Russian military off-road vehicle

Russian military off-road vehicle

Russian documetary on MiG-25/31 Interceptors






Textron Systems - Ship To Shore Connector (SSC) Amphibious Landing Craft Simulation





Galileo satellite system deployment phase





Su-33 and Su-25 over the Severomorsk, North Sea



Admiral Kuznetsov in Severomorsk

Mi-171E helicopters fly over Xinjiang

PLA Air Force Mi-171E helicopters fly over Xinjiang.

Fly over 4500 meters above sea level for joint exercise training over snow-covered plateau.

                                                                                        Photo - Xu Bicheng


 

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States Peace Mission 2014






Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan start training in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Zhurihe training base in China










FREMM multi-mission frigates are designed and built by DCNS, French

Type 055A destroyer planned design

Type 055A destroyer

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Ukraine Independence Day Parade 2014





Tank biathlon - 2014 - A Belarusian review





Russian documentary on Su-24 Fencer





F-35B STOVL Stealth Fighter Wet Runway & Crosswind Landing Testing

Tank Biathlon 2014 Video

Airbus A350 water ingestion tests





Fire Stinger Missiles. $40,000 a shot - More than yearly income for some folks










Tank Biathlon 2014 World Championship



T-72 Tank

Russia wins the final race of this year’s Biathlon 2014





Russian champions at Tank Biathlon 2014





Unmanned Air & Ground Vehicles ERWR Demonstration

Klewang-class stealth patrol ships resumption

Klewang-class stealth patrol ships




Klewang-class stealth patrol ships. Indonesia confirms resumption.























Advanced High Performance Reconnaissance light Aircraft (AHRLAC)






Europe’s fifth and six Galileo satellites of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) launched. On 22 August, at 12:27 GMT/14:27 CEST, a Soyuz rocket launched Europe’s fifth and six Galileo satellites from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Shanghai to San Francisco in 100 minutes by supersonic submarine

China has moved a step closer to creating a supersonic submarine that could travel from Shanghai to San Francisco in less than two hours.
New technology developed by a team of scientists at Harbin Institute of Technology's Complex Flow and Heat Transfer Lab has made it easier for a submarine, or torpedo, to travel at extremely high speeds underwater.
Li Fengchen, professor of fluid machinery and engineering, said the team's innovative approach meant they could now create the complicated air "bubble" required for rapid underwater travel. "We are very excited by its potential," he said.
Water produces more friction, or drag, on an object than air, which means conventional submarines cannot travel as fast as an aircraft.
However, during the cold war, the Soviet military developed a technology called supercavitation, which involves enveloping a submerged vessel inside an air bubble to avoid problems caused by water drag.
A Soviet supercavitation torpedo called Shakval was able to reach a speed of 370km/h or more - much faster than any other conventional torpedoes.
In theory, a supercavitating vessel could reach the speed of sound underwater, or about 5,800km/h, which would reduce the journey time for a transatlantic underwater cruise to less than an hour, and for a transpacific journey to about 100 minutes, according to a report by California Institute of Technology in 2001.
However, supercavitation technology has faced two major problems. First, the submerged vessel has needed to be launched at high speeds, approaching 100km/h, to generate and maintain the air bubble.
Second, it is extremely difficult - if not impossible - to steer the vessel using conventional mechanisms, such as a rudder, which are inside the bubble without any direct contact with water.
As a result, its application has been limited to unmanned vessels, such as torpedoes, but nearly all of these torpedoes were fired in a straight line because they had limited ability to turn.
Li said the team of Chinese scientists had found an innovative means of addressing both problems.
Once in the water, the team's supercavitation vessel would constantly "shower" a special liquid membrane on its own surface. Although this membrane would be worn off by water, in the meantime it could significantly reduce the water drag on the vessel at low speed.
After its speed had reached 75km/h or more the vessel would enter the supercavitation state. The man-made liquid membrane on the vessel surface could help with steering because, with precise control, different levels of friction could be created on different parts of the vessel.
"Our method is different from any other approach, such as vector propulsion," or thrust created by an engine, Li said. "By combining liquid-membrane technology with supercavitation, we can significantly reduce the launch challenges and make cruising control easier."
However, Li said many problems still needed to be solved before supersonic submarine travel became feasible. Besides the control issue, a powerful underwater rocket engine still had to be developed to give the vessel a longer range. The effective range of the Russian supercavitation torpedoes, for example, was only between 11 km and 15 km.
Li said the supercavitation technology was not limited only to military use. In future, it could benefit civilian underwater transport, or water sports such as swimming.
"If a swimsuit can create and hold many tiny bubbles in water, it can significantly reduce the water drag; swimming in water could be as effortless as flying in the sky," he said.
Besides Russia, countries such as Germany, Iran and the United States have been developing vessels or weapons using supercavitation technology.
Professor Wang Guoyu, the head of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory at Beijing Institute of Technology who is leading another state-funded research project on supercavitation, said the global research community had been troubled for decades by the lack of innovative ideas to address the huge scientific and engineering challenges.
"The size of the bubble is difficult to control, and the vessel is almost impossible to steer," he said. While cruising at high speed during supercavitation, a fin could be snapped off if it touched the water because of the liquid's far greater density.
Despite many scientists worldwide working on similar projects, the latest progress remains unclear because they are regarded as military secrets.
Wang, a member of the water armament committee of the China Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, said even he had been kept in the dark about recent supercavitation developments in China.
"The primary drive still comes from the military, so most research projects are shrouded in secrecy," he said.

