DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: As Dispute Over Islands Escalates, Japan And China Send Fighter Jets To The Scene

DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: As Dispute Over Islands Escalates, Japan And China Send Fighter Jets To The Scene

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 19, 2013:  China has overtaken Japan as the world's second-biggest economy and becoming a furious dragon with its newly acquired militarily and financially might by adding large numbers of warships, submarines, fighter jets to its offensive arsenal.

China has territorial disputes with most of its neighboring countries as far flung  Arunachal Pradesh, India.,  with Japan in the East China Sea and with Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea. 

China should be aware by flexing its military muscle and bullying its neighbors, can have an  adverse effect  being surrounded by anti-China and unfriendly neighbors would eventually effect its economic and financial progress creating havoc in its society and the world has witnessed the break-up of Soviet Union and hoping the same is not being replayed. By DTN News

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Chromalloy Component Services Inc., For Engines Upgrade of KC-135 Aircraft

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Chromalloy Component Services Inc., For Engines Upgrade of KC-135 Aircraft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 18, 2013: Chromalloy Component Services Inc., San Antonio, Texas, (FA8122-13-D-0006) is being awarded a $37,264,500 firm-fixed-price contract for acquisition remanufacturing services to upgrade and implement MOD 13/15 for F108 engines in support of the KC-135 aircraft.  

The location of the performance is San Antonio, Texas.  Work is expected to be completed by Oct. 17, 2014.  

The contracting activity is AFSC/PZAAB, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. 

US Air Force KC-135R Stratotankers

Boeing built 732 KC-135 Stratotankers for the US Air Force between 1957 and 1965. The US Air Force still has about 550 KC-135 Stratotankers in service (active duty, 253; Air National Guard, 222; Air Force Reserve, 70) and has made substantial investment in a series of upgrade programs, including reskinning of the lower wing surfaces, the installation of new CFM56 engines and new avionics systems.

411 of the aircraft in service are the upgraded 135R models and 134 the older 135E. The KC-135 is also in service with the air forces of France (11 aircraft), Turkey (seven) and Singapore (four).

The US Air Force received testing equipment from Cubic Defence Systems as part of the contract signed in February 2010. The testing equipment, which includes small toolbox-sized test sets, will be used to examine and troubleshoot the auxillary power unit (APU) fitted in the tail section of KC-135 refuelling aircraft. The APU produces the electricity that fires up the KC-135's engines

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: China’s First Defense - Bodyguards Train to Protect Chinese Interests Abroad

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT:  China’s First Defense - Bodyguards Train to Protect Chinese Interests Abroad

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 18, 2013: Instructor Marco Borges gives orders to trainee bodyguards of the Genghis Security Academy during an ambush exercise at an army training ground on the outskirts of Beijing on Jan. 18, 2013.

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: China’s First Defense - Bodyguards Train to Protect Chinese Interests Abroad

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT:  China’s First Defense - Bodyguards Train to Protect Chinese Interests Abroad

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 18, 2013: Trainee bodyguards stand in formation as they listen to Genghis Security Academy founder Cen Yongqing (R) following an ambush scenario exercise at an army training ground on the outskirts of Beijing on Jan. 18, 2013

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: China’s First Defense - Bodyguards Train to Protect Chinese Interests Abroad

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT:  China’s First Defense - Bodyguards Train to Protect Chinese Interests Abroad

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 18, 2013: In sub-zero winter temperatures, these trainees at a derelict army base outside Beijing wake before dawn to practice martial arts and evasive driving.

 

It’s all part of preparations to provide security for the growing number of Chinese businesses investing in turbulent regions of Africa and the Middle East. 

Under the instruction of former Portuguese special forces bodyguard Marco Borges, the 40-strong group, most of whom have military backgrounds themselves, take part in a grueling regimen.

