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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On September 7, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) began their bilateral air exercise – Shaheen VI – China. The annually-held exercise, which will conclude on September 27, involves as many as 19 PAF fighter and support aircraft.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pakistan’s state-owned Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reports that the PLAAF contingent for Shaheen VI includes the Shenyang J-11 (i.e. license-built Chinese Su-27 Flanker), Xian JH-7/JH-7A strike aircraft, and KJ-200 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. A PLAAF spokesperson told APP that Chinese ground forces and air defence units are also participating. Photos of the exercise, published by Xinhua, show that the Shenyang J-8II interceptor is also participating with the PLAAF.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The PAF appears to be participating with the JF-17 Thunder, which is jointly produced by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), CAIG F-7P and the Karakoram Eagle ZDK03-based AEW&C.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pakistan and China rotate the responsibility of hosting the Shaheen exercise, with Shaheen V being held in Pakistan in 2016. That year, the PAF also participated in Anatolian Eagle and Red Flag in Turkey and the U.S., respectively. The PAF also conducted its force-wide exercise, Tempest II, in 2016.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Besides benchmarking operational practices and performance with partnering air forces, exercises of this nature also enable the PAF to engage in dissimilar air combat training (DACT). Of particular interest would be the Shenyang J-11, which is a Flanker variant like the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Su-30MKI.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Muslim world has been losing intelligent students to the West as part of brain drains, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 26, stressing that they should find ways to prevent the emigration from happening. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“We need to carry measures that will prevent this brain drain, which is causing our science world to become a desert, into effect as soon as possible,” Erdoğan said in an event on higher education in the Muslim world at the Beştepe Presidential Complex in Ankara.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Saying that there were only a few universities from the Muslim world among the top 500 universities in the world, he added that the brightest youths were moving to Western countries. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“On top of that, we are transferring very serious amounts of money to Western countries for this. After these students complete their academic studies, we naturally expect them to return to their countries and serve their own people. But most of the time, those finishing their schools do not return to their homelands, but stay where they received education,” he noted.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“This situation is definitely affected by reasons like not being able to give up on the life standards they got used to. But I believe that we, as heads of states, need to think of the real reasons that distance our youth from ourselves,” Erdoğan added. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Erdoğan said that while OECD countries allocated 5.2 percent of their national budget to education, this number could not even reach 1 percent in the Muslim world, adding that education was one of the priorities of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Like in every society in the Muslim world, we stay away from issues that demand endeavor and patience. If we are unsuccessful in raising a generation that asks, questions, and has ambitions for the future, a generation running after temporary whims emerges. We face the fact that nations that cannot develop unique educations systems cannot determine their future,” he noted. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The most important responsibility falls on the shoulders of our universities. Universities are the production centers of science and unique and free thoughts. Every kind of idea that is not contaminated with terror and that does not encourage violence has a place and should have a place in the university,” he said. </span><br>
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</div><a href="https://asian-defence.blogspot.com/2017/07/muslim-world-needs-to-prevent-brain.html#more">READ MORE</a>Muhammad Bilalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12228442063459908073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015762254129443413.post-62536704385596662242017-07-27T02:56:00.002-07:002017-07-27T02:56:43.314-07:00Pakistan's Military Industrial Base is Better Than India's: General Sarath Chand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Pakistan's military industrial base is "better" than India's, said India's Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lieutenant General Sarath Chand, as he "slammed" the performance of ordnance factories at home, Times of India reported.</b></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the Indian daily, Chand said on Tuesday that "Pakistan probably has a better industrial base, as far as defence production is concerned, than our country," adding that Pakistan exported more defence equipment than India.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking at the inaugural session of AMICON 2017, a two-day conference organised by the Indian army and the Confederation of Indian Industry, Chand criticised India's ordnance factories for not keeping up with changing technology and not undertaking enough research and development initiatives.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He wondered if the poor functioning of the factories was caused by a "lack of accountability", read the TOI report.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It is very hard to see ordnance factories changing in the present state. Overall, it has become an unsuccessful method of supporting our defence requirements," observed Chand.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the Indian daily, Chand further highlighted the importance of a military industry in times of war, adding that India had been "let down" by "friends [...] whenever the chips have been down."</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reports claim there has been <b>substantial design work and concept proofing for a new underwater arsenal ship in China</b>. A leading chinese naval engineer <b>Professor Dong Wei Cai continued to work on a key aspect of the arsenal ship design: the high-speed wave hydroplane up until his recent death.