Vietnam Defence Forum

[Thao Nguyen]

White cubes... What is that?

a kind of Tofu, food made from soybean

 

[Viet]

Sea trials completed. transported by a heavy lift vessel Rolldock Star (a Dutch Company), the fifth of the six Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine, codenamed HQ-186 Khanh Hoa, taking a long way starting from the Baltic Sea, expected to arrive the home port, the Cam-Ranh bay at the end of the year 2015. Soon.

Meeting of the General Staff. Major changes are expected following the shift of political powers in the leadership scheduled at next year: the election of the posts of VCP General Secretary, President and Prime Minister, whereas the first post is the crown to grab. if the current PM gets it, things will be very interesting. I wish him all the best. he is the best man suitable for the job.

the Army and the Newspaper of the Army.

 

[Aqsuperman]

Amphibious assaunt :v

 

[Aqsuperman]

With a 76mm , it main role are to support the infantry , elimating strong point and soft-skin , light armored vehicle . Should enemy heavy AFV and tanks appear , anti-tank team and tanks should be call into action

 

[Viet]

one example how Vietnam shipyards have come a long way: meeting high European standard, in just 6 months two tug vessels were built by the Damen Song Cam Shipyard, and just delivered to Svitzer UK company.

specs:

ASD 3212 class, 32 metre, designed for push-pull, escorting, towing and fire-fighting operations, feature a 12.2 metre beam and speed of 14 knots. For propulsion, they are equipped with two Caterpillar 3516C HD TA/D engines with a total power of 5,050 bkW at 1,800 rpm.

Svitzer orders two more Damen ASD tugs - Marine Log

 

[Viet]

the example above is to show, I think, given the US transferring the technology we also can produce aluminium vessels. the US company Metal Shark is currently producing multiple 45 Defiant class vessels for Vietnam Coast Guard. all vessels costing $18 million are part of a larger Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for