Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: tomrlutong2

Does anyone have insight into the recent reports of Chinese "quantum radar"? I can't post links yet, but just google that to see the stories.

I'm by no means an expert, but the coverage has been basically technobabble. The only credible paper I've been able to find concludes that quantum radar can to 3dB better than conventional. That's not nothing, but hardly the game changer the news reports claim.

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The Indian Navy announced today that the crew of its first Scorpene-class submarine (Project 75) Kalvari successfully test launched and hit a surface target with an MBDA SM39 submarine launched anti-ship missile.
The missile in question is the SM39 Block II mod. 2 submarine launched anti-ship missile designed and built by MBDA. One of the unique feature and major advantage of SM39 is the ability for the crew to fire the missile deeper than periscope depth (at depths of 60 to 50 meters for example). Most similar weapons require the submarine to rise to periscope depth (15 to 20 meters) and therefore to potential danger before launching the missile.

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ORIGINAL: redcoat


Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has revealed that PAC-3 missiles have been deployed on the island's east coast.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/03/02/2003665964

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

An alleged video of RoC defense has deployed PAC-3 SAM system at eastern Taiwan region, both radars and launchers are facing eastward too. Signaling to prevent from Chinese aerial threats attack from behind.

https://video.udn.com/news/634660 (Traditional Chinese, with video)
http://news.china.com/focus/taiwan/11165943/20170130/30219772.html (Simplified Chinese)

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The Xinhua news agency is identifying the new launch vehicle simply as ‘KT-2’. Other sources identify the new launcher as the Kaituo-2. Previously rumors expected that the new launch vehicle was the Kaituozhe-2A.

The Kaituozhe-2/Kaituo-2 launch vehicle is a three-stage solid propellant launch vehicle developed by the “CASIC Forth Bureau”. The new launcher is capable of orbiting a 350 kg cargo to LEO or a 250 kg cargo to a 700 km high SSO.

KT-2 has similar capabilities to the Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle, that was used for the first time on January 9, 2017.

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According to several witnesses from Japan (including open sources such as spotter pictures posted on Twitter), Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has probably conducted the first live fire test of the new XASM-3 supersonic anti-ship missile. The Japanese MoD was originally planning to test the missile in 2016, as we reported in 2015, but not such test occurred last year.

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ORIGINAL: kevinkin

Timed during this weekend's turmoil in DC? Probably not but maybe.

Kevin

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

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ORIGINAL: kevinkin

Timed during this weekend's turmoil in DC? Probably not but maybe.

Kevin

More likely the 'heinous accusation' of both Malaysia and South Korea spread the news of Kim cousin's killed by assassins sent by the dictator. To 'retaliate in anger' with missile tests.

But I am more inclined to determine the ability of counter-THAAD their missiles boasted, and ride along with China's recent economic rebuffs against South Korean companies under the US THAAD deployment and state-nationalism.

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ORIGINAL: Primarchx

Amazing how the US is made out to be the one making provocative action. They are deploying these weapons on the soil of a sovereign ally who is requesting them and not on fake islands in a disputed sea or an illegally-occupied province. I doubt many airliners will be shot down with them...

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Bringing nuclear weapons back to the South is one of a wide range of options the Trump administration is considering. Other options reportedly include preemptive strikes, though it was unclear how seriously such extreme case options are being reviewed.

"All new administrations need to do policy reviews and must look at the full spectrum of possible options. That doesn't mean they all are viable or make sense," Manning said. "Unless you can move Great Seoul and its 28 million people 1000 miles south, there is no preemption option in which the benefit outweighs the risk of war."

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ORIGINAL: kevinkin

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-03/07/content_28462012.htm

China working on launching satellites via a/c.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

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ORIGINAL: Primarchx

Amazing how the US is made out to be the one making provocative action. They are deploying these weapons on the soil of a sovereign ally who is requesting them and not on fake islands in a disputed sea or an illegally-occupied province. I doubt many airliners will be shot down with them...

What I know is every countries want deterrence, not war. Especially in a day we are heavily rely in the fruition of globalization, and rotting it is definitely not an option.

For US, they have one more thing if hell really breaks loose, but again, I'd rather hope it's an obstacle rather than a catalyst of Korean missile crisis:

U.S. considers redeploying tactical nuclear weapons to Korean peninsula: NYT (Original NYTimes article not found)

http://english.donga.com/List/3/03/26/864180/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBqET5c07eo
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/interview/2017/03/07/65/0800000000AEN20170307000500315F.html (interview)

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Bringing nuclear weapons back to the South is one of a wide range of options the Trump administration is considering. Other options reportedly include preemptive strikes, though it was unclear how seriously such extreme case options are being reviewed.

"All new administrations need to do policy reviews and must look at the full spectrum of possible options. That doesn't mean they all are viable or make sense," Manning said. "Unless you can move Great Seoul and its 28 million people 1000 miles south, there is no preemption option in which the benefit outweighs the risk of war."