Asian Defence News,Weapons and Procurement [Pics & Videos]

[Vixen]

China cuts steel for Malaysia’s first Littoral Mission Ship

Chinese state-owned company Wuchang Shipbuilding has begun constructing the first Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) on order for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).

https://www.janes.com/article/82120/...l-mission-ship

[Vixen]

Leonardo expands its presence in Bangladesh helicopter market

Leonardo is expanding its share of the growing Bangladeshi helicopter market with the announcement, during Singapore Air Show, of the upcoming delivery of five helicopters to Bashundhara Airways, comprising three AW109 Trekkers and two AW119Kx. The helicopters will be used for EMS, utility, law-enforcement, surveillance, VIP, corporate & passenger transport applications and are all scheduled to be delivered before the end of 2018 bringing Leonardo’s market share to exceed a 30%.

http://www.indiastrategic.in/2018/02...copter-market/

[Vixen]

Iraq Receives New Batch of Mi-28NE Military Helicopters From Russia

The Iraqi Defense Ministry said that Russia supplied Iraq with a new batch of Mi-28NE "Night Hunter" military helicopters.

[Vixen]

PAC/Chengdu JF-17 Thunder Flies over Paris Air Show – AINtv Express




Video -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61OyqzWjAo

Making its Le Bourget debut, the PAC/Chengdu JF-17 Thunder has come to Paris looking for business. Developed jointly by Chengdu and the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, and produced by the latter’s facility at Kamra.

[Tigers_eye]

Very informative thread. Thank you.

The Indian missile picture BRAHMOS had both Ind and Holland flag. Are those joint collaboration?

[Vixen]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
Very informative thread. Thank you.

The Indian missile picture BRAHMOS had both Ind and Holland flag. Are those joint collaboration?

you'r welcome buddy,

Its the Russian flag not holland, the BRAHMOS missile is the variant of Russian Oniks/Yakhont missile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-800_Oniks#Variants

India and russia both co-developed the Brahmos Variant.

[Vixen]

India signs $5bn deal to purchase Russian S-400 missile system








https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/...100903493.html

[Vixen]

Pakistan to Get First Batch of 3, AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopter from US

3 AH-1Z are on the verge of being delivered to the Pakistan Army. Currently they are engaged in pre-delivery test flights at BellHelicopter, Amarillo. Pakistan is the first export customer for the type and is slated to receive Nine more in 2019/20.

GD-OTS Receives $3.1 M Contract For Pakistan AH-1Z Program


https://www.janes.com/article/76309/...h-1z-programme

[Vixen]

Bangladesh buying Mi-35M attack Helicopter from Russia

Bangladesh finalized all process for buying 8-10, MI-35M attack helicopter from Russia. 2-3 will be send for UN mission other will deployed in Dhaka and Chittagong.

[Vixen]

Russia Completes Delivery of 1st S-400 Missile Defense Regiment to China

Delivery of the first S-400 regimental set including missiles and launchers has reportedly been completed.

https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/russ...ment-to-china/

[Vixen]

Pakistan conducts successful launch of Ghauri missile system [1300 km]

Pakistan on Monday successfully conducted the training launch of Ghauri Missile System having a range of up to 1,300 kilometres, Radio Pakistan reported.

According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the launch was conducted by Army Strategic Forces Command and was aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness of the command.

Ghauri Ballistic Missile can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1437648/pa...missile-system

[Vixen]

US Approves Sale of 6 More Apache AH-64E Attack Helicopters to India

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential direct commercial sale of six additional Boeing AH-64E Apache heavy attack helicopters to India for an estimated cost of $930 million, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a June 12 statement.

https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/us-a...ters-to-india/

[aklemalp]

Bump...

[Fazal]

Does Ghauri works? Naki shudu Taal patar shepoi.

[bujhee kom]

All of a sudden this thread may end up being a very hot and significant thread over the next couple of weeks.

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by bujhee kom
All of a sudden this thread may end up being a very hot and significant thread over the next couple of weeks.

Do we know what kind of plane did the Wing Commander from India fell out of?

[Vixen]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
Do we know what kind of plane did the Wing Commander from India fell out of?

Mig-21 or maybe,Sukhoi-30 ...

[aklemalp]

Originally Posted by Vixen
Mig-21 or maybe,Sukhoi-30 ...

Thank you for answering.

[Fazal]

Mig 21....

[Shingara]

Mig 21 Fishbed.

A lame aircraft. I am not sure why India didn not use SU-30's or their own HAL Tejas!

[Vixen]

Fire damages submarine at Mumbai yard

NEW DELHI: An accidental fire at a naval dockyard resulted in damage to a recently upgraded Kilo class submarine. The Navy is now checking critical components in the control room to get it back to functional duty.

The INS Sindhukesari, which underwent a Rs 1,197-crore refit and upgrade in Russia and was shipped back in February, suffered the accident when certain indigenous components as well as a US-origin periscope were being fitted onboard.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/69819050.cms

[Vixen]

Bangladesh : Standoff PGM Bombs for F-7PG

Chinese have armed BAF F-7 jets with LS-6 Glide Bombs

[Vixen]

Iran unveiled '15th khordad' medium range air defense system

Iran unveiled it's newest mid range air defense system dubbed "15th khordad".
System officially delivered to army air defense force. This system has a phased array radar and uses Sayyad-2 and Sayyad-3 missiles, can track and engage with up to 6 targets simultaneously.

15th khordad is a tactical system, requires minimum number of crews and consist of a minimum of two vesicles, one vehicle for for radar (discovery and engagement) and C&C system, and one vehicle for missile launcher, preparation time is less than 5 minutes.

defense minister described it as very lethal against targets in up to 27km altitude and in range of 7km to 75km.

discovering range: 150km
tracking range: 120km
Engaging range: 75km
Discovering range against stealth targets: 85km
Engage range against stealth targets: 45km

[Vixen]

Egypt launches its third Gowind 2500 corvette in Alexandria

The Egyptian Navy’s third Gowind 2500 corvette Al-Moez (981) was launched in a ceremony at the Alexandria shipyard on May 12.

In addition to being the third unit in the class, Al-Moez is the second of a total of four ships to be built locally by Egypt.

The first unit, ENS El Fateh, was delivered to Egypt in 2017 by Naval Group, the French state-owned shipbuilder who is helping Egypt build the remaining three units in the class under a transfer of technology agreement.

Egypt’s 102-meter corvettes are equipped with the SETIS combat system and the Panoramic Sensors and Intelligence Module (PSIM) in addition to a 76mm Oto Melara gun, vertical launch cells for MBDA’s MICA missile and torpedo launchers.

Displacing 2,600 tonnes, the ships are crewed by 80 persons (including the helicopter detachment) and reach a speed of 25 knots.

https://navaltoday.com/2019/05/13/eg...KsjJD8q_P4w92s

[Vixen]

Indo-Israeli UAV Joint Venture In $180 Million Export Deal With Philippines

An Indian JV, Adani Elbit Advanced Systems may have landed its first export order being part of a $180 million multi-UAV export deal between Israeli Elbit Systems and the Government of Philippines.

http://www.defencenews.in/article/In...ippines-585273