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China military : This high-profile American to promote its "network concept of freedom of information", and naming things, criticized the sovereign state's legitimate network management, the background or the other: one person, the Internet is moving from providing information services to provide a platform for service extension, the West advocate "the Internet is free exchange of ideas and information, the most typical expression", in fact, with the network technology innovation and development, web application into the center of gravity, the Internet has grown from a simple consumer entertainment and information exchange, to more complex words and ideas expressed speech, in other words, although the Internet is a virtual space, but it has the real political and economic life constitutes a real impact, therefore, in March 2005 the U.S. "Defense Strategy" clear the network space and land, sea, air, space defined as the equally important need to maintai...

The first test flight of the Indo-Israeli long-range, surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM), also called Barak-2, will be undertaken this year, says a senior official at Indias defense research agency. The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the prime developer of the project, says the missile, at an estimated cost of 26.06 billion rupees ($581 million), has reached its final stage. We expect to carry out the test flight soon, the official adds. The test flight of Barak-2 will be one of 11 missile tests scheduled by DRDO this year. It had been expected last year. According to the DRDO official, more than 70% of the content in the missile will be indigenous. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the key partner of the program, says the missile is designed to be used as a point-defense system on warships, defending against aircraft, anti-ship missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. The missile can hit targets at a range of 70-100 km (37-62 mi.). The first test of the missile was ...

Indian Air Force as quoted by PTI says that it will not accept last minute offers from Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) contenders. IAF says that it has evaluated the bids as per the initial offers and last minute proposals like upgrade with more powerfull engines etc is unacceptable. There are 6 contenders for the10 billion dollar plus MMRCA tender. Lockheed Martin with F-16 IN, Boeing with F/A-18 E/F, Dassault Aviation with Rafale, Saab with Gripen, Rosoboronexport with MiG 35 and EADS with Eurofighter Typhoon are vying the 126 plane contract. The IAF chief Air Chief Marshal PV Naik had said that the price negotiations are to begin by the end of this month. A price negotiation committe is being set up for the same. The contract is important for all the six contenders, as defence budgets in their own countries have shrunk. While Eurofighter Typhoon, Rafale and SAAB need to win this tender in order to survive, the order also represents a new lease of life for US contenders. Th...

Chinese air force's air defense units will hold in March this year under a complicated deal with large-scale air exercise. In this exercise, set by the Chinese military by far, the short-range air defense missile system consisting of tight network of fire to show its growing air strength. According to one expert from the Chinese Air Force pointed out that China has in the field of air defense missile simply imitations of the original transfer from the research stage, the third generation of reliable and advanced anti-aircraft missiles have been mass troops, while the fourth generation of air defense systems development work has been steadily under way. He said the Chinese air force is equipped with modern weapons have the ability to intercept far, nearly all the distance and the target of various heights. Air defense exercise in the course of March, China set to integrate the military use of force, weapons systems and tactical air command system of domestic situation. It is learn...

It has been announced that RAF Tornado aircraft have destroyed three armoured vehicles in Misrata, and three further vehicles in Ajdabiya, following a missile strike. The Chief of Defence Staff's Strategic Communication Officer Major General John Lorimer said: "British Tornado GR4 Aircraft, on a mission over Libya yesterday afternoon in support of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 took part in a co-ordinated missile strike against units of Colonel Gaddafi's Libyan Military. "The Tornado aircraft launched a number of guided Brimstone missiles, destroying three armoured vehicles in Misrata and two further armoured vehicles in Ajdabiya. Brimstone is a high precision, low collateral damage weapon optimised against demanding and mobile targets. "Britain and her International partners remain engaged in Operations to support United Nations Security Resolution 1973, to enforce the established No Fly Zone and are contributing to the NATO arms embargo of ...