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DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: The Afghanistan Massacre On The Roof of The World

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: The Afghanistan Massacre On The Roof of The World

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 18, 2013: At the end of Kim, Kipling has his eponymous hero say, “When everyone is dead, the Great Game is finished. Not before.” In the 1980s, it was the Russians’ withdrawal from their failed occupation of Afghanistan that triggered the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union. Less than 20 years later, in 2001, British and American troops arrived in Afghanistan, where they proceeded to begin losing what was, in Britain’s case, its fourth war in that country. As before, in the end, despite all the billions of dollars handed out, the training of an entire army of Afghan troops and the infinitely superior weaponry of the occupiers, the Afghan resistance succeeded again in first surrounding then propelling the hated Kafirs into a humiliating exit.

On my extended visits to Afghanistan to research my new book, in 2009 and 2010, I was keen to see as many of the places and landscapes associated with the First Afghan War as was possible. I particularly wanted to retrace the route of the British forces’ retreat of January 1842 and get to Gandamak, the site of the British last stand.

The route of the retreat backs on to the mountain range that leads to Tora Bora and the Pakistan border, the Ghilzai heartlands that have always been – along with Quetta – the Taliban’s main recruiting ground. I had been advised not to attempt to visit the area without local protection, so eventually set off in the company of a regional tribal leader who was also a minister in Karzai’s government: a mountain of a man named Anwar Khan Jagdalak, a former village wrestling champion and later captain of the Afghan Olympic wrestling team, who had made his name as a Jamiat-e-Islami Mujahideen commander in the jihad against the Soviets in the 1980s.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract $22.6 Million To Hawker Beehcraft Defense Company L.L.C., for Iraq T-6A

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract $22.6 Million To Hawker Beehcraft  Defense Company L.L.C., for Iraq T-6A 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 18, 2013: Hawker Beehcraft Defense Company L.L.C., Wichita, Kan., (FA8617-12-C-6194, P00006) is being awarded a $22,658,670 firm-fixed-price contract modification for Government of Iraq T-6A sustainment program.  

The location of the performance is Tikrit Air Base, Iraq.  Work is expected to be completed by July 3, 2013.  

The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WLZI, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.  Contract involves Foreign Military Sales. 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract For $6.6 Million To Rolls Royce Corp., Modification For Power By The Hour Support of Indian Air Force C-130J Aircraft

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract For $6.6 Million To Rolls Royce Corp.,   Modification For Power By The Hour Support of  Indian Air Force C-130J Aircraft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 16, 2013: Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., (FA8504-07-D-0001-0501-09) is being awarded a $6,659,487 contract modification for power by the hour support for the Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft.  

The location of the performance is Hindan Air Station, New Delhi, India.  Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 30, 2013. 

Contract involves Foreign Military Sales.  

The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WLKCB, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. 

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Japanese Age Ceremony Tradition ~ Girls 20 Year Old Visit The Park In Tokyo By DTN News

Japanese Age Ceremony Tradition ~ Girls 20 Year Old Visit The Park In Tokyo By DTN News

Girls who have turned or will turn 20 years old this year walk in the snow following a Coming of Age ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo

Picture: Shizuo Kambayashi

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DTN News - BANGLADESH DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Pledges $1 Bln Arms Loan To Bangladesh

DTN News - BANGLADESH DEFENSE NEWS: Russia Pledges $1 Bln Arms Loan To Bangladesh

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 15, 2013: Russia will issue a $1 billion loan to Bangladesh for purchases of Russian-made arms and military equipment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday.

“Russia…will allocate a $1 billion loan to Bangladesh for purchases of Russian arms and military equipment,” Putin said.

Bangladesh is likely to use the cash to buy MiG-29SMT fighter jets and upgrade an earlier batch of MiG-29s, as well as buying BTR-80 armored vehicles and Mi-171 military helicopters, Russian military analyst Igor Korotchenko said.

The deal is part of an array of agreements signed during Putin’s talks with Hasina in Moscow on Tuesday. The two countries also settled on a project to jointly build Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant and signed memorandums of understanding in various spheres, including anti-terrorism, justice, healthcare and education.