</b></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>There are two concepts in circulation:</b></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. a high-speed warship with much of its hull submerged but otherwise has a functional superstructure with defense weapons and radar</b></span><br>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2. other is almost completely submerged arsenal ship with two conning towers.</b></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Both ship designs could displace roughly about 20,000 tons at full load.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These warships could carry hundreds of guided missiles.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The arsenal ship would have most of its hull inherently submerged, with only the bridge and a few other parts of the ship above the waterline which reduce the radar cross section. This would be in situations where the ship is hiding or trying to protect itself.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>China has conducted seven tests of a hypersonic glide missile in recent years</b>, six of which have been successful. While Beijing has acknowledged such testing, it was previously unknown that it is also working on a short-range hypersonic weapons development program for East Asian targets.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Hypersonic weapons are next-generation maneuvering strike vehicles </b>launched at top of ballistic missiles that travel at speeds of up to Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound. They maneuver and glide along the edge of space, making them very difficult for missile defenses to shoot down.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The United States and Russia have also been aggressive about developing hypersonic strike capability. It is thought that Japan’s anti missile system could be made impotent if Beijing’s development of hypersonic weapons advances.</b></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>In Japan, the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile defense system has been deployed by the Air Self-Defense Force along with the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Aegis destroyers equipped with Standard Missile-3 interceptors.</b></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Taiwan has also deployed PAC-3 surface-to-air guided interceptors, while South Korea has decided to deploy the advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti ballistic missile system on its soil to better cope with North Korea’s missile threats.</b></span><br>
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">WASHINGTON: </span><b style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-top: 0px;">India might strike Pakistan</b><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> in order to teach him a lesson over the increasing cross border attacks, Head of the </span><b style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">US Defence Intelligence Agency</b><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> has informed the U</span><b style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">S Senate Armed Services Committee.</b><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">A senior intelligence official from the United States has warned that India is considering punitive actions against Pakistan.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br />
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Muhammad Bilalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12228442063459908073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015762254129443413.post-81386106165749768562017-05-15T00:32:00.004-07:002017-05-15T00:32:50.744-07:00China Test Fired New Missiles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
China has conducted a number of weapons tests, which included the launch of a new missile type in the northeastern Bohai Sea close to the Korean Peninsula, the Information Bureau of China’s Ministry of National Defense announced on May 9.<br>
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* a new variant of the intermediate-range DF-26 ballistic missile, the DF-26B.<br>
* a new submarine-launched ballistic missile dubbed the JL-3.<br>
* a DF-21D medium range ballistic missile.<br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The new <b>ultra-low altitude anti-ship</b> unmanned system can fly as low as 50 cm above the sea, <b>can reach a maximum altitude of 3,000 km</b>, along with an endurance of 1.5 hours – depending on the flight profile.<b> The maximum take-off weight (MTOW) is 3000 kilograms and can carry a 1000 kg load.</b></span><br>
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<b>Google data centers</b> process an average of<b> 40 million searches per second</b>, resulting in 3.5 billion searches per day and 1.2 trillion searches per year.<br>
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Google was spending $20 billion per year on its data centers in 2014 and now is spending about $30 billion per year.<br>
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Google used 5.7 terawatt-hours of electricity Google consumed in 2015 which is about 1 gigawatt of power. If each server used 200 watts then Google had 5 million servers in 2015.<br>
In 2017, Google power usage has likely continued to increase and Google has some very energy efficient servers. It is highly likely that Google has over ten million servers.<br>
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Google’s global data centers have been using atomic clocks for database synchronization for close to ten years. The <b>Spanner</b> project was revealed over five years ago. Google began the spanner project over ten years ago. <b>The Spanner database uses atomic clocks and GPS for transaction timing.</b><br>
