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Décision demain Ca sera serré entre le Rafale et le Gripen apparemment.

Lebanese army has tested SH2 chinese self-propelled howitzer armed with M101 105 mm gun. Lebanese army has tested the Chinese wheeled self-propelled howitzer SH2 armed with Russian made D-30 122mm howitzer, but also with the American M101 105mm howitzer. Chinese defense Company proposes also a version of the SH2 but armed with a 105mm howitzer named SH5. According to a Lebanese officer, the Lebanese army has purchase the Chinese 3-meter long 6x6 light wheeled vehicle called XLW-TB, this vehicle is used to carry the D-30 122mm howitzer. http://www.armyrecognition.com/smes_2011_defense_exhibition_news_pictures_uk/lebanese_army_has_tested_sh2_chinese_self-propelled_howitzer_armed_with_m101_105_mm_gun_2911111.html

Le MOD Dément comme il peut UK Carrier Strike capability Both the National Audit Office and Public Accounts Committee today published reports on the MOD's Carrier Strike capability. Several media sources have reported on inaccurate claims that a full Carrier Strike capability will not be achieved until 2030. This is not true. The more capable Carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter fast jet will begin operating from our aircraft carrier from 2020, with six UK jets available for operations. By 2023, this number will increase to 12 UK jets onboard and we will be able to work with our allies to increase that number because of the interoperability that the Carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter allows. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said: "We are tackling the inherited black hole in the Defence Budget and, earlier this month, the National Audit Office [NAO] rightly recognised the work that this Government is undertaking to bring the Department's finances back into balance. "When this Government came into power, the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers were already £1.6bn over budget. As part of an overall package of measures taken in the Strategic Defence and Security Review we have reduced overall spending on the Carrier Strike Programme by £4.4bn over the next ten years. "The NAO and the Public Accounts Committee have both acknowledged that our decision to build a second aircraft carrier makes financial sense. Converting one of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers to operate the more capable Carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter fast jet from 2020 will maximise our military capability and enhance interoperability with our allies. "Operating the more cost effective Carrier variant fast jet will, in the long term, offset the conversion costs and provide us with aircraft that have a longer range and carry a greater payload. Until our new Carrier capability comes into service, we can utilise our extensive basing and overflight rights to project decisive air power, as we showed during the Libya campaign."

Olybrius nous apporte de nouveau de bonnes nouvelles fraiches http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?137433-Rafale-News&p=5895046&viewfull=1#post5895046

2011-11-29 DaLian aircraft carrier 2nd sea trial:

Voici un vrai pont de LHD http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=0proj_vYcok

Convincing First Camcopter® S-100 Flights Onboard New French Navy Opv L'adroit Read more: http://www.asdnews.com/news/39801/Convincing_First_Camcopter%28r%29_S-100_Flights_Onboard_New_French_Navy_Opv_L_adroit.htm#ixzz1f5SZNnMW

UK aircraft carrier plans blasted by Parliamentary inquiry Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/11/29/uk-aircraft-carrier-plans-blasted-by-parliamentary-inquiry-91466-29859243/#ixzz1f5RtrJZy et BBC: Defence cuts: Carrier 'fully operational in 2030' Britain may be without a fully operational aircraft carrier until 2030, according to a report published by the Commons spending watchdog. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says two carriers being built will cost more, offer less military capability and be ready much later than planned. It says the Royal Navy will be without a carrier until 2020, which may not be fully operational until 2030. The PAC also says the cost of scaling back the carriers is not fully known. The committee said the adjustments made to the vessels meant just £600m cash savings and some costs would not be known for 12 months. The government says it expects to save £4.4bn over 10 years on the programme. The ships - HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales - were saved from defence cuts under the coalition government because, it said, it would cost more to cancel the projects than proceed with them. Over budget In last year's strategic defence review, ministers agreed to change the design of one, or both, of the aircraft carriers to make them compatible with the US Navy's version of the Joint Strike Fighter, rather than the short take-off, vertical-landing (STOVL) version that had been planned. HMS Prince of Wales will not enter service - it will be built but not kitted out, and then kept as a reserve vessel - while HMS Queen Elizabeth is expected to go into service around 2020, with both said to cost £5.9bn. Rather than two carriers, available from 2016 and 2018, at a cost of £3.65bn, we will now spend more than £6bn, get one operational carrier and have no aircraft carrier capability until 2020”

Et c'est reparti pour un tour de tests: China's refitted aircraft carrier sets sail for 2nd trial at sea http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=211

On avait pas besoin de ça décidement... une nouvelle "affaire" en perspective? Hervé Morin candidat (Nouveau centre) en 2012, a reconnu aujourd'hui avoir croisé à trois reprises l'émir de Dubaï, auquel il a vendu un pur-sang alors qu'il était ministre de la Défense, mais "après cette vente" et "sans avoir de véritable échange avec lui". Le leader centriste a expliqué avoir croisé l'émir de Dubaï cheikh Mohamed ben Rachid al-Maktoum sur un hippodrome en mars 2008 et à l'occasion du salon aéronautique de Dubaï le "Dubai Airshow" le 15 novembre 2009. http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/11/28/97001-20111128FILWWW00685-morin-reconnait-avoir-croise-lemir.php

