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Cause of massive explosion at South Korean airbase revealed

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A South Korea missile blows up in a drill and panics a nearby city

A malfunctioning South Korean ballistic missile blew up as it plowed into the ground Wednesday during a live-fire drill, panicking and confusing residents of the coastal city of Gangneung.

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Looks like it may be able to carry a penetrating warhead up to 500kg, with a range of ~500 mi. Twice as far with lighter loads.

New Hyunmoo missile able to destroy NK's underground facilities: experts

South Korea unveiled during its Armed Forces Day celebration, Saturday, a video clip of its latest ballistic missile, which is expected to carry the largest warhead the South has developed so far. In the video clip, the missile is shown as part of the Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation...

www.koreatimes.co.kr

Hyunmoo 2C Short-Range Ballistic Missile | Military-Today.com

The Hyunmoo 2C is a new South Korean short-range ballistic missile. It was first tested in 2017. This missile has a range of 800 km and can cover all North Korean territory.

www.military-today.com

 

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Japan Eyes $279B In Defense Spending; Could Surpass Russia & India To Emerge 3rd Biggest Global Military Power

If one goes by the military ranking, Japan occupies the fifth position behind India, China, Russia, and the US as world's most powerful army.

eurasiantimes.com

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Euronaval 2022: Hyundai Heavy Industries displays CVX aircraft carrier

Euronaval 2022: Hyundai Heavy Industries is displaying the CVX aircraft carrier.

www.navyrecognition.com

Looks smaller than Wasp Class

 

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Euronaval 2022: Hyundai Heavy Industries displays CVX aircraft carrier

Euronaval 2022: Hyundai Heavy Industries is displaying the CVX aircraft carrier.

www.navyrecognition.com

Looks smaller than Wasp Class
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Potentially 5,000 tons heavier than a Wasp class and expected to carry 20 F-35s

 

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^ Thanks for the update!

 

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Japan as the third global military power

Japan is building its military to new heights, but will ‘Bilateralism Plus’ have it taking up global security responsibilities?

www.naval-technology.com

 

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Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the third Taigei-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF).

The new 3,000-tonne submarine, which has been named Jingei (with pennant number SS 515), entered the water on October 12 in a ceremony held at MHI’s facilities in Kobe City.

JMSDF submarines are currently pressed to expand their roles and missions as China, North Korea, and Russia are all boosting their military muscles around Japan. In particular, Japanese subs could be drawn into a Taiwan contingency, which has become an increasingly real possibility in recent months.

According to the JMSDF, the new submarine has a crew complement of about 70, an overall length of 84 meters, a beam of 9.1 m, a draught of 10.4 m, and a standard displacement of about 3,000 tonnes. It is just slightly larger than the well-known previous Soryu-class SSKs, which have a standard displacement of 2,950 tonnes.

The Taigei class for the first time has female-only compartments such as a living space for up to six women, a spokesman at the JMSDF told The Diplomat on October 11.

The new submarine is expected to enter service in March 2024.

https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/japan-launches-third-taigei-class-submarine-for-jmsdf/#:~:text=The%20diesel%2Delectric%20attack%20submarine,City%20on%20October%2012%2C%202022.&text=Japan's%20Mitsubishi%20Heavy%20Industries%20(MHI,%2DDefense%20Force%20(JMSDF).

 

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Philippines:
The United States has made available $100 million in foreign military financing to the Philippines, its ambassador in Manila said on Friday, part of efforts to boost the Southeast Asian country's defence capabilities and military modernisation.

The new military financing underscores improved defence ties between the treaty allies under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, shifted his country's foreign policy away from the United States to pursue warmer ties with China.

"The United States has now made available $100 million in foreign military financing in part for the Philippine military to use as it wishes," Ambassador MaryKay Carlson told a media briefing aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, which was on a scheduled port call in Manila.

Carlson added the Philippines could use the allocation to "offset" its decision to scrap a 12.7 billion ($227.35 million)deal with Russia. Manila is looking to buy heavy-lift Chinook helicopters from the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-gr...illion-foreign-military-financing-2022-10-14/

 

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The North Korean military said its response to US-South Korean war drills would be "resolute and overwhelming", state media reported Monday.

The warning came after a spate of North Korean weapons tests last week -- including an intercontinental ballistic missile -- as the United States and South Korea conducted their biggest-ever air force exercise.

The United States and South Korea have warned that such missile launches could culminate in a nuclear test by North Korea.
The North Korean military, formally known as the Korean People's Army (KPA), said it was responding to Vigilant Storm -- the US-South Korean exercise -- describing it as "an open provocation", according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Vigilant Storm was "aimed at intentionally escalating the tension in the region and a dangerous war drill of very high aggressive nature directly targeting" North Korea, the KPA said.

North Korea will respond to all "anti-DPRK war drills" with "sustained, resolute and overwhelming" measures, it said.
The United States has dismissed criticism of the exercise as North Korean propaganda, saying it posed no threat to other nations.

The KPA said it conducted operations, including the launch of tactical ballistic missiles that simulated attacks on air force bases, and practised shooting down enemy aircraft.

One ballistic missile was launched to test "a special functional warhead paralyzing the operation command system of the enemy", the KPA said, without providing any further details about that weapon.

The North Korean air force also conducted a "large-scale all-out combat sortie operation", involving 500 planes, according to KCNA.

That mobilisation prompted South Korea to scramble fighter jets on Friday.

Images of North Korean military operations released on Monday by KCNA showed missiles being fired from various undisclosed locations, including some from mobile launchers.https://www.france24.com/en/live-ne...whelming-response-to-us-south-korea-war-games

 

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Japan:
Up to 500 Tomahawk cruise missiles produced in the United States are being considered by the Japanese Ministry of Defense for purchase by fiscal 2027, The Yomiuri reports.