SCMP : Shanghai to San Francisco in 100 minutes by supersonic submarine.

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Ferrari races a Russian Air Force Su-30.





MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopter










X-47B



X-47B

US airstrikes in Iraq Aug 16 2014. Air strikes near Mosul Dam

JY-11 air surveillance radar equipment displays in Venezuela

Venezuelan army displays air surveillance radar equipment JY11 made in China

US airstrikes 18 August 2014. In Iraq on armed trucks and armored personnel carriers









Sea Trials of Ghost Marine platform for coastal patrols










Saab's AUV62 AT and MR - A fully autonomous system

Second Flight Test Of New Ultra High-Speed Missile

Artist’s Rendition of the Wu-14 Falcon HTV-2 (AP Photo/DARPA)

China recently conducted the second flight test of a new, ultra-high-speed missile that is part of what analysts say is Beijing’s global system of attack weapons capable of striking the United States with nuclear warheads.
The latest test of the new hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) known as Wu-14 took place Aug. 7 at a missile facility in western China, said U.S. government officials familiar with details of the test reported in internal channels.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Jeffrey Pool said when asked about the test: “We routinely monitor foreign defense activities, however we don’t comment on our intelligence or assessments of foreign weapons systems.”
He added that the Pentagon has encouraged China to adopt greater “transparency” for its defense programs “to avoid miscalculation.”
Pool confirmed the first test in January, but declined to provide a similar confirmation on the recent test. However, two other U.S. officials said the Aug. 7 test involved the Wu-14 HGV.
The first flight test of the Wu-14 took place Jan. 9 and flew at speeds of around Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound—around 7,680 miles per hour. Hypersonic speeds pose severe guidance and control challenges for weapons engineers and produce extreme stress to metal and components.
The Chinese hypersonic test is further evidence of what is viewed in intelligence circles as an emerging hypersonic arms race. In addition to China, the United States, Russia and India are building high-technology hypersonic strategic arms. The weapons are sought for their hard-to-counter features and ability to defeat strategic missile defenses.
Disclosure of the latest weapons test comes as Secretary of State John Kerry, in a speech last week, called for closer cooperation with China. Tensions between Washington and Beijing have increased over aggressive Chinese maritime claims in Asia.
“We are committed to avoiding the trap of strategic rivalry and intent on forging a relationship in which we broaden our cooperation on common interests and constructively manage our differences and disagreements,” Kerry said during a speech Aug. 13 in Hawaii.
In China, state-run press outlets made no mention of the Aug. 7 test, but Chinese Internet reports revealed a possible Wu-14 launch was carried out as the upper stage of a missile on Aug. 7 from the Jiuquan satellite launch facility located in the far western Gobi Desert.

Reports and photos posted online indicated that the booster rocket
used in the test crash landed in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region

