[Chine] Force des Fusées (ex Second Corps d'Artillerie)

[Henri K.]

Un nouveau tir balistique chinois est prévu le 24 Décembre 2015 à 01h50 UTC en partant du centre de lancent spatial TSLC. Je n'ai pas encore réussi à déchiffrer la fin de course de l'essai pour savoir si c'est un essai MiRV ou un essai d'interception.

A3709/15 NOTAMN
Q) ZBPE/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3850N11136E008
A) ZBPE B) 1512240150 C) 1512240225 
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED: CENTERED AT 
N3850E11136, WITH RADIUS OF 15KM, VERTICAL LIMITS:SFC-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A3710/15 NOTAMN
Q) ZXXX/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3917N10854E030
A) ZBPE ZLHW B) 1512240150 C) 1512240228 
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: 
N393550E1082320-N392412E1093133-N385755E1092351-N390928E1081603 
BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A3711/15 NOTAMN
Q) ZWUQ/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/4047N08828E030
A) ZWUQ B) 1512240156 C) 1512240234 
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: 
N410036E0875239-N410036E0890405-N403340E0890350-N403340E0875254 
BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A3712/15 NOTAMN
Q) ZWUQ/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/4113N08700E013
A) ZWUQ B) 1512240156 C) 1512240232 
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: 
N411549E0864343-N412450E0865605-N410918E0871600-N410020E0870338 
BACK TO START. VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Je rajoute une NOTAM A3716/15 qui serait lié à cet essai, car il est actif au même moment que les autres et sa zone (en rouge) est sur la trajectoire.

Citation

A3716/15 NOTAMN
Q) ZLHW/QARLT/IV/NBO/E/291/999/
A) ZLHW B) 1512240200 C) 1512240300 
E) THE SEGMENTS WITHIN THE AREA CENTERED AT N4027.9E09724.1 WITH 
RADIUS OF 60KM CLSD AT 8900M AND ABOVE.
F) FL291 G) FL999

Si quelqu'un a une idée de quoi l'ensemble s'agit, je suis preneur...

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Le 27 Décembre 2015 à 02h15 UTC, un autre essai balistique devrait avoir lieu depuis le centre de lancement TSLC.

A3734/15 NOTAMN

Q) ZXXX/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/4026N09357E033
A) ZLHW ZWUQ B) 1512270215 C) 1512270255 
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED 
BY:N401715E0935522-N401715E0943746-N403934E0943746-N403934E0935522-
N403516E0931655-N402429E0931641 BACK TO START. 
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

A noter que la zone NOTAM est quasi-identique à celle du 15 Octobre 2015, qu'on n'a toujours pas d'indication précise sur de quoi il s'agit.

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

L'essai du 27 Décembre 2015 semble être avancé de 20 minutes un peu près, avec une route et une zone circulaire d'un rayon de 60 km fermée en plus.

J'avoue ne plus comprendre...

Henri K.

Modifié le 26 décembre 2015 par Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Après presque 50 ans d'existence, le Second Corps d'artillerie, forces de dissuasion nucléaire chinoise, change de nom et devient le 4ème type d'armées (军种) dans l'organisation de l'armée chinoise, après l'armée de l'air, la marine et l'armée de terre.

Son nouveau nom : Les forces de fusées (中国人民解放军火箭军). On va voir quels sont les impacts suite à ce changement de statut.

La très grosse vague de réforme dans l'armée chinoise vient de commencer...

Henri K.

[collectionneur]

Changement au 1er janvier officialisé ? Pour la traduction, vous indiqué :

* Forces de fusées

* Forces du soutien stratégique

Mais je pense qu'officiellement, on le traduira Forces des fusées si on se base sur la traduction de la force russe.

Modifié le 1 janvier 2016 par collectionneur

[Yamase]

Sur 1/1/2016 at 00:33 , collectionneur said:

Changement au 1er janvier officialisé ? Pour la traduction, vous indiqué :

* Forces de fusées

* Forces du soutien stratégique

Mais je pense qu'officiellement, on le traduira Forces des fusées si on se base sur la traduction de la force russe.

Oui, c'est bien "Forces des Fusées" la bonne traduction :

http://french.xinhuanet.com/2016-01/01/c_134970500_2.htm

"La Chine inaugure les Forces des Fusées de l'APL"

et

http://french.china.org.cn/china/txt/2016-01/01/content_37438295.htm

"La Chine inaugure les Forces des Fusées de l'APL"

 

 

[Henri K.]

Exercice d'une unité des forces des fusées

 

Henri K.

 

[Henri K.]

Exercice des forces des fusées, dans lequel on voit un peu de tout : ICBM DF-31, missile de croisière DF-10...etc.

