Operation 'Decisive Storm' | Saudi lead coalition operations in Yemen - Updates & Discussions.

[Basel]

if you read all previous comment on thread you will find out

I m talking about links for what you have claimed in your posts.

 

[Frogman]

What capabilities Egyptian Navy has? and what capabilities they are displaying now?

As far as we've been told Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates and Ambassedor MkIII Fast Missile Craft have been deployed.

OHP

Type: Frigate
Displacement: 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load
Length: 408 ft (124 m) waterline,
445 ft (136 m) overall,
453 ft (138 m) for "long-hull" frigates
Beam: 45 ft (14 m)
Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft andvariable pitch propeller
2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp(260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed: over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: 176
Sensors and
processing systems: Radar: AN/SPS-49, AN/SPS-55, Mk 92 fire control system
Sonar: SQS-56, SQR-19 Towed Array
Electronic warfare
and decoys: SLQ-32(V)2, Flight III with sidekick,
Mark 36 SRBOC
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament: One single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher with a 40-missile magazine that contains SM-1MR anti-aircraft guided missiles and Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Removed from the U.S. Navy ships starting in 2003, due to the retirement of the SM-1 missile from American service
Mk 38 Mod 2 Naval Gun Systems installed on platforms over the removed MK 13 launchers

Two triple Mark 32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes with Mark 46 orMark 50 anti-submarine warfaretorpedoes
One OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun
One 20 mm Phalanx CIWS rapid-fire cannon
Eight Hsiung Feng II SSM or four HF-2 and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM, plus 2 Bofors 40mm/L70 guns (on Taiwanese vessels only)
On the back of them the Egyptian Navy operates:-

The SH-2G Super Seasprite, manufactured by Kaman Aerospace, was the US Navy's front-line intermediate-weight helicopter. A total of 16 SH-2G helicopters were operational in two US Navy squadrons, HSL-94 and HSL-84. First flight of the SH-2G was in 1985 and it entered service with the US Navy in 1993. The SH-2G Super Seasprite was retired from service with the US Navy Air Reserve in May 2001.

The Super Seasprite SH-2G can be equipped for anti-submarine warfare(ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), over-the-horizon-targeting airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM), surveillance, search and rescue (SAR) and covert operations.

In November 2014, Kaman signed a contract with General Dynamics Canada to remanufacture and modernise four SH-2G helicopters for the Peruvian Navy. The contractual scope also includes operational support for the fifth SH-2G helicopter.

Cockpit
The SH-2G has a three-man crew: two pilots and a sensor operator (SENSO). However, it can also be flown by a single pilot and SENSO, due to the flexible integrated tactical avionics system (ITAS) designed by Kaman and Northrop Grumman (formerly Litton) Guidance & Controls. ITAS is driven by dual mission data processors and uses two dual 1553B databuses to integrate sensors, weapons, communications and navigation equipment.

The glass cockpit has four-colour multifunction displays and new centre console, which has two smart display units to simplify data entry by the pilot and the SENSO.


SH-2G weapons
The SH-2G can be armed with Raytheon AGM-65 Maverick infrared imaging or TV-guided, Penguin infrared imaging, radar-guided Improved Sea Skua and laser-designated Hellfire missiles.

The SH-2G is cleared for MK-44, MK-46 and MK-50 torpedoes, and is compatible with a wide range of European ASW weapons.

The Royal New Zealand Navy's SH-2Gs have been fitted with the Fabrique Nationale (FN) MAG-58M 7.62mm machine gun as an urgent operational requirement. First operational deployment with the gun was in May 2008.

Super Seasprite countermeasures
The SH-2G (A) for Australia has Northrop Grumman AN/ALR-93 electronic protection measures, ATK AN/AAR-47 missile warning system, BAE Systems North America (formerly Sanders) AN/ALQ-144 infrared jammers and twin BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions (formerly Tracor) AN/ALE-39 flare and chaff dispensers. The SH-2G's for New Zealand are fitted with Northrop Grumman LR-100 ESM.

Sensors
The Northrop Grumman LN-66HP multimode radar provides the helicopter with ASW, ASuW and anti-ship surveillance and targeting (ASST) capabilities. Alternative multi-mode radar fits available include Northrop Grumman LN-66 HP Enhanced, BAE Systems Seaspray and Telephonics APS-143 advanced search radar. Chosen by New Zealand, the APS-143 has an optional inverse synthetic aperture (ISAR) mode.

