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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...

08 Januari 2019 Ship based BrahMos cruise missile (photo : BrahMos Aerospace) India exploring sale of BrahMos cruise missile to Indonesia India has earlier held talks with the Vietnam government for the sale of the BrahMos, a supersonic cruise missile developed by an Indo-Russian joint venture set up in 1998. The Indian Navy inducted the missile on its frontline warships in 2005. India is exploring the possibility of selling the BrahMos cruise missile to Indonesia, and a team from the Indo-Russian joint venture that makes the weapon system visited a state-run shipyard in Surabaya last year to assess the fitting of the missile on Indonesian warships, people familiar with developments said. Besides the BrahMos, India has offered to supply coastal defence radars and marine grade steel to Indonesia and to service the Russian-made Su-30 combat jets flown by the Indonesian air force as part of efforts to deepen bilateral defence and military cooperation, the people said. India has earlier he...

04 Januari 2019 AIM-9X mounted on F/A-18F (photo : Aus DoD) Australia has ordered 49 Raytheon AIM-9X Block II+ infra-red air-to-air missiles (AAMs) as part of a larger foreign military sales (FMS) block buy through the US Navy. The total buy for 766 AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ missiles includes about 423 rounds for the US Navy and USAF, plus rounds for Israel, Norway, Qatar, South Korea, the UAE, and the Netherlands. The order announcement also adds 170 Block II captive air training missiles (CATMs), including eight for Australia, and 309 all-up round containers, including 21 for Australia. The AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ are the latest versions of the venerable Sidewinder AIM-9 family, but share little if any resemblance to the original version which was first fielded in the late 1950s. The AIM-9X features an imaging infrared focal-plane array (FPA) seeker and thrust vectoring vanes in the tailpipe allowing for high off-boresight ‘over-the shoulder’ shots, and improved aerodynamic...

02 Januari 2019 Brahmos land based version (photo : defencetalk) Just before the year ended, the Philippine Navy and Department of National Defense had another meeting with officials from BrahMos Aerospace Corporation in Manila, which is related to their offer of the BrahMos land-based anti-ship missile system. This is to fulfill an upcoming requirement for the Land Based Anti-Ship Missile System acquisition project under the 2nd List of Horizon 2 phase of the RAFPMP. Our sources also indicated that President Duterte himself is supportive of this project and also prefers India's offer, as he was presented of the system during his visit to India in 2018. Last August 2018, MaxDefense also reported a workshop held in Manila between DND, PN, and Brahmos officials, still related to their offer to sell the Brahmos LBMS (Land Based Missile System). But this doesn't mean Brahmos is already selected. The project's Technical Working Group and the Navy's leadership will still be e...

28 Deesember 2018 Iskander-M tactical missile (photo : rt) Iskander-M is currently considered to be the world's most modern short-range tactical missile complex and is said to be capable of overcoming all interception systems in the world today. Recently, Russian media has said that the Iskander-M missile - Russia's most modern short-range missile complex will soon be exported abroad. This is inherently feared by the US because currently the missile defense complexes in the US are supposed to be helpless when confronted with Iskander-M missiles. Soon when Russia provides the Iskander-M complexes to allies, the United States will not be able to underestimate Moscow's allies in the future when in the hands of these small nations there are weapons that the US cannot counter-attack. Iskander-M tactical missile (image : Southfront) Another noteworthy thing is that Russian media also mentioned that this dreaded Russian offensive weapon system is expected to have great potential i...

27 Desember 2018 Yitian SHORAD of the Laos Army (photo : DatViet) Recently, the Lao People's Army has begun its extensive modernization through the purchase of a new generation of weapons and equipment originating from many different countries.  In addition to Russian-made weapons such as the Yak-130 trainer, T-72B "White Eagle" tank, the proportion of Chinese weapons in the Lao Army is also increasing. In fact, since the Lao special forces soldiers marched with carbine QBZ-97B, this changing trend has also been mentioned, followed by "surprise" to reveal CS/SH1 self-propelled self-propelled guns. And most surprisingly, recently in the parade preparation for the 70th day of the army's establishment, the Yitian low-range air defense missile complex (Tianlong 6) appeared. The Yitian anti-aircraft missile complex consists of a combat module mounted on a 6x6 WZ-551 armored vehicle chassis built by Northern Defense Industry Group - NORINCO of China.  The system i...

27 Desember 2018 SPYDER air defence system (photo : RSAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has chosen the SPYDER (Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby) air defense system developed by Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, MaxDefense Philippines confirmed citing sources. During the PAF change of command ceremony on December 21, former PAF chief Lieutenant General Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. said that among the major acquisition projects that are nearing conclusion in early 2019 is the project for acquisition of 3 ground based air defense systems (GBADS) from Israel. “SPYDER is a quick reaction, low level surface-to-air missile system designed to counter attacks by aerial threats,” Rafael says in SPYDER product webpage. It added that the system provides effective protection of valuable assets, as well as first-class defense for forces located in the combat area. “PYDER incorporates RAFAEL’s most advanced, proven performance air-to-air missiles: the I-Derby active radar (RF) missile and Pytho...