 

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Une unité féminine des forces des fusées qui s'occupe des missiles de croisière DF-10

 

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Entrainement d'une unité des forces des fusées

 

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Un autre essai

A0078/16 NOTAMN
Q) ZLHW/QRTCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/3957N09552E024
A) ZLHW B) 1601230217 C) 1601230256 
E) A TEMPORARY RESTRICTED AREA ESTABLISHED BOUNDED BY: 
N394302E0951309-N401020E0951309-N401020E0963113-N394302E0963113 
BACK TO START.
VERTICAL LIMITS:GND-UNL.
F) GND G) UNL

Henri K.

Modifié le 22 janvier 2016 par Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Entrainement d'une unité des forces des fusées

 

Simulation de tir

 

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Simulation de tir d'une unité MRBM DF-21C des forces des fusées

 

 

Entrainement des forces spéciales des forces des fusées

 

Entrainement d'une unité IRBM DF-4 des forces des fusées

 

 

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Plusieurs brigades des forces des fusées chinoises ont mené un exercice de tirs réels coordonnées pour simuler l'attaque contre les mêmes cibles, les lancements simultanés ont eu lieu dans différents endroits en Chine, allant du désert de Gobi à la zone montagneuse au Sud. C'est également le premier exercice de tir des forces des fusées en 2016.

Il est différent de connaître la date et les lieux exacts de cet exercice, mais si on analyse les différents NOTAMs depuis début Janvier, 2 NOTAMs A0125 et A0129 qui ont duré un peu plus d'une heure au 29 Janvier correspondraient à la description et à l'envergure des manœuvres. La zone interdite de vol est plus grande que la superficie de la France. L'interdiction de survol était active de 11h21 à 12h41 UTC.

Henri K.

Modifié le 2 février 2016 par Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Exercice nocturne d'une brigade des forces des fusées chinoises, avec ses lanceurs de missile de croisière et de MRBM DF-21C

 

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

China adds warheads to older DF-5s

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Wednesday, February 10, 2016

China’s military has begun retrofitting single-warhead DF-5 intercontinental ballistic missiles with multiple, independently targetable re-entry vehicles, according to U.S. defense officials. The upgrading of the DF-5 missiles with multiple warheads, known as MIRVs, was detected by U.S. intelligence agencies within the past several months.

The addition of three warheads on the long-range missiles marks a significant shift for China’s nuclear arsenal that is increasing in both warheads and missile systems under a major buildup.

Analysts say the warhead upgrades could affect U.S. strategic nuclear deterrence strategy by requiring a boost in U.S. warheads in the future.

Strategic Command spokesman Lt. Col. Martin O’Donnell declined to comment on the impact of the MIRVed Chinese missiles.

Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the Strategic Command, confirmed last month that China is making “significant investments” to both nuclear and conventional forces, including the addition of MIRVed missiles.

“China is re-engineering its long-range ballistic missiles to carry multiple nuclear warheads,” Adm. Haney said Jan. 22 in a speech.

Additionally, China recently showed off a new DF-26 intermediate-range missile that Beijing said can be armed with either nuclear or conventional warheads. The Chinese also conducted six successful tests of a hypersonic glide vehicle.

The four-star admiral said Chinese secrecy and the nuclear buildup are raising questions about the Chinese policy of not being the first to use nuclear weapons in conflict, while undermining stability.

“While China periodically reminds us of its ‘no first use’ nuclear policy, these developments — coupled with the Chinese intentional lack of transparency on nuclear issues, such as force, disposition and size — can impact regional and strategic stability,” Adm. Haney said.

Former Pentagon nuclear forces expert Keith Payne said the Chinese buildup highlights the failure of the Obama administration’s policy of seeking to reduce global nuclear arsenals by cutting U.S. weapons.

“If China continues to modernize its nuclear forces, including the MIRVing of its long-range ballistic missiles, it will have demonstrated the utter failure of the theory that the U.S. ‘moral example’ of continued nuclear reductions leads to nuclear reductions globally and, ultimately, to nuclear zero,” Mr. Payne told Inside the Ring.

The view that U.S. nuclear cuts promote global nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament appears to be a key tenet of U.S. strategic policy for years.

“China’s nuclear weapons programs, along with Russia’s, demonstrate as nothing else could the failure of that approach, and that we once again need to place priority on sustaining U.S. capabilities to deter attacks on ourselves and our allies,” Mr. Payne said. “The years of America’s nuclear indolence must now come to an end.”

Mark Stokes, a former Air Force officer and China weapons expert, said the DF-5 upgrade and the new MIRV missiles “certainly means a significant growth in the number of nuclear warheads that can reach us here in the greater Washington, D.C., area.”

Mr. Stokes, of the Project 2049 Institute, said the multiple-warhead DF-5B, an advanced variant, probably entered service several yeas ago, and that replacing all single-warhead, silo-based DF-5As with the multiple warheads was expected.

“Add the new mobile MIRVed ICBM to the mix, [and] this means a pretty significant growth over the next decade or so,” Mr. Stokes said, noting the DF-5s likely are being upgraded from one warhead to three MIRVs.