Reports and photos posted online indicated that the booster rocket used in the test crash landed in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
The booster crash is consistent with a hypersonic test, analysts said. Hypersonic glide vehicles travel in near space and thus the rocket that launched it may not have left the atmosphere, thus preventing it from burning up as would have occurred if it had reentered the atmosphere.
Photos posted on Chinese Internet sites and later removed showed debris from a booster that had Chinese characters painted on pieces indicating the rocket belonged to the China Aerospace Corp.—China’s main missile manufacturer.
The pro-Beijing Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily reported Aug. 11 that Chinese microbloggers identified the Inner Mongolia crash as a failed Wu-14 test, but the newspaper said the impact was most likely caused by debris from a falling rocket booster.
China military affairs analysts said the second test of the HGV relatively soon after the January test is a significant strategic threat and a sign China has placed a high priority on the new weapon.
“The decision to conduct a second Wu-14 test only a few months after its first test shows China’s commitment to fast-tracking this program,” said Lora Saalman, a specialist on China’s hypersonic development with the Carnegie Endowment.
“When compared with the yearly gaps in between its [anti-satellite] and [ballistic missile defense] tests in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2014, the WU-14 accelerates China’s development timeline exponentially,” Saalman said in an email.
Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the second test portends two near-term threats.
“First would be a potential for early deployment of a maneuverable HGV warhead for theater-range and then intercontinental-range missiles,” Fisher said.
“Secondly, accelerated HGV testing could potentially allow China to develop a second generation anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) warhead that is more maneuverable and more difficult to counter.”
Saalman said China has produced thousands of papers and writings on hypersonics and boost-glide technology that “further support the idea that this is a priority” program.
In a report published in April for the U.S. Pacific Command’s think tank, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Saalman stated the Wu-14 appears to be part of China’s efforts to build a counterpart to the U.S. Prompt Global Strike initiative.
Prompt Global Strike (PGS) is a U.S. military program to develop weapons—mainly missiles—that can strike targets at any location on earth within 30 minutes using conventional warheads. China fears the system will be used to knock out its nuclear missiles on the ground in the early stages of a conflict.
The U.S. PGS capability is being designed for use against terrorists or nuclear and other mass destruction weapons that are identified by intelligence agencies and must be attacked quickly before the targets flee or are moved.
Saalman said the Wu-14 represents “a potential leap in global reach, if mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile” and potentially “a conventional or nuclear form of Chinese prompt global strike.”
The Chinese regard the Wu-14 as a “sword” strike weapons that likely will be combined with missile defenses—a “shield.”
The first test in January took China’s “regional weapons advances and thrust them onto the global stage,” she stated.
“This [January] test serves as a sign of China moving towards longer range, stronger retaliatory and potentially preemptive capability,” Saalman said, adding that the capability “could propel China from what has historically been a more reactive posture to a more active one.”
Fisher said for the United States, the options for responding to the new strategic weapon are stark. The Pentagon should accelerate investments in both deterrent and defensive capabilities, he said.
“The U.S. Navy should have a theater-range, HGV-ASBM to arm its [attack submarines],” Fisher said. “The Navy also requires funding for faster development of energy weapons to defend against China’s looming HGV threat.”
Mark Stokes, a specialist on China’s strategic weapons, said the test signals Beijing’s priority for building hypersonic weapons.
“I don’t think there’s any debate that the PLA is investing in the development of hypersonic technology, including scramjet engines and at least one hypersonic glide vehicle,” Stokes said in an email.
Stokes said it is possible the recent test was carried out atop a medium-range or intermediate-range ballistic missile.
According to Stokes, many of China’s missile engineering R&D tests and operational live-fire tests are carried out from Jiuquan, in Gansu province, where missiles are labeled “SC” for the Shuangchengzi missile range, another name for the missile test base. Other tests are conducted at the Taiyuan launch facility near Wuzhai, in Shanxi province further east, where developmental systems are labeled “Wu,” Stokes said.
China’s Jiuquan launch facility took part in the January 2010 missile defense test involving a CSS-X-11 medium-range ballistic missile used as a target for the SC-19 missile defense interceptor.
Earlier this year, U.S. intelligence agencies assessed the Wu-14 appears linked to China’s strategic nuclear weapons systems.
Lee Fuell, an analyst with the Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center, told a congressional hearing that the strike vehicle is “basically a ballistic missile-launched system that gets the payload fast and high, pitches over, dives to hypersonic speed, and then basically just glides to the target.”
“At this point, we think that’s associated with their nuclear deterrent forces,” Fuell told the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on January 30. Fuell added: “Of great concern would be if they were to apply the same technology and capability with a conventional warhead or even just without a warhead because of the kinetic energy that it has.”
The Pentagon, for its part, has conducted work on several hypersonic weapons platforms. They include the X-37B Space Plane, the Lockheed Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2, and the Air Force’s Force Application and Launch from Continental United States, known as FALCON. Boeing also has built an experimental hypersonic craft known as the X-51 WaveRider.
However, funding for U.S. hypersonic strike craft has been limited as a result of sharp Pentagon budget cuts under the Obama administration.
Russia’s military also has made developing hypersonic strike vehicles a priority. But Moscow is believed to be trailing both China and the United States in the capability.

