Category: Marines from all over the world

SPAIN: first operational use of the ScanEagle drone

SPAIN: first operational use of the ScanEagle drone

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

During its Eunavfor deployment as part of Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia, the Spanish Navy was able to deploy its RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft system) ScanEagle from Boeing Insitu from on board the frigate REINA SOFIA (SANTA MARIA class) for the first time. The Spanish Navy's drone squadron based in Cadiz has three systems, each with four drones and a remote control station. It is a fairly inexpensive system with good endurance (18 hours), a simple launch pad and even simpler landing procedure, which can be viewed on Twitter #rpas or @Armada_esp. The US Marines and US Navy have been using these systems since 2005. In the meantime...

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RUSSIA: Test of the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile

RUSSIA: Test of the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

On 6 October, the Russian Navy released the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from aboard the frigate ADMIRAL GORSCHKOW (Project 22350) for the first time and fired it at a maximum distance of 450 kilometres at eight times the speed of sound at a target in the Barents Sea. The entire sequence took less than five minutes. This meant that it was not even necessary to use the 24-hour time buffer in case something went wrong. Just in time for his 68th birthday the following day, Army General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence, was able to present the report of the successful shot to his President in due form and with complete peace of mind....

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PHILIPPINES: two new Leonardo AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters

PHILIPPINES: two new Leonardo AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

To mark its 120th birthday last year, the island nation's navy treated itself to two Leonardo AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters, which have now been ceremonially put into service at the Danielo Atienza airbase near Manila. From there, they will be used as on-board helicopters for the two South Korean-built JOSE-RIZAL frigates. Two further helicopters are to complete the quartet, but are still on the wish list. This makes the Philippines the second export customer for the Italian manufacturer after South Korea. Bangladesh will be the third in the group with two helicopters on order...

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PAKISTAN: Embraer Lineage 1000 as new MPA

PAKISTAN: Embraer Lineage 1000 as new MPA

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

Of the eight Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft that were previously handed over to the Pakistani Navy free of charge by the USA 15 years ago and subsequently modernised, six at best should still be airworthy today after two aircraft were lost in a terrorist attack on the Mehran airfield in Karachi in 2011. According to Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Commander of the Navy, these MPAs are to be replaced in future by ten Embraer Lineage 1000s, i.e. commercial aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer that have yet to be converted. A first type has been ordered and is to bear the type designation "Sultan of the Sea" with military equipment. Incidentally, Embraer is yet to confirm the location and...

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NORTH KOREA: Military parade in Pyongyang

NORTH KOREA: Military parade in Pyongyang

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Workers' Party on 10 October, the sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile Pukguksong-4s was also displayed at the obligatory military parade in Pyongyang. This is likely to be the improved version of the missile that was launched underwater a year ago on a test basis but is said to have only a limited range. With this designation, the underwater system joins the ranks of the actual long-range strategic land systems known as Pukguksong-1 and -2. So far, the only evidence of a carrier submarine as the basis for this voluminous missile is the graphic of an extended Kilo-class...

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