As 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit AV-8B Harriers conducted air strikes on Libya as part of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn, the new Lofted Communications System was operationally deployed for the first time aboard ship, March 20. The helium-balloon transmission system was used to bridge the gap in communications from ship to Harriers conducting air strikes against the Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's ground forces and air defenses, as part of an international effort to halt an offensive against the Libyan populace. Normally, Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft would be used to relay and ensure command and control from the ship. The system, which was first tested in Kuwait in January 2009 during the MEUs sustainment training for its 2008/2009 deployment, costs a fraction of the expense to put additional aircraft in the air and doesnt risk additional lives. Being able to loft one of these balloons saves the MEU money, manpower and limits the risk that is associated with flyi...

Eagan MN (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 -Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy's commissioned ships. The milestone Q-70 system will be installed on the USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Virginia-class submarine to upgrade combat control and navigation systems. It is a command workstation that permits operators to display combat control and navigation decision data onto high definition displays located in the command and control center, providing real-time situational analysis. "Through 8,000 Q-70 deliveries, we have provided a highly standardized computer infrastructure that has reduced unit cost to the Navy by 70 percent since the inception of the program," said Mike Feeley, vice president of C4I programs for Lockheed Martin's Undersea Systems business. Q-70 products support numerous operational requirements for sailors. The Q-70 servers, wor...

Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Mar 29, 2011 -Private security firms in Latin America are the most armed with the largest weapons arsenals in that category of security industry companies worldwide, a new survey report said. An added problem was that many of the weapons carried by employees of private security firms weren't registered under companies' names. Instead, the weapons had private registrations that made the task of evaluating the firms' arsenals more difficult, said an advance research note in the forthcoming Small Arms Survey 2011, released in Geneva, Switzerland. The survey's findings were summarized in a report that drew attention to the excessive stockpiles of firearms in the private security firms sector in Latin America. The Small Arms Survey is published annually by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Citing findings on the private security companies' firearms holdings, their scale and variation across regions, the center said inf...

China military:Russia this year will accelerate the delivery of early warning helicopters Ka-31 to China The message of Russia is delivering Ka-31 early warning helicopters to China was finally confirmed. Russian military naval equipment industry responsible for the source, this is not a new agreement, but as China's purchase of the second batch of 956EM "modern" sub-class guided missile destroyers agreement should be implemented before 2005's. Card -31 will be delivered in 2011, all the Chinese Navy. Why so long to delay the delivery Ka-31 to China? Authoritative sources on the magazine explained as follows: because the situation is the same with the Ka-31, after the signing of the agreement, related to Tactical Data Link, the Russian based on "military secret", do not want to sell to China Ka-3, Ka-31 is equipped with such a tactical data link, and China wanted to get it. Eventually made a compromise by the Chinese to install their own tactical data link....

Eagan MN (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 -Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy's commissioned ships. The milestone Q-70 system will be installed on the USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Virginia-class submarine to upgrade combat control and navigation systems. It is a command workstation that permits operators to display combat control and navigation decision data onto high definition displays located in the command and control center, providing real-time situational analysis. "Through 8,000 Q-70 deliveries, we have provided a highly standardized computer infrastructure that has reduced unit cost to the Navy by 70 percent since the inception of the program," said Mike Feeley, vice president of C4I programs for Lockheed Martin's Undersea Systems business. Q-70 products support numerous operational requirements for sailors. The Q-70 servers, wor...

METI Nuclear Safety Security Institute, 29, said the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima detected within the region of radioactive plutonium in soil, and the test results indicate Fukushima further escalation of the nuclear leakage. No concentration of radiation Very difficult to deal with Previously, the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima soil and the nearby region has been detected in sea water radioactive iodine and cesium, but the detection of plutonium is the first time. Japanese officials have said the statement, detected radioactive plutonium in soil showed that the "seriousness of the accident." According to report, plutonium is reactor fuel absorbs neutrons resulting from uranium, and highly toxic. Plutonium hidden in the human body such as lung and bone tissues, destroy cell gene, increased cancer risk. The detection of the plutonium isotope Pu -238 3, plutonium -239 and plutonium -240, soil samples were collected a week ago, as the most important isotope ...

