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North Korea fires missile as S.Korea breaks ground for 'peace' railway

North Korea fired what the United States said was a ballistic missile on Wednesday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line he hopes will eventually connect the divided Korean peninsula.

www.reuters.com

No other details were provided.

 

[morris]

Boeing to provide design and development for F-15MJ fighter of Japanese Air Force

Company Boeing has beeen awarded a contract to provide design and development of an integrated suite of aircraft systems to support modification of the Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15MJ aircraft

www.airrecognition.com

 

[morris]

Thailand plans to procure eight American F-35 fighter aircraft to replace F-16

Air Force of Thailand plans to procure eight American F-35 fighter aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin in the fiscal year 2023.

www.airrecognition.com

 

[Junglejim]

Yeah good luck on that as they are also getting closer with China

 

[BravoZulu]

South Korea started constructing the second KSS-III Batch-II submarine.
The boat, built by local shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), will be completed by 2026 and delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) in 2028 after undergoing sea trials.

An F-35A fighter operated by South Korea's Air Force made an emergency landing during a training session Tuesday due to avionic system issues, with its pilot having emerged unscathed, officials said.
The radar-evading jet made the belly landing on a runway at an air base in Seosan, 151 kilometers south of Seoul, at 12:51 p.m. after the issues caused the landing gear to momentarily malfunction, the officials said.
The pilot walked away unscathed, they added.
Before the landing, the Air Force mobilized a fire engine to apply special foam on the runway, which prevented the jet's fuselage from sustaining any serious damage.
It apparently marks the first known belly landing ever reported since the U.S. began exporting F-35A fighters to foreign countries, an informed military source said.

 

[morris]

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[BravoZulu]

Japan and the United States have expressed concern about what they described as China’s “ongoing efforts” to “undermine” the rules-based international order, as the two countries agreed to deepen defence cooperation in response to new and emerging threats.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, and the two countries’ defence ministers met virtually to discuss stepping up security ties amid a growing focus on Japan’s international role.

Ahead of the meeting, Blinken said the US and Japan would sign a new defence collaboration deal designed to counter emerging threats, such as hypersonic and space-based weaponry, in a week when North Korea tested what it said was a hypersonic missile.

Blinken said the US-Japan alliance “must not only strengthen the tools we have, but also develop new ones”, citing Russia’s military build-up against Ukraine, Beijing’s “provocative” actions over Taiwan, and the North Korean missile launch.


Russia, China and the US are also racing to build hypersonic weapons whose extreme speed and manoeuvrability make them hard to spot and block with existing missiles.

“We’re launching a new research and development agreement that will make it easier for our scientists, for our engineers and programme managers to collaborate on emerging defence related issues, from countering hypersonic threats to advancing space based capabilities,” Blinken said at the opening of the meeting.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/7/us-japan-move-closer-on-defence-amid-hypersonic-threat

 

[morris]

F-16 jet goes missing off western Taiwan - Focus Taiwan

An F-16V fighter jet went missing over the sea off western Taiwan on Tuesday afternoon, with search and recovery operations ongoing as of press time, according to Taiwan's Air Force.

focustaiwan.tw

The jet, with the serial number 6650, disappeared from radar screens at 3:23 p.m., about 30 minutes after it took off from Chiayi Air Base in southern Taiwan for routine training, it added.
Chiayi residents have reported seeing the jet crash into the sea near Aogu Wetland in Chiayi's Dongshi Township, according to the National Rescue Command Center.

 

[BCNTM]

China’s Stealth Helicopter: ‘Copied From US Black Hawk’, Beijing Set To Unveil Stealth Variant Of Z-20 Chopper

China is apparently planning to develop a stealth variant of the Z-20 tactical helicopter, which itself is believed to be a clone of the American UH-60 Black Hawk.

eurasiantimes.com

Perhaps the US should have dropped something much, much larger on the damaged helicopter

 

[ao_sepia]

China’s Stealth Helicopter: ‘Copied From US Black Hawk’, Beijing Set To Unveil Stealth Variant Of Z-20 Chopper

China is apparently planning to develop a stealth variant of the Z-20 tactical helicopter, which itself is believed to be a clone of the American UH-60 Black Hawk.

eurasiantimes.com

Perhaps the US should have dropped something much, much larger on the damaged helicopter

US sold 22 S-70 to China in 80's enough to reverse engineer and copy,clone new Chinese's S-70!

