[olisipo]

Mais los 32 Leopard II A4 (16+16), destinados en Ceuta y Melilla...  

[olisipo]

Sweden to join US-led coalition against Islamic State in Iraq



                              A soldier of the Swedish Army in Afghanistan

Swedish military specialists will work with other members of the coalition in Iraq, including some 60 countries, among them the United States, Britain, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The Swedish government intends to deploy up to 120 troops to Northern Iraq to instruct mostly Kurdish Pershmerga forces. To date, Stockholm has provided only humanitarian aid as well as political assistance in finding long-term solutions to the problems in the region.

[olisipo]

Algeria to get another 360 upgraded BMPs from Russia



Spectacular array of Algerian BMPs

Russia's KBP Instrument Design Bureau has started to  fulfil the second part of a contract to upgrade Algerian BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFVs). Previously more than 400 upgraded BMP-1s were delivered to Algeria. The contract is expected to be completed in the next two or three years.

The BMP-1s are being upgraded with the Berezhosk combat module, which is armed with four 9M133 Kornet-E anti-tank guided missiles and an AGS-30 30 mm automatic grenade launcher in addition to the 30 mm 2A42 main gun used in the BMP-2 IFV and the standard PKT 7.62 coaxial machine-gun. The Berezhosk upgrade also includes a new fire-control system and optics

The modernization of the BMp-1s is being carried out at an Algerian armour repair plant with the assistance of Russian technicians

[olisipo]

NATO makes first tests of newly created rapid response force



Czech Republic's soldiers from the 43rd airborne battalion take part in the NATO drill "The Noble Jump". NATO is completing the first test of its new rapid response force created  to face new challenges from Russia.

This exercise involves Dutch and German soldiers in the Netherlands and Czech soldiers in their country.

The next "Noble Jump" drill is planned for June in Poland. Some 25,000 NATO troops will be deployed in Italy, Portugal and Spain for another exercise in October and November.

[Cabeça de Martelo]

Entretanto a Alemanha vai aumentar os seus CC de 200 e poucos para 328!

[saojorgexercito]

Sweden to join US-led coalition against Islamic State in Iraq



                              A soldier of the Swedish Army in Afghanistan

Swedish military specialists will work with other members of the coalition in Iraq, including some 60 countries, among them the United States, Britain, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The Swedish government intends to deploy up to 120 troops to Northern Iraq to instruct mostly Kurdish Pershmerga forces. To date, Stockholm has provided only humanitarian aid as well as political assistance in finding long-term solutions to the problems in the region.

Isto sim é uma novidade. Nem nos tempos quentes dos Balcâs os suecos foram "tão longe". É caso para perguntar o que viram os suecos no médio oriente?  

[saojorgexercito]

Entretanto a Alemanha vai aumentar os seus CC de 200 e poucos para 328!

Recentemente falei com um oficial alemão e este passou-me a ideia que os governantes alemães  estão a concluir que foram longe demais com os cortes nas FFAA. Parece que até há a ideia de chamar pessoal que já saiu bundeswehr para reactivar capacidades que foram extintas recentemente.

[olisipo]

Rússia anunciou esta manhã que anula a proibição de venta de misseis S-300 ao Irão

Video do arquivo da TV do Ministério russo de Defesa Zvezda

http://rt.com/news/249229-russia-s300-delivery-iran/

http://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/3 ... is-ao-irao

[olisipo]

Isto sim é uma novidade. Nem nos tempos quentes dos Balcâs os suecos foram "tão longe".

Um bocado mais longe. Tropas suecas são parte da ISAF no Afeganistão.

http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/about/o ... stan-isaf/

[olisipo]

China, first foreign buyer of Russia's S-400 missile defense system



Russia has just reached a deal to supply China with the S-400 missile defense system. It is an upgraded version of the S-300, which had been previously only been available to the Russian Ministry of Defense. China will be the first foreign buyer. Last year, president Putin had approved in principle the sale, but he postponed the deal until now.

This sophisticated air defense system is capable of firing three types of missiles, creating a layered defense, and can simultaneously engage 36 targets. The system is able to shoot down manned-aircraft and unmanned-and-ballistic-missiles and cruise missiles within a range of 400 km.

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China, first foreign buyer of Russia's S-400 missile defense system



Russia has just reached a deal to supply China with the S-400 missile defense system. It is an upgraded version of the S-300, which had been previously only been available to the Russian Ministry of Defense. China will be the first foreign buyer. Last year, president Putin had approved in principle the sale, but he postponed the deal until now.

This sophisticated air defense system is capable of firing three types of missiles, creating a layered defense, and can simultaneously engage 36 targets. The system is able to shoot down manned-aircraft and unmanned-and-ballistic-missiles and cruise missiles within a range of 400 km.

Os russos adoram que os chineses copiem os seus equipamentos!

[Edu]

Diria que a China já pagou a licença de construção no negócio do gás que assinou com a Rússia à pouco tempo.

A Rússia bem tentou passar que tinha sido uma vitória negocial mas obviamente que a China não iria ficar sem ganhar.

[olisipo]

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile

Pakistan succesfully conducted a training launch of the Ghauri missile, capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 km. This launching came a month after the test firing of the surface-to-surface nuclear-capable Shaheen III missile, with a range of 2,700 km.

Pakistan and neighbouring India -which have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947- have routinely carried out missile tests since both demonstrated a nuclear weapons capability in 1998.

Tensions are higher than normal since Pakistani authorities last Friday freed on bail Zaki-ur-Rekhman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 attack in Mumbai, where 173 people were killed. The move was furiously condemned by India.

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http://www.forte.jor.br/2015/04/21/venezuela-testa-com-exito-sistema-antiaereo-buk-m2-do-tipo-que-derrubou-o-voo-mh-17/

Em uma demonstração de força e aprestamento, o Exército venezuelano testou, em março passado, diferentes equipamentos de seu arsenal dotados de mísseis e foguetes – todos de tecnologia russa.

As provas tiveram lugar na localidade de San Carlos del Meta, nos arredores da cidade de Puerto Páez, no município de Pedro Camejo – estado de Apure, sudoeste da Venezuela –, e integraram as manobras de guerra denominadas “Escudo Soberano 2015”.

O Exército mobilizou 480 oficiais e subalternos para a operação, e a Força Aérea Venezuelana alguns caças Su-30 Mk.2 e F-16, que se desempenharam como elementos do poderio aéreo inimigo.

O primeiro veículo lançador a fazer disparos foi o sistema Buk M2-ME (SA-17 na nomenclatura da Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte).

Essa arma é do tipo daquela que, em 17 de julho de 2014, derrubou, sobre a faixa leste do território ucraniano – aparentemente por engano –, um jato Boeing 777 da Malaysian Airlines.

A aeronave fazia o voo MH-17, transportando 298 pessoas (entre passageiros e tripulantes) na rota de Amsterdam para Kuala Lumpur, e teria sido tomada por um avião pertencente à aviação militar da Ucrânia. Não houve sobreviventes.

O sistema Buk M2 entrou em operação regular no Exército russo há sete anos, empregando mísseis antiaéreos 9M317, que podem ser disparados apenas 5 segundos depois de o alvo ter sido adequadamente enquadrado. De acordo com informações divulgadas pela força terrestre venezuelana, o alcance do armamento é de 50 km.

Saudações

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