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[Penguin]

A new domestically-built destroyer has been unveiled by China. Dubbed the Type 055 destroyer, the vessel is considered to be a successor class to the smaller Type 052D guided missile destroyers and is part of a drive by Beijing to modernize and increase its naval presence within its armed forces. Local media described the vessel as “equipped with new air defense, anti-missile, anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons,” and will undergo testing before being commissioned into use. China’s naval effort comes alongside its increasingly assertive stance over disputed territory in the South China, where it lays claim to territory believed to hold oil and gas reserves and through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.

Like your motto: As I get older, my ignore list gets longer.....

 

[fatman17]

Air Platforms

Newly acquired Pakistan Navy Sea Kings to fly in September

Alan Warnes, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

05 July 2017

Three of the seven former UK military Sea King helicopters recently acquired by the Pakistan Navy (PN) are expected to be flying again in early September. The platforms, which were officially handed over on 24 May, are currently being refurbished by the UK-based Vector Aerospace Corporation.

One of two Sea King HC4 helicopters, which along with a Sea King HAR3, is being refurbished by UK-based Vector Aerospace for the PN. (Alan Warnes)

The three platforms include a Royal Air Force Westland (now Leonardo Helicopters) Sea King HAR3A and two Royal Marine HC4 'Junglies'.

Vector Aerospace Corporation's Steve Tamblyn, who is the Sea King project manager, told Jane's : "The first helicopter will make its first flight in mid-August, followed by the second one five days later, and the third one five days after that.

 

[fatman17]

AW159 by Leonardo
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[Ahmet Pasha]

The one that got away

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[fatman17]

The one that got away

Possibility is still there.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

We had em but we sold em ddnt we?

 

[Hassan Guy]

Sooo....

when we getting them aircraft carriers....hears hms ocean is for sale

 

[Penguin]

Sooo....

when we getting them aircraft carriers....hears hms ocean is for sale

Where did you hear that? Source? And why again would this be a good acquisition for PN?

HMS Ocean will be decommissioned in Spring 2018 as part of cost saving measures with no like-for-like replacement.

 

[Readerdefence]

Where did you hear that? Source? And why again would this be a good acquisition for PN?

HMS Ocean will be decommissioned in Spring 2018 as part of cost saving measures with no like-for-like replacement.

Hi HMS ocean been offered to Brazil any further news on this ?
Thx

 

[Arsalan]

Where did you hear that? Source? And why again would this be a good acquisition for PN?

HMS Ocean will be decommissioned in Spring 2018 as part of cost saving measures with no like-for-like replacement.

He likes them, the aircraft carriers that is, isn't it a good enough reason for acquisition?

 

[Penguin]

He likes them, the aircraft carriers that is, isn't it a good enough reason for acquisition?

It is not an aircraft carrier but a helicopter assault carrier (troops transport).

Hi HMS ocean been offered to Brazil any further news on this ?
Thx

According to Brazilian journalist Roberto Lopes in an e-mail to us, the ship’s cost to the Brazilian Navy is fixed at £80.3 million pounds (312 million of Brazilian Reais). Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Eduardo Leal Ferreira, claimed that the price of Ocean seemed “convenient”.
This comes as the Brazilian Navy have decided to abandon the refit of the aircraft carrier Sao Paulo and decommission the vessel after a series of technical issues and accidents.
Rectification costs are understood to be a major factor in this decision.
The Sao Paulo is a Clemenceau class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1963 by the French Navy as Foch and was transferred in 2000 to Brazil, where she became the new flagship of the Brazilian Navy. The earlier intention of the navy was that the vessel would continue in active service until 2039, at which time the vessel would be nearly 80 years old.
IHS Janes reported that during its career with the Brazilian Navy, São Paulo has suffered from ‘serviceability issues and has never managed to operate for more than three months at a time without the need for repairs and maintenance’.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/proposed-sail-price-hms-ocean-brazil-revealed/

(April 2017) The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Ocean could be sold to Brazil for £80.3. The South American nation is hoping to snap up the vessel after she is decommissioned next year.
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/820...or-80million/story-30269389-detail/story.html

Acuisition of Ocean would in no way help the Brazil Navy replace its REAL aircraft carrier Sao Paolo. Though it would nicely augment their amphibious assault capabilities, complementing the NDM Bahia , the ex-French Foudre LPD, while allowing BN to decommission some of their old and worn LSL's/LSTs.

