South East Asia Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

SteelBird

Colonel

• Aug 31, 2014

• #871

Another photo of the Vietnamese Navy's Gepard class frigate HQ-011 Dinh Tien Hoang.

This is said to be on the Vietnamese Gepard. It looks like a stood-up transformer to me.

 

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Jura The idiot

General

• Sep 2, 2014

• #872

I'm a little bit late here but ... the Royal Brunei Navy participants to RIMPAC2014 are back:

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Jura The idiot

General

• Sep 2, 2014

• #873

SteelBird said:

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This is said to be on the Vietnamese Gepard. It looks like a stood-up transformer to me.
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I did some searching:

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seems to be relevant; anyway, great summary by navyreco at

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and I have links to articles in Russian describing «Кортик» (tell me if interested)

 

Jura The idiot

General

• Sep 2, 2014

• #874

also mentions the Thai frigate to be obtained from S. Korea:

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FORBIN

Lieutenant General

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• Sep 3, 2014

• #875

Leopard 2 and Marder arriving in Indonesia, second batch 24 and 28.

One other country in this region that acquires recently MBT. Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

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ManilaBoy45

Junior Member

• Sep 4, 2014

• #876

Members of the coalition fleet (from right) Philippine Navy Ship, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, Pakistan Navy Ship, PNS Nasr and HMAS Newcastle come together in the North Australian Exercise Area (NAXA) off the coast of Darwin, Northern territory during Exercise KAKADU 2014.

 

Jura The idiot

General

• Sep 4, 2014

• #877

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I also wonder

 

Jura The idiot

General

• Sep 4, 2014

• #878

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will somebody please comment on this (could be in a Private Message), thanks

 

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PanAsian

Major

• Sep 4, 2014

• #879

Jura said:

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will somebody please comment on this (could be in a Private Message), thanks

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Looks like a 052C shaped 054 front end with a 053 back end... and as imbalanced as it sounds.

 

FORBIN

Lieutenant General

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• Sep 5, 2014

• #880

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will somebody please comment on this (could be in a Private Message), thanks

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First, very diificult have accurate infos for the Myanmar same problem as China...

Kyan Sittha class frigate

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Aung Zeya successor identical armament, a little heavier 3000t against 2500 but stealth ship.

Burmanese Navy increased its capacity before some years ( 3 FF, 8 Missile boats ) like many countries in Asia but remains a secondary Navy, 3rd class for " Brown water missions " mainly and don't get submarines.