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China's Nightmare: Vietnam's New Killer Submarines | The National Interest

 

[Carlosa]

Let's see the cases.

Six DHC-6-400 will be the first aircraft to patrol the West produced for the Army in Vietnam and was put on the payroll Brigade Naval Aviation 954



May 4/2010: Contract signed for 6 planes, 3 of which will be the Guardian maritime patrol variant.

Deliveries will take place from 2012 – 2014. All technical and flight training, from initial pilot qualification through to DHC-6 amphibious float operating experience, will be provided by Viking’s Pacific Sky Aviation, based at Victoria International Airport. In addition to Viking Air as a spares supplier, Team JAS in Jacksonville, FL and Universal Avionique Inc. in Miami, FL have become the first factory-endorsed component centers for Viking’s aircraft

Nov 23/2011: Training. Viking Air says that flight training has now begun in Victoria, B.C. for the first contingent of Vietnam Navy pilot delegates. It’s part of a 17-month course that includes English as a Second Language training at Camosun College, followed by flight and technical training at Viking’s sister organization, Pacific Sky Aviation.

If they run into any problems, Canada has a large Vietnamese community, especially on the west coast, so help is close at hand. Sources: Viking Air, Nov 23/11 release

July 10/2013: Training. The 1st contingent of Vietnam Navy pilot delegates graduate flight and maintenance training for the Viking Guardian 400. They represent 8 of 37 total Vietnam People’s Navy students enrolled in the program.

The program clocked about 500 flight hours and 350 cycles on runway, soft field, and water-based operations, with 6 weeks of mechanical training for the technicians. Viking Air Field Support Representatives will be based in Vietnam as a supplement. Sources: Viking Air, June 18/13 and July 10/13 releases.

Sept 5/2013: Vietnamese Navy chief of staff Vice Admiral Pham Ngoc Minh leads a ceremony in the northern city of Haiphong, forming the VPN’s DHC-6 seaplane squadron.

July 14/2014: 1st Guardian MPA. Ikhana Aircraft Services in Murrieta, CA congratulates Viking Air Ltd. and Israel’s IAI and ELTA Systems Ltd. on the delivery of Vietnam’s 1st DHC-6-400 “Guardian 400″ Twin Otter maritime patrol aircraft. Ikhana handled the conversion from DHC-6-400, using expertise from their RWMI DHC-6-300RG/-400RG™ Supplemental Type Certificate to increase maximum take-off weight, and adding internal systems along with IAI ELTA’s ELM-2022A maritime radar and day/night sensors.

When asked, Ikhana said that the other 2 Guardian 400s would be delivered by the end of the summer. Sources: Ikhana, “IKHANA Aircraft Services Congratulates Viking Air Ltd, ELTA, and the Vietnam People’s Navy for DHC-6-400 Twin Otter Guardian Delivery”.
4:28 PM - 22 Sep 2014

David C. Curtis ‏@DHC6Otter Sep 24
@vikingtwinotter Fantastic news regarding the second group of Vietnam Navy Twin Otter pilots! Congratulations!

IKHANA Aircraft ‏@IKHANAaircraft Sep 25 2014
Congrats to the team at @vikingtwinotter and the Vietnam Navy


The CN-295 case:

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This is the subject of General Correspondence 2821-09 from November 2009


The 20 categories of articles on the USML are:

1. Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns
2. Guns and Armament
3. Ammunition/Ordnance
4. Launch Vehicles, Guided Missiles, Ballistic Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes, Bombs, and Mines
5. Explosives and Energetic Materials, Propellants, Incendiary Agents, and their Constituents
6. Vessels of War and Special Naval Equipment
7. Tanks and Military Vehicles
8. Aircraft and Associated Equipment
9. Military Training Equipment
10. Personal protective equipment
11. Military Electronics
12. Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment
13. Auxiliary Military Equipment
14. Toxicological Agents, Including Chemical Agents, Biological Agents, and Associated Equipment
15. Spacecraft Systems and Associated Equipment
16. Nuclear Weapons, Design and Testing Related Items
17. Classified Articles, Technical Data and Defense Services Not Otherwise Enumerated
18. Directed Energy Weapons
19. [Reserved]
20. Submersible Vessels, Oceanographic and Associated Equipment
21. Miscellaneous Articles

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So this one could be in the list, even after the lifting of arm sale ban last year:
MBDA Exocet MM40 Block 3

MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States

It would be much better to integrate the KH35 in the Sigma and also other air defense missiles such as Barak 8, problem solved and its much cheaper too.

 

[BoQ77]

It would be much better to integrate the KH35 in the Sigma and also other air defense missiles such as Barak 8, problem solved and its much cheaper too.

Israeli missiles like EXTRA already purchased by Vietnam without problem.