Rick Fisher, a China military analyst, said the uploading of DF-5 warheads means the Chinese probably are deploying additional DF-5s beyond the estimated total number of 20 missiles several years ago.

“When you add the possibility of MIRVed DF-5s exceeding 20, to the imminent deployment of the road-mobile and rail-mobile MIRVed DF-41, and the potential for a MIRVed version of the DF-31 called the DF-31B, it becomes possible to consider that China may reach 500 or more ICBM warheads in the next few years,” said Mr. Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.

“This, combined with China aggressive development of missile defenses, space warfare capabilities and possible non-nuclear prompt global strike missiles, will quickly undermine confidence by U.S. allies in the extended U.S. nuclear deterrent,” he added.

The Pentagon should reverse the decision made by the George H.W. Bush administration in the 1990s to unilaterally withdraw U.S. tactical nuclear arms from U.S. ships, submarines and land-based forces in Asia, he said. “This will help to deter China from invading Taiwan as well as help to deter China’s ally, North Korea, from using its nuclear weapons.”

Infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks

Adm. Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, revealed during a Senate hearing this week that the U.S. electrical, water and other infrastructure systems remain vulnerable to foreign cyberattacks despite efforts to secure them.

The NSA chief, who also heads the military’s U.S. Cyber Command, said during a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that gathering information on cyberthreats to infrastructure is only a part of the problem.

“I think the biggest challenge, in some ways, is not so much the level of insight, but it’s how do we take that insight and generate action and make the changes that I think we all believe are necessary,” Adm. Rogers said. “And so the challenge, I think, is how do we take those insights and generate action.”

The comments came in response to questioning from Sen. Martin Heinrich, New Mexico Democrat, who noted there had been a 20 percent increase in cyberattacks against infrastructure last year. “The world has seen a truly alarming increase in attacks on critical infrastructure,” Mr. Heinrich said.

Adm. Rogers said he has discussed the problems with people in the electrical power and water industries. Power companies are experimenting with micropower grids and “island-able” power grids, along with distributed storage and power generation, to mitigate the effects of a large-scale cyberattack.

The four-star admiral said the companies are “trying to go that way,” while cautioning that it “is not an insignificant challenge” given the size and scope of America’s infrastructure. Protecting the electric grids with redundant and resilient digital control systems should be part of a broader infrastructure security strategy.

But, the admiral warned, “I just try to remind people there’s no silver bullet here.”

Islamic State expanding to Libya

Senior U.S. intelligence officials confirmed reports Tuesday that Islamic State is aggressively expanding into Libya from its strongholds in Syria and Iraq.

CIA Director John O. Brennan told a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that Libya is the most important theater outside of Syria and Iraq for the Islamic State, also known as ISIL and ISIS.

“They have several thousand members there,” Mr. Brennan said. “They have absorbed some of the groups inside of Libya, including Ansar al Shariah, that was very active prior to ISIL’s rise.

“As the borders of the Syria-Iraq area were being tightened down, we know that some of those foreign fighters started to divert into Libya,” Mr. Brennan said, adding that the North African state has become a “magnet” for terrorists throughout Libya and elsewhere.

James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, said Islamic State leaders want to control territory in Libya as they currently do in Syria and Iraq.

Libya is “essentially an ungoverned space” with substantial oil resources that is a tempting target for the jihadis, Mr. Clapper said. Islamic State terrorists in Libya currently are centered in the central Libyan coastal city of Sirte, “and they’re trying to spread out along the coast and take over more and more areas,” he said, adding that the group is “present” in major cities like Benghazi and Tripoli.

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Le chant des forces des fusées 

Quiz du jour : Qui sont ces missiles apparus dans la vidéo ?

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Entrainement nocturne d'une unité des missiles de croisière

Henri K.

[rogue0]

Il y a des bruits sur un changement envisagé de la posture nucléaire chinoise, avec un passage à un niveau d'alerte permanent "paré pour lancement immédiat".

Source: UCS (Union for Concerned Scientists), un groupement de scientifique pro-désarmement (comme FAS.org).
Les recommandations d'action sont un peu ... surprenantes

http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/is-china-considering-a-high-risk-change-to-its-nuclear-deterrence-posture/

[collectionneur]

Il y a un sommet sur la sécurité nucléaire a Washington prévu dans quelques semaines ou les présidents chinoiset et américain vont avoir un tête à tête. Entre la Corée du Nord et le terrorisme, peut être parlerons ils des postures de leurs arsenaux. 

Modifié le 24 mars 2016 par collectionneur

[Henri K.]

Entrainement d'une brigade des forces des fusées

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Exercice de plusieurs unités des forces des fusées

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Une brigade des forces des fusées a réalisé récemment des tirs en salve entièrement contrôlés par l'ordinateur. Une dizaine de missile balistique ont été tirés simultanément dans plusieurs endroits du désert de Gobi.

Henri K.

[Henri K.]

Entrainement des forces spéciales d'une brigade des forces des fusées

Henri K.