The Research Institute of Military Sciences and Technologies of the Vietnamese People's Army carried out work on the modernization of Soviet-made ZSU-23-4M Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. The ZSU-23-4M "Shilka" was equipped with a digital optical-electronic fire control system with an automated target tracking system in both day and night conditions and a laser range finder. The optical-electronic station was created by the Vietnamese company Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group. It was previously reported that the ZSU-23-4M "Shilka" was supposed to be equipped with double launchers for Russian-made "Igla" MANPADS, but so far the ZSU-23-4M is without them.
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It is unlikely because of CAATSA. The US will basically block any financial transactions to buy Russian weapons via SWIFT and they will threaten the purchasing country with getting cut off from SWIFT transactions and dollars payments altogether.
For this a different payment mechanism would need to exist and the Malaysian financial system would need to have resistance against being cut off from SWIFT in case the US decide to sanction them.
For this a different payment mechanism would need to exist and the Malaysian financial system would need to have resistance against being cut off from SWIFT in case the US decide to sanction them.
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I hope the Russians like eating bananas, then
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You do know that, as commodities that those bananas are, Russians can simply sell them off to another party/ies, which result in Russians getting the hard currencies (likely in RMB), and cities across China find Malaysian fruits on promotion...I hope the Russians like eating bananas, then
Or maybe both Russia and Malaysia can accept using RMB to do business, and use that.
Indonesian Su-30 attacks P-100 bombs, Sikatan Daya exercise. An episode of the 2024 Indonesian military exercise "Sikatan Daya" in Lumajang, using Indonesian Su-27 and Su-30 fighters, Russian-made. The video shows P-100 training bombs being dropped by Indonesian Su-30 aircraft from the 11th Aviation Squadron. The P-100 bomb does not have a fuse; the bomb emits smoke when it hits a target, making it easier for pilots to assess the results of the bombing. P-100 bombs are manufactured by the Indonesian company Sari Bahari and weigh 100 kg, they can be used on NATO F-5E Tiger II and F-16 aircraft, as well as Russian aircraft. P-100 training bombs are marked in blue, P-100L combat bombs in green. Also in the video you can see the in-flight refueling of two Indonesian Su-30 aircraft from a US-made Lockheed KC-130B aircraft.
South Korea has shown a combat laser Block-I designed to intercept drones. The fiber-optic laser Block-I is designed to combat small UAVs at a distance of up to 3 km, the laser power is 20 kW. The Block-I laser has already begun to be mass-produced, this year the troops will receive it. The Block-I laser exists in a mobile and stationary version. The modernized version Block-II will be able to hit aircraft and ballistic missiles, how they will be able to intercept ballistic missiles is still unknown. Laser Air Defense Weapon Block-I was developed as part of the South Korean Star Wars project, research on it began in 2019, $ 63 million was spent.
The laser is manufactured by Hanwha Aerospace, the cost of a Block-I laser shot is one and a half dollars.
The laser is manufactured by Hanwha Aerospace, the cost of a Block-I laser shot is one and a half dollars.