeting from the Vietnam People's Army to the Lao People's Army during the 70th anniversary of its founding. It is likely that these Galil guns (Galil ACE 32 version) will be used by your side during the parade held in the next few days. Thus, not long after appearing at the International Defense Defense Exhibition 2018, Vietnam's assault rifle Galil ACE was officially exported, although this is a non-refundable aid but also a sign herald a bright future for the above weapons. The assault rifle Galil ACE 31/32 ...

16 Januari 2019 Czeh's firearm (photo : gunsamerica) President Rodrigo Duterte told the new Ambassador of Czech Republic that the Philippines is looking into acquiring small-arms from Czech. “We are looking into the acquisition of small-arms,” President Rodrigo Duterte said as he welcomed Jana Sediva of the Czech Republic during the presentation of letter of credentials in Malacañang. Sediva said that she is looking forward to further strengthen bilateral ties based on shared interests and mutual respect. ( Mintfo )

15 Januari 2019 VT-4 tank of the Royal Thai Army (photo : RTA) The army requires the approval of the cabinet for the purchase of 14 VT-4 battle tanks from China worth more than 2.3 billion baht, an army source said. This will be the third batch of VT-4 tanks purchased from China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited. According to the source, each tank costs about 167 million baht.  The first batch of 28 such tanks was acquired in 2016 at a price of 4.9 billion Baht, and the second batch of 11 tanks, which arrived in 2017, was estimated at 2 billion Baht.  A source in the army purchasing committee said that the army wants to buy more VT-4 because of their satisfactory performance. According to the source, before the transition to the VT-4, the army tried unsuccessfully to purchase T-84 Oplot-M tanks from the Ukrainian Ukroboronprom because of the unrest caused by the conflict with Russia. ( Andrei BT )

15 Januari 2019 Helikopter CH-47F Chinook (photo : Charles Cunliffe) tniad.mil.id – Jika tidak ada aral melintang pada tahun 2019 mendatang menurut sebuah sumber, heli transport CH-47 Chinook dari AS rencananya akan memperkuat Alutsista kita. Kehadiran heli Chinook untuk memperkuat Alutsista memang sangat dibutuhkan mengingat selama ini helikopter angkut yang kita miliki jumlahnya masih terbatas. Jika dibandingkan dengan heli transport yang sudah kita miliki, kehadiran heli Chinook yang berbentuk unik karena merupakan ‘heli tandem’ memang sangat mencolok. Sebagai helikopter yang memiliki dua baling-baling utama, Chinook memiliki ukuran panjang 30 meter, tinggi 5,7 meter, dan bisa mengangkut 55 tentara bersenjata lengkap atau sekitar 11.000 kg barang. Didorong oleh pengalaman berharga, pada tahun 2016 Kementerian Pertahanan RI menurut sebuah sumber menandatangani pembelian Heli Chinook yang rencananya dikirim secara bertahap mulai tahun 2019. Rencana pembelian helikopter CH-47 atau lebi...

14 Januari 2019 Helikopter AH-64E Apache Guardian TNI AD (photo : Sandriani Permani) Rencana Kerja Pemerintah Tahun 2019 (RKP-2019) sebagaimana tertuang dalam Lampiran I Pepres No 72 tahun 2018 tentang yang telah diundangkan tanggal 3 September 2018 lalu, mulai dari halaman IV.106 termuat Program Prioritas Pertahanan Wilayah Nasional. Dengan Anggaran Pertahanan tahun 2019 yang telah ditetapkan sebesar Rp 107,3 triliun atau sekitar USD 7,7 bio (pada kurs 1 USD = Rp 14.000,-) dimana untuk alokasi belanja alutsista dan pemeliharaan sebesar Rp 75 triliun, maka masih banyak hal yang dapat dilakukan dengan dana sebesar ini. Sebenarnya Anggaran Pertahanan yang dibutuhkan dan diajukan oleh Kementerian Pertahanan adalah sebesar Rp 200 triliun, angka ini adalah 1,5X Anggaran Pertahanan Singapura (Rp 157 triliun) dan hampir 4,0X lipat Anggaran Pertahanan Malaysia Rp 52 triliun) namun masih jauh dari Anggaran Pertahanan Australia yang sudah mencapai angka  Rp 510 triliun.  Tentu saja yan...

11 Januari 2019 KrAZ-5233 4x4 (photos : BMPD) AvtoKrAZ fulfilled another order for its foreign client for the production of a batch of different models of KrAZ vehicles. Ordered under foreign economic contract, all-wheel drive flatbed cars on the KrAZ-5233 chassis (4x4) and KrAZ-65053 chassis (6x4) in the amount of 923 thousand dollars were sent to Indonesia. All trucks with 380hp motors. At the request of the customer, who is well aware of KrAZ vehicles, the batch was made standard for serial models. KrAZ-65053 6x4 (photos : BMPD) The cars are painted white, as they will be sent to help the UN peacekeeping contingent. The on-board vehicles along with the chassis, on which the partner from abroad will install various special settings - APZ, drinking water tanks, waste collection equipment, etc., will work in the usual extreme road and climate conditions. It is in them that the robust and easy-to-operate KrAZ trucks fully disclose their technical capabilities. UN missions and divisions ...

