Video Of The Day: China-Russia Coast Guard 2024

 

 

 

Friday, September 13, 2024

Sino Russian Coast Guard "China-Russia Coast Guard 2024" Joint Exercise. Not against any third party, of course.

Cutters taking part of this exercise are China Coast Guard vessels CCG 2303 Meishan and CCG 2305 Xiushan.   If they look familar to readers of this blog, because both cutters are civilian variant of the Type054A FFG.

 

 

 

China Coast Guard vessel formation departs for joint drills in Russia

Source
    Xinhuanet
Editor
    Lin Congyi

Time
    2024-09-13 22:44:28

http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/16338318.html

BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A formation of China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels departed on Friday morning for Russia to carry out joint drills and patrol tasks between the two countries' coast guards, the CCG said Friday.

The Chinese and Russian coast guards will hold joint drills in maritime security threat crackdown and maritime rescue, following which vessel formations of the two sides will jointly patrol waters in the northern Pacific Ocean, according to the CCG.

The CCG noted that the drills and patrol tasks are not aimed at any third party and are unrelated to the current international and regional situations.

The purpose is to consolidate and deepen the friendly and practical cooperation between the maritime law enforcement forces of the two countries, improve joint patrol organizational and coordination mechanisms, and enhance their ability to jointly respond to various maritime security threats, it added.  

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Photos Of The Day: Measuring Contest

Below are aircraft carrier hanger decks of CV16, CV17, and CV18, showing that deck size does matter.  The larger the deck, the more seamen it can hold, as seen in the photos below.

CV18 Fujian

CV17 Shandong

CV 16 Liaoning

The Malian Armed Forces On Patrol

 Here the imported CS/LM2 HMG, VP11 MRAP and CS/VP4 4x4 ATV are on display

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Captured Norinco VP11 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) in Mali

 In March 2023, around 100 VP11 MRAP and VP11 4×4 Lightweight MRAP, and Lynx CS/VP11 ATV were delieved to Mali in their fights against the insurgency (link)

Based on newly disclosed images from the Tuareg rebels, at least one was taken by them.

 

 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mali-rebels-say-they-killed-and-injured-dozens-of-soldiers-wagner-mercenaries-in-fighting/ar-BB1qLpZT?ocid=BingNewsSerp

 

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali's northern Tuareg rebels said they had killed and injured dozens of soldiers and Wagner mercenaries in two days of fighting near the Algerian border, after the army said it had lost two soldiers but killed some 20 rebels.

The rebel movement, the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD), said in a statement on Saturday that it had seized armoured vehicles, trucks and tankers in the fighting at the border town of Tinzaouaten on Thursday and Friday.


The rebel group also said it damaged a helicopter, which crashed in the town of Kidal, hundreds of kilometres away.

The Malian army said in statements that two soldiers had been killed and 10 injured. One of its helicopters had crashed in Kidal on Friday while on a routine mission but no one was killed, it said.

Several Russian military bloggers reported on Sunday that at least 20 from the Wagner group were killed in an ambush near the Algerian border.

"Employees of the Wagner PMC (Group), who were moving in a convoy with government troops, were killed in Mali ... Some were captured," said a prominent Russian military blogger Semyon Pegov, who uses the name War Gonzo.

The Baza Telegram news channel, which has links to Russia's security structures, reported that at least 20 Wagner fighters have been killed.

Reuters could not independently verify the bloggers' reports.

The CSP said in another statement on Sunday that it had fought and defeated a Malian army batallion backed by Wagner. It said the ennemy had been "annihilated" and that the few soldiers and mercenaries who survived the fighting had been taken prisoner.

Seven of its fighters were killed and 12 injured, it added.

Wagner played a prominent role in some of the fiercest fighting of Russia's war in Ukraine, but its future was thrown into question when its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in August, two months after leading a brief mutiny against the Russian defence establishment.

Mali, where military authorities seized power in coups in 2020 and 2021, is battling a years-long Islamist insurgency. It has said Russian forces there are not Wagner mercenaries but trainers helping local troops with equipment bought from Russia.

Baza's report said on Sunday that Wagner fighters have been in Mali since at least 2021.

The Tuareg are an ethnic group who inhabit the Sahara region, including parts of northern Mali. Many of them feel marginalised by the Malian government.

The separatist group launched an insurgency against Mali's junta government in 2012 but the rebellion was later hijacked by Islamist groups.

It signed a peace agreement with Bamako in 2015, but CSP-PSD pulled out of the talks at the end of 2022.

(Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo; Additional reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Writing by Portia Crowe and Lidia Kelly; editing by Clelia Oziel and David Evans)

Photos Of The Day: YY-20 Aerial Tanker Refueling Two J-20 Simultaneously

Bonus photo of night time refueling

 

 

Now you see me, now you don't

514 Zhenjiang,  A type 053H FFG met her fate as a target ship after being commissioned.

Here's one way to deal with drones at 4200 meters elevation

 with Advanced hit efficiency and destruction ammunition or AHEAD around by PG99 Twin-35mm AAA, AKA Sino Oerlikon GDF.

