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Su-30SM
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Although Vietnam Airforce has not placed any order yet, but it appears the Su-30SM is the most likely next advanced fighter jet. Why Su-30SM, and not Su-35 (China airforce chooses Su-35S variant)?
Unlike Su-35, that only can carry Kh-31 and Kh-59 cruise missiles, Su-30SM can be equipped with India made supersonic cruise missile brahmos-A (specs: two stages, supersonic Mach 3, weight 2.5 tons, 300 kg warhead conventional, armor piercing or nuclear, 300-500km range, sea skimming, final terminal phase at 15 meters over sea level, active radar, GPS/Glonass guidance systems). the visit of General Thanh to India Prime Minister yesterday is a omen.
from a vietnamese defence website
vpk-news.ru reveals Vietnam pilots are expected to go to India for flight trainings on Su-30, before end of this year 2015. second, the general Manager of AVIAPROM (a body that coordinates between aircraft manufactures in the Russian Federation) states Irkut Corp., the Su-30 jet manufacture will deliver the latest advanced aircraft to Vietnam.
the stage is set for Su-30SM with brahmos-A cruise missile.
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Great news long live indo-vietnamese ties
a rare visit from our neighbor Thailand. off-shore patrol vessel HTMS Narathiwat from the Thai Royal Navy arrived in Saigon on May 26, starting its visit to Vietnam till May 31.
this ship is more a warship than patrol ship.
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Thank god they allowed .pk.Carlosa is at the heartland of the evil empire at the moment (for 2 or 3 weeks) in China and I'm suffering from a terrible internet connection. So much for the new chinese superpower, even a $10 a day crappy hotel in Vietnam has better Wi FI connection than $50 a day chinese hotels and even at the companies that I work with here, the connection is also very slow and this is in the area right next to Shenzhen. Sorry, but I'm not going to be showing up here very often while in China, so you have to hold the flag bro.
By the way, on top of the slow speed, can't get Gmail, Google search, Google news, anything Googgle in China, its all blocked and so is any url with the word "blog" in it and countless other websites such as Facebook. Life in china.............
@Viet @Yorozuya if there any interesting news at comcom, please post, can't get in there since its blocked in china. Life in china, what a liberating experience.......
May 25. Surprised visit of General and defence minister Thanh to India, to PM Narendra Modi.
I make a bet: Thanh wants to know is there anything Vietnam needs to know about what Modi talked with China leader Xi Jinping recently.
@kaku1 do you know more info?
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India, Vietnam ink 5-year defence pact amid Chinese naval expansion
The document, for the period 2015-2020, was signed by the defence ministers of both countries after talks in New Delhi
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A file photo of defence minister Manohar Parrikar. Photo: PTI
New Delhi:India and Vietnam late on Monday signed a five-year joint vision statement on defence cooperation to build closer strategic ties in the backdrop of an increasingly assertive China flexing its muscles in the South China Sea.
The document, for the period 2015-2020, was signed by India’s defence minister Manohar Parrikar and the Vietnamese minister for national defence General Phùng Quang Thanh after talks in New Delhi, according to a statement posted by India’s ministry of defence on social networking wesbite Facebook.
“An MoU (memorandum of understanding) on cooperation between the coast guards of the two countries was also signed in the presence of the two defence ministers,” the statement said without giving any details.
At the delegation level talks, the two sides discussed issues concerning defence cooperation, including cooperation in the area of maritime security.
“Both sides reiterated their commitment to further enhancing the ongoing defence engagements between the two sides for mutual benefit,” the statement added.
The signing of the document came on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured Thanh of India’s full commitment to the strategic partnership between the two countries during a meeting in New Delhi between the two.
Thanh, who arrived in New Delhi on Sunday, is on a three-day visit to India that comes amid growing concerns over China’s land reclamation project in the South China Sea, aimed at bolstering its territorial claims in the disputed area. The Chinese were looking at turning reefs into islands that can host airstrips and other military facilities, according to aReutersnews report.
According to news reports, the Vietnamese are keen on India training their submarirne personnel. India was also looking at selling the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile to Vietnam. But according to Indian government officials, the deal has not been finalised so far.
India and Vietnam, traditionally friendly countries, have forged an ever closer economic strategic relationship in the last decade after increasing Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea as well as India’s own ‘Act East’ policy.
Last year, there were at least three high-level interactions between India and Vietnam in three months—foreign minister Sushma Swaraj visited Hanoi in August ahead of a visit by President Pranab Mukherjee in September. During Mukherjee’s visit, India extended Vietnam a $100 million line of credit for defence procurement. In October, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visited India.
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One question, you need to ask from where Vietnam can ask nuclear guarantees? What are the options for Vietnam in long term, strategically speaking.
Yes not easy, but Vietnam have two options for future:-Nuclear guarantees is not an easy thing to get.
Yes not easy, but Vietnam have two options for future:-
First is USA and second is India.