10 Januari 2019 Laos T-34 tanks (photo : dambiev) TSAMTO - As part of military-technical cooperation, the Lao Ministry of Defense transferred 30 T-34 tanks to the military department of the Russian Federation in fully operational condition. Until recently, armored vehicles were in service with the army of Laos. During the visit of Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu to Laos, held in January last year, agreements were reached on the return of T-34 tanks to Russia. The equipment by sea transport has already overcome more than 4,500 thousand km and arrived in Vladivostok. Further, it will be delivered by rail to the Moscow region (Naro-Fominsk). The T-34 tank was a technological breakthrough for its time, it has a dozen records, which, apparently, will never be able to surpass, including as the most massively produced tank in the world. In the period from 1940 to 1946, more than 58 thousand units were produced. T-34.  However, after more than 70 years there are ...

09 Januari 2019 EC-725 Caracal TNI AU (photo : Beny Adrian) BANDUNG - Kementerian Pertahanan (Kemhan) Republik Indonesia memesan 17 helikopter jenis serbu dan angkut berat kepada PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) untuk pengadaan hingga 2020.  Kontrak pendanaan terdiri atas delapan helikopter angkut berat H225M dan sembilan heli serbu BELL-412EPI, lengkap dengan persenjataan dan amunisi, suku cadang, publikasi teknis, serta pelatihan. Nilai kontrak pengadaan 17 helikopter yaitu USD330 juta. Rinciannya, USD183 juta untuk heli serbu, sisanya untuk heli angkut.   Kepala Badan Sarana Pertahanan (Kabaranahan) Kementerian Pertahanan Republik Indonesia Laksamana Muda TNI Agus Setiadji mengatakan, pemesanan tersebut didasarkan atas kebutuhan dasar TNI AU dan AD dari pengadaan tahap dua.  "Kalau kebutuhan heli serbu butuh 40, kita baru bisa sembilan. Jadi bertahap. Sedangkan heli angkut berat ini pertama kali kita adakan kerja sama PTDI dan Airbus. Kebutuhan 100 skuadron (16 heli...

03 Januari 2019 Armored medical evacuation vehicle Didgori AMEV (MEDEVAC) produced by the State Military Scientific-Technical Center Delta of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia (photo : Delta STC) Georgian web resource scout-thedeaddistrict.blogspot.com reported that Director General of the State Military Science and Technology Center Delta of the Georgian Ministry of Defense Ucha Dzidzuashvili, speaking on December 27, 2018, on the results of this enterprise’s work in 2018, said, in addition to in other words, that a contract has been signed with Indonesia for the supply of the Georgian made-up Didgori armored medical evacuation vehicles produced by the Delta STC. “A contract has been signed, an advance payment has been made and work is underway,” said Ucha Dzidzuashvili. Details of the contract were not disclosed.  Thus, if this information is confirmed, Indonesia became the second customer of the Georgian Didgori AMEV (Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle) armored medical evacua...

02 Januari 2019 The first T-90S tank of Vietnam to return to the country (photo : BaoDatViet) The first images believed to be Vietnam's main battle tanks T-90 when arriving at the port appeared with dense frequency. As we know, the current T-90S/SK main battle tanks of Vietnam have been perfectly assembled by UralVagonZavod Factory, and it even shows impressive performance on the field and just waiting for the delivered. According to previous information, it is expected that the first batch of T-90 tanks will dock in Vietnam at the end of 2018 - early 2019 and complete the entire contract before the end of 2019. Vietnamese T90 tank (photo : Comrade Commissar) Last week there was a cargo ship to Vietnam and some people felt "happy", when it was not our T-90S/SK but T-72B1 the White Eagle of the Laos Army. But without waiting too long, the first photo was identified as recording the time when the T-90S main battle tank landed on the S-shaped strip of land appeared. The unif...

31 Desember 2018 Two new Mi-17V5 for Royal Thai Army transported with heavy jet transport aircraft IL-76TD of Aviacon Zitotrans Airline landing at the airport U-Tapao, Thailand (photos : AAG) Royal Thai Army's new two Mil Mi-17V5  transport helicopters was delivered by Ilyushin IL-76TD Strategic Airlifter. Russian a irline of Aviacon Zitotrans has landed heavy jet  registration number 'RA-76842' at the U-Tapao International Airport, Royal Thai Navy Airfield in late December 2018.  The image can be seen, transport room of the aircraft carrier IL-76TD Aviacon Zitotrans Airlines of Russia has transported helicopters for general use Mil Mi-17V5 of the RTA (Royal Thai Army) which can be confirmed by camouflage colors and marks on the body of helicopter.  Making it understandable that this should be the Mi-17V5 is a new set of 2 units that the Royal Thai Army has ordered in the year 2017 to serve in 41st Aviation Battalion, Department of Aviation, Army Aviation Center. The...