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No, you are a troll in the truest sense of the word.
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The list is based on their reactions. Troll would be like calling other humans as dogs or something like that.
I did warn you not come back to this thread. Now it’s a ban.
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A toast to the moderator. Finally, some peace and quiet. Back to some related issues.
Damen Sông Cấm, a branch of Damen Group is contributing greatly to the shipbuilding industry of Vietnam. Recently, the company deliver 2 Vietnamese-built tug boats to Australia. The Vietnam Coast Guard already order a couple of DN 4000 from Damen Sông Cấm which would form the nucleus of its fleet in the future. Needless to say, these ships are optimized for RAAAAAAAMINNNGG SPPPEEEEDDDD.
Damen Sông Cấm, a branch of Damen Group is contributing greatly to the shipbuilding industry of Vietnam. Recently, the company deliver 2 Vietnamese-built tug boats to Australia. The Vietnam Coast Guard already order a couple of DN 4000 from Damen Sông Cấm which would form the nucleus of its fleet in the future. Needless to say, these ships are optimized for RAAAAAAAMINNNGG SPPPEEEEDDDD.
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Ok I can’t wait for delivery of those 4,000 ton ships but I believe cheaper if we cover the sea region by sea mines. 5,000 pieces should be enough to bring the entire $5 trillion commercial sea traffic to standstill.A toast to the moderator. Finally, some peace and quiet. Back to some related issues.
Damen Sông Cấm, a branch of Damen Group is contributing greatly to the shipbuilding industry of Vietnam. Recently, the company deliver 2 Vietnamese-built tug boats to Australia. The Vietnam Coast Guard already order a couple of DN 4000 from Damen Sông Cấm which would form the nucleus of its fleet in the future. Needless to say, these ships are optimized for RAAAAAAAMINNNGG SPPPEEEEDDDD.
Vietnam domestic made with three types of mines for different tastes.
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A busy time for the Gepard fleet
HQ 16 Quang Trung is off to Singapore
HQ 16 Quang Trung is off to Singapore
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Japan, Vietnam Teaming up to Resist China Expansion
May 09, 2019 11:22 PM
Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya answers a reporter's question during a meeting with Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the Pentagon, April 19, 2019, in Washington.
TAIPEI —
Japan is helping Vietnam build a defense against the larger, more militarily powerful China as Vietnam says Beijing’s forces are occupying more than their legal share of the South China Sea.
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Vietnamese counterpart, Ngo Xuan Lich, met May 3 to “advance cooperation” on maritime security, Tokyo-based NHK television online said.
In October, the ministers met in Tokyo to discuss issues surrounding the South China Sea. They signed a “defense cooperation and exchange” memorandum that prescribed regular vice ministerial-level talks, the Japanese defense ministry website says.
Japan has been jousting with China over sovereignty in parts of the East China Sea, including a chain of uninhabited islets coveted by fishing fleets.
“Essentially there is an arc of anxiety stretching from New Delhi to Canberra and Jakarta and Hanoi and Tokyo,” said Jeffrey Kingston, history instructor at Temple University, Japan Campus. “So, I think that perhaps the rhetoric is aimed at signaling that there are collective, shared concerns that are leading towards a collective response.”
FILE - Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, center, talks to then-Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne at the two-day ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting, Oct. 24, 2017, north of Manila, Philippines.
Japan-Vietnam exchanges
An agreement between the two countries opened the way for more Japanese ports of call in Vietnam, as well as technical cooperation on defense equipment for Vietnamese maritime surveillance, NHK reported.
It’s unclear how much Japan will donate to Vietnam directly, Kingston said. Japan’s public generally doesn’t support a more “assertive strategic” role for their government, he added, though a lot of people feel a “good vibe” toward Vietnam compared to China. Japanese laws also limit arms sales to other countries.
Japan could set up military exchanges, hold strategic dialogue and offer “naval defense equipment,” said Murray Hiebert, deputy director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
“Vietnam is looking to Japan as a hedge as China militarizes the South China Sea, puts more pressure on Vietnam in their areas of dispute and presses Hanoi to abandon oil exploration activities, including on Vietnam’s continental shelf,” Hiebert said.