The Raytheon AN/AAQ-16 FLIR (forward-looking infrared) is available with a laser designator. The SH-2Gs for New Zealand are fitted with a FLIR Systems AN/AAQ-22 thermal imager.

The SH-2 Seasprite helicopter relays acoustic data from sonobuoys back to the host ship for processing via AKT-22 datalink. On the SH-2G, an autonomous submarine hunting capability has been introduced using computing devices, such as the UYS-503 onboard acoustic processor, to analyse returns from its own buoys.


The Northrop Grumman ASN-150 tactical navigation (TACNAV) system displays a refined tactical plot and downlinks the picture to its own ship or other ASW platforms.

For the Egyptian requirement, the SH-2G (E) is equipped with L-3 Communications AN/AQS-18A active dipping sonar and digital hover coupler.

Magic lantern airborne laser mine detection system
The SH-2G Super Seasprite was the first helicopter qualified with the Kaman Magic Lantern airborne laser mine detection system. In 1996, the US Navy took delivery of the Kaman Magic Lantern laser mine detection system, which was fitted on the Super Seasprite for airborne mine countermeasures (AMCM) missions.

The Magic Lantern pod uses a blue-green laser and charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras to sweep the ocean from the surface to below the keel depth of warships. Magic Lantern provides mine classification symbology and video imagery on the existing ASN-1 50 displays.

Engines
SH-2G is fitted with General Electric T700-GE-401 engines. The T700-401 is rated 1,412shp. Second-generation composite main rotor blades (CMRB2) have been fitted on the Super Seasprite, which incorporate filament-wound, S-glass spars, glass skins, aramid honeycomb cores and aramid trailing edges.

SH-2G performance
The SH-2G can climb at the rate of 10.51m/s. The maximum and cruise speed of the aircraft are 277km/h and 222km/h respectively. The range is 1,000km and service ceiling is 6,217m. It can loiter in air for a maximum of 5.3h.


In 1995, Egypt ordered ten SH-2G (E) equipped with dipping sonar and a digital hover coupler under a foreign military sale agreement (FMSA) with the US Navy. Deliveries began in 1997 and were completed in 1998. Egypt lost one aircraft during a sea crash in 2006.

In August 2005, the Egyptian Air Force awarded a $5.3m contract to Kaman to modernise two SH-2G (E) Super Seasprite helicopters with an option to include two more aircraft. The two upgraded SH-2G (E) aircraft were delivered in February 2009.

Upgrades included the addition of a digital automatic flight control system (DAFCS), FLIR systems, health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), ALE-47 countermeasures dispensing, APN-194 radar altimeter and AHS-1000 attitude heading referencing systems (AHRS)


Ambassador MkIII

Type: Missile boat
Displacement: 500 t (490 long tons; 550 short tons)[2][4]
Length: 60.6 m (198 ft 10 in)
Beam: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft: 2 m (6 ft 7 in)
Installed power: 3 × MTU diesels,[5] 30,000 hp(22 MW)
Propulsion: 4 shafts
Speed: 41 knots (76 km/h)[6]
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance: 8 days at sea
Complement: 36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38[7]
Sensors and
processing systems: Thales Nederland Scout (I/J band) radar
EADS TRS-3D radar, built byRaytheon
I and K dual-band fire control radar
Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14, andLink 11 data links
IFF
Lightweight Shipboard Electro-Optical Combat Management System/Fire Control
Electronic warfare
and decoys: 4 × chaff/IR launchers
ESM/ECM
Armament: 8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers
1 × General Dynamics/OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun
1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles)
1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[1]

Fast missile craft (FMC) design and features
VT Halter Marine originally designed the patrol boat in December 2005 under a $29m contract from the US Navy. It was designed in collaboration with Lockheed Martin.


The 779t, 63m-long FMC has high speed and manoeuvrability. Its beam is 10m and draft is 2m. Aluminium is used for superstructure to reduce the overall weight, maintenance and radar signature. Its hull is made of steel.

The FMC is designed to resist radar detection. It incorporates ship signature control technology. The ship is equipped with several sensors and combat systems for electronic, anti-aircraft and anti-surface warfare capabilities.