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2013 Big Bang Celebrations At Big Ben London

2013 Big Bang Celebrations At Big Ben London

Fireworks light up the London skyline and the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, just after midnight on January 1, 2013

Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

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Delightful 2013 At Rio By DTN News

Delightful 2013 At Rio By DTN News

A woman celebrates the New Year as she watches fireworks exploding above Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

Picture: REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

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DTN News - AIRBUS AIRLINES NEWS: Singapore Airlines Firms Up Order For More A380s And A350 XWBs

DTN News - AIRBUS AIRLINES NEWS: Singapore Airlines Firms Up Order For More A380s And A350 XWBs

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 14, 2013: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has firmed up an order for 25 more widebody aircraft from Airbus, comprising five of the world’s most efficient, high capacity aircraft, the A380, and 20 A350-900s. The deal was completed in 2012 and follows an agreement in October 2012. 

Singapore Airlines has placed three consecutive orders for the A380, making it the second largest customer of the A380, and now has 19 aircraft in service. In the mid-size category, the new A350 XWB order sees the airline double its backlog for the all-new aircraft to 40. The A350-900s will be used by the airline on both medium and long haul routes.

“This second repeat order from one of the largest A380 operators today is a great endorsement” said John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers, Airbus. “We’re also delighted that Singapore Airlines are demonstrating equal confidence in the A350. With both these aircraft, Singapore Airlines will have the most modern, most comfortable and most efficient fleet the market can offer.” 

Since 2006 the A380 is registering repeat orders by satisfied customers every year, bringing the total orderbook today to 262 from 20 customers. The A350 XWB gathered 582 orders from 34 customers.

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DTN News - AIRBUS AIRLINES NEWS: Singapore Airlines Firms Up Order For More A380s And A350 XWBs

DTN News - AIRBUS AIRLINES NEWS: Singapore Airlines Firms Up Order For More A380s And A350 XWBs

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 14, 2013: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has firmed up an order for 25 more widebody aircraft from Airbus, comprising five of the world’s most efficient, high capacity aircraft, the A380, and 20 A350-900s. The deal was completed in 2012 and follows an agreement in October 2012. 

Singapore Airlines has placed three consecutive orders for the A380, making it the second largest customer of the A380, and now has 19 aircraft in service. In the mid-size category, the new A350 XWB order sees the airline double its backlog for the all-new aircraft to 40. The A350-900s will be used by the airline on both medium and long haul routes.

“This second repeat order from one of the largest A380 operators today is a great endorsement” said John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer, Customers, Airbus. “We’re also delighted that Singapore Airlines are demonstrating equal confidence in the A350. With both these aircraft, Singapore Airlines will have the most modern, most comfortable and most efficient fleet the market can offer.” 

Since 2006 the A380 is registering repeat orders by satisfied customers every year, bringing the total orderbook today to 262 from 20 customers. The A350 XWB gathered 582 orders from 34 customers.

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SWAN LAKE By DTN News

SWAN LAKE By DTN News

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DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: China Newspaper Says To 'Prepare For The Worst' After Military Confrontation With Japan In The East China Sea

DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: China Newspaper Says To 'Prepare For The Worst' After Military Confrontation With Japan In The East China Sea

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 13, 2013: After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, which made Tokyo scramble F-15s in response, China sent fighters of its own on Thursday into the East China Sea. 

A Friday press release out of China confirms the incident began when Beijing was flying a Shaanxi Y-8 on a "routine Thursday patrol" over the "oil and gas fields in the East China Sea."

The fact that the aircraft was a S haanxi  Y-8 is interesting in that the Y-8 isn't necessarily any one particular aircraft.

The Diplomat calls the Y-8 a transport plane, and it can be, butthe aircraft has more than 30 variants. The Y-8 performs everything from Mineral Research, to Geophysical Surveying, to Electronic Warfare to Intelligence Gathering and one variant is simply an innocuous but lethal fully loaded gunship, with two heavy cannons and three heavy machine guns.

