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Russia’s Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren built at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in west Russia has gone to the Baltic Sea for the first time during its running trials, shipyard spokesman Sergei Mikhailov told TASS.

"The large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren went to the Baltic Sea for the first time at 10:30 local time [11:30 Moscow time]. The ship will pass at sea several days," Mikhailov said.

According to the spokesman, "the ship’s propulsion engines and radar, as well as its running characteristics will be tested".

On June 17, the large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren left the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad to arrive at the acceptance base in Baltiysk and start undergoing shipbuilders’ trials. The trials are expected to last through September. After that, the ship will start undergoing state trials. If they are successful, the ship will join Russia’s Navy.

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Russia`s Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering (a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) produced the demonstrator of Klavesin-2R-PM unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) in 2015, according to the company`s 2015 annual report.

"In 2015, Rubin finished the production of working construction documentation for Klavesin-2R-PM UUV intended for search operations at depths down to 6,000 m. The Rubin`s research and development (R&D) fabrication line produced the vehicle`s prototype. The special testing equipment with transport-docking module was manufactured to test the vehicle`s algorithms. In late 2016, the UUV`s demonstrator was tested at the Krylov State Research Center`s experimental tank to confirm its meeting to the operational requirements and to define the vehicle`s navigability", the report said.

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The Russian Navy Northern Fleet’s Project 1164 (NATO reporting name: Slava-class) Marshal Ustinov guided missile cruiser currently being repaired and upgraded at the Zvyozdochka Shipyard in Severodvinsk in north Russia will start undergoing running trials at sea in late August - early September, the shipyard’s press office told TASS.
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According to various sources, the Marshal Ustinov is being fitted with an advanced missile system, probably, the Kalibr (SS-N-27 Sizzler) or Oniks (SS-N-26 Strobile). The upgrade will provide the cruiser with the Podberyozovik three-dimensional long-range target acquisition radar and Fregat-M2M sea-skimming target acquisition radar. There have been statements that the ship will not receive advanced air defense missile systems.

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Elbit Systems completed recently a trial test torpedo launch from its Seagull multi-mission, autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel(USV) system. The trial, performed out of Israel's Haifa port,demonstrated the capability of Seagull to install and launch lightweight torpedoes, adding to the advanced capabilities of the USV, which is designed to carry out unmanned maritime missions, such as protection of critical sea areas and high-value assets against submarines and sea mine threats.

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Is China’s new Type 093B nuclear-powered attack submarine on par with the U.S. Navy’s Improved Los Angeles-class boats?

At least some U.S. naval analysts believe so and contend that the introduction of the new People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) submarines is an indication of just how quickly Beijing is catching up to the West.

“The 93B is not to be confused with the 93. It is a transition platform between the 93 and the forthcoming 95,” said Jerry Hendrix, director of the Defense Strategies and Assessments Program at the Center for a New American Security—who is also a former U.S. Navy Captain. “It is quieter and it has a new assortment of weapons to include cruise missiles and a vertical launch capability. The 93B is analogous to our LA improved in quietness and their appearance demonstrates that China is learning quickly about how to build a modern fast attack boat.”

Other sources were not convinced that Beijing could have made such enormous technological strides so quickly—but they noted that the topic of Chinese undersea warfare capability is very classified. Open source analysis is often extremely difficult, if not impossible. “Regarding the question on the Type 093B, I really don’t know, anything is possible I suppose, but I doubt it,” said retired Rear Adm. Mike McDevitt, now an analyst at CNA’s Center for Naval Analyses. “I have no doubt that the PLAN has ambitions to at least achieve that level of capability and quietness.”

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Pictures of a scale model and computer renderings of a new guided-missile destroyer project for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy (ROC Navy) emerged last week in the 中国军事中國軍事武器 (China Military Chinese Weapon) magazine. This new destroyer project is in line with Taiwan's new naval acquisition plan which was unveiled late last year. The new plan called for four new destroyers (among other vessels).

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Taiwan misfires anti-ship missile, kills 1 fisherman


TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s military said it mistakenly fired a supersonic anti-ship missile Friday that hit a fishing boat, killing one and injuring three people, on the day rival China was celebrating the Communist Party’s anniversary.

The 500-ton patrol boat Chinchiang was undergoing an inspection inside a military base when the Hsiung Feng III missile was fired and landed about 40 nautical miles (75 kilometers) away in waters off the islands of Penghu near Taiwan, the official Central News Agency said.

The Defense Ministry said the missile penetrated a nearby Taiwanese fishing boat, killing its captain and injuring three crew members.

