June 2012 ~ China Defense Blog

Friday, June 29, 2012

Russian-Indian Brahmos Hypersonic Missile Production to Complete

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Russian-Indian Brahmos Hypersonic Missile Production to Complete

BrahMos 2, currently under development by Russian-Indian joint venture Brahmos Aerospace, is expected to be available for test flights in 2017.

Iran to Build 10 New Warships

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Iran's first domestically made destroyer Jamaran. Archive

Iran to Build 10 New Warships

Iran will build 10 new frigates and destroyers

These include a Mowj-1 class destroyer, launched in 2010, and Velayat, a Mowj-2 class destroyer,

Chinese Hicom High Mobility Utilty Veicle

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Chinese People's Army 22 light armored vehicles MengShi Dongfeng EQ2058. They are driven by licensing 150-hp Cummins diesel engine EQB150-20, co-operating with a 5-speed gearbox and two-speed transfer case. Top speed is around 105 km / h /.

Hydrographic Catamaran "Makar"- India

9:12 PM China Defense No comments

Alcock Ashdown Limited", Gujarat, at the end of May 2012 gave the military hydrographic catamaran sailors "Makar". This is the lead ship of the series, built as catamaran. Although the ship was built Indian specialists, catamaran design is an Australian company "STS".

Offers for South KoreaF-15K Rafale

9:36 PM China Defense No comments

South Korean military procurement agency DAPA, Boeing proposed the F-15SE, a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. The third bidder is the Eurofighter is EADS. Everyone will seek its third victory in a tender for the successors of F-4 and F-5. Seoul bought in advance from Boeing, in two rounds, 61 F-15K. Deliveries of the last of them being.

China'exercise Pictures Story

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China'exercise Pictures Story

China's Xinhua News Agency, a helicopter fires rockets during the Peace Mission 2012 joint anti-terrorism military exercise by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Khujand, Tajikstan.

India (LCA) Jet Engine Plan

3:32 PM China Defense No comments

India has abandoned its efforts to build its own engine to power the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark-2, according to Indian Defence Ministry sources.

China'main battle tanks to debut in Europe International Defense Exhibition

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China Defense Exhibition opened in the exhibition in Wheeler Pant, in the northern Paris on the 11th, which attracted more than 1,400 exhibitors from over 50 countries and regions to showcase their newly developed weapons and high-tech military equipment.

HQ-16A in Shanghai Garrison.

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This CCTV report shows a militia managed ammunition depot offloading HQ-16 launches to the near by Shanghai Garrison. This is to suggest that after the 38th and 39th Group Army, the Shanghai Garrison is also be protected by HQ-16A

Exercise Serolane – South Africa

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Last week soldiers of the Dutch 11 Air Manoeuvre Brigade and their counterparts of the South African 44 Parachute Regiment have started Exercise Serolane in South Africa.

Rafael Introduces Mini Spike System

8:15 AM China Defense No comments

Rafael has used the multi-purpose Mini Spike missile system, which is currently under development for the Israel Defence Force .

China’s first aircraft carrier, the "Varyag" has completed

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China’s first aircraft carrier, the "Varyag" has completed its seventh sea trial. This most recent sea trial began on May 23 and lasted for more than 200 hours, and comes only 8 days from

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