02 Oktober 2019
Ship#20 Pohang class corvette (photo : VietDefense)
Closeup photo of the Flight III Pohang class corvette Ship #20 in service with the Vietnam People's Navy.
Formerly the PCC-765 Yeosu, the ship has been overhauled and now sports the signature red-colored deck paintjob traditionally associated with communist/east bloc navies along with light grey hull paintjob present on all nearly all Vietnamese navy ships.
The corvette is shown here docked next to two Vietnamese-built TT400TP class gunboats.
Ship #20 also differs from the earlier Ship #18 (former PCC-761 Gimcheon) in the fact that #20 has retained nearly all original weaponry as was equipped while the ship was still serving as ROKS Yeosu.
(VietDefense)
02 Oktober 2019
Mi-17 VIP helicopter (photo : Russian Helicopters)
Russia is reportedly providing a freebie helicopter on top of the 16 Mi-17 medium-lift helicopters that the Philippines is reportedly poised to buy for Philippine Air Force (PAF).
The said freebie helicopter will be a very, very important person (VVIP) helicopter, according to report by Manila Bulletin citing sources.
Business Mirror earlier reported that the signing of contract may take place during the visit of President Rodrigo Duterte to Russia this week.
In a pre-departure briefing, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Amelita Aquino said “the highlight of the trip will be the President’s bilateral meeting with President Putin where they will discuss the state of our bilateral relations and how both sides can further enhance and expand our cooperation in various areas.”
Earlier this year, the Department of National Defense (DND) awarded Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation – PZL Mielec with contract for 16 Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawks for Philippine Air Force (PAF)’s Combat Utility Helicopter (CUH) acquisition project.
(Mintfo)
02 Oktober 2019
HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan 552 second Krabi class OPV (all photos : TAF, TDN)
Prestige of Thai Navy introducing the King Self-reliance towards the Royal Warship Prachuap Khiri Khan successful by Thai people fulfilling the mission of preserving sovereignty and national interests at sea.
On 27 September 2019, Admiral Luechai Ruddit, Commander in Chief of the Navy Presided over the delivery ceremony The royal boat Prachuap Khiri Khan No. 552 is ready to be delivered under the command of Battle fleet, with Admiral Noppadon Supakorn, commander of the Combat Fleet and Rear Admiral Somphong Nakthong, Commander of the Gulf Fleet Delivered Among the senior commanders of the navy Local government organization And related agencies Participated in the welcome ceremony And be a witness at Laem Thian Pier Sattahip Naval Base, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province.
It is a great honor of Thai Navy that has received grace from His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej is graciously pleased to grant King Kanittha Thiraj Krom HRH The Princess Mother Proceeded on behalf of His Majesty went to lay the keel of the second offshore patrol vessel that was connected by Thai people In honor at the Royal Navy, Mahidol Adulyadej Department of Naval Dock, Sattahip District, Chon Buri Province, on 23 June 2017, later in the year 2019 gave the name of this ship that Royal boat Prachuap Khiri Khan and graciously granted King Kanittha Thiraj Krom HRH The Princess Mother Proceeded on behalf of His Majesty come to perform the royal boat release ceremony at Prachuap Khiri Khan on Friday 2 August 2 at 10:00 am at the Royal Navy Mahidol Adulyadej Department of Naval Dock, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province.
The 2nd Offshore Patrol Vessel Project, in honor of the Royal Ship, Prachuap Khiri Khan No. 552, is a project by the Royal Thai Navy. Continue up to guide the science of the king Abide by self-reliance According to the sufficiency economy approach of His Majesty the King Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, according to His Majesty the King's speech The commander of the Royal Palace Guard, Klai Kangwon Palace and the people who greet His Majesty at the Klai Wang Palace, worried about the use of the navy on April 15, 2002, that "the navy should use ships of a size suitable and self-built which, when constructing a offshore patrol boat the Tor 91, should be enlarged and create more."
Navy therefore appointed a working group studying as a far-off patrol boat that are used in government to develop combat power. According to the navy strategy, to increase capacity in response to the mission of preserving national marine interests, keep law at sea surface combat operations and helping the victims at sea which has resolved to use the boat model of the Krabi Royal Boat that the navy continued in honor His Majesty the King Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great, on the occasion of his 84th birthday on December 5, 2011, with the development of features to be able to fulfill the mission of the navy with maximum efficiency.
Prachuap Khiri Khan Royal Boat there is a 4-year project period from the fiscal year 2015-2018, to build a boat at Mahidol Navy Adulyadej Navy Yard. It can be said that the navy has used the potential and knowledge of its personnel in the process of fully implementing the test installation according to self-reliance guidelines. After completion will be stationed at Gulf Inspection Fleet Naval Battle Division with Commander Wirut Chayachinda as Commander with 99 sailors.