It's the perfect plane for a game of cat and mouse because if the Y-8 ever received fire from Japan's F-15s, China could simply maintain it was an unarmed transport model carrying troops, or the Y8-F model that carries only livestock.

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DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: China Newspaper Says To 'Prepare For The Worst' After Military Confrontation With Japan In The East China Sea

DTN News - DISPUTED EAST CHINA SEA REGION SENKAKU / DIAOYU ISLANDS: China Newspaper Says To 'Prepare For The Worst' After Military Confrontation With Japan In The East China Sea

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 13, 2013: After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan, which made Tokyo scramble F-15s in response, China sent fighters of its own on Thursday into the East China Sea. 

A Friday press release out of China confirms the incident began when Beijing was flying a Shaanxi Y-8 on a "routine Thursday patrol" over the "oil and gas fields in the East China Sea."

The fact that the aircraft was a S haanxi  Y-8 is interesting in that the Y-8 isn't necessarily any one particular aircraft.

The Diplomat calls the Y-8 a transport plane, and it can be, butthe aircraft has more than 30 variants. The Y-8 performs everything from Mineral Research, to Geophysical Surveying, to Electronic Warfare to Intelligence Gathering and one variant is simply an innocuous but lethal fully loaded gunship, with two heavy cannons and three heavy machine guns.

It's the perfect plane for a game of cat and mouse because if the Y-8 ever received fire from Japan's F-15s, China could simply maintain it was an unarmed transport model carrying troops, or the Y8-F model that carries only livestock.

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DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Pakistani Taliban Say They Will Not Attack Pak Army

DTN News - PAKISTAN NEWS: Pakistani Taliban Say They Will Not Attack Pak Army

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 13, 2013: The Pakistani Taliban said on Saturday they would cease their occasional attacks on the Pakistani army in the Taliban stronghold of North Waziristan and concentrate attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan instead – an announcement possibly designed to head off divisions in the insurgency.

The ceasefire does not apply to the rest of the country, where there are often fierce clashes between the Taliban and security services.

Thousands of Pakistani soldiers are stationed in North Waziristan, a tribal region along the Afghan border.

There have been occasional clashes there between the soldiers and Taliban, but a leaflet issued by Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud ordered those to stop. A senior commander confirmed the pamphlet’s veracity.

“O Mujahideen brothers! As you know, the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban under the leadership of Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid are engaged in jihad against the crusaders and infidels, and are supporters of each others in the ongoing holy war,” the pamphlet said.

“The enemy does not want to see us united and disciplined against them and are trying to divide us,” it continued.

The Taliban have formed alliances with a number of other militant groups in North Waziristan who are violently opposed to the Pakistani state.

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IT'S SUNDAY By DTN News

IT'S  SUNDAY By DTN News

IT'S

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

SUNDAY

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DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 12, 2013:  Afghan President Hamid Karzai passes and reviews U.S. troops during an arrival ceremony with full honors at the Pentagon, Jan. 10, 2013.

 DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 12, 2013: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta hosts an arrival ceremony with full honors to welcome Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the Pentagon, Jan. 10, 2013. 

DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 12, 2013: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center right, escorts Afghan President Hamid Karzai through an honor cordon at the Pentagon, Jan. 10, 2013. 

DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

DTN News - KARZAI AT PENTAGON: Panetta Hosts Arrival Ceremony, Meets With Afghan President At Pentagon

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 12, 2013:  U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai to the Pentagon, Jan. 10, 2013, before hosting an arrival ceremony with full honors. 

DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley 

IT'S SATURDAY

IT'S  SATURDAY 

IT'S

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

SATURDAY

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WE MADE IT !!!!! IT'S FRIDAY !!!! By DTN News

WE MADE IT  !!!!!       IT'S FRIDAY  !!!!    By DTN News

WE MADE IT  !!!!!

IT'S FRIDAY  !!!!