 

[BCNTM]

US sold 22 S-70 to China in 80's enough to reverse engineer and copy,clone new Chinese's S-70!

Yes, and their Pakistani allies let the Chinese have access to the tail rota of a classified airframe - noise dampening and stealth materials/coating
(and were hiding Bin Man at the same time near their military training facilities)
With 'friends' like that, who needs enemies

 

[morris]

The Philippines has officially signed a contract with India for the acquisition of two ground-based mobile batteries of the BrahMos coastal missile system with supersonic missiles manufactured by the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace.
Each battery includes two self-propelled launchers with three BrahMos missiles on each vehicle, a mobile command post and two mobile radar systems equipped with Scanter detection and target designation radar manufactured by the Danish company Terma. In addition, each battery will include a mobile radar for detecting air targets and two vehicles with MANPADS crews. The contract value is 375 million US dollars. The purchase of BrahMos complexes by the Philippines was the first export delivery of this complex.

 

[Shinpachi]

Ishikawajima-harima Heavy Industries (IHI) supports Japan's next generation fighter XF-3 with its latest engine XF9-1.

 

[BravoZulu]

Philippines:
It’s a go for the government procurement of 32 additional S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters after the Notice of Award (NOA) was issued to PZL Mielec of Poland late last year, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced Sunday.

Lorenzana shared in a Facebook post that the NOA was issued on Dec. 28, 2021 for the PHP32-billion project that comes with an initial logistics support package and training for pilots and maintenance crew.

The Contract Agreement is now being drafted after which a Notice to Proceed will officially commence the project.

"The delivery of these helicopters will start on CY (Calendar Year) 2023 (five units) while the remaining ones will be delivered in three batches as follows: CY2024 - 2nd batch (10 units); CY2025 - 3rd batch (10 units); and CY2026 - last batch (seven units)," Lorenzana posted.

The Philippine Air Force earlier (PAF) completed the acquisition of 16 Black Hawk helicopters, also from the Polish aerospace manufacturer, worth USD241 million (about PHP11.5 billion).

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165546

 

[ao_sepia]

Philippines:
It’s a go for the government procurement of 32 additional S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters after the Notice of Award (NOA) was issued to PZL Mielec of Poland late last year, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced Sunday.

Lorenzana shared in a Facebook post that the NOA was issued on Dec. 28, 2021 for the PHP32-billion project that comes with an initial logistics support package and training for pilots and maintenance crew.

The Contract Agreement is now being drafted after which a Notice to Proceed will officially commence the project.

"The delivery of these helicopters will start on CY (Calendar Year) 2023 (five units) while the remaining ones will be delivered in three batches as follows: CY2024 - 2nd batch (10 units); CY2025 - 3rd batch (10 units); and CY2026 - last batch (seven units)," Lorenzana posted.

The Philippine Air Force earlier (PAF) completed the acquisition of 16 Black Hawk helicopters, also from the Polish aerospace manufacturer, worth USD241 million (about PHP11.5 billion).
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https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1165546

16+32 S-70i,D30 ordered before D30 retries!

 

[BravoZulu]

Malaysia:
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) announced the initial acceptance of six MD 530G Light Scout Attack helicopters for the Malaysia Ministry of Defense via their agent Halaman Optima/ Destini Prima.

The aircraft are now in transit to Malaysia for final acceptance and expected to arrive in-country by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

As part of the contract eight pilots and nine mechanics from the 881st Regiment of Malaysia Army Aviation have completed forward arming and refuelling point (FARP) operations training in West Texas.

https://mymilitarytimes.com/index.p...vers-six-new-md-530g-helicopters-to-malaysia/

 

[morris]

The Noble Quran - Quran.com

The Quran translated into many languages in a simple and easy interface

defence.pk

 

[morris]

It is reported that on January 25, 2022, the DPRK conducted test launches of two new type of long-range cruise missiles that can carry nuclear warheads.

 

[ao_sepia]

I heard news,China will give 2 submarine song classes free,but Thai pay rejuvenates only!like case India gave 1 submarine kilo class to Myanmar

 

[Picanha]

Indonesia to buy French fighter jets, as US approves F-15 plan

Indonesia – an archipelago of 17,000 islands – is modernising its military amid increasing regional challenges.

www.aljazeera.com