Ambassador IV-Class craft weapons / missiles / guns
The Egyptian Ambassador IV craft is armed with eight RGM-84L BoeingHarpoon surface-to-surface missiles, (SSM) Block II missiles, one Oto Melara MK75 76mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun, one MK31 Raytheon Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) system with MK49 guided missile launching system (GMLS).

The vessel also contains a MK44 MOD 2 Block 1 guided missile round pack that can support 21 canister-mounted missiles, one Raytheon MK15 Mod 21 Phalanx Block 1B 20mm close-in weapon system (CIWS) and two deck-mounted 7.62mm M60 machine guns.

Propulsion / performance
The vessel is powered by three Tognum MTU diesel engines supplied by Detroit Diesel, three generators, three propellers and three shafts.

The propulsion system generates a total power of 30,000shp (22,380kW) providing a maximum speed of 41kt. The vessel has a range of 2,000nm at 15kt. The mission endurance of the FMC is eight days at sea.

Communications / radar / combat management systems
The FMC vessel is equipped with Thales Naval Nederland Scout (I/J band) radar, MRR-3D ES radar for surface and air surveillance and I and K dual-band fire control radar from DRS Radar Systems.

It is also fitted with a Thales Naval Nederlands Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14, and Link 11 datalinks, identification, friend or foe (IFF) identification systems, Lockheed Martin's lightweight shipboard electro-optical combat management system and the L-3 Communications Brashear fire control system.

DRS Radar Systems provided its Scout navigation radar, 3D long-range multirole radar for air / surface search, in addition to the Thales Tacticos combat management system and Sting optronic director. L-3 Communications provided the integrated communications system (ICS).

The countermeasures of the vessel include Argon ST WBR-2000 electronics support measures / electronic countermeasures (ESM/ECM) suite and four MK32 chaf f/ IR launchers from BAE Systems land and armament systems division.

Wherever they go the Egyptian Navy Special Forces Brigade go with either by land sea or air

 

[Saif al-Arab]

So why didn't the Iranian Navy secure Bab Almandab and the Gulf of Aden then? Surely the more capable and infinitely more ballsy Iranian Navy wouldn't have been intimidated by Egypt's frigates, state of the art fast missile craft, submarines and its Exocet armed M2Ks or even Harpoon armed 16s!

Surely they would have prevented Egypt from imposing a naval blockade which stops Iran from aiding their allies!

For all your posturing the only thing the Iranian forces and the Iranian regime are doing is sitting with their collective thumbs up their arses!

You can see it on this forum, realising that you can't supply the Houthis you're simply wishing and hoping for an insurgency to bog down the coalition forces (even though they haven't committed troops yet). I know you want to save face but stop being pathetic!

Don't waste your time with you know what people. They live on a different planet. I guess this can happen when you grow up and live in the North Korea of the ME. They need to wage their frustrations out on the internet. Just look at their hilarious reactions and delusion just 4-5 days ago and then the reaction today. It's priceless.

Too much donkey/cow/sheep brain and donkey/cow/sheep balls. An Iranian speciality.

The poor creatures all suffer from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Bon appetit.

This now made me laugh.... can I ask the iranians to respond ... what happened here... LOL
Was this your long 300 mile or km missile??

All talk as usual. They can only use a few hundred at most thousand gullible Shia Arabs (poor Hazara Afghans and Tajiks too among others) to do their fighting and then claim their "success". War against just 1 Arab country (Iraq) which is 4 times smaller and has/had a 2.5 times smaller population and moreover was engulfed in a civil war with the Kurds in the North and uprisings in the South among the Shia Arabs left deep scars on this front. Ironically most of the Iraqi soldiers contrary to popular belief were Iraqi Shia Arabs!

 

[PATHAN786KING]

I m talking about links for what you have claimed in your posts.

i claimed thats what i read on this thread and i think its true 3 naval ships are there just to stop iran to sneding more weapons to extremists

 

[Superboy]

i claimed thats what i read on this thread and i think its true 3 naval ships are there just to stop iran to sneding more weapons to extremists

They do not dare to shoot Iranian ships or else that would mean war with Iran. Iran will continue to ship arms to Yemen.

Houthis & Yemen Army reached Al-Aein and Bijan peripheries in Abiyan & Shabwa provinces, advancing regardless OpDecisiveStorm.

 

[Hindustani78]

Saudi News Agency.