Eagan MN (SPX) Mar 29, 2011 -Lockheed Martin recently delivered the 8,000th AN/UYQ-70 combat console suite to the U.S. Navy, marking a key milestone for a system that is currently installed on 90 percent of the Navy's commissioned ships. The milestone Q-70 system will be installed on the USS Minnesota (SSN 783) Virginia-class submarine to upgrade combat control and navigation systems. It is a command workstation that permits operators to display combat control and navigation decision data onto high definition displays located in the command and control center, providing real-time situational analysis. "Through 8,000 Q-70 deliveries, we have provided a highly standardized computer infrastructure that has reduced unit cost to the Navy by 70 percent since the inception of the program," said Mike Feeley, vice president of C4I programs for Lockheed Martin's Undersea Systems business. Q-70 products support numerous operational requirements for sailors. The Q-70 servers, wor...

March 17, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Schuble at the German Parliament to participate in the discussion on nuclear energy policy. Merkel has announced the closure of seven nuclear power plants, the opposition accused him of election in order to meet changes in policy. March 27, in Germany a year, the most important local elections - Baden - Wrttemberg (Baden-Wrttemberg) parliamentary elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the leadership of the historic failure of the CDU, which is the first time in 58 years the party in the state election defeat. Baden-Wrttemberg is Germany one of the most economically developed states, is considered the traditional stronghold of the CDU, the German media generally believed that the defeat is a major blow to the ruling coalition. According to preliminary results, the ruling Christian Democratic Union won the last 39% of the vote than the last election by about 5 percentage points, which is the CDU since 1952, the lowe...

Multinational coalition military strike against Libya is still continuing 26, 25 to 26 days late, the capital Tripoli, 30 kilometers east of Area Tadjoura coalition warplanes were bombing again, and loyal to the army and anti-Gaddafi exchange of fire between government forces also continue. 2! 6, the a rmed opposition, announced the support of foreign fighters under the coalition, they Gaddafi hands of the army to retake the eastern oil city of Ai quarter Dabi Ye, Gaddafi's troops to retreat near the direction of Bopuleijia Kong. Witnesses said the Ai quarter in the east entrance of Da Biye more than 20 vehicles were destroyed or abandoned tanks and artillery, and fighting in the city's west entrance is more intense, several Mingkazhafei army soldiers were killed. Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Keim confirmed later in the day, government forces have been fierce Western coalition warplanes bombed the morning has been withdrawn Dabi Ye Ai quarter, the opposition said the ...

10 years ago, Gaddafi has met assassins assassinated, a narrow escape. Assassin armed with submachine guns at the DPRK opened fire on their car Gaddafi, Gaddafi's female bodyguards who courageously returned fire immediately, a woman named Aisha Gaddafi's bodyguards who immediately threw himself, with his body blocking the Gaddafi's bullet fired. Gaddafi assassination in that escaped unharmed, but the female bodyguards Aisha has devoted his young life, the other seven are female bodyguards to protect Gaddafi assassination was seriously injured. Aisha Gaddafi abnormal death so sad, it made him more confidence and favor of female bodyguards around.

The international coalition force is planning a ground operation in Libya that could start in late April, a high-ranking Russian intelligence service source said on Friday. "Information coming via different channels shows that NATO countries, with the active participation of Britain and the United States, are developing a plan for a ground operation on Libyan territory," he said. "From all indications, a ground operation will be launched if the alliance fails to force the Gaddafi regime to capitulate with air strikes and missile attacks." If the events in Libya follow this scenario, the ground operation could start "in late April-early May," he added. The UN Security Council imposed a no-fly zone over Libya on March 17, allowing "all necessary measures" to protect civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's attacks on rebel-held towns. The operation to enforce the no-fly zone, codenamed Odyssey Dawn, is being conducted jointly by 13 states, including th...