22 Desember 2018 PAF in final negosiation for Israeli weapons : radar system, Hermes UAV and GBAD (photo :  IsraelDefence) Former Philippine Air Force (PAF) chief Lieutenant General Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. who relinquished his post Friday, December 21 announced several Air Force assets set to be delivered in 2019. Among the assets he mentioned, in his speech, are 2 Cobra attack helicopters from Jordan, 6 Super Tucano close air support aircraft from Brazil, 2 fixed wing Command and Control aircraft, 2 radar systems from Israel, 13 Hermes unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel. He also said that next year the United States government is expected to turnover 2 C-130 cargo planes and 4 OV-10 attack aircraft. The US government is also expected to turnover PHP721 million worth of engineering equipment for humanitarian assistance and disaster response and developmental work. “2019 is particularly sweet, a giant leap in our quest to defend our precious skies, and keep our nation free,” h...

14 Desember 2018 A source close to Vietnam’s Defense Ministry told TASS Israeli SPYDER short-range air defense missile systems "operate poorly in tropical conditions and regularly break down” (photo :Shephard) MOSCOW/TASS/. Vietnam may give up further purchases of Israeli SPYDER (Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby) short-range air defense missile systems due to flaws found in these weapons, a source close to Vietnam’s Defense Ministry told TASS.  “The Defense Ministry of Vietnam is against purchasing a new batch of Israeli SPYDER short-range systems. Specifically, in the estimate of military specialists, these systems operate poorly in tropical conditions and regularly break down,” the source said.  The SPYDER weapons are also incompatible with the earlier supplied Russian surface-to-air missile systems, “which lowers the efficiency of Vietnam’s united air defense,” the source added.  “The Israeli systems have been test-fired in Vietnam since the beginning of this year and i...

12 Desember 2018 Rudal pesawat F-16 TNI AU mendatang (image : Lockheed Martin) MADIUN, KOMPAS.com - Makin canggihnya pengembangan alat utama sistem senjata (alutsista) harus diikuti dengan sistem pemeliharaan yang mumpuni. Untuk itulah, TNI AU membentuk satuan pemeliharaan 65 yang khusus memelihara rudal.  Kepala Staf Angkatan Udara Marsekal TNI Yuyu Sutisna meresmikan langsung Satuan Pemeliharaan 65 di Depo Pemeliharaan 60 Lanud Iswahjudi, Rabu ( 12/12/2018) siang.  "Sekarang perkembangan jaman alutsista semakin banyak yang datang dan makin canggih. Sementara beban kerja Satuan Pemeliharaan 61 semakin berat, sehingga untuk senjata darat dan rudal dipisah, dipelihara Sathar 65 yang dibentuk sekarang," kata Sutisna kepada wartawan usai meresmikan Sathar 65 di Depo 60 Lanud Iswahjudi.  Tak hanya meresmikan Sathar 65, Sutisna juga melantik Letkol Tek Arie Santoso sebagai komandan Sathar 65. Rudal pesawat Sukhoi TNI AU (photo : TribunNews) Sutisna mengatakan, pembentukan Sath...

11 Desember 2018 BUK M3 gacoan baru Almaz-Antey untuk air covered artillery (photo : Vladislav Perminov) STOCKHOLM, KOMPAS.com - Rusia telah menggeser Inggris sebagai produsen  senjata terbesar kedua di dunia di bawah Amerika Serikat.  Hal ini terungkap dalam laporan terbaru Institut Riset Perdamaian Internasional Stockholm (Sipri), Senin (10/12/2018).  "Berbagai perusahaan Rusia mengalami pertumbuhan siginifikan dalam penjualan senjata sejak 2011," ujar peneliti senior Sipri, Siemom Wezeman.  "Hal ini sejalan dengan peningkatan anggaran pertahanan yang dikucurkan Rusia untuk modernisasi militernya," kata Wezeman.  Dalam daftar 100 perusahaan produsen senjata di dunia yang dirilis Sipri, Rusia memasukkan 10 perusahaan pertahanannya.  Sipri mengatakan kesepuluh perusahaan Rusia itu secara total melakukan penjualan dengan niai 37,7 miliar dolar AS atau sekitar Rp 547,8 triliun atau 9,5 persen dari total penjualan senjata dunia.  Nilai penjualan senjata i...

09 Desember 2018 The source did not provide details on specific characteristics of the new missiles or clarifications on when they will be tried (photo : Artyom Anikeev) MOSCOW/TASS/. Russia's fifth-generation jet fighter Su-57 will be equipped with hypersonic missiles with characteristics similar to that of the Kinzhal missile, a source in the aircraft industry told TASS on Thursday. "In accordance with Russia's State Armament Program for 2018-2027, Su-57 jet fighters will be equipped with hypersonic missiles. The jet fighters will receive missiles with characteristics similar to that of the Kinzhal missiles, but with inter-body placement and smaller size," the source said. The source did not provide details on specific characteristics of the new missiles or clarifications on when they will be tried. Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ("Dagger") is a Russian nuclear-capable air-launched ballistic missile. It has a claimed range of more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi), Mach 10 speed,...