General features of the boat is 90.50 meters long and 13.50 meters wide. The water displacement is not less than 1,960 tons. Maximum speed is not less than 23 knots. The operating distance is not less than 3,500 nautical miles. Can operate at sea for at least 14 days. Main gun size 76/62 mm automatic, 30 mm medium machine gun, single platform, 0.50 inch M2 machine gun, 2 weapons, fire trajectory to the ground to the harpoon Block ll, 2 platforms, 4 pipes, firing targets and shooting 2 bed.
(Thai Defense News)
01 Oktober 2019
Peralatan antidrone TNI (all photos : teritorial)
Jakarta (ANTARA) - PT Pertamina (Persero) RU VI Balongan bekerja sama dengan Kementerian Pertahanan (Kemhan) dalam penggunaan antidrone atau (drone jammer) untuk melindungi kilang minyak dan gas bumi yang dimilikinya dari ancaman serangan pesawat tanpa awak atau drone.
Menhan Ryamizard Ryacudu dalam keterangan tertulisnya, di Jakarta, Senin, mengatakan, pihaknya sangat terbuka dan siap bersinergi dengan berbagai pihak untuk mendukung pengamanan objek vital nasional.
PT Pertamina (Persero) RU VI Balongan, kata dia, merupakan salah satu kilang pengolahan minyak dan gas bumi milik negara yang berlokasi di Kecamatan Balongan, Kabupaten Indramayu, yang bertanggung jawab memenuhi kebutuhan bahan bakar minyak (BBM) di wilayah Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, dan Bekasi (Jabodetabek).
"Sesuai dengan amanat Undang-Undang, obvitnas atau obyek vital nasional harus dilindungi dari berbagai ancaman serangan karena menyangkut kemaslahatan rakyat Indonesia," kata mantan Kepala Staf TNI Angkatan Darat (KSAD) ini.
Hal itu mengacu pada Peraturan Menteri Perhubungan Republik Indonesia Nomor PM 90 Tahun 2015 tentang Pengendalian Pengoperasian Pesawat Udara Tanpa Awak di Ruang Udara yang Dilayani Indonesia dan Peraturan Pemerintah Republik Indonesia Nomor 4 Tahun 2018 tentang Pengamanan Wilayah Udara Republik Indonesia.
Dua unit drone jammer gun model dan static drone jammer milik Kemhan sudah terbukti mampu menangkal atau mencegah serangan udara melalui penggunaan drone.
"Penggunaan bersama antidrone sebagai komitmen nyata Kemhan dalam menjaga serta melindungi objek vital nasional (obvitnas) dari ancaman serangan drone termasuk, di antaranya kilang minyak milik PT Pertamina (Persero) RU VI Balongan," ujarnya.
Purnawirawan jenderal bintang empat ini, menyebutkan, kerja sama peminjaman pesawat antidrone itu juga berkaca peristiwa serangan drone di kilang minyak terbesar di dunia yang berada di Arab Saudi beberapa waktu lalu.
Akibat serangan tersebut, sekitar 50 persen pasok minyak dunia mengalami penurunan.
Manager HSSE PT Pertamina (Persero) RU-VI Balongan, Hartanto berharap, kerja sama tersebut merupakan bentuk sinergi yang baik antara PT Pertamina (Persero) RU VI Balongan dan Kemenhan dalam upaya pertahanan dan menciptakan situasi keamanan termasuk pada keberlangsungan operasional obvitnas.
Delegasi Kemhan dipimpin oleh Kasub Komlek Kemenhan Letkol Arh Aries Sugiantoro, dan Hartanto didampingi oleh Senior Supervisor Nonfisik Security PT Pertamina (Persero) RU-VI Balongan, Maryono.
(Antara)
01 Oktober 2019
Austal OPV (image : Austal)
MANILA - A P30 billion loan from Australia for the building of offshore patrol vessels is at risk of being scrapped due to the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend aid from countries that sponsored and backed an inquiry into the Philippine war on drugs, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday.
Lorenzana said the defense department is currently in talks with the Australian government for the building of 6 offshore patrol vessels for the Philippine Navy.
The vessels will be built in Cebu, where Australian shipbuilder Austal has a presence. It would benefit many Filipino workers, Lorenzana said.
Lorenzana said he would seek an exemption for the loan should the defense department reach a deal with the Australian government.
“If we give it to them, they will employ more Filipinos. I think this is a very good case [for exemption] to the memo of the president,” he told a Senate budget hearing.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who asked Lorenzana about which military deals he would seek exemption from the president’s order, agreed with the defense chief.
“It will benefit the armed forces and the shipbuilding economy. Hopefully the president will reconsider insofar as as the DND is concerned,” Drilon said.
Australia was one of the 18 countries which voted in favor of the Iceland-led United Nations resolutions which sought a review of the Philippines’ war on drugs.
The Palace has described the resolution as “designed to embarrass” the Philippines.
Rights groups have claimed that tens of thousands have died in the Philippine government's drug war. Police, meanwhile, said the death toll is below 6,000.
The government has repeatedly denied involvement in summary killings, saying drug suspects slain in police operations had resisted arrest.