Source: Washington Free Beacon – China Secretly Conducts Second Flight Test Of New Ultra High-Speed Missile

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Aurora SKATE SUAS UAV










Israel at Eurosatory 2014

Su-35 rubs left wing to the ground during takeoff

Gaofen-2 a high-definition Earth observation satellite was launched

The Gaofen-2 was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m. Beijing Time. It was boosted by a Long March-4B carrier rocket.
China successfully launched a high-definition Earth observation satellite into orbit on Tuesday, August 19, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND).
It will be used for geographic and resources surveys, environment and climate change monitoring, precision agriculture, disaster relief and city planning.

Photos shot with High-resolution multi-spectral camera technology.

Images of Lop Nur lake located between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts in the southeastern portion of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Pictured Changji Hutubi Valley

Dongying estuary beach

Successfully sent its Gaofen-2 satellite into its orbit 600,000 meters high. The two cameras on the satellite have the highest resolution of one meter at such a height. It is higher than those on Gaofen-1 satellite China launched in April 2013.
According to experts, the resolution of one meter means the satellite is able to discern the outline of an object on earth of the size of one meter. It is definitely able to discern the size of a car on the ground from more than 600 km away.
Pan Teng, chief engineer of Gaofen-2 Satellite System said that the satellite can provide full-color photo covering an area 45 km wide. It is the widest area a satellite of similar function can cover.
However, it does not mean that the higher resolution the better the satellite. It depends on the user’s needs. For estimate of the output of crops in agriculture or survey of mineral resources, there is no need for such high resolution. There has already been Gaofen-1 satellite with lower resolution.
However, with higher resolution, Gaofen-2 will be able to provide resource survey and monitor, meticulous urban management, comprehensive traffic services, forestry survey and surveillance, etc. China no longer needs to purchase photos of those kinds from abroad. Moreover, the satellite sends the data its cameras collect immediately down to the earth to be processed into photos.
Gaofen-1 launched previously played an important role in the current work of earthquake relief at Ludian, Yunan Province. Now, Gaofen-2 will play an even better role due to its better motility. It can swing 35 degrees on each side bigger than the 20-degree swing each side Gaofen-1 can achieve. This enable it to provide fuller views of the disaster area.
Source: huanqiu.com “Bare the mystery of China’s Gaofen-2 satellite, able to clearly see a car from a height of 600,000 meters” (summary by Chan Kai Yee)

Type 055 Destoyer Picture

Type 055 Destoyer

 

Type 055 Cruiser Test Rig at Wuhan, Hubei.










New 3D surveillance radar.








Taranis UCAV




Bell V-280 Valor Future of Vertical Lift Takes Flight third generation Tiltrotor helicopter




Oboronexpo-2014 begins in Russia. Expo dates 13-17 August



Brahmos featured




WorldView 3 Satellite for Digital Globe launched




Active denial system. Equipment uses radio frequency millimeter waves at 95 GHz.

WS-2 MRLS

WS(Weishi)-2 is installed on a truck with six rocket launching boxes. Each box has a 406 mm caliber 1.3-ton rocket. It hits with a 400-kg warhead within the range of 200 km.
The warhead of Weishi-3 weighs 300 kg but its range is bigger exceeding 300 km.
Of course, over the past decade, China has developed quite some good new artillery systems on its own. The most well-known is its Weishi-/1/2/3 series rocket gun.
According to statistics, China ranks the first in artillery in the world, exceeding by far that owned by Russia and North Korea that are well-known for their substantial artillery troops.
North Korea’s artillery is mostly outdated and poorly maintained, but Russia’s artillery systems are advanced and mostly remote controlled. China’s artillery, however, is operated by well-trained servicemen and is mostly recent products. China has 17,000 cannons of more than 50 types including guns, howitzers, mortars and rocket guns.
Quite a few of them are copies of Russian products. 
Artillery divisions are now regarded as an outdated unit of army. China, Russia and North Korea are the few countries that still maintain artillery divisions. China has six artillery divisions but has introduced some new elements into the old military units.
Source: qianzhan.com “The weapons that China ranks the first in the world in the scale of ownership. They can destroy enemy position in an instant” (summary by Chan Kai Yee)





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Red Bull team acrobatics






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