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Lusodescendente nomeado para segundo lugar na hierarquia militar dos EUA




O lusodescendente Paul Joseph Selva foi confirmado esta semana como o novo subchefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas dos Estados Unidos.

Selva, de 56 anos e com família originária na ilha do Faial, Açores, é piloto de formação e exercia as funções de comandante da Base de Transporte Militar Scott, no estado do Illinois.

O general foi nomeado para o novo cargo pelo Presidente Barack Obama em maio e agora confirmado pelo Senado.

Na mesma altura, o Senado confirmou o General Joseph F. Dunford como presidente do Estado-Maior-General.

O secretário de Defesa, Ash Carter, disse que os dois homens provaram "a sua coragem ao longo das suas carreiras": "o General Dunford desde os primeiros anos na infantaria até à sua liderança no Afeganistão e nos Marines, e o General Selva desde os seus dias iniciais como piloto até à sua liderança do comando de transporte militar".

"Sei que o Presidente Obama, eu e a nossa segurança nacional vão beneficiar largamente dos seus sábios conselhos e da sua perspetiva estratégica conseguida durante anos de experiência operacional", acrescentou Carter.

Selva é um piloto com mais de 3.100 horas de voo, com uma licenciatura em engenharia aeronáutica da Forca Aérea Americana, um mestrado em gestão e recursos humanos e outro em ciência política.

Entre outubro de 2008 e outubro de 2011, serviu como assistente do presidente do Estado-Geral-Maior da Marinha.

"Torna-te muito humilde representar os homens e mulheres que vestem o uniforme da nossa nação e a nossa população civil. Eles são exemplo daquilo que de melhor o país tem para oferecer, e prometo ser um defensor apaixonado para garantir que continuemos a ser a forca militar mais bem treinada, melhor dirigida, melhor equipada e mais capaz de todo o mundo", disse.

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http://www.janes.com/article/54006/mspo-2015-polish-military-police-select-plasan-sandcat-armoured-4x4

Plasan Sasa has won a contract worth PLN24.75 million (USD6.56 million) to provide modified SandCat 4x4 armoured vehicles for the Polish Military Police Special Unit.

The new vehicles will be known as Szop (Racoon) in Polish service, with the SandCat beating the Germaz vehicle proposal for the light armoured intervention vehicle programme (Samochod Interwencyjny Lekko Opancerzony - SILO).

The Israeli SandCat vehicle, based on a shortened Ford F350 chassis, is powered by a 6-litre diesel engine with a 4x4 transmission.

The SILO requirement had called for a 5-door vehicle capable of transporting 6-8 fully equipped soldiers and additional equipment with a gross vehicle weight under 10 tonnes, powered by at least a 280 hp engine, and capable of mounting add-on Super Multi-Hit Armour Technology (SMART) composite armour.

The 14 Szop vehicles will be supplied by the Polish firm Zeszuta, as a representative of Plasan Sasa, by the end of 2015. The Szop vehicles will be delivered in several variants, all painted black: seven armoured intervention vehicles, two vehicles with an assault ramp, three medical evacuation vehicles, one VIP emergency evacuation vehicle, and one command vehicle, which will be equipped with a sensor mast.

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Angola compra fardamento e outro equipamento militar à China por 40 milhões de euros


Angola vai comprar fardamento e outro equipamento militar no valor de 44,6 milhões de dólares (quase 40 milhões de euros) a uma empresa chinesa, segundo um despacho do Presidente angolano, a que a Lusa teve hoje acesso.

De acordo com o documento que autoriza a compra, de 15 de setembro, o negócio envolve a China Xinxing and Export Corporation, que segundo informação da própria empresa conta com 180.000 trabalhadores e mais de 50 subsidiárias da área militar, como fábricas de vestuário, calçado e proteção individual.

A empresa chinesa refere ter negócios com 40 países africanos, para onde vende anualmente mais de 100 milhões de dólares em equipamentos.

No despacho assinado pelo Presidente José Eduardo dos Santos é autorizada a inclusão deste projeto de Fornecimento de Fardamento e Equipamento de Uso Militar para as Forças Armadas Angolanas na Programação Anual de Investimento Público (PIP) e assinatura do contrato com a empresa chinesa pelo ministro da Defesa, João Lourenço.

Os três ramos das Forças Armadas Angolanas integram atualmente cerca de 100.000 militares.

Angola prevê gastar este ano 847,3 mil milhões de kwanzas (mais de 5,5 mil milhões de euros) na Defesa, Segurança e Ordem Pública, de acordo com o Orçamento Geral do Estado (OGE) revisto em março, devido à quebra nas receitas petrolíferas, o que representou um corte de 17,2 por cento face ao orçamentado anteriormente.

Estas áreas - que envolvem o setor militar, polícias, bombeiros, tribunais, prisões e proteção civil - representam, em conjunto, 15,5% do total despesa pública angolana programada para 2015 pelo Executivo angolano.


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Saab receives first order for Carl-Gustaf M-4

http://www.defencetalk.com/saab-receive ... -m4-65415/

 

Defence and security company Saab has received the first order for the new Carl-Gustaf M4 system from the armed forces of the Slovak Republic. Deliveries are expected to take place during 2016.  