(ABS CBN)
01 Oktober 2019
Tim uji fungsi rancang bangun Combat Swimmer Vehicle (CSV) (photo : Kemhan)
Balitbang kemhan dalam hal ini Puslitbang Iptekhan melaksanakan uji fungsi Rancang Bangun Combat Swimmer Vehicle (CSV) di Danau Venue Ski Air Cipeundeuy Padalarang Bandung, Jawa Barat. Uji fungsi Rancang Bangun Combat Swimmer Vehicle disaksikan oleh Kabalitbang Kemhan Dr. Anne Kusmayati, Ses Balitbang Kemhan Brigjen TNI Abdullah Sani, Kapuslitbang Iptekhan Balitbang Kemhan Marsma TNI Bambang Wijanarko, S.E., S.T., M.Si. (Han), Kabid Dager Puslitbang Iptekhan Balitbang Kemhan Kolonel Inf Yan Namora, para pejabat Kemhan dan tim uji fungsi dari PT. Robo Marine serta personel yang terkait.
Kegiatan diawali sambutan dari Dirut PT. Robo Marine Bapak Nico Prayogo, S.T., M.T., dilanjutkan paparan oleh Ibu Zainul Walidatish S, S.T., sebagai Project Manager PT. Robo Marine dan selanjutnya sambutan oleh Kabalitbang Kemhan Dr. Anne Kusmayati, pembacaan doa, dilanjutkan uji fungsi Rancang Bangun Combat Swimmer Vehicle (CSV) dari tim PT. Robo Marine dan terakhir evaluasi hasil pelaksanaan uji fungsi tersebut. Pelaksanaan uji fungsi Rancang Bangun Combat Swimmer Vehicle (CSV) ini adalah hasil kerjasama antara Balitbang Kemhan dengan PT. Robo Marine Indonesia.
Combat Swimmer Vehicle buatan PT Robo Marine Indonesia (photo : Defense Studies)
Uji fungsi ini dilaksanakan untuk mengetahui karakteristik sistem control dan manuver wahana Combat Swimmer Vehicle (CSV), merupakan tahap I dari rencana III tahap pelaksanaan dari tahun 2019 hingga 2021. Combat Swimmer Vehicle (CSV) adalah kendaraan taktis yang berfungsi sebagai kendaraan bantu penyelam pasukan katak TNI AL dalam melakukan infiltrasi ke dalam daerah musuh dan dapat juga digunakan sebagai surveilance. Kendaraan ini dapat digunakan di atas permukaan air, setelah menyelam dan ke dalam air.
(Kemhan)
01 Oktober 2019
U.S. and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) ships steam in formation during exercise Pacific Griffin 2017 (photo : US Navy)
The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies will come together in Guam beginning Sept. 27 for Pacific Griffin 2019, the most advanced naval training between the two nations in their longstanding maritime partnership.
Pacific Griffin is a two-week maritime exercise conducted in the waters near Guam and aimed at enhancing combined proficiency at sea while strengthening relationships between the two navies. The exercise is an extension of the longstanding bilateral engagement, Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), which the two navies have exercised annually since 1995.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joey Tynch, commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific, who oversees security cooperation for the U.S. Navy in Southeast Asia, said Pacific Griffin would allow the two navies to benefit from each other's knowledge and bolster their strong and enduring relationship.
"We are strongest when we sail together with friends and partners," said Tynch. "Pacific Griffin shows the trust, expertise and complexity of training we have built over decades - I know our Sailors will work together and deliver the very best."
The U.S. and Singapore work together on a number of initiatives and conduct regular personnel exchanges, routine participation in bilateral and multilateral exercises, such as SEACAT, RIMPAC, and the first ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX), as well as combined operations such as multi-national counter-piracy.
LCS-10 USS Gabrielle Giffords (photo : SBGrad)
This biennial exercise iteration allows the two navies to advance the complexity of maritime training utilizing diverse naval platforms and operating areas.
U.S. Navy Capt. Matthew Jerbi, commodore, Destroyer Squadron Seven, said the exercise was an ideal venue to focus on challenging training.
"Pacific Griffin 2019 provides a great opportunity for our two navies, who work together throughout the year, to raise the standard of excellence even higher."
Pacific Griffin 2019 will have events both ashore and at-sea, such as amphibious planning operations, anti-submarine warfare demonstrations and replenishment at sea.
Participating U.S. Navy assets include the littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), replenishment oiler USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE-6) and maritime patrol aircraft from Patrol Squadrons 1, 5 and 47.
USS Gabrielle Giffords, an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, is on her maiden deployment. The ship's arrival in the Indo-Pacific marked the first time two LCS operated simultaneous rotational deployments in the region.
As U.S. 7th Fleet's executive agent for theater security cooperation in South and Southeast Asia, Commander, Task Force 73 and Destroyer Squadron 7 conduct advanced planning, organize resources, and directly support the execution of CARAT and other engagements in the region.
(CF7)