A preliminary investigation showed that missile operators likely failed to follow proper procedures, CNA said.

A full investigation was under way, while the navy sent a helicopter and boats to search for the missile, the report said.

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

Only five seconds more, and we would have had a new Taiwan Strait Crisis going on.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

Only five seconds more, and we would have had a new Taiwan Strait Crisis going on.

Whatever the ultimate intention is, the captain of fishery is dead, and everyone know how powerful the HF-3 is (not entirely, because it's not a warship's superstructure).

Should it be a feature for CMANO like 'over-penetration' or something like that? Because that hit is direct, but not catastrophic to sink, thanks for the explosion came 'too late' from a clean entry. If that's in scenario, the fishing boat below 1000kt is definitely a goner.

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ORIGINAL: mikmyk

Notice anything in the logs?

Mike

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ORIGINAL: mikmyk

The logs should have a line about penetration.

Mike

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Test 01

12:02:06 - Contact VAMPIRE #1 has been lost.
12:02:06 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] damage report: Diesels has suffered additional damage!
12:02:06 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] is sinking!!!
12:02:06 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] has suffered weapon damage: 436.5 DPs
12:02:06 - 97% penetration achieved
12:02:06 - Weapon: Hsiung Feng III #9 has impacted Commercial Fishing Boat [35m].
12:02:06 - New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #1 - Detected by Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensors: Mk1 Eyeball] at 189deg - 0.4nm - No Contrail Detected.

Test 02

12:02:03 - Contact VAMPIRE #1 has been lost.
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] damage report: Diesels has suffered additional moderate damage.
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] is sinking!!!
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] has suffered weapon damage: 369 DPs
12:02:03 - 82% penetration achieved
12:02:03 - Weapon: Hsiung Feng III #9 has impacted Commercial Fishing Boat [35m].
12:02:03 - New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #1 - Detected by Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensors: Mk1 Eyeball] at 180deg - 0.4nm - No Contrail Detected.

Test 03

12:02:15 - Contact GuidedWeapon #1 has been lost.
12:02:15 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] damage report: Diesels has suffered additional damage!
12:02:15 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] is sinking!!!
12:02:15 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] has suffered weapon damage: 441 DPs
12:02:15 - 98% penetration achieved
12:02:15 - Weapon: Hsiung Feng III #9 has impacted Commercial Fishing Boat [35m].
12:02:15 - Contact: VAMPIRE #1 has been type-classified as: GuidedWeapon (Classification by: Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensor: Mk1 Eyeball] at 0 nm)
12:02:14 - New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #1 - Detected by Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensors: Mk1 Eyeball] at 201deg - 0.5nm - No Contrail Detected.

 
Test 04

12:02:04 - Contact GuidedWeapon #1 has been lost.
12:02:04 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] damage report: Diesels has suffered additional light damage.
12:02:04 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] is sinking!!!
12:02:04 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] has suffered weapon damage: 351 DPs
12:02:04 - 78% penetration achieved
12:02:04 - Weapon: Hsiung Feng III #9 has impacted Commercial Fishing Boat [35m].
12:02:04 - Contact: VAMPIRE #1 has been type-classified as: GuidedWeapon (Classification by: Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensor: Mk1 Eyeball] at 0.1 nm)
12:02:03 - New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #1 - Detected by Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensors: Mk1 Eyeball] at 180deg - 0.6nm - No Contrail Detected.

Test 05

12:02:03 - Contact VAMPIRE #1 has been lost.
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] damage report: Diesels has suffered additional light damage.
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] has suffered weapon damage: 450 DPs
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] damage report: Diesels has suffered additional damage!
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] is sinking!!!
12:02:03 - Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] has suffered blast damage: 56.2 DPs
12:02:03 - 100% penetration achieved
12:02:03 - Weapon: Hsiung Feng III #9 has impacted Commercial Fishing Boat [35m].
12:02:03 - New contact! Designated VAMPIRE #1 - Detected by Commercial Fishing Boat [35m] [Sensors: Mk1 Eyeball] at 180deg - 0.4nm - No Contrail Detected.

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No abnormalities detected in Chinese fleets: Taiwan's Navy
2016/07/01 23:49:55
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) No abnormalities have been detected in China's naval or air force fleets after a missile was mistakenly launched by a warship during a testing drill from a military base in southern Taiwan earlier Friday, the Navy said.

"No abnormal deployments of China's warships and war planes have been discovered by us following the incident, and all such news reports are far-fetched speculation," Navy Chief of Staff Vice Adm. Mei Chia-shu (梅家樹) said.