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Army Gun In The Deh Rawud District of Afghanistan

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Army Gun In The Deh Rawud District of Afghanistan 

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 10, 2013: A U.S. Army gun crew uses a M777 A2 howitzer to fire illumination rounds from Forward Operating Base Hadrian in the Deh Rawud district of Afghanistan on Jan. 8, 2013. 

The crew from 1st Section Bravo Battery 1-9 Field Artillery of Fort Stewart, Ga., has been conducting intensive training and fire missions to support operations in Uruzgan province.   

DoD photo by Capt. Jesse Platz, U.S. Army. (Released)

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Schulte On Security Alert In Farah City, Afghanistan

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Schulte On Security Alert In Farah City, Afghanistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 10, 2013: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Schulte uses his advanced combat optical gunsight to scan for security threats during a key leader engagement in Farah City, Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2013. 

Schulte is the security force platoon leader for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. The team’s mission is to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province of Afghanistan.   

DoD photo by Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives, U.S. Navy. (Released)

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IT's THURSDAY ~ By DTN News

IT's THURSDAY ~ By DTN News

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Air Force To Host Major Multinational Exercise

DTN News - ISRAELI DEFENSE NEWS: Israeli Air Force To Host Major Multinational Exercise  

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 9, 2013: The Israeli air force is planning to stage its largest ever multinational exercise, with at least five foreign air forces due to participate. To be mounted from Uvda air base, the manoeuvres are expected to involve "dozens" of different types of combat aircraft, local sources says.

In recent years, the Israeli air force has trained in several different countries in Europe, but this will be the first time that full squadrons from foreign nations will go to Israel to perform such a major exercise.

One air force source says that while the planned exercise may look like a local copy of the US Air Force's "Red Flag" series of exercises, it will differ by including the availability of unspecified "Israeli elements".

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Bulk Inventory of Attack Helicopters Are The Z-10

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Bulk Inventory of Attack Helicopters Are The Z-10

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 9, 2013: China’s new Z-10 helicopter gunship is apparently in mass production. In the last year the Z-10 has been photographed serving with four of the five aviation brigades in the army. There is a squadron (12 helicopters) of Z-10s in each brigade. The move to mass production of the Z-10 was a surprise because this aircraft has been in development for over 14 years and the several prototypes encountered numerous problems. This led to failed attempts to buy or steal helicopter gunship technology from Russia and South Africa.

Two years ago some of the Z-10 prototypes were sent to Chinese Army aviation units for field testing. While not a failure, the newer and lighter Z-19 was apparently seen as a better candidate for mass production. Work continued on the Z-10 because the Z-19 is basically an armed scout helicopter. China always wanted something more like the American AH-64 Apache. That would be the Z-10, at least once all the development problems were overcome. The seven ton Z-10 is smaller than the 10 ton AH-64 and also has a crew of two. The Z-10 is armed with 30mm autocannon and can carry up to a ton of rockets or missiles.

For three years now the Z-19 armed scout helicopter has been spotted in the air, most recently painted in military colors. The Z-19 was earlier known as the Z-9W. The Z-19 is yet another Chinese helicopter based on the Eurocopter Dauphin (which has been built under license in China for two decades). The Z-19 is a 4.5 ton, two seat armed helicopter. It can carry a 23mm autocannon and up to half a ton of munitions (missiles, usually). Cruising speed is 245 kilometers an hour and range is 700 kilometers. The Z-19 is basically an upgraded Z-9W.

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I Just Love Wednesdays By DTN News

I Just Love Wednesdays By DTN News

Tiggerific Tuesday! Blog Hop...or Bounce By DTN News

Tiggerific Tuesday!  Blog Hop...or Bounce By DTN News

DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 7, 2013: China's Navy deployed a new high-speed stealth vessel called DaoDanTing Type 022 during its military drill last month. The vessel is capable of carrying eight missiles with a maximum range of 200 km and traveling at 36 knots per hour while avoiding radar and infrared detection. China has 80 of the ships. 