So we understand why basic C-295 sold, not a C-295 AEW... LOL

 

[Echo_419]

China's Nightmare: Vietnam's New Killer Submarines | The National Interest

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Vietnam should concentrate on more Subs

 

[Viet]

It would be much better to integrate the KH35 in the Sigma and also other air defense missiles such as Barak 8, problem solved and its much cheaper too.

kh35 yes, but not sure for barak8 if the US continues keeping arms embargo.

american companies produce, hold patents of many critical components in warships and aircraft such as chips in fire control and guidance systems, not to mention the encryption technology for secure communications between warships, aircraft and central command. the US government can encourage or demand its allies to stop arms export to undesired countries.

 

[Carlosa]

kh35 yes, but not sure for barak8 if the US continues keeping arms embargo.

american companies produce, hold patents of many critical components in warships and aircraft such as chips in fire control and guidance systems, not to mention the encryption technology for secure communications between warships, aircraft and central command. the US government can encourage or demand its allies to stop arms export to undesired countries.

As far as I know, Barak 8 is no problem.

kh35 yes, but not sure for barak8 if the US continues keeping arms embargo.

american companies produce, hold patents of many critical components in warships and aircraft such as chips in fire control and guidance systems, not to mention the encryption technology for secure communications between warships, aircraft and central command. the US government can encourage or demand its allies to stop arms export to undesired countries.

When you have any sort of dependency from US, you always have to watch over your shoulders. They are always ready to use any leverage they have in order to influence or control you.

 

[Aqsuperman]

i dream of the day when our navy will be capable of mouting this guy on a ship

 

[Carlosa]

i dream of the day when our navy will be capable of mouting this guy on a ship

I think you'll dream for eternity, too big for a ship, plus all the exhaust gas / fire is too much for ship I think.

 

[Aqsuperman]

I think you'll dream for eternity, too big for a ship, plus all the exhaust gas / fire is too much for ship I think.

Actually Its not that big , the MAZ-543 which is used to carrying it only about 11 meters long and 2.4 meters wide , we can put 2 of them on a open top ship (like a barge or a flat transport ship) BOOM we have a moving Scud batteries on the sea , the smoke and fire will be minimum by some blast shield and ventilation systems......but well put that in to praticce will be surely more difficult

 

[Carlosa]

Actually Its not that big , the MAZ-543 which is used to carrying it only about 11 meters long and 2.4 meters wide , we can put 2 of them on a open top ship (like a barge or a flat transport ship) BOOM we have a moving Scud batteries on the sea , the smoke and fire will be minimum by some blast shield and ventilation systems......but well put that in to praticce will be surely more difficult

Hypersonic Brahmos coming up soon (Brahmos 2), mach speed 5 to 7.
That will do the job.

 

[Viet]

I read somewhere on a forum, our islands in the SC Sea are defended by the stationed marines corps, equipped with a total of 120 heavy guns (AAA, artillery and howitzer) and 60 medium tanks (T-54/55). the bunkers are built to withstand enemy artillery bombardment.

a new fast patrol vessel, FCS-5009, ready to launch. specs similar to Defiant 165 class. info thanks to comcom.

russia PM Medvedev is coming. a transport aircraft IL-76 just landed, with his crew and some "special" equippments. I hope he has a gift for me

silent and deadly: a crossbow for special ops. not changed much since centuries.

the 4th Kilo is coming.

the coast guard observing foreign warships: friend or foe?

soldiers´ food. I think a hungry man eats everything.

 

[Viet]

Interesting week for diplomacy: nearly all major powers from China to America to Russia and now India: India’s national security adviser Ajit Kumar Doval visits Vietnam. he offers to assist Vietnam in defense and security and military technology.

he makes an interesting remark: India will be always a companion with Vietnam in any circumstances, and a stable, developed and prosperous Vietnam is of India’s interest.

 

[Viet]

russian PM Medvedev in interview with vietnamese media.

 

[Viet]

guided missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) and USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)
and interesting: the commander of both warships is colonel Le Ba Hung, a vietnamese-american.

 

[Viet]

Hmmm...I was unware that such a bank as Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank (VRB) exists. the talks with russia´s PM were concentrated on economy, less defence.

Vietnam-Russia bank seeks role in nuclear, defence deals
Reuters
Updated : 04/08/2015 08:53 GMT + 7

The Vietnam-Russia Joint Venture Bank (VRB) is to seek approval from the Vietnamese and Russian governments to play a role in government projects in the fields of nuclear power and defence among others, Vietnamese lender BIDV said on Tuesday.

The VRB is a 50/50 joint venture established in 2006 between BIDV, or the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, and Russia's second-biggest bank, VTB.

Hanoi-based VRB will provide banking services for the projects, said BIDV, the country's second-biggest partly private lender in terms of assets, in a statement after it signed a memorandum with VTB.

The statement gave no details on the projects.

Russia has been helping Vietnam train staff for the country's first nuclear power plant, with construction slated to start in 2020. National defence deals include Vietnam's purchase of Russian-built jet fighters and submarines.