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Russia will start building multi-purpose </span><b style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-top: 0px;">nuclear-powered submarines </b><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">of the fifth generation in 2020. Companies of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are ready to start the work in 2020, when 885 Yasen project is completed. The Russian Husky submarine will be the follow up to the Yasen submarine.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The new submarines will be smaller and cheaper than their Soviet-designed predecessors. Indeed, there are indications that Moscow will be extensively leveraging automation technologies developed for the Project 705 Lira-class attack submarine—better known in the West as the Alfa-class—for the new boats.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Russian analysts estimate that the next-generation submarines will displace no more than about 6,000-tons. Which means that another Soviet innovation might make a comeback—liquid metal cooled reactors.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Russia will also incorporate </span><b style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">composite structures in its next-generation follow-on to the Project 855M Yasen-class</b><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> in the 2020s. The next-generation Russian nuclear submarines may use composite structures in an attempt to drastically reduce their acoustical signatures.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The new composite materials are still in testing, but Russia will test its first composite propeller design in 2018. “This is one of our institute’s most promising projects,” Polovinkin said. “This trend reduces vibration in the blades and increases the efficiency of the screw. These various effects will help improve the ship’s acoustic signature.”</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">For the time being, engineers are designing the look of future submarines. The performance of the subs remains a secret. According to developers, performance characteristics will depend on requirements from the navy.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">It is worthy of note that Project 885 Yasen stipulates for the construction of seven multi-purpose nuclear submarines. The main submarine of the project - Severodvinsk - has already been passed into service.</span><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><br style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;" /><span style="background-color: #fcfcff; color: #141414; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Earlier, Pravda.Ru reported that Russia was planning to launch Zircon hypersonic missiles in the spring of 2017 from a sea-based carrier. The launches are said to be conducted for the implementation of the concept of global non-nuclear deterrence. Zircon hypersonic missiles will be installed on board Yasen-M submarines, Husky submarines, as well as a number of surface ships.</span><br />
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The China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSSC) showcased its next-generation trimaran-hull frigate and the S26 air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarine (SSP) at the 2017 International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), which is concluding in Abu Dhabi.<br>
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The S26 SSP appears to be the AIP-equipped variant of the S20 diesel-electric submarine (SSK), which CSSC has been marketing for export since 2013.<br>
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Although the S20 SSK was not offered with AIP by default, a customer could opt for it separately. It was not clear if CSSC was offering an AIP of its own or if the end-user would have to acquire it separately. With the S26, CSSC is offering its Stirling AIP system (IHS Jane’s).<br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the spring of 2017, Russia may test a rocket mounted Zircon Hypersonic missile for the first time. The launch is said to be conducted within the scope of the global non-nuclear deterrence strategy.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hypersonic speed is Mach 5 or faster. Mach 1 is the speed of sound which is about 300 meters per second, or 1,224 km/h.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Zircon missile was designed for the Russian Navy at NPO Machine Building (Reutov, Moscow region). The company also develops advanced warheads for intercontinental ballistic missiles known as "Object 4202."</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The range of the missile will be about 500 km, whereas the speed of the new missile is said to reach Mach 5 or six.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Zircon missiles can be used as armament for surface warships and nuclear-powered submarines, as well as aircraft and coastal mobile missile systems. It is believed that Onyx and Zircon missiles are designed to implement elements of the concept of strategic non-nuclear deterrence.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seed funding to commence design Work for Ghatak UCAV and AMCA has been processed and preliminary work will begin soon. A part of the funds will also be used to design and develop critical stealth technologies for the AMCA stealth fighter project.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If the work on Ghatak and AMCA commences in 2017 then both birds can debut in 2025.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Narendra Modi government is set to give the green light to a Rs 3,000-crore plan to develop Ghatak, a new engine that will power India's first unmanned combat aircraft, or drones capable of delivering bombs as well as tackling aerial threats, as part of a project that envisages major participation of the private sector. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ghatak will be a derivative of the abandoned Kaveri project that had been in the works for over two decades, officials said. The key difference in the current plan is the proposed participation of the private sector in a significant way. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The drone is being designed to be invisible to radars with its radical 'flying wing design'.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Indian Army is set to deploy over 460 new T-90SM main battle tanks (MBTs) along India’s border with Pakistan, senior Indian defense officials told IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly on January 19.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The new T-90SM MBT (other designations T-90AM or T-90MS) is the latest and most modern version of the T-90 (which in turn is a modernized variant of the T-72 MBT), and has specifically been designed for export by Russia.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After deciding to purchase 16 JF-17 Thunder multi-role combat aircraft in 2015, Myanmar is now in advanced negotiations with Pakistan to licence-build the third-generation fighter, defence industry sources in Yangon and sources close to the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) told Jane's in mid-January.