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[Carlosa]

** Rare picture of the Operation Center inside Vietnam Coast Guard Command. The center can communicate in realtime with at least 6 ships out in the sea, sending operation commands and receiving intelligence/visual reports with no delay. This proves that the Vietnam Coast Guard has built a C3 (Command, Control, Communication) structure, or even higher and more modern. And that's just the Coast Guard, not to mention the Navy or Air Force.

Courtesy of the friendly people at comcom.

 

[Viet]

M-46 130mm artillery

 

[Nike]

Vietnam SIPRI list for major acquisition in 2014, credit to original uploader

 

[BoQ77]

So there are 50 KlubS for Kilo.
EXOCET mm 40 - 3, not 2.

 

[William Hung]

Vietnam SIPRI list for major acquisition in 2014, credit to original uploader

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You are quick. SIPRI just updated their database today.

 

[NiceGuy]

The deal is done, base on SIPRI report, VN agree to buy 2 Sigma from Holland, one is built in Holland, one may be built in VN.

Việt Nam mua chiến hạm Sigma: Chấm dứt mọi đồn đoán
(Quốc phòng Việt Nam) - Viện Nghiên cứu Hòa bình Quốc tế Stockholm (SIPRI) vừa công bố, Hải quân Việt Nam đã chính thức ký hợp đồng mua 2 chiến hạm lớp Sigma của Hà Lan.
Việt Nam mua chiến hạm Sigma: Chấm dứt mọi đồn đoán - DVO - Báo Đất Việt

Google trans

Vietnam to buy warships Sigma : Ending all speculation
( Defense Vietnam ) - Research Institute of the Stockholm International Peace ( SIPRI ) announced , Navy Vietnam has officially signed a contract to buy two ships of the Dutch Sigma class .

 

[Viet]

Vietnam SIPRI list for major acquisition in 2014, credit to original uploader

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from the list, this is the new improved bps-500 class.

so this lonely ship will be no longer lonely.

 

[Carlosa]

from the list, this is the new improved bps-500 class.

so this lonely ship will be no longer lonely.

Noooooo, the BPS-500 will continue to be lonely.

Look at the date on that entry, it refers to the original BPS-500 project, it was originally 2 ships, the second was under construction when the problems in the first one came up and then they dismantled the second ship.

 

[Viet]

Noooooo, the BPS-500 will continue to be lonely.

Look at the date on that entry, it refers to the original BPS-500 project, it was originally 2 ships, the second was under construction when the problems in the first one came up and then they dismantled the second ship.

oh too sad...lonely heart.

 

[BoQ77]

 

[Viet]

Interfax-AVN: Việt Nam đóng thêm 4 tàu tên lửa Molniya nâng cấp - DVO - Báo Đất Việt
4 more Moniya vessels?

 

[Carlosa]

Interfax-AVN: Việt Nam đóng thêm 4 tàu tên lửa Molniya nâng cấp - DVO - Báo Đất Việt
4 more Moniya vessels?

Not bad, I did not expect that, I hope the upgrade will be significant.

 

[Viet]

Public Security Minister General Tran Dai Quan makes a rare visit to Washington, meeting with US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell and our special friend: the commie hater and hardcore neocon John McCain.

 

[Thao Nguyen]

New assumption about type of ship that Us gonna aid Vietnam: Defiant class

 

[William Hung]

New assumption about type of ship that Us gonna aid Vietnam: Defiant class

My friend, this is NOT an assumption or rumour. The US donating an extra 6 Defiant Class Offshore Patrol Vessels to VietNam has already been confirmed by Janes. And the US also provides full training to the VietNamese crew, for free.

A question to my VietNamese brothers and @Carlosa : What assets has Russia donated to Viet Nam to help deal with the SCS dispute?

So far, I've seen the US issuing a report to reject the 9 dash-lines. And they are donating patrol vessels and providing training to VietNamese officers for free. What about Russia?