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Vietnam Buying Israeli Air Defense System

By: Jewish Press News Briefs
Published: October 26th, 2015


Rafael's SPYDER air defense systems
Photo Credit: Photo credit: Rafael

Vietnam has purchased Israeli Rafael’s SPYDER air defense systems, a surface-to-air missile system capable of launching the company’s Python-5 and Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missiles, Defense Industry Daily reported Monday. The missiles have a range of between 12 and 30 miles. This truck-mounted system combines radar and optical tracking to guide a combination of short to medium-range air to air missiles as a versatile system adapted for a wider range of threats.

India was the SPYDER’s first customer, and the new systems are replacing replace India’s Russian-made OSA-AKM/SA-8 Gecko and ZRK-BD Strela-10M/ SA-13 Gopher SAM systems, according to the Times of India.

A typical SPYDER squadron consists of 1 Mobile Command and Control Unit, plus 4 Mobile Firing Units with their own built-in power supplies and missile sets of 4-8 missiles. It is designed for use against a wide variety of aerial targets such as aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and guided bombs.

 

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Vietnam Buying Israeli Air Defense System

By: Jewish Press News Briefs
Published: October 26th, 2015


Rafael's SPYDER air defense systems
Photo Credit: Photo credit: Rafael

Vietnam has purchased Israeli Rafael’s SPYDER air defense systems, a surface-to-air missile system capable of launching the company’s Python-5 and Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missiles, Defense Industry Daily reported Monday. The missiles have a range of between 12 and 30 miles. This truck-mounted system combines radar and optical tracking to guide a combination of short to medium-range air to air missiles as a versatile system adapted for a wider range of threats.

India was the SPYDER’s first customer, and the new systems are replacing replace India’s Russian-made OSA-AKM/SA-8 Gecko and ZRK-BD Strela-10M/ SA-13 Gopher SAM systems, according to the Times of India.

A typical SPYDER squadron consists of 1 Mobile Command and Control Unit, plus 4 Mobile Firing Units with their own built-in power supplies and missile sets of 4-8 missiles. It is designed for use against a wide variety of aerial targets such as aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and guided bombs.

following every step of your indian brother, this is the right way for vietnam to go!!! After all, you mon-khmer viets are relatives of indians in blood.

 

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following every step of your indian brother, this is the right way for vietnam to go!!! After all, you mon-khmer viets are relatives of indians in blood.

mon-khmer? wrong and off-topic you fool.

what´s wrong to buy proven weapon system this? both the armies of Vietnam and India can cooperate and exchange information. win-win situation.

SPYDER, capable to intercept cruise missiles, becoming a part of Vietnam Missile Shield.

 

[Viet]

Exercise, launching an combined assault on an imaginary enemy postion.

 

[Aqsuperman]

Great , we have a genetics professor in a military thread . Tell me pher , are Chinese come from Africa ?

3 self-produced 40mm grenades for M79

 

[Viet]

Vietnam-Australia Naval exercise

The Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Sirius, a fleet replenishment vessel, 46,775 tons, 191.3 metres in length, top speed is 30.6 km/h (19.0 mph), range of 16,000 nautical miles, carrying a crew of 62 officers and sailors, will dock at the Danang Port on October 30 to begin a five-day visit.

Training exercises with the Zone 3 Naval High Command are planned.

 

[cnleio]

well.........look real enough :v

tank balloon

 

[Viet]

tank balloon
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Made in China?

 

[Viet]

the US Destroyer Squadron 7, a part of US Pacific Fleet, is operating is under the command of Vietnamese-American Capt. H.B. Le. though he is not serving Vietnam Navy, as Southern Vietnamese, he is a well patriot, I believe. especially in this time of confrontation in the SC Sea. he is the man responsible for sending the US Naval destroyer USS Lassen passing the within 12 nm of chinese occupied islands. so not so far from the place, his hometown, from where he fled along with his parents to America in the last days of the Vietnam war.

150827-N-ZB122-008 SATTAHIP, Thailand (August 27, 2015) Capt. H.B. Le (right), commodore, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, shakes hands with Royal Thai Navy sailors at the opening ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2015. Picture of US Navy.

Capt. H. B. Le, commodore Destroyer Squadron 7, congratulates Machinist Mate (SW) Justin Chamberlain after he was meritoriously promoted to the rank of First Class Petty Officer through the Meritorious Advancement Program. US Navy picture.

 

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Press Release
True stories of life as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam
The #1 Amazon bestseller 'Guts 'n' Gunships' is a must-read for a realistic, raw, and moving account of helicopter combat during the Vietnam Conflict.

Posted: 28 October 2015

In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. In order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the U.S. Army’s helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life.

Garrison flew hundreds of missions for the 119th AHC, stationed in the Central Highlands at Camp Holloway in Pleiku, Vietnam. He was awarded twenty-five Air Medals, four campaign Bronze Stars, and The Distinguished Flying Cross among numerous other awards. His narrative takes you through the whole process, from basic training, flight school, flying combat in Vietnam, and his return to the United States. His description includes many incidents in combat flight, including being hit by rocket propelled grenades and being on fire in the air, over hundreds if not thousands of enemy troops.

But this is not all. He elaborates on the daily lives, emotions, and nuances of the pilots and what they considered their mission to be.

True stories of life as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam | Latest press releases | PressGo | Journalism.co.uk

 

[cnleio]

Made in China?

Yes, to cheat satellite ... 国产超逼真武器30米外看不出假

 

[Aqsuperman]

next in the series of the "look-real" :v

 

[Viet]

Yes, to cheat satellite ... 国产超逼真武器30米外看不出假
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nice. but can they cheat spy satellite with infrared sensor?

 

[cnleio]

nice. but can they cheat spy satellite with infrared sensor?

LOL ... maybe, there need a cheap heat source near the mockup.

 

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Oct 29 2015 Havana (Cuba)

Cuba´s President Raul Castro Ruz welcomes General Do Ba Ty, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army for a 4 day visit. General Ty will visit military bases of the Cuban Armed Forces. Cuba, a cold war ally, appears to lean to Vietnam not only for defence but economy since the United States loose embargo on the country.

Beijing, China on October 28th

a VPN delegation to the capital of China, attending a Vietnam-China border conference, seeking ways to improve border infrastructures, as well as conditions for customs clearance at border gates between the two countries.

Arlington (United States), October 25, 2015

Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Vietnam War Memorial unveiled at Veterans Park in Arlington TX Sunday,