Vietnam Defence Forum

[Silent Knight]

* Strela-10M3

 

[Carlosa]

* Strela-10M3

The latest version is the Strela-10M4, it works at night, the target acquisition has been automated.

 

[Silent Knight]

The latest version is the Strela-10M4, it works at night, the target acquisition has been automated.

Not sure if our Strela-10s have been upgraded to M4 standard or not, but M3 is definitely sure.

And, 3 out of several Sukhoi test pilots in Vietnam to train highly difficult flying techniques I guess you guys and gals can recognize them.

 

[Carlosa]

Not sure if our Strela-10s have been upgraded to M4 standard or not, but M3 is definitely sure.

And, 3 out of several Sukhoi test pilots in Vietnam to train highly difficult flying techniques I guess you guys and gals can recognize them.

But of course, they are Yuri Vashchuk (Sasha), Sergey Bogdan (Sergey Old) and Sergey Chernyshev (Sergey Young).

 

[Silent Knight]

But of course, they are Yuri Vashchuk (Sasha), Sergey Bogdan (Sergey Old) and Sergey Chernyshev (Sergey Young).

Man, you read that first on ComCom, didn't you?

 

[Viet]

But of course, they are Yuri Vashchuk (Sasha), Sergey Bogdan (Sergey Old) and Sergey Chernyshev (Sergey Young).

* Strela-10M3

aha I previously looked for details what the modernization includes but found none. good receiving for info.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam seeks French support for 'maritime freedom'

• Published: 24/08/2016 at 09:45 PM
• Writer: AFP

HANOI - France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.

Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016


China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.


French President visits Vietnam

Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.

"We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea," he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.

Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.

The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.

Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.

France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.

The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.


"Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation," Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.


He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.

"We have been active together with countries in the Asean community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace," he said.

Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.

Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and Asean has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.

Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.

France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.

 

[Carlosa]

Man, you read that first on ComCom, didn't you?

But of course.

 

[Viet]

How to develop the Spratlys into a paradise for tourists?

a news of 2 months that went down the radar a bit, I bring it up now. Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has completed surveying the entire Spratly Archipelago (understandably excluding the islands occupied by other nations) and is seeking the government’s approval to hook up all the islands into the national grid.

not only a huge technical challenge but a bit costly, laying 1,000 km plus long electrical cables from the mainland to all the islands and reefs in the Spratlys, providing stable electricity for human and machines living and operating far from Vietnam mainland. 24 hours a day. However if we look at the outcome, once it is done, the development of Spratlys will be sped up. I see artificial islands popping up, new beach towns for tourism in 5 years

we would of course welcome all tourists to the future beach towns, excluding nobody

an overview. the U.S. Military says Vietnam has established 34 outposts on 21 islands. In addition, 14 outposts are established on other features and reefs. in total 48 outposts. An “outpost” may be as small as a watchtower or as big as island.

1. Southwest Cay (Vietnamese: Song Tu Tay),
2. South Reef (Da Nam),
3. Petley Reef (Nui Thi or Da Thi),
4. Sand Cay (Son Ca),
5. Namyit Island (Nam Yet),
6. Discovery Great Reef (Da Lon),
7. Sin Cowe Island (Sinh Ton),
8. Collins Reef (Co Lin),
9. Lansdowne Reef (Len Dao),
10. Sin Cowe East Island (Sinh Ton Dong),
11. Ladd Reef (Da Lat),
12. Spratly Island (Truong Sa or Truong Sa Lon),
13. West Reef (Da Tay),
14. Central Reef (Truong Sa Dong),
15. East Reef (Da Dong),
16. Pearson Reef (Phan Vinh),
17. Allison Reef (Toc Tan),
18. Cornwallis South Reef (Nui Le),
19. Pigeon or Tennent Reef (Tien Nu),
20. Barque Canada Reef (Thuyen Chai),
21. Amboyna Cay (An Bang).