China's Type 022 stealth vessel

The Type 022 (NATO designation: Houbei class) missile boat is a ship class in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The first boat was launched in April 2004 by the Qiuxin Shipbuilding Factory at Shanghai. The boats incorporate stealth features and are based off an Australian-designed wave-piercing catamaran hulls that are more stable than other fast missile craft in high sea conditions. Approximately 83 of these missile boats are currently in service with three flotillas having been produced over a span of seven years.

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DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 7, 2013: China's Navy deployed a new high-speed stealth vessel called DaoDanTing Type 022 during its military drill last month. The vessel is capable of carrying eight missiles with a maximum range of 200 km and traveling at 36 knots per hour while avoiding radar and infrared detection. China has 80 of the ships. 

Japan's ATD-X stealth fighter

The Mitsubishi ATD-X Shinshin is a prototype fifth-generation jet fighter that uses advanced stealth technology. It is being developed by the Japanese Ministry of Defense Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) for research purposes. The main contractor of the project is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Many consider this aircraft to be Japan's first domestically made stealth fighter. ATD-X is an acronym meaning "Advanced Technology Demonstrator – X". The aircraft's Japanese name is Shinshin (心神?, literally "mind"). The aircraft's first flight is scheduled for 2014.

The ATD-X will be used as a technology demonstrator and research prototype to determine whether domestic advanced technologies for a fifth generation fighter aircraft are viable, and is a 1/3 size model of a possible full-production aircraft.  The aircraft also features 3D thrust vectoring capability. Thrust is controlled in the ATD-X by the use of 3 paddles on each engine nozzle similar to the system used on the Rockwell X-31, while an axis-symmetric thrust vectoring engine is also being developed for the full scale production model. The nozzles on the prototype appear to be uncovered and might have a slight adverse effect on the aircraft's stealth characteristics.

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DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 7, 2013: China's Navy deployed a new high-speed stealth vessel called DaoDanTing Type 022 during its military drill last month. The vessel is capable of carrying eight missiles with a maximum range of 200 km and traveling at 36 knots per hour while avoiding radar and infrared detection. China has 80 of the ships. 

Russia's Sukhoi T-50 Stealth fighter jet

In January this year, Russia held its first test flight of the Sukhoi T-50 stealth fighter jet in the far eastern region of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Last month, the second test flight was completed. Moscow plans to deploy the T-50 in active units from 2015 to counter the U.S. military's state-of-the-art F-22 stealth fighter jet.

The Sukhoi PAK FA  is a twin-engine jet fighter being developed by Sukhoi for the Russian Air Force. The Sukhoi T-50 is the prototype for PAK FA. The PAK FA is one of only a handful of stealth jet programs globally.

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DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

DTN News - STEALTH TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Korea's Neighbors Catch Up With U.S. Stealth Technology

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 7, 2013: China's Navy deployed a new high-speed stealth vessel called DaoDanTing Type 022 during its military drill last month. The vessel is capable of carrying eight missiles with a maximum range of 200 km and traveling at 36 knots per hour while avoiding radar and infrared detection. China has 80 of the ships. 

China's Type 022 stealth vessel

The Type 022 (NATO designation: Houbei class) missile boat is a ship class in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The first boat was launched in April 2004 by the Qiuxin Shipbuilding Factory at Shanghai. The boats incorporate stealth features and are based off an Australian-designed wave-piercing catamaran hulls that are more stable than other fast missile craft in high sea conditions. Approximately 83 of these missile boats are currently in service with three flotillas having been produced over a span of seven years.

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What? Monday Already! By DTN News

What? Monday Already! By DTN News

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: The Booming Business of Drones

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: The Booming Business of Drones

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 6, 2013: Less than a decade ago, the Pentagon had about fifty unmanned combat air vehicles (known as drones or UAV — unmanned aerial vehicles). It is estimated that they currently have about seven thousand of them (and Congress asked for about $5 billion worth of more drones in 2012). There's a scene in Showtime's hit television series, Homeland, where Nicholas Brody (the former prisoner of war and current United States congressman) is told by David Estes (the director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center) that the use of drones in the war on terrorism has moved from forty unmanned combat air vehicles to nearly four thousand in no time at all. 

