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The French Navy (Marine Nationale) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its Carrier Strike Group reached the area of operation in the Eastern Mediterranean today and is now fully operational. According to the French Navy two FREMMs, the latest addition to the fleet, will join the CSG. These new generation frigates built by DCNS bring in new capabilities such as land attack cruise missiles and special forces support.
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In addition to the FREMM, this is the first operational deployment for the ECUME. ECUME is the new RHIB of the French Navy Special Forces (the famous Commandos Marine). At least one ECUME RHIB will be deployed on board Aquitaine and Provence frigates.

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ORIGINAL: Broncepulido

Do you have some provisional specifications for HHQ-9B?
Are more or less correct these specifications:
HQ-9/HHQ-9, IOC 1997, speed 2409 knots, range 3,8-67,5nm,height envelope 25-25000 m, PK=60.
HQ-9A/HHQ-9A, IOC 2001, speed 3438 knots, range 3,8-80 nm, height envelope 25-25000 m, PK=65.
HQ-9B/HHQ-9B, IOC ?, speed knots, 3442 range 3,8-108 nm, 25-25000 m, PK=70.

Sources: my own research in the usual Internet sites and SITREP 49, October 2015.

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

@Dysta
@Broncepulido
There's a distinct possibility that HQ-9 and HHQ-9 are two different missiles, simply due to the reason that the 052C/D do not possess any fire control radars capable of guiding the HQ-9 as we know it. Due to the emergence of the FD2000 export SAM tha is equipped with a active radar seeker, there's the possibility that the HHQ-9 is equally ARH while the land based HQ-9 is TVM as we know it.

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China makes breakthrough in electromagnetic missile launching technology
(People's Daily Online) November 20, 2015

China makes breakthrough in electromagnetic missile launching technology
The U.S. army conducts a launching test of electromagnetic guns in 2008. (File photo)

A research project on high-powered electromagnetic launching technology, conducted by the #206 research institute of the Second Academy China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC), has made major breakthroughs, according to a report on the CASIC website.

Li Yan, leader of the research team, explained that chemical energy launching technology is still widely used in modern warfare because of its great explosive power. However, it has many weaknesses: the launching process is irreversible and the emergency control is troublesome. Meanwhile, the traditional launching methods have already neared its speed limit. Applying electric energy to launching technology is an inevitable choice.

Focusing on common electromagnetic missile launching technology and electromagnetic launching technology for short-range barrage air defense, the technology developed by the research team has significantly improved the launching performance of the missiles as well as their exit velocity; it has also reduced the weight of the missile carrier mechanism and the operation and maintenance cost of the launcher. The electromagnetic launching technology is an indicator of the military's technical improvement, and will be applied to weapon equipment systems across different fields.

The report also points out that the new technology still has a long way to go before it can be realized as a truly transformative technological achievement.

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ORIGINAL: Hongjian

From official chinese state media. Not some rumor or leak by the internet brigade of sanctioned leaker.

Railgun R&D is something we know that the PLA is heavily investing in, but what's "Electromagnetic Missile Launching"? It is suppossed to replace VLS, even.

Reminds of a seemingly abandoned project of the US Navy back in 2008:

http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/2008/05/navy-seeks-electromagnetic-launcher-for-missiles-and-other-projectiles.html

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ORIGINAL: Excroat3

Seems like a Russian Mi-17 preforming SAR was destroyed by a TOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IschF-ihjS0

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I'm pretty certain that helicopter in the movie was landed.

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

Don't forget Russia also have right to pause or even cease the anti-ISIS bombardment if regional conflict occurs against their jets.

Which means a huge nightmare to European PR and security.

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ORIGINAL: mikeCK

Turks have been warning the Russians to stop violating their airspace for months. These continued incursions got so bad that the U.S. Sent F-15s to help the Turks patrol their airspace and discourage the Russians. Once again, Russia ignored Turkish airspace. The pilot was warned 10 times to leave but he kept flying. Exactly how many times are they supposed to allow Russia to overfly their territory before responding? Think Russia would allow an unfriendly neighbor to overly its territory with warplanes dozens of times? No...and neither should Turkey. Smart or not, Turkey had a right to shoot and the Russians should have taken the months worth of warnings

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

Excellent contribution for this reference, but the latter part of your comment is involved with conspiracies. Like it or not, military and conspiracy do mix very well, but that's beyond the tolerance for further discussion.

I perfer to see what the actual military reaction of Russia after this incident, to understand Russian Doctrine better and use it to other CMANO scenarios.