 

[Readerdefence]

It is not an aircraft carrier but a helicopter assault carrier (troops transport).



According to Brazilian journalist Roberto Lopes in an e-mail to us, the ship’s cost to the Brazilian Navy is fixed at £80.3 million pounds (312 million of Brazilian Reais). Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Eduardo Leal Ferreira, claimed that the price of Ocean seemed “convenient”.
This comes as the Brazilian Navy have decided to abandon the refit of the aircraft carrier Sao Paulo and decommission the vessel after a series of technical issues and accidents.
Rectification costs are understood to be a major factor in this decision.
The Sao Paulo is a Clemenceau class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1963 by the French Navy as Foch and was transferred in 2000 to Brazil, where she became the new flagship of the Brazilian Navy. The earlier intention of the navy was that the vessel would continue in active service until 2039, at which time the vessel would be nearly 80 years old.
IHS Janes reported that during its career with the Brazilian Navy, São Paulo has suffered from ‘serviceability issues and has never managed to operate for more than three months at a time without the need for repairs and maintenance’.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/proposed-sail-price-hms-ocean-brazil-revealed/

(April 2017) The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Ocean could be sold to Brazil for £80.3. The South American nation is hoping to snap up the vessel after she is decommissioned next year.
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/820...or-80million/story-30269389-detail/story.html

Acuisition of Ocean would in no way help the Brazil Navy replace its REAL aircraft carrier Sao Paolo. Though it would nicely augment their amphibious assault capabilities, complementing the NDM Bahia , the ex-French Foudre LPD, while allowing BN to decommission some of their old and worn LSL's/LSTs.

Hi thx for your detailed reply

 

[Penguin]

Hi thx for your detailed reply

You're welcome

 

[ghazi52]

10-nation Indian Ocean Naval Symposium ends

IONS working group deliberates on options to promote information exchange, support regional maritime security. — Pakistan Navy

The Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) working group's meeting on Information Sharing & Interoperability, hosted by the Pakistan Navy, concluded on Wednesday.

IONS is a multinational forum established in 2008. Pakistan became a member of the forum in March 2014.

Currently chaired by the Pakistan Navy, the IONS working group consists of 10 member nations, including Australia, Bangladesh, France, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand and the UAE.

During the two-day event, the working group discussed modes of sharing information and improving interoperability among IONS nations aimed at increasing maritime cooperation among the navies operating in the Indian Ocean Region.

This was the second time Pakistan hosted IONS activities. In 2015, Pakistan Navy had hosted a similar IONS working group on information sharing and inter-operability along with an IONS preparatory workshop in Karachi.

On day one of the two-day meeting, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Mohammad Fayyaz Gilani had highlighted the importance of the Indian Ocean for the global maritime community. Being an energy-rich region, the area faces security, human and environmental challenges, he had observed.

Underscoring maritime threats, he said that maritime security challenges in the region emanate primarily from contemporary issues like maritime terrorism, piracy, and narcotics, arms and human smuggling.

 

[Zibago]

Pakistan Navy hosts Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
July 26, 2017 By: Samaa Web Desk Published in Pakistan Be the first to comment!


ISLAMABAD: Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Working Group Meeting on Information Sharing & Interoperability hosted by Pakistan Navy concluded today (Wednesday).

The working group consists of 10 member nations which include Australia, Bangladesh, France, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and UAE.

Pakistan is presently chair of the Working Group.

During the 2-day event, the working group discussed modalities of sharing information and improving interoperability amongst IONS nations towards the overall objective of increasing maritime cooperation amongst navies in Indian Ocean Region. The Working Group also deliberated on different options to promote information exchange and support regional maritime security.

Pakistan has always been an ardent supporter of regional peace and collaborative security. As a torch bearer of this unflinching resolve, Pakistan believes that coming together of navies helps improve overall interstate relations.

In the same spirit of constructive engagement, Pakistan Navy proactively participates in IONS. This forum provides a platform to the participating nations to work together for the good of global common.

Participation of 13 delegates from 9 countries in the working group meeting reflects Pakistan’s commitment for regional peace and is a recognition of PN contribution towards this end.

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