0036 Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri says, in his second daily briefing, that the 'determination storm' operation targeted the Ballistic missiles platforms and Houthi militias movements

Riyadh, Jumada II 7, 1436, March 27, 2015, SPA -- Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, consultant at the minister of defense's office, said today that the 'determination storm' operation is continuing for the second day in a row, with targets located in both north and south of Yemen, particularly the land concentrations that the Houthi militias were trying to deploy along the Saudi southern border.

In his second daily briefing on the campaign, which he held at Riyadh airbase, Asiri said the air alliance forces today targeted Al-End airbase, which was controlled some time ago by the Houthi militias, the airbase tarmac and the Houthi moving logistics between the north and south of Yemen.

He added that a bridge intensively used by the Houthi militias to transport supplies and ballistic movable missiles was also targeted by the campaign, disclosing that the Houthi militias were trying to transport their reinforcements from Saada Province towards Sanaa and vice versa, making this way one of the targets of today.




Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri says, in his second daily briefing, that the "determination storm" operation targeted the Ballistic missiles platforms and Houthi militia movements 2 Riyadh

He advised the brethren in Yemen to keep away from Houthi concentrations, caravans and vehicles which transport their logistics as the alliance forces are targeting all kinds of Houthi movements and activities in north and south Yemen to prevent their movement and deployment.

Brig. Gen. Asiri added that the alliance forces also targeted all air defense armaments, including Sam missiles systems, anti-aircraft artillery and ballistic missiles platforms. He displayed several video slides showing the activity of the alliance forces in Yemen today, with one exclusively executed by UAE air force over the past 24 hours.

He noted that those operations resulted so far in complete air supremacy, making the Yemeni land vulnerable and more easy targets to precision shooting of the alliance against Houthi militia movements, noting that the alliance forces will continue until they achieve their prescribed timetable goals.
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23:16 LOCAL TIME 20:16 GMT

 

[Superboy]

I think maybe Yemen split into 2 countries like Sudan did. Hopefully that won't happen.

 

[Hindustani78]

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Riyadh, Jumada II 6, 1436, Mar 26, 2015, SPA -- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received here today former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and his accompanying delegation.

During the meeting, cordial talks were exchanged.

The meeting was attended by Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Premier.

 

[500]

Houthis shot down Sudanese jet:

 

[Superboy]

Houthis shot down Sudanese jet:

Yemen air defense getting better. More MANPAD needed from Iran.

 

[Falcon29]

Chewing tobacco? Why do Yemenis do that?

 

[Mrc]

They do not dare to shoot Iranian ships or else that would mean war with Iran. Iran will continue to ship arms to Yemen.

Houthis & Yemen Army reached Al-Aein and Bijan peripheries in Abiyan & Shabwa provinces, advancing regardless OpDecisiveStorm.

No iran wont . Minute iran fires a single shot at coalition it will give un paralleled oppertunity to US and west to take out its nuke reactors and whats left of its forces. It would be iran vs rest of the world combine. Do simple maths...
I do hope for iranian sake that sane heads will pervail...

 

[Hindustani78]

In Riyadh, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Asiri, advisor at the office of the minister of defense, said Yemen’s air space was completely under coalition control, and that aircraft seized by the Houthis had been destroyed.

The allied forces continued their airstrikes for the second day Friday, targeting arsenal of the Houthi militia, including air defense systems, anti-aircraft artillery, ballistic missile launchers, arms depots, SAM missiles, rockets as well as their military bases.

Al-Asiri said the United Arab Emirates warplanes intensively participated in airstrikes against Houthi rebels and their allies. All members of the Arab coalition contributed to the operation on Friday, he told reporters. Coalition warplanes raided Al-Anad airbase, north of the key southern city of Aden, Al-Asiri said.



Which Sam System Houthis are having ? According to Turkish news agency , one drone was shot down by the Houthis.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

BBC said that Qassim Sulaimani headed to Yemen to lead the war... It seems Iranians didn't relaise that he failed in Allepo, Daraa and Tikrit. They were trying to make from him a feared superhero but rather they made him a superjoke. He left behind him miserable defeats in the aformentioned battles, and yet they are still using him.

Yemen is the next big defeatos for the superjoke Sulaimani.

Iranian regime has made from Iran the laugh stock of the world.

 

[Hindustani78]

9:54 AM - 17 Feb 2015