South China Sea Territorial Claims
Sino-Vietnamese spats
Beijing claims about 90% of the 3.5 million-square-kilometer South China Sea, stretching from the island of Borneo north to Hong Kong.
China and Vietnam clashed there in 1974 and in 1988. Five years ago, the two sides rammed each other’s boats over the positioning of a Chinese oil rig in waters that Vietnam claims. The incident touched off deadly anti-China rioting in Vietnam. The two countries dispute undersea gas-exploration tracts as well as the Paracel Islands, which China now controls.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan also claim sea tracts that China calls its own. Those governments value the waterway for its fisheries and undersea fuel reserves.
China raised alarms around Southeast Asia after 2010 by building up tiny islets for defense installations.
Japan began to step up support of its own interests around Asia. In 2017, an alliance including Japan, the United States, India and Australia began calling for China to leave the sea open for international use and increasing relations in Southeast Asia.
“The Japanese want to support the Vietnamese claims, but they don’t want to do it militarily,” said Stephen Nagy, senior associate politics and international studies professor at International Christian University in Tokyo. “What they’d rather do is build capacity, build interoperability and build a coalition of states that will stand by and try to enforce maritime law in the South China Sea.”
Passengers crowd check-in counters at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 29, 2016.
Evolving friendship
Japanese ties with Vietnam started more than two decades ago when investors took advantage of the country’s low wages. Japanese automakers and other investors launched 3,320 projects in Vietnam worth a combined registered capital of $42.5 billion as of 2016.
Partly to support its industry and partly to offset Chinese economic influence in Southeast Asia, Japan now funds infrastructure projects in Vietnam.
A Japanese loan built the airport terminal in Hanoi, and Japanese aid funded the subway system being constructed in Ho Chi Minh City. Japanese official development aid to Vietnam had totaled 2.8 trillion yen ($25.5 billion) by 2016.
“I think these (military) actions expand the original economic field into the political field,” said Tai Wan-ping, Southeast Asia-specialized international business professor at Cheng Shiu University in Taiwan. “Japan’s military performance in Southeast Asia wasn’t proactive in the past.”
May 09, 2019 11:22 PM
- Ralph Jennings
Japan's Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya answers a reporter's question during a meeting with Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan at the Pentagon, April 19, 2019, in Washington.
TAIPEI —
Japan is helping Vietnam build a defense against the larger, more militarily powerful China as Vietnam says Beijing’s forces are occupying more than their legal share of the South China Sea.
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his Vietnamese counterpart, Ngo Xuan Lich, met May 3 to “advance cooperation” on maritime security, Tokyo-based NHK television online said.
In October, the ministers met in Tokyo to discuss issues surrounding the South China Sea. They signed a “defense cooperation and exchange” memorandum that prescribed regular vice ministerial-level talks, the Japanese defense ministry website says.
Japan has been jousting with China over sovereignty in parts of the East China Sea, including a chain of uninhabited islets coveted by fishing fleets.
“Essentially there is an arc of anxiety stretching from New Delhi to Canberra and Jakarta and Hanoi and Tokyo,” said Jeffrey Kingston, history instructor at Temple University, Japan Campus. “So, I think that perhaps the rhetoric is aimed at signaling that there are collective, shared concerns that are leading towards a collective response.”
FILE - Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich, center, talks to then-Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne at the two-day ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting, Oct. 24, 2017, north of Manila, Philippines.
Japan-Vietnam exchanges
An agreement between the two countries opened the way for more Japanese ports of call in Vietnam, as well as technical cooperation on defense equipment for Vietnamese maritime surveillance, NHK reported.
It’s unclear how much Japan will donate to Vietnam directly, Kingston said. Japan’s public generally doesn’t support a more “assertive strategic” role for their government, he added, though a lot of people feel a “good vibe” toward Vietnam compared to China. Japanese laws also limit arms sales to other countries.