He was referring to local media reports that said shortly after a Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile was fired by mistake from one of the Navy's 500-ton Chinchiang-class corvettes during a testing drill at Zuoying Military Harbor in Kaohsiung at 8:15 a.m., it was immediately detected by China's radars and that in less than one second, Taiwan's radars also screened abnormal radar signals from China's Fujian Province.

According to the report, the signals of Chinese radars returned to normal five seconds later only after the Taiwanese missile fell into the sea.

Earlier in the day, Mei said the missile did not cross the median line of the Taiwan Strait before sinking into waters off the Penghu archipelago after striking the boat.

The strait, which divides Taiwan and China, has an average width of 180 kilometers (97 nautical miles).

The missile hit a Taiwanese fishing boat "Hsiang Li Sheng" (翔利昇) about two minutes after it was fired, killing the captain and wounding three others. But it did not immediately explode or cause the vessel to break up.

As to a reporter's question on how the military could convince international society and mainland China that the incident was not orchestrated to coincide with the celebrations to mark the founding of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, Ministry of National Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Chen Chung-chi (陳中吉) rejected such a link and stressed that it was purely an accident by a soldier who had failed to followed standard operating procedures.

He urged the local media to stop making such speculation and reiterated that it was merely an accident, which carried no political motivation or any aim to escalate tensions in the region.

The Navy said later Friday that the blunder was caused by a Navy sergeant who set off the missile without following procedures and without any superior officers present while the missile was on the wrong combat and launch mode, instead of on the missile drill simulation mode.

(By H.H. Lu and Flor Wang)
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The French Ministry of Defense announced that an M51 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) was test launched "in operational conditions" from French Navy (Marine Nationale) ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Le Triomphant on July 1st 2016.

This test was successful and was carried out without nuclear charge. The missile was monitored throughout its flight phase by means of DGA testing facility and Missile Range Insrumentation Ship Monge (A601). The impact zone is located in the North Atlantic several hundred kilometers from any coast.

The M51 is fitted today on board three of the four new generation SSBNs of the French Navy (Le Triomphant class). The transition of the entire French Navy's strategic oceanic force fleet to the M51 missile is expected by the end of the decade.

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General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for the detailed design and construction of the next generation of fleet oilers, the John Lewis class (TAO-205), previously known as the TAO(X). This contract is for the construction of six ships.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been selected to build the U.S. Navy’s next large-deck amphibious assault warship, LHA 8. Today’s contract value, for the planning, advanced engineering and procurement of long-lead material, is $272,467,161. The award includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of the contract to $3.1 billion.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been selected to perform the majority of the contract design work for the U.S. Navy’s amphibious warfare ship replacement, known as LX(R). The Department of Defense made the announcement Thursday at the same time Ingalls was awarded a contract to build the next large-deck amphibious assault warship, LHA 8.

LX(R) will replace the Navy’s Harpers Ferry- and Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships and will use the same hull as the San Antonio (LPD 17) class. Ingalls has delivered 10 of the LPD 17 ships to the Navy, is currently building the 11th, Portland (LPD 27), and has received more than $300 million in advance procurement funding for the 12th, Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28).

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China's fourth Type 052D guided-missile destroyer (NATO reporting name Luyang III class) with hull number 175 should be commissioned with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) soon said Cao Weidong, a Chinese military expert, in an interview with China Center Television.

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According to Xinhua, the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, Thai Deputy Premier Prawit Wongsuwan confirmed on Friday that Thailand will buy three Chinese-built submarines for a combined price of one billion U.S. dollars. The Royal Thai Navy's proposal to procure the three S26T submarines from China has been put on hold since last year by the deputy premier who is concurrently defense minister.

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The air wing of Russia’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will attack militants in Syria from the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea in October 2016 - January 2017, a military and diplomatic source in Moscow told TASS.

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Russia’s Project 11435 aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will receive the Kamov Ka-52K (NATO reporting name: Hokum-B) helicopter this year, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said. Borisov made this statement during a visit to the Progress Aircraft-Manufacturing Enterprise in Arsenyev in Russia’s Far East.

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Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Australian Government regarding sustainment of the combat system on Australia's ANZAC class frigates. The order value amounts to AUD 37 million (approximately SEK 248 million) and covers services from July 2016 until December 2017.

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Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to modify and upgrade two Swedish Navy Koster-class mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs). The order covers the period 2016-2017 and the order value amounts to SEK147 million. Work on the vessels will be undertaken in Karlskrona.