Vietnam workers are seen constructing high voltage overhead power lines for electric power transmission at sea

http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-plans-to-power-up-its-spratly-islands-3417092.html

http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/south-china-sea-who-claims-what-in-the-spratlys/

 

[Carlosa]

How to develop the Spratlys into a paradise for tourists?

a news of 2 months that went down the radar a bit, I bring it up now. Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has completed surveying the entire Spratly Archipelago (understandably excluding the islands occupied by other nations) and is seeking the government’s approval to hook up all the islands into the national grid.

not only a huge technical challenge but a bit costly, laying 1,000 km plus long electrical cables from the mainland to all the islands and reefs in the Spratlys, providing stable electricity for human and machines living and operating far from Vietnam mainland. 24 hours a day. However if we look at the outcome, once it is done, the development of Spratlys will be sped up. I see artificial islands popping up, new beach towns for tourism in 5 years

we would of course welcome all tourists to the future beach towns, excluding nobody

an overview. the U.S. Military says Vietnam has established 34 outposts on 21 islands. In addition, 14 outposts are established on other features and reefs. in total 48 outposts. An “outpost” may be as small as a watchtower or as big as island.

1. Southwest Cay (Vietnamese: Song Tu Tay),
2. South Reef (Da Nam),
3. Petley Reef (Nui Thi or Da Thi),
4. Sand Cay (Son Ca),
5. Namyit Island (Nam Yet),
6. Discovery Great Reef (Da Lon),
7. Sin Cowe Island (Sinh Ton),
8. Collins Reef (Co Lin),
9. Lansdowne Reef (Len Dao),
10. Sin Cowe East Island (Sinh Ton Dong),
11. Ladd Reef (Da Lat),
12. Spratly Island (Truong Sa or Truong Sa Lon),
13. West Reef (Da Tay),
14. Central Reef (Truong Sa Dong),
15. East Reef (Da Dong),
16. Pearson Reef (Phan Vinh),
17. Allison Reef (Toc Tan),
18. Cornwallis South Reef (Nui Le),
19. Pigeon or Tennent Reef (Tien Nu),
20. Barque Canada Reef (Thuyen Chai),
21. Amboyna Cay (An Bang).

Vietnam workers are seen constructing high voltage overhead power lines for electric power transmission at sea

http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-plans-to-power-up-its-spratly-islands-3417092.html

http://thediplomat.com/2016/05/south-china-sea-who-claims-what-in-the-spratlys/

Good idea, but I'm sure that our northern friendly neighbor will make sure that those cables have "accidents", so I think its not practical.

 

[Viet]

Good idea, but I'm sure that our northern friendly neighbor will make sure that those cables have "accidents", so I think its not practical.

our friendly neighbour should think we do public goods, providing touristic infrastructures for 1.4 billion citizens. besides, Chinese should not think of such silly act. they know we will retaliate cutting their cables.

 

[Viet]

Paying a visit to Singapore Naval Base Changi. I really admire the people of Singapore. they have developed a no-man's-land without natural resources to one of the most richest and advanced economies on earth. It is not necessarily bad to copy one or two things from them. especially how to build-up the military. bad times ahead. Singapore is like some in the region midst of the largest military build-up since end of the cold war, with French frigates, german made submarines, panzers, US stealth fighter jets. Everyone prepares for a showdown.

 

[Aung Zaya]

S-300 long range surface-to-air missile system is protected by air defence shield. one member of the shield is Strela-10M. Instead of sending the vehicles to Russia or employing Russian experts, the short-range surface-to-air missile system is going through a modernization program, carried out by domestic military companies.


Saving money.

on MT-LB..?

 

[Viet]

on MT-LB..?

What told is upgrading acquisition radar and missile system, and many other I don't know. Maybe @Silent Knight and @Carlosa can tell more.

 

[Carlosa]

on MT-LB..?

Yes, the Strela-10M3 is on the MT-LB APC vehicle.