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If an agreement is reached, Myanmar's bid to manufacture the single-engine combat aircraft - co-developed by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China's Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC) - could mark a significant step forward in the country's efforts to expand its local defence industry.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As the MAF phases out its obsolete fleet of F-7M Airguard and A-5C 'Fantan' combat aircraft purchased from China in the 1990s, licensed production of the JF-17 Thunder would also mean that the aircraft will likely become the MAF's workhorse over the coming decades in much the same way as it has moved to prominence within the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At least 70 of the fighters are in service with the PAF, with the first ones having entered service in 2009. Expectations are that the PAF will induct up to 150 JF-17 Thunder fighters in the coming years.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is expected to place its formal order for 50 JF-17 Block-IIIs from the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in the first half of 2017, reports Alan Warnes (on Asian Military Review).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These are part of the initial allotment of 150 JF-17s the PAF committed to when it signed onto the program in 1999. Currently, the PAF has more than 70 JF-17s in service, with PAC crossing 30 JF-17 Block-IIs by 2017 and on-track to rolling out another 14 single-seat Block-IIs in 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Three two-seater JF-17Bs will also be built, of which two will be assigned to the PAF. Alan Warnes learned that these JF-17Bs will be used in “testing and development” for accelerating weapons integration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Air Marshal Arshad Malik, the Chairman of PAC, was also enthusiastic about the JF-17’s export prospects, noting that PAC’s production output could be increased to “cope with future exports.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Currently, 3 and 16 JF-17s are on order by Nigeria and Myanmar, respectively. Azerbaijan is reportedly re-interested in the JF-17, while Myanmar is reportedly in talks for additional fighters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Regarding the JF-17 Block-III, Warnes noted that the Nanjing Research Institute of Electronic Technologies (NRIET) KLJ-7A and a Leonardo radar (possibly Vixen 1000) are viewed as the leading options for the Block-III’s active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar requirement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Based on the wording of the article, it appears that JF-17 Block-III production is scheduled to begin shortly after the conclusion of the PAF’s Block-II run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While the AESA radar bid has narrowed to the KLJ-7A and a Leonardo system, the issues of helmet-mounted display and sight (HMD/S) systems, new electronic warfare and electronic countermeasures, and new munitions are still open. However, seeing that the Block-III program will be put into motion this year, there may be industry traction in each of these issues through 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It also appears, though unconfirmed, that once currently set exports are completed, PAC will only produce Block-IIIs (for export and domestic use alike). In fact, Alan Warnes stated that PAC will “not halt” JF-17 production between Block-II and Block-III, meaning, prospective export customers from late 2017 or early 2018 will see the JF-17 Block-III.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China flew an improved version of its Shenyang J-31 Gyrfalcon stealth fighter. Compared to the previous prototype, the new version features a host of refinements and has started to resemble a genuine fifth-generation stealth aircraft in many ways. The J-31 is intended for military export markets.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is expected to be priced around $70 million. This is half of the F-35 stealth fighter price. The fourth-generation Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale fighter jets are priced at about $100 million.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The J-31 is believed to be powered by a pair of Russian-made Klimov RD-93 afterburning turbofans each developing roughly 18,000lb of thrust at maximum power. The Chinese hope to replace those engines with a pair of indigenous WS-13E turbofans, which are expected to develop roughly 22,000lbs of thrust.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China began development of the Taishan in 2000 to replace the Klimov RD-93 turbofan, which had been selected in the 1990s to power the JF-17 light-weight fighter. It is designed to have a life span of 2,200 hours and an improved version, providing around 100 kN (22,450 lb) of thrust with afterburner, is under development.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a Surprise move to the world China has Inducted At least six J-20s stealth fighters are in active service in PLAAF, with four tail numbers 78271,78272,78273 and 78274 identified. And another six are ready to be delivered by end of December 2016</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the Chinese aviation expert Dafeng Cao, six J-20 stealth fighters will be inducted into the Chinese air force (PLAAF) at a formal ceremony later this month.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recent speculations refer to the J-20 Black Eagle as an air-to-air fighter with an emphasis on forward stealth, high-speed aerodynamics, range, and adequate agility. The J-20 could threaten vulnerable tankers and ISR/C2 platforms, depriving Washington of radar coverage and strike range. However one of these targets, the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, is reported to be optimized for spotting fighter sized stealth aircraft such as the J-20.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Xian H-20 is a subsonic stealth bomber design of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, due to enter service in the future. It is a "strategic project" for china. The aircraft will feature a wing design similar to that of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, with components already being manufactured. Analysts note that the bomber may enter service by 2025, and will seek to replace China's existing fleet of Xian H-6K bombers.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Admiral Yin said the H-20 stealth bomber will certainly be on par with the United States' Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. He noted China has gained some experience in stealth technology from the development of Chengdu J-20 and the Shenyang J-31 stealth fighters, so the material and design isn't a big problem.