PLAN invited to participate in RIMPAC for first the time (2014)
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Jura The idiot
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if interested, see http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/nav...pac-first-time-2014-a-29-6426.html#post295502 for the rest of the post I quote:
but what's most important, they shoot them LOL
Jura The idiot
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I found this:
[video=youtube;XkxFJbNKP0g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkxFJbNKP0g[/video]
I'm guessing it describes the PLAN's participation at RIMPAC 2014 (I think I even understood one word which was Hawaii
Can somebody please translate what they say about shooting the gun (since 00:59)
[video=youtube;XkxFJbNKP0g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkxFJbNKP0g[/video]
I'm guessing it describes the PLAN's participation at RIMPAC 2014 (I think I even understood one word which was Hawaii
Can somebody please translate what they say about shooting the gun (since 00:59)I found this:
[video=youtube;XkxFJbNKP0g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkxFJbNKP0g[/video]
I'm guessing it describes the PLAN's participation at RIMPAC 2014 (I think I even understood one word which was Hawaii
Nothing really specific or new is said, just describes the RIMPAC exercises (Countries, Frequency). Points out that this is China's first time participating and that it will take part in 7 events. The gun shooting is just generic exercise footage.
Quotes an officer from PLAN roughly "This exercise is important for constructing a new relationship between our countries(USA)".
I took four frames from the video of the Naval Strike Missile hit on the former USS Ogden.
In the first, on the side of the vessel, a little forward of amidships, you can see the missile entering the side of the vessel:
In he second, you see the explosion from the missile starting at the point of entry, and beginning to propogate elsewhere.
In the third, you see a jet of fire shooting out of the hanger door, well aft of the strike point.
And finally, in the fourth, you can see the smoke rising from the vessel from the bridge area back to the landing deck.
Now, I do not know if condition Zebra existed on the ship. Depends on what they wanted to do. Actually test it, or sink it as rapidly as possible.
However, from the looks of that hit, and the location, I do not believe that hit alone sank the Ogden in the least. I imagine a lot more "exercising" went into putting her down.
In the first, on the side of the vessel, a little forward of amidships, you can see the missile entering the side of the vessel:
In he second, you see the explosion from the missile starting at the point of entry, and beginning to propogate elsewhere.
In the third, you see a jet of fire shooting out of the hanger door, well aft of the strike point.
And finally, in the fourth, you can see the smoke rising from the vessel from the bridge area back to the landing deck.
Now, I do not know if condition Zebra existed on the ship. Depends on what they wanted to do. Actually test it, or sink it as rapidly as possible.
However, from the looks of that hit, and the location, I do not believe that hit alone sank the Ogden in the least. I imagine a lot more "exercising" went into putting her down.
Jura The idiot
General
great, Jeff, just let me add for amateurs like me
a quote from Condition ZEBRA – Enemy is
imminent - Color Red.
1) Provide for the maximum degree of watertight integrity.
2) Used in battle condition, emergency, when entering or leaving port during
wartime.
3) When condition ZEBRA is set, all
X – Ray, YOKE, and ZEBRA fittings are
closed.
4) Classification ZEBRA is assigned
to fittings that would normally be
opened at all times, except during battle condition and emergencies.
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A half-scale ultra heavy-lift amphibious connector (UHAC), a prototype created by Navatek and the Office of Naval Research, departs the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) during the at-sea phase of RIMPAC 2014.
US Navy personnel participate and presnt during humanitarian relief exercises at RIMPAC 2014
US and Chinese Navy Hopsital Ships at RIMPAC 2014
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