Spotter Of The Day: Y-20 Spotted at Watcrouff Air Force Base, South Africa

Likely to be there for the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) happening in 2 days.  Don't worry, the Y-20 is not there to deliver "Freedom and Confucianism" to Africa as some might have feared. 

Hi Res Photo Of The Day: J-7L Light Fighter

Yes, they are still making upgrades to the J-7E model, which resulting in the new J-7L (see picture below).   Notice the PL-8B Short Range Air To Air Missile (SRAAM) being carried?  PL-8B is the current standard SRAAM for the J-10, J-11, JH-7, and JL-9 fleets, offering an all-aspect, broader off-boresight angle of attack to a range of 20 kilometers compared to the previous version of PL-8.  It is also compatible with Chinese helmet-mounted sights (HMS).

I suppose with PL-8B SRAAM, one would argue that, the J-7L could be an inexpensive short-range dogfighter.  Time to let it go man.  Let it go

 

 This J-7L is from a Fighter Brigade of Southern Theater Command, most likely to be the 52nd Fighter Brigade 

 

 

Friday, June 05, 2020

Poor J-7, now a ground target for J-10C

Unit: 131st Aviation Brigade, Southern Theater Command Air Force HQ
Source (here)

 Note the ECM / Electronic warfare pod on the J-10C

1 comment:

jason toms said...

Poor J-7 indeed! I know many J-7s & J-6s will end their days as targets, but it's hard to watch.
On the other hand, the J-10C has evolved into a formidable aircraft.

 

 

Close Encounters Of The Second Drone Carrier Kind

Most China Navy (PLAN) observers are concentrated on the "Type 076 Light Carrier/Drone Mothership" and for good reason, for it is the world's first UCAV/amphibious assault ship hybrid, weighting roughly 40,000 tons and now under construction in Shanghai (here). 

 Judging by the latest image posted on Chinese Internet, the PLAN is building or modifying a "drone carrier" based on the Type 074A Class LSM, weighing roughly 800 tons, much smaller than her Type 076 sister. However, if the program is successful, Chinese shipyards would surely produce a large number of drones carriers in a short period of time, raising the concept of "drone swarm" to a new height. Pun was, of course, intended.  

Type 074A Class LSM based "Drone Carrier" 

The addition of a "flat top" layer provides more storage space below deck, while the open-ended design simplifies drone recovery operations. 

 

 

Side view of a standard Type 074A LSM 

 

 Top view of a Type 074A LSM 

 

An article impression of the  Type 076 Light Carrier/Drone Mothership by 大包CG

CCTV Report Of The Day: Spotter UAV Detectment Of A Long Range Artillery Battery

 

Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Family Photo Of The Day: PLA Army Artillery Reconnaissance and Spotter UAV / Drones

 

Sino Russian Coast Guard "China-Russia Coast Guard 2024" Joint Exercise. Not against any third party, of course.

Cutters taking part of this exercise are China Coast Guard vessels CCG 2303 Meishan and CCG 2305 Xiushan.   If they look familar to readers of this blog, because both cutters are civilian variant of the Type054A FFG.

 

 

 

China Coast Guard vessel formation departs for joint drills in Russia

Source
    Xinhuanet
Editor
    Lin Congyi

Time
    2024-09-13 22:44:28

http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/16338318.html

BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A formation of China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels departed on Friday morning for Russia to carry out joint drills and patrol tasks between the two countries' coast guards, the CCG said Friday.

The Chinese and Russian coast guards will hold joint drills in maritime security threat crackdown and maritime rescue, following which vessel formations of the two sides will jointly patrol waters in the northern Pacific Ocean, according to the CCG.

The CCG noted that the drills and patrol tasks are not aimed at any third party and are unrelated to the current international and regional situations.

The purpose is to consolidate and deepen the friendly and practical cooperation between the maritime law enforcement forces of the two countries, improve joint patrol organizational and coordination mechanisms, and enhance their ability to jointly respond to various maritime security threats, it added.  

Monday, August 12, 2024

Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard, Aug 12th.

In addition to the new Type054Amod FFG under construction, recent images reveal that two Type 878 Cutters' (Chinese coast guard variant of Type054) maintenance are also being performed there as well  One bustling yard for sure.
 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

China Coast Guard Commission of the Day: 3rd Type 878 Cutter (Type 054A JIANGKAI Class FFG Civilian Variant), 46303

In Guangzhou, the first pair bear the serial number of 46301 and 46302

Photo credit goes to HSH's amian510

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Additional Coast Guard Type054 and Type056 cutters launched in Guangzhou.

The second Type054 hull is sporting the pennant number of 46302.

The 76mm autocannon on the first hull is now visible

Two sisters

Sunday, May 29, 2016

China's Coast Guard getting their own Type054 based hull

And why not,  since the Type054 is a proven design with 24 hulls already in service and an extensive record of overseas deployments by the PLAN.  By sharing the common hull with the PLAN, the Coast Guard is applying the economy-of-scale of the per unit cost in addition to reductions in logistics support and  maintenance costs.

The Coast Guard is also sharing the same hull with Type056 so this is not unprecedented.