A missile production plant in southern Siberia has produced enough Bulava ballistic missiles to complete its tests and arm the first Borey class strategic submarine, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Monday. "A batch of missiles sufficient to finish the tests and equip one submarine has been produced already. Larger production would cause the missiles to stock up," Ivanov said after a meeting of defense industry officials in the southern Siberian republic of Udmurtia. The Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic missile carries up to 10 MIRV warheads and has a range of over 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles). Despite several previous failures, officially blamed on manufacturing defaults, the Russian military has insisted that there is no alternative to the Bulava and pledged to continue testing the missile until it is ready for service with the Navy. Russia is planning to conduct at least four Bulava test launches this year and deploy it on the new Borey class str...

Having just got back today from an one week vacation, I found that Varyag's island is almost complete. It has been completely painted and the scaffolding have been taken down. The only obvious missing part are the four MFR panels. Although, it does look like some other sensors will be installed before all is said and done.

The following is a Google translated news from ( here ), the same in Chinese ( here ). Thus far there are two known use of D-30KP-2 by the "Chinese customer" they are the H-6K "God of War" bomber program and the KJ-2000 Mainring AWAC fleet. Since the existing KL-2000 fleet does not require 55 new engines, it is likely that more H-6K will be manufactured in due course. NPO "Saturn", 25 March 2011 http://www.aviatablo.ru/node/37485/ March 23 fifth installment of D-30KP-2 production of JSC "NPO Saturn" put the Chinese customer. This is the final party of 11 engines, the contract between Rosoboronexport and the China People's Republic, which entered into force in April 2009, to supply 55 engines for the period until 2012. Delivery of the final installment of D-30KP-2 is scheduled before the end of March this year. Contract also provides technical support from the manufacturer within the warranty period. The previous four parties of D-30KP-2 were...

al-Qaeda's offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad's president said in an interview to be published March 28. Idriss Deby Itno did not say how many were stolen, but told the African weekly Jeune Afrique that he was "100 percent sure" of his assertion. "The Islamists of al-Qaida took advantage of the pillaging of arsenals in the rebel zone to acquire arms, including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their sanctuaries in Tenere," a desert region of the Sahara that stretches from northeast Niger to western Chad, Deby said in the interview. "This is very serious. AQIM (al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb) is becoming a genuine army, the best equipped in the region," he said. Elsewhere in the interview, Chad's president backed the assertion by his neighbor and erstwhile enemy, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, that the protests in Libya have been driven ...

The United States and its allies are considering supplying weapons to the Libyan opposition, The Washington Post reported March 26. President Barack Obama's administration believe the U.N. resolution that authorized international intervention in Libya has the "flexibility" to allow such assistance, it reported, citing unnamed U.S. and European officials. According to The Post, Gene Cretz, the recently withdrawn U.S. ambassador to Libya, said administration officials were having "the full gamut" of discussions on "potential assistance we might offer, both on the non-lethal and the lethal side." But no decisions had been made, the paper noted. France meanwhile backed training and arming the rebels, the report added. Obama will address the nation about his Libya strategy March 28, the White House announced March 25, as coalition forces launched a fresh wave of air and missile strikes against the Libyan regime's forces. Allied warplanes carried out rai...

The South Korean Navy has launched the third of its 7,600-ton KDX-3 class AEGIS destroyers. The Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong is now being fitted out at the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard and will enter service in March 2012. There is some doubt over whether construction of the KDX-3 class ships will continue beyond the three already ordered. The original plan was to build three, but the number was then expanded to a class of six. However, the KDX-3 class are very expensive warships, and a proposal for a less expensive AEGIS derivative of the smaller KDX-2 gained much support. Six of these modified KDX-2 class ships could be purchased for the investment made in three additional KDX-3 class vessels. Hyundai Heavy Industries, the worlds biggest shipbuilder, today launched Koreas0 third 7,600 ton class Aegis destroyer, the Ryu Sung-ryong. The launch ceremony was attended by Minister of Defense Mr. Kim Kwan-jin, Chief of Naval Operations Mr. Kim Sung-chan, Hyundai Heavy Industries president ...

According to today's CCTV, the 4th LH Regiment conducted a rapid re-basing exercise to islands off eastern China. What for, I wonder.