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The US B-2 entered service in 1997 as the second aircraft designed to have advanced stealth technology after the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk attack aircraft.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The US Northrop B-2 is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet (15,000 m), with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (6,900 mi; 11,000 km) on internal fuel and over 10,000 nautical miles (12,000 mi; 19,000 km) with one midair refueling. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the China Daily, Chinese military officials have made clear intentions to develop a strategic bomber capable of striking targets beyond the second island chain without aerial refueling, while carrying a payload of at least 10 tons.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China's first stealth bomber will be developed and produced by Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, the same firm that makes the H-6K.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China made it official this week that J-20 is coming to Zhuhai air show. All of this is quite interesting when one compares this to how long before J-10 made its first visit to Zhuhai Air Show. Clearly, China has taken a more confident and transparent approach in its military programs in the past 10 years. At this point, J-20 has started Low rate initial production batches, but has yet to achieve IOC. To that end, AVIC must be confident enough in the progress of flight-testing program to allow J-20 to appear in China’s most prominent aerospace exhibition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A couple of years ago, PAK-FA had an epic failure when one of the prototypes had fire damage while delivering a flight performance in front of IAF officials. Certainly, the pilots were most likely instructed to put on a show to impress PAK-FA’s largest export client, but the aircraft was also clearly not up to task. The result of that embarrassing incident was extensive delays in the flight-testing program while that prototype was getting repaired. More recently, Russia finally officially adjusted the initial induction of PAK-FA to 2018. It had been obvious for quite a long time that they were not going to make end of 2016, since the fixed up prototype and new prototypes have just recently surfaced. I have not kept up to the progress of J-20 units, but it seems like the first LRIP frames may have already arrived at FTTC. FTTC should very soon start training with this new aircraft. IOC may be achieved by late next year. Of course, engine remains to be a major concern for the J-20 program. It’s still not known at this point what is powering aircraft. It would seem to be a special variant of AL-31FN, but this will be an interim solution until WS-15 is ready. At its induction, J-20 will be quite underpowered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aside from J-20, other big-ticket items like J-10B, KJ-500, Y-20, Z-10K and H-6K will all be physically displayed in the air show. Since a real J-10B came, the serial number was finally allowed to show. Maybe after this appearance, China will allow J-10B pictures to be published without the serial numbers photoshoped. Zhuhai air show has traditionally been an occasion for China to show its latest UAV and missiles (many of which are still in conceptual stage). It will certainly be the case again this time around. While we have already seen well know UAVs like CH-5 and Wing Loong-2, we are also seeing new concepts that could very well make their mark in the export market. The latest one we saw is Cloud Shadow UAV which looks a lot like SkyWing UAVs that have already test flied.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally, a recent national day parade in Turkmenistan showed that all of its SAMs, missiles, radar systems and UAVs are all imported from China. All of this is quite unexpected since Turkmenistan has traditionally been under the overwhelming presence and influence of Russia. At this point, China is clearly making inroads against Russia in many export markets.</span></div>
Muhammad Bilalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12228442063459908073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015762254129443413.post-28494558544724577982016-11-27T10:34:00.001-08:002016-11-27T10:34:40.980-08:00China, Pakistan to deploy warships to safeguard Gwadar port <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">China will deploy its naval vessels in coordination with the Pakistan Navy to safeguard the Gwadar port in Balochistan and trade under a bilateral trade corridor, according to a media report on Friday.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Besides the joint deployment of warships, Pakistan is considering the purchase of super-fast vessels from China and Turkey for a special squadron to be positioned at Gwadar to secure the deep sea port, an unnamed Pakistan Navy official was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“A squadron may have four to six warships,” the official said on the sidelines of the IDEAS 2016 defence exhibition in Karachi.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The super-fast vessels would be “bought soon” in view of their immediate need in the fleet and two warships had already been deployed at Gwadar, the official said.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The role of Pakistan’s maritime forces had increased since the country made Gwadar operational and expedited up economic activities under the $46-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the official said.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">India has for long expressed concerns about the Chinese Navy’s involvement in the Gwadar port, which is at the heart of the CPEC.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Tribune quoted another unnamed naval official as saying that Pakistan has kicked off the process of establishing the region’s largest shipyard at Gwadar. A similar ship-building project is being considered for Port Qasim in Karachi.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The two advanced shipyards will design and develop ships and other security equipment for the Pakistan Navy.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The existing shipyard, the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, lacks capacity to meet new requirements of the force. Its (PNSC) performance, however, would improve in competition with the two under consideration,” he said.</span><br>
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