 

While that was a fictitious scene, it was the type of statement that would make anybody raise an eyebrow. What makes it all that more interesting, is that those fictional numbers aren't even close to the staggering reality of how many drones are in operation. And, that's just the work being done by the United States. The International Institute for Strategic Studies has identified fifty six different types of drones being used in over ten countries (and this data does not include places like China, Turkey and Russia).

Now, drones are moving from the battlefield to your neighborhood, and it's about to create a brand new industry right along with it.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 5, 2013: China Shocks The World, for example, while the U.S. introduced stealth aircrafts  F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor  three decades ago, China now has two of these in development and flying  Shenyang J-31 (F60) and Chengdu J-20. While the U.S. has been operating aircraft carriers for nearly a century, China commissioned its first one this year and is operating jet aircraft from it. Nearly all the mechanical and electronic equipment on this carrier is Chinese made, and often of Chinese design.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Shocks The World

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 5, 2013: China Shocks The World, for example, while the U.S. introduced stealth aircrafts  F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor  three decades ago, China now has two of these in development and flying  Shenyang J-31 (F60) and Chengdu J-20. While the U.S. has been operating aircraft carriers for nearly a century, China commissioned its first one this year and is operating jet aircraft from it. Nearly all the mechanical and electronic equipment on this carrier is Chinese made, and often of Chinese design.

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DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Celebrates Another Grand Theft

DTN News - CHINA DEFENSE NEWS: China Celebrates Another Grand Theft

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 5, 2013: China has officially revealed its copy of the Russian Su-30MK2 and is calling it the J-16, claiming that the aircraft is of Chinese design. Many unauthorized pictures of the J-16 have shown up in the past year. These made it clear that the J-16 was a copy of the Russian Su-30MK2. At least 24 J-16s have been built and are being delivered to the Chinese Navy.

 

Russia and China jointly developed the two seat version of the Su-30, as the Su-30MKK in the late 1990s, and, a decade ago, an upgraded version (the Su-30MK2). China has received about a hundred legal Su-30MK2s but now nearly identical J-16s are showing up. Russia is not amused or fooled.

This kind of blatant technology theft is nothing new. The Chinese J-11 jet fighter is an illegal Chinese copy of the Russian Su-27. This plagiarism has been a source of friction between Russia and China for nearly a decade. It all began, legally, in 1995, when China paid $2.5 billion for the right to build 200 Su-27s. Russia would supply engines and electronics, with China building the other components according to Russian plans and specifications. But after 95 of the Chinese built aircraft were built Russia cancelled the agreement. They claimed that China was using the knowledge acquired with this Su-27 program to build their own copy of the Su-27, the J-11. Russia kept the piracy issue quiet for as long as it could and warned the Chinese that simply copying Russian technology would produce an inferior aircraft. Apparently the Chinese did not agree and are continuing their work on the J-11, using only, what they claim, is Chinese technology.

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin Amounting $755 Million For Procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Lockheed Martin Amounting $755 Million For Procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 4, 2013: Lockheed Martin, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $755,134,781 firm-fixed-price contract. 

The award will provide for the procurement of PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3, which includes support for Foreign Military Sales, and related services. 

Work will be performed in Grand Prairie; Lufkin, Texas; Camden, Ark.; Chelmsford, Mass.; and Ocala, Fla.; with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2015.

 One bid was solicited, with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-13-C-0068). 

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Boeing For Modification Apache AH-64D Helicopters

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Boeing For Modification Apache AH-64D Helicopters

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 4, 2013: The Boeing Co., Mesa, Ariz., was awarded a $71,026,920 firm-fixed-price contract. 

The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure Apache AH-64D helicopters in support of Foreign Military Sales. 

Work will be performed in Mesa, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2017. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. 

The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-09-C-0147). 

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