Mais les pilotes s'entrainnent: Du 29 novembre au 16 décembre 2011, un détachement de sept Rafale M provenant de la flottille 12F sera présent sur la base d’aéronautique navale d’Hyères . Cette campagne permettra la réalisation d’entraînements mutuels avec les bâtiments de la Marine nationale basés à Toulon et l’utilisation du potentiel du centre d’essais de l’île du Levant. Ce déploiement s’inscrit dans le cadre du maintien des qualifications des pilotes du groupe aérien embarqué du porte-avions Charles de Gaulle .

Eye witnesses claim ‘unusual’ movement of Israeli missiles JERUSALEM — Multiple eyewitnesses reported seeing Israeli military trucks in recent days transport and station large missiles at the periphery of Jerusalem and in locations inside the West Bank. The descriptions of the projectiles are consistent with the Jewish state’s mid-to-long range Jericho ballistic missiles. The missile movement, if confirmed, would be considered unusual. One of the eyewitnesses was a member of the Palestinian Authority security services. He claimed to me that a large missile was stationed five days ago near Neve Yaacov, a Jewish neighborhood in northeast Jerusalem. That neighborhood is adjacent to several Palestinian-inhabited towns. Four other eyewitnesses, Israeli and Palestinian, reported seeing similar sights during the past week – large missiles being transported by the Israeli military at the periphery of Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Reached for comment, the spokesperson’s unit of the Israel Defense Forces could not confirm the information, referring me instead to Israel’s national police. Mickey Rosenfeld, the national police spokesperson here, told me today he has no information on any such movements. Apparently, I’m not the only reporter to receive such reports. Rosenfeld said another foreign correspondent contacted him earlier today for comment on the same matter. http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2011/11/28/unusual-movement-of-israeli-missiles/ Je vois pas trop pourquoi ils s'ammuseraient à trimballer leurs Jericho en plein jour à la vue de tous, autour de Jerusalem mais soit

France says days of Syrian government are numbered http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15917720 Ils sont prévenus

En tout cas en Libye, l'USAF en a utilisé oui, ils ont meme été impliqué dans le raid qui a stoppé Kadhafi

Hola, avec les temps qui courent, on est jamais à l'abris d'un "Libye bis"

Le concurent Chinois http://www.armyrecognition.com/china_chinese_army_artillery_vehicles_systems_uk/sh2_wheeled_self-propelled_howitzer_122mm_technical_data_sheet_specifications_description_pictures.html

D'aprés Rapier (un Pro JSF comme jamais) sur mp.net Do you know if there are any plans to eventually move the controls from Creech AFB to France, like the British did to RAF Waddington? Les brits ont réussi a rapatrier leurs controles sur leur sol

There was an article on Fars news that has already been deleted (thank you google cache) and here's the result of the last explosion

BrEaKiNg A explosion rocked the western Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, adding that the blast was heard in several parts of the city. The reported incident occurred about two weeks after Gen. Hasan Tehrani Moghaddam was killed together with 20 other Guard members Nov. 12 at a military site outside Bidganeh village, 40 kilometers southwest of Tehran http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/report-explosion-rocks-iran-city-of-isfahan-home-to-key-nuclear-facility-1.398312

http://www.tsr.ch/video/emissions/mise-au-point/3612000-quels-avions-de-combat-pour-la-suisse-tournee-des-fournisseurs.html

Du coup un "C" peut il techniquement déliver l'ASMP-A ?

Seuls les Rafales B (et M...) sont aptes aux missions nuke non ? En tout cas, seuls les équipages Adla "à deux" sont formés pour il me semble non?

François Hollande n'abandonnera pas le droit de veto français à l'ONU s'il est élu Interrogé ce matin sur RMC sur l'accord entre socialistes et écologistes, qui évoque une suppression du droit de veto de la France au conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, François Hollande a voulu mettre un terme à la polémique. "Les Nations unies doivent évoluer, mais tant que je serai en fonction, il n’y aura pas de remise en cause unilatérale du droit de veto", a-t-il expliqué. "C'est un exercice de la responsabilité du chef de l’Etat", a-t-il ajouté. François Hollande a notamment souhaité que "la France au Conseil de sécurité puisse être utile à la paix". http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/11/28/97001-20111128FILWWW00398-hollande-le-droit-de-veto-sera-maintenu.php

Des bombes chutes libres comme vu pendant les essais Uploaded with ImageShack.us

J'ai toujours cru que sur ce genre de drones la parabolle orientable pour le satellite se trouvait sous la "bosse" ce qui explique la présence de cette bosse sur tous ces drones.