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Two Su-27SKs have arrived in A32 facility. Expect them to get new paint job (similar to the newer Su-30MK2V batches) and modernized avionics.

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A Su-27PU has been upgraded and repainted last year by A32.

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One more domestic trained submarine crew has completed training on Kilo attack submarine, bringing the total number to 7. Two more crews are undergoing intensive training. Once completion Vietnam can field 9 attack submarines at sea at any moment notice.

Well we need of course more attack submarines.
 
@Silent Knight

You once asked for it. I believe that below is a part of the article in the paper edition of Der Spiegel, where Yue Gang, a retired PLA Colonel, claims in the interview China has to respond to military build-up of America and Vietnam in the South China sea. whereas not America, but Vietnam poses the biggest threat to China in the region. the full article can be purchased. True or not I don't know, but that is interesting opinion coming from a former member of the General Staff of China's people liberation army.


China: „Trump sollte in die Geschichtsbücher schauen“
DER SPIEGEL - Interview Meldung Ausland - 17.12.2016
Warum China Kriegsgerät auf den Spratly Inseln stationiert; Yue Gang, 53, Oberst a. D. im Generalstab der Volksbefreiungsarmee, über Chinas Aufrüstung im Südchinesischen Meer SPIEGEL: Diese Woche kam heraus, dass Peking Flugabwehrraketen und… mehr...

Den vollständigen Artikel lesen Sie in der Ausgabe 51/2016.
 
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Vietnam Foreign Office announces the outgoing US Foreign Minister John Kerry will make a surprise visit Hanoi next week. not only a farewell trip, maybe he has an important message of the new US administration under Donald Trump he wants to deliver. because Vietnam communist chief Nguyen Phu Trong will fly to Beijing middle of next week for 4 days, consulting his counterpart Xi Jinping. the early visit to Beijing is one of the many high level consultations agreed between VN and CN this year.

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Exercise, air defence unit, and below Harpoon acquistion radar and 4K51 Rubezh antiship missile
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Vietnam´s Guided Missile Frigates Gepard class at Novorossiysk, Black Sea.

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@Silent Knight

You once asked for it. I believe that below is a part of the article in the paper edition of Der Spiegel, where Yue Gang, a retired PLA Colonel, claims in the interview China has to respond to military build-up of America and Vietnam in the South China sea. whereas not America, but Vietnam poses the biggest threat to China in the region. the full article can be purchased. True or not I don't know, but that is interesting opinion coming from a former member of the General Staff of China's people liberation army.


China: „Trump sollte in die Geschichtsbücher schauen“
DER SPIEGEL - Interview Meldung Ausland - 17.12.2016
Warum China Kriegsgerät auf den Spratly Inseln stationiert; Yue Gang, 53, Oberst a. D. im Generalstab der Volksbefreiungsarmee, über Chinas Aufrüstung im Südchinesischen Meer SPIEGEL: Diese Woche kam heraus, dass Peking Flugabwehrraketen und… mehr...

Den vollständigen Artikel lesen Sie in der Ausgabe 51/2016.
Looks like I'd have to buy Der Spiegel membership to get access to the article :what::what:

But yeah, his words are reasonable, although it might not reflect the whole picture in Spratly now.
 
Looks like I'd have to buy Der Spiegel membership to get access to the article :what::what:

But yeah, his words are reasonable, although it might not reflect the whole picture in Spratly now.
stay tune, maybe I can get the article somewhere without signing up a membership. I put a note here to memorize it later. the article can be found on page 74.
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anyway, Yue Gang is eagle among those of PLA officer corps, who wants to see a more active role of the army in the world. even tasks that should be dealt by police forces, such as against pirates, terrorists and armed kidnappers. he promotes military intevention in countries where lives and properties of ethnic chinese are threatened. such as in case of May 1998 riots in Indonesia. Imagine, China sends a naval carrier strike group, staging airstrikes and bombings against Indonesia targets, should someone there run amok again. he speaks things out when politicans never do in public. there is a proverb in France: war is too serious to let it controlled by army generals :-)

http://www.china.org.cn/opinion/2013-04/24/content_28642897.htm
 
nah, thats never happen.

https://indopress.id/isu-cina-akan-kirim-pasukannya-ke-indonesia-kemlu-bilang-hoax/

The news reports about China send troops to Indonesia was known Hoax after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Foreign Ministry) make clarifications to the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta. Melelui Twitter account @Portal_Kemlu_RI Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey the results of clarifications. In a screen shoot at an image uploaded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on his Twitter account, writing "the Foreign Ministry has Clarifying the PRC embassy in Jakarta and confirmed that this was a hoax, PRC prime minister never talk like that or about it."
 
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Not really a good news imo.

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not necessary a bad thing in my opinion. China supports Pakistan, what´s wrong if India returns the favour supporting Vietnam in military build-up? besides that is a game being played between nations since hundreds if not thousands of years. a strong Vietnam will ease military pressure China imposes on India. Don´t forget, an aggressor will feel confident, firing the first shot, attacking its opponent if he senses his opponent is weak. Vietnam is vulnerable to be attacked if being perceived as weak and defenceless. It is not preparing for war, but making strong when it comes to a showdown.

in the meantime, it is more a political posture when we sit with the Chinese on the negotiation table.
 
Mainly technical things. AFAIK, the Akash is just a modernized 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) system. Looks like the Indian wants to sell some Akash systems before negotiating about the BrahMos technology transfer. Thus we'll have to adapt some old technology before getting our hand on these BrahMos, unless we alreadh had some SA-6 systems and need manufacturing capability to supply them.

On another news:

Russian company delivers rocket test monitoring stations to Vietnam

MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. Four Sazhen-TA mobile stations intended for visual measurements during rocket armament tests were supplied and deployed in Vietnam by Russia’s NPK Precision Instrument-Making Systems, the company said on Monday.

"Startup work was completed and four video theodolite posts 14Sh27 [Sazhen-TA mobile optical-electronic system - TASS] were put into service," the company said on its website.

Russian specialists also trained Vietnam’s counterparts in equipment handling and participated in launches of observation targets.

Sazhen-TA mobile system for outer trajectory measurements provides for measurements of the range and angular coordinates of targets in visible and IR bands and for recording of target flight phases.

More:
http://tass.com/defense/924099

Meaning some medium range missile tests are coming, or they can act as some kind or missile EW system, but don't take my word for that, I don't know anything :p:
 
Mainly technical things. AFAIK, the Akash is just a modernized 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) system. Looks like the Indian wants to sell some Akash systems before negotiating about the BrahMos technology transfer. Thus we'll have to adapt some old technology before getting our hand on these BrahMos, unless we alreadh had some SA-6 systems and need manufacturing capability to supply them.

On another news:



Meaning some medium range missile tests are coming, or they can act as some kind or missile EW system, but don't take my word for that, I don't know anything :p:
Honestly for me as a nobody it is extremely difficult to assess this and that weapon system from India how good or how bad they are or whether they are suitable for Vietnam at all. I always view India from a strategic perspective never from a weapon standpoint. I think if we can get the technology to produce the missile systems later, be Akash or Brahmos, then it is a good deal. Otherwise it doesn't make sense to induct more missile systems that we can't handle. From the article, the proposed joint production sounds good. A good start at least.

As for Russian missile test EM set, can you reveal a bit more? :D
 

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