In his summit meeting with US President Biden on the November 13, Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida confirmed the intention to advance talks on the purchase and to accelerate preparations toward the acquisition of “counterattack capability.”

It is possible that the size of the purchase will change in the future because of factors such as the manufacturing capacity in the US.

 

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North Korea fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone, the latest in a series of provocative military moves that have angered South Korea.

About 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired at 14:59pm (05:59 GMT) from two separate sites – one on North Korea’s east coast and one on the west coast, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Monday.

North Korea’s military said it was a warning against ongoing South Korean artillery exercises near the inland border town of Cheorwon, and blamed the South for worsening tensions.

Seoul’s military said the barrage was a “clear violation” of the 2018 agreement between the North and the South that established the buffer zone in a bid to reduce tensions.

It said none of the shells crossed the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime border between the two countries.

The military said it had issued “several warnings” over the barrage, without giving any further details.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/5/north-korea-fires-artillery-barrage-in-warning-to-south-korea#:~:text=About%20130%20artillery%20rounds%20were,%2Dfor%2Dtat'%20move.&text=North%20Korea%20fired%20a%20barrage,that%20have%20angered%20South%20Korea.

 

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South Korea:
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a $1.5 billion potential Foreign Military Sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters to South Korea.

It has already been approved by the US State Department. Under this FMS, the US will provide 18 CH-47F helicopters,along with associated equipment including AN/APR-39 radar warning systems, AN/ARC-220 HF airborne communications systems, and 42 T55-GA-714A engines, of which 36 will be installed and six as spares.
https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/korea-ch-47f-chinook-helicopters

 

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Taiwan:
The US approved a $330 million sale of aircraft standard parts and equipment as well as a $98 million sale of non-standard spare parts and related equipment.

This proposed sales serves US national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to maintain a credible defensive capability.

The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the region.
https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/ma...ltural-representative-office-united-states-26

 

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Taiwan:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement announcing key pillars of his legislation to strengthen the U.S.-Taiwan relationship will be included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY23. Negotiated as a bipartisan amendment to the annual defense legislation, Menendez’s Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act (TERA), which was formerly called the Taiwan Policy Act, was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this year.

Specifically, inclusion of the updated bill in the NDAA will dramatically enhance the United States’ defense partnership with Taiwan by establishing, for the first time ever, a specific defense modernization program for Taiwan. The TERA authorizes up to $10 billion in security assistance over the next five years to modernize Taiwan’s security capabilities to deter and, if necessary, defeat aggression by the People’s Republic of China. The bill also requires a whole-of-government strategy to counter Chinese influence campaigns and economic coercion targeting Taiwan and countries that support Taiwan. It provides additional support for Taiwan’s participation in international organizations; advances critical cooperation between the U.S. and Taiwan on issues related to public health; creates a Taiwan Fellowship Program; and directs the Executive Branch to provide Congress with new assessments on China’s nuclear threat and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has affected China’s posturing vis-à-vis Taiwan.
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/pres...-of-taiwan-legislation-in-annual-defense-bill

 

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Japan Air Self-Defense Force Deploys F-15J Fighter Jets to Philippines

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Koku Jieitai, JASDF) has sent two fighter jets to the Philippines, the first time it ...

militaryleak.com

 

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Corvette of the Royal Thai Navy HTMS Sukhothai FS-442 sank in the Gulf of Thailand. The Ratanakosin-class corvette was launched in 1986. The ship with a displacement of 960 tons is armed with the RGM-84A "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles, the "Albatros" air defense system and the "OTO Breda" 76-mm artillery mount. The ship sank at 23:30 local time during a storm.

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Philippines receives first batch of ASCOD Sabrah light tanks

One of the ASCOD Sabrah light tanks delivered to the Philippine Army. Photo c/o MaxDefense Philippines. Reports from several defense and s...

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The Philippine Army receives the first Sabrah tanks from Elbit

 

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Destroyers and Frigates | JMSDF sixth Mogami-Class frigate JS Agano (FFM-6) launched today

JMSDF sixth Mogami-Class frigate JS Agano (FFM-6) launched today

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Philippines:
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has committed to transfer a number of Japanese-made UH-1J utility helicopters to beef up the disaster response capabilities of the Army Aviation Regiment of the Philippine Army (PA).

In a statement Monday, Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said the transfer will be made through a government grant.

The donation of UH-1J aircraft is expected to be received in two to three years.

The utility helicopters will significantly boost the capabilities of the Army Aviation Regiment, especially in the field of humanitarian assistance and disaster response, medical evacuation, transport of personnel and supplies and for damage assessment flights in times of national emergencies and calamities.

The Army Aviation Regiment currently has around five to six aircraft in its inventory.

The JGSDF pledge was announced on the sidelines of a bilateral meeting between the two armies during the first-ever Japan-Philippine-US Trilateral Key Leaders’ Engagement at Camp Asaka, Tokyo, Japan last December 11, Trinidad added.

"The Commanding General, Philippine Army (CGPA) Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr., discussed with JGSDF Chief-of-Staff Gen. Yoshida Yoshihide potential areas of military cooperation to include capability development, training and exercises, as well as defense materiel assistance," Trinidad said.

He added that Brawner expressed optimism that the nascent partnership would bring about mutually beneficial outcomes for both the PA and the JGSDF.

“As we all know, the Philippines and Japan are within the Pacific Ring of Fire and we experience so many disasters every year. By collaborating, all of our Armies will be able to cooperate on ensuring that our people are safe as we face the various calamities that come to our land every year," Brawner said.

The JSGDF's UH-IJ combat is manufactured by Fiji Heavy Industries and its specifications include a reduced vibration system, an infrared exhaust suppressor, and a night-vision-goggle-compatible cockpit.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1191036