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China’s ‘chubby girl’ transport aircraft enters PLA service
Homegrown air transport marks ‘crucial step’ in projection of power
13 MINUTES AGO by: Charles Clover in Beijing

China’s largest ever military aircraft entered service on Wednesday, a hulking transport capable of sending troops and tanks around the world at a moment’s notice.

The Y-20 Kunpeng, nicknamed “chubby girl”, arrives at a time when Beijing is plotting a new global mission for its 2m-strong People’s Liberation Army, from peacekeeping in Africa to anti-piracy in the Indian Ocean.

The aircraft, which is equipped with Russian engines, has a cargo capacity of 66 tonnes, making it the world’s largest military transport currently in production.

The Y-20 “marks a crucial step for the air force improving its strategic power projection capability,” Shen Jinke, PLA Air Force spokesman, told state news agency Xinhua.

Experts say the Y-20 bears a marked resemblance to the US Boeing C-17 transport, which has not been produced since last year. It can carry a single Type 99 tank, China’s most advanced, which weighs about 50 tonnes, along with troops and other equipment. It has a maximum range of 7,800km partially loaded — roughly the distance between Beijing and Cairo.

Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert, said about a dozen of the aircraft would be operating within the next year or two, and eventually 200-300 would be produced. The Y-20 will gradually replace the fleet of Chinese Y-8 and Russian Ilyushin 76 cargo aircraft, the current workhorses of China’s military airlift capacity.

The Y-20 makes China only the third nation in the world to design and build its own transport aircraft, along with Russia and the US.

The Russian-Ukrainian Antonov-124 Ruslan is officially the world’s largest transport aircraft, with a payload nearly twice that of the Y-20 but it is out of production and work on upgrading the existing fleet has been frozen since 2014 due to tensions between Moscow and Kiev, according to press reports.

The rollout of the Y-20 takes place amid a rethink of military strategy by China, which sees itself gradually taking on missions farther from its borders. In November China announced the establishment of its first foreign military base, in Djibouti, as a hub to resupply the more than 2,000 Chinese troops taking part in African peacekeeping operations as well as Chinese anti-piracy patrols in the Indian Ocean.

A new counter-terrorism law adopted by Beijing this year allows China to station troops abroad for the first time to participate in counter-terrorism operations.

Last year China’s defence ministry released a white paper on strategy that emphasised the evolution of the country’s security needs away from simple territorial defence towards an offensive capacity overseas.

Additional reporting by Ma Fangjing

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

State news check,
Photo-grade pictures check,
Official ceremony check,
Serials numbers, visible from numerous pictures.
Scenario opportunity high,
Database readiness, 0%...... Wait what??

Last I checked before SR1, there is no Y-20, and I am still busying to confirm its payload and fuel capacity, as well as its speed at different stages (from loiter to full thrust) before I submit to DB3000 suggestion thread.

But now I know what bother me more, is the 'official' calling-name of it. There is no NATO code of her, while both 'Kunpeng' and 'fat lady/girl' are mostly heard from Internet news and forums. I think it have to be the developers' decision to choose which name suits before the update.

Little trivia:

I also drew Y-20 in Y-8/9's livery 3 years ago, with anthropomorphic Planes style. What a memory when I was excited its maiden flight. Well, she definitely need an update.

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AVIC report: China's Taihang engine widely deployed in military

China’s Taihang engines have become a significant, large-scale presence in the military, making China the third country in the world that has mass deployment of domestically-produced high-thrust engines for military use, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) annual report.
AVIC's social responsibility report showed that the company is capable of independently conducting research and development on the next generation of high-thrust aerial engines, along with advanced drones such as Wing Loong, which have also been deployed in the military.
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has deployed no less than 400 Taihang engines in five air force regiments. Various types of fighter jets are equipped with the engine, including the J-11B and J-15 carrier-based fighter jets, reported China Science Communication, a news site under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. So far there have been no crashes due to engine failure among Taihang engine-equipped fighter jets, the news site also noted.
Some doubts have been voiced about the originality of the Taihang engine, as there are people who believe the Chinese-made engine is a copy of its Western counterparts. However, according to China Science Communication, the development of the Taihang engine was based on accumulated experience and technological advances gathered since 1978. The engine was also based partially on its predecessor, WS-6, which spent some 20 years in development.
Meanwhile, the engine also took inspiration from the control system of Russia's AL-31F aircraft turbofan engine, China Science Communication admitted, calling the Taihang engine a result of “independent development combined with technology from the Soviet Union and the U.S.”
“China has become the fourth country in the world to independently design and produce large transportation aircraft, as well as the third country to independently develop stealth fighter jets,” the AVIC report said, adding that China has advanced its air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles to the fourth generation.