Japan could set up military exchanges, hold strategic dialogue and offer “naval defense equipment,” said Murray Hiebert, deputy director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
“Vietnam is looking to Japan as a hedge as China militarizes the South China Sea, puts more pressure on Vietnam in their areas of dispute and presses Hanoi to abandon oil exploration activities, including on Vietnam’s continental shelf,” Hiebert said.
South China Sea Territorial Claims
Sino-Vietnamese spats
Beijing claims about 90% of the 3.5 million-square-kilometer South China Sea, stretching from the island of Borneo north to Hong Kong.
China and Vietnam clashed there in 1974 and in 1988. Five years ago, the two sides rammed each other’s boats over the positioning of a Chinese oil rig in waters that Vietnam claims. The incident touched off deadly anti-China rioting in Vietnam. The two countries dispute undersea gas-exploration tracts as well as the Paracel Islands, which China now controls.
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan also claim sea tracts that China calls its own. Those governments value the waterway for its fisheries and undersea fuel reserves.
China raised alarms around Southeast Asia after 2010 by building up tiny islets for defense installations.
Japan began to step up support of its own interests around Asia. In 2017, an alliance including Japan, the United States, India and Australia began calling for China to leave the sea open for international use and increasing relations in Southeast Asia.
“The Japanese want to support the Vietnamese claims, but they don’t want to do it militarily,” said Stephen Nagy, senior associate politics and international studies professor at International Christian University in Tokyo. “What they’d rather do is build capacity, build interoperability and build a coalition of states that will stand by and try to enforce maritime law in the South China Sea.”
Passengers crowd check-in counters at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 29, 2016.
Evolving friendship
Japanese ties with Vietnam started more than two decades ago when investors took advantage of the country’s low wages. Japanese automakers and other investors launched 3,320 projects in Vietnam worth a combined registered capital of $42.5 billion as of 2016.
Partly to support its industry and partly to offset Chinese economic influence in Southeast Asia, Japan now funds infrastructure projects in Vietnam.
A Japanese loan built the airport terminal in Hanoi, and Japanese aid funded the subway system being constructed in Ho Chi Minh City. Japanese official development aid to Vietnam had totaled 2.8 trillion yen ($25.5 billion) by 2016.
“I think these (military) actions expand the original economic field into the political field,” said Tai Wan-ping, Southeast Asia-specialized international business professor at Cheng Shiu University in Taiwan. “Japan’s military performance in Southeast Asia wasn’t proactive in the past.”
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ADMM-Plus navies strengthen maritime security cooperation in multinational exercise
Over the past two weeks, 19 ships and 10 aircraft from the 18 ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM)-Plus nations worked together on a series of exercises to enhance their cooperation in the event of a transnational maritime security threat.
Held from 30 Apr to 13 May, the fourth Maritime Security Field Training Exercise (MS FTX) was co-organised by Singapore and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
"The exercise is a key milestone of Singapore and ROK's co-chairmanship of the ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group on Maritime Security," said exercise co-director and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Head of Naval Operations Rear-Admiral (RADM) Edwin Leong.
"It brings our navies together to collaborate across a spectrum of maritime security operations...(and) enhances our collective capability to address maritime security threats in the region and to keep our sea lines of communication open and secure for all."
The sea phase of the MS FTX began in the waters off Busan, ROK. In one exercise scenario, a ship was suspected to be transporting armed personnel and dangerous weapons.
A distress signal was picked up by the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) in Singapore, and the perpetrators were found to be uncooperative.
After receiving information from the IFC, ships from the various navies, including RSN frigate RSS Stalwart, quickly formed a cordon around the distressed ship.
An ROK Navy (ROKN) Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) rappelled down via a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to apprehend the gunmen. At the same time, a boarding team from RSS Stalwart was despatched to support the mission and swiftly secured the ship's engine room.
"I was impressed by the (boarding and search exercise). Even though the sea was rough, the Singapore boarding team could still do it very well," said Lieutenant Commander Le Thanh Binh from the Vietnam People's Navy, an observer on board landing ship tank ROKS Cheonjabong.