The Carl-Gustaf M4 made its market debut in late 2014. It has all the effectiveness and versatility of the proven Carl-Gustaf system, but its improved, lightweight design (weighing only about 7kg) offers significant mobility improvements to the soldier.  

The M4 is also compatible with future battlefield technology developments such as intelligent sighting systems and programable ammunition. Now Slovakia has become the launch customer for the next-generation M4 system. In addition, the Carl-Gustaf M4 system has been acquired by two other undisclosed countries for evaluation / qualification purposes. (...)

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Lithuania orders German PzH 2000s

http://www.janes.com/article/54876/lithuania-orders-german-pzh-2000s

Key Points

    Lithuania has ordered 21 PzH 2000s from former German Army stocks
    The new SPAs will replace the country's former Danish 105 mm towed howitzers

Lithuania signed a EUR58.3 million (USD65.4 million) contract with Germany on 29 September for 21 Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PzH 2000) 155 mm self-propelled artillery (SPA) systems.

The SPAs, which are of ex-German Army service, will be operated by the Lithuanian Army's General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion. In total the battalion will operate 16 PzH 2000s, with the remaining five SPAs being used for spare parts (three), gunnery training (one) and driver training (one).

In addition to the howitzers, Lithuania is also buying 32 support vehicles from Germany as part of the sale. These comprise 26 M577A2 tracked command post vehicles (a variant of the M113 family), and six Bergepanzer 2 (BPZ-2) recovery vehicles, based on the Leopard 1 tank chassis.

The first PzH 2000 is scheduled for delivery in 2016, with all equipment delivered by 2019, according to the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence (MoD).

Of the EUR58.3 million being spent on the programme, EUR16.2 million is being paid to the German Federal Ministry of Defence for the equipment itself. The remaining EUR42.1 million will be spent on modernising the mothballed equipment and on infrastructure/training for the new systems. The modernisation work is stated to include a battlefield management system and communications equipment.

The German Army will support the programme with technical assistance and by training Lithuanian personnel in Lithuania and at the German School of Artillery in Idar-Oberstein.

The General Romualdas Giedraitis Artillery Battalion currently relies on 105 mm M101 towed howitzers for fire support, purchased originally from Denmark - one of several Lithuanian-Danish defence deals done in the early 2000s. The Lithuanian MoD noted that the PzH 2000's 40 km range is a major improvement over the 11 km range of the M101.

Lithuania has ordered 21 PzH 2000 SPAs from Germany, of which 16 will be used operationally by the Iron Wolf Brigade's artillery battalion, with the remainder for spares and training. Source: Bundeswehr

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  http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20150930 ... 2015_autos

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Comienzan en Espanha las mayores maniobras de la OTAN, Trident Juncture 2015

En el ‘Trident Juncture 2015’, el ejercicio de alta visibilidad de la OTAN, participarán más de 30.000 militares de más de 30 naciones con el objetivo de adiestrar y certificar a la NRF 2016, una fuerza de alta disponibilidad y tecnológicamente preparada, capaz de desplegarse donde sea necesario en un periodo corto de tiempo.

España, uno de los países anfitriones del ejercicio, aportará 8.000 efectivos y 8 escenarios.

Escenario del ejercício
Escenario ficticio

El ejercicio, se desarrollará en dos fases, del 3 al 16 de octubre la fase CPX (Command Post Exercise o ejercicio de puesto de mando), y del 21 de octubre al 6 de noviembre la fase LIVEX (Live Exercise o fase real).

Para el #TJ15 se ha establecido un teatro de operaciones irreal, "Escenario SOROTAN", en el que tendrá lugar un conflicto entre países también ficticios situados en el Cuerno de África. El país agresor, Kamon, invadirá Lakuta, y Tytan quedará bajo amenaza. En este supuesto, la OTAN ensayará operaciones de combate, de control de territorio, de estabilización y resolución de crisis humanitaria.

http://www.defensa.gob.es/tj/es/doc/eje ... e-2015.pdf

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TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2015

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A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft landed at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, last week in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the coalition campaign against ISIL.




A U.S. Air Force pilot steps out of an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft shortly after arriving at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey Oct. 15, 2015. The 12 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are deployed to Incirlik AB in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The aircraft is deployed to Incirlik AB in an effort to enhance the international Coalition against ISIL. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cory Bush

“There’s nothing special or magical about the actual platform, right? It’s the ability to conduct strikes when we need them and where we need them. [The] A-10 is just another platform in this case.”

The 12 A-10s, 300 personnel, and deployed support equipment from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia arrived at Incirlik Oct. 15. The Warthogs of the 74th Squadron, 23rd Fighter Wing, are replacing six F-16s of the 31st Fighter Wing out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, which deployed to Incirlik in early August. The replacement of six F-16s with 12 A-10s has led to some speculation among the press that it is a sign of a new offensive against ISIL, or changing tactical conditions.

“These A-10s are replacing some F-16s that were rotating out,” said OIR Spokesman Col. Steve Warren in a press briefing. “It’s just that simple. This is normal rotation of forces. There’s nothing special or magical about the actual platform, right? It’s the ability to conduct strikes when we need them and where we need them. [The] A-10 is just another platform in this case.”

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