"Nowadays, there are a lot of challenges and threats at sea…which cannot be addressed by any single nation (alone). So the collective multinational effort becomes more and more important," added the 35-year-old staff officer from the Division of Naval Operations, Navy Headquarters.
Paving the Way for Practical Cooperation
En route from ROK to Singapore, the ADMM-Plus navies carried out maritime security drills such as protection of key installations, helicopter cross-deck landings and replenishment at sea drills. They also practised the Code of Unplanned Encounters at Sea, and conducted information-sharing through the sense-making capabilities of the IFC to track vessels of interest.
On 12 May, the navies arrived at the waters off the eastern part of Singapore.
Acting on information received through the earlier info-sharing exercises, boarding teams from the Singapore, Brunei, India and ROK navies conducted a search on a simulated hijacked ship.
Working together with their international counterparts has been an eye-opening experience for the crew of RSS Stalwart.
Despite the initial challenge of getting other navies on board with using the IFC's information-sharing system, communication supervisor Military Expert (ME) 2 Amy Tan, 31, was heartened to see how they worked together for the common goal of maritime security.
"With the help of IFC and (my) officers, we found ways to integrate everyone into using the system effectively. I've learnt how to work with the different navies, despite some communication barriers."
The closing ceremony of the ADMM-Plus MS FTX will be held at RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base on 13 May. It will be officiated by Singapore's Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Melvyn Ong, and attended by exercise co-directors RADM Leong and ROKN Director Maritime Operations Center RADM Hwang Sun Woo.
Over the past two weeks, 19 ships and 10 aircraft from the 18 ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM)-Plus nations worked together on a series of exercises to enhance their cooperation in the event of a transnational maritime security threat.
Held from 30 Apr to 13 May, the fourth Maritime Security Field Training Exercise (MS FTX) was co-organised by Singapore and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
"The exercise is a key milestone of Singapore and ROK's co-chairmanship of the ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group on Maritime Security," said exercise co-director and Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Head of Naval Operations Rear-Admiral (RADM) Edwin Leong.
"It brings our navies together to collaborate across a spectrum of maritime security operations...(and) enhances our collective capability to address maritime security threats in the region and to keep our sea lines of communication open and secure for all."
The sea phase of the MS FTX began in the waters off Busan, ROK. In one exercise scenario, a ship was suspected to be transporting armed personnel and dangerous weapons.
A distress signal was picked up by the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) in Singapore, and the perpetrators were found to be uncooperative.
After receiving information from the IFC, ships from the various navies, including RSN frigate RSS Stalwart, quickly formed a cordon around the distressed ship.
An ROK Navy (ROKN) Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) rappelled down via a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to apprehend the gunmen. At the same time, a boarding team from RSS Stalwart was despatched to support the mission and swiftly secured the ship's engine room.
"I was impressed by the (boarding and search exercise). Even though the sea was rough, the Singapore boarding team could still do it very well," said Lieutenant Commander Le Thanh Binh from the Vietnam People's Navy, an observer on board landing ship tank ROKS Cheonjabong.
"Nowadays, there are a lot of challenges and threats at sea…which cannot be addressed by any single nation (alone). So the collective multinational effort becomes more and more important," added the 35-year-old staff officer from the Division of Naval Operations, Navy Headquarters.
Paving the Way for Practical Cooperation
En route from ROK to Singapore, the ADMM-Plus navies carried out maritime security drills such as protection of key installations, helicopter cross-deck landings and replenishment at sea drills. They also practised the Code of Unplanned Encounters at Sea, and conducted information-sharing through the sense-making capabilities of the IFC to track vessels of interest.
On 12 May, the navies arrived at the waters off the eastern part of Singapore.
Acting on information received through the earlier info-sharing exercises, boarding teams from the Singapore, Brunei, India and ROK navies conducted a search on a simulated hijacked ship.
Working together with their international counterparts has been an eye-opening experience for the crew of RSS Stalwart.
Despite the initial challenge of getting other navies on board with using the IFC's information-sharing system, communication supervisor Military Expert (ME) 2 Amy Tan, 31, was heartened to see how they worked together for the common goal of maritime security.
"With the help of IFC and (my) officers, we found ways to integrate everyone into using the system effectively. I've learnt how to work with the different navies, despite some communication barriers."
The closing ceremony of the ADMM-Plus MS FTX will be held at RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base on 13 May. It will be officiated by Singapore's Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Melvyn Ong, and attended by exercise co-directors RADM Leong and ROKN Director Maritime Operations Center RADM Hwang Sun Woo.
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Image Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. J.J. Harper
Vietnam Is the Chinese Military’s Preferred Warm-Up Fight
At some point, the Chinese military will need to test its new capabilities – and Vietnam is likely the preferred adversary.
By Derek Grossman
https://thediplomat.com/2019/05/vietnam-is-the-chinese-militarys-preferred-warm-up-fight/
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Russian engines service centre in Vietnam
UEC-Klimov opens a Russian engines service centre in Vietnam
Posted on May 16th, 2019 by ES in Aerospace, Russia
Specialists from Vietnam have passed the mandatory intermediate-level maintenance certification for Russian engines (HeliTechCo)
St Petersburg’s UEC-Klimov, which is part of the United Engine Corporation, opened a Vietnam-based service and repair centre for the TV3-117 and VK-2500 helicopter engines in April of this year. The centre is located in the city of Vũng Tàu and has been certified by the aviation authorities of Vietnam. To date, five TV3-117 engines have been repaired at the base and are being operated in Vietnam.
The creation of the service centre was made possible by the maintenance and repair service contract signed with Vietnam’s MRO provider Helicopter Technical Service Company (HeliTechCo). It covers the TV3-117 and VK-2500 engines as well as the main rotor transmissions of Russian-built helicopters. Under the agreement, which covers 12 Asian countries, the Helicopter Technical Service Company becomes the distributor of the TV3-117 and VK-2500 turboshaft engines for Russian helicopters in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Australia, India, China, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
In addition, the Vietnamese side has provided trained staff to support the work at the service centre, whereby local specialists have undergone compulsory technological procedure certification for the intermediate-level maintenance of the TV3-117 engine family and its various models. The Russian side, in turn, is supplying components and spare parts, whilst also providing training for staff for the maintenance of engines and main rotor transmissions.
As of October 2018, some 100 Russian helicopters, including Mi-8/17s and Ka-32s powered by the TV3-117 engines, are being operated in Vietnam. The VK-2500 engines are installed on new modifications of the Mi-8/17 helicopters.
UEC-Klimov opens a Russian engines service centre in Vietnam
Posted on May 16th, 2019 by ES in Aerospace, Russia
St Petersburg’s UEC-Klimov, which is part of the United Engine Corporation, opened a Vietnam-based service and repair centre for the TV3-117 and VK-2500 helicopter engines in April of this year. The centre is located in the city of Vũng Tàu and has been certified by the aviation authorities of Vietnam. To date, five TV3-117 engines have been repaired at the base and are being operated in Vietnam.
The creation of the service centre was made possible by the maintenance and repair service contract signed with Vietnam’s MRO provider Helicopter Technical Service Company (HeliTechCo). It covers the TV3-117 and VK-2500 engines as well as the main rotor transmissions of Russian-built helicopters. Under the agreement, which covers 12 Asian countries, the Helicopter Technical Service Company becomes the distributor of the TV3-117 and VK-2500 turboshaft engines for Russian helicopters in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Australia, India, China, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
In addition, the Vietnamese side has provided trained staff to support the work at the service centre, whereby local specialists have undergone compulsory technological procedure certification for the intermediate-level maintenance of the TV3-117 engine family and its various models. The Russian side, in turn, is supplying components and spare parts, whilst also providing training for staff for the maintenance of engines and main rotor transmissions.
As of October 2018, some 100 Russian helicopters, including Mi-8/17s and Ka-32s powered by the TV3-117 engines, are being operated in Vietnam. The VK-2500 engines are installed on new modifications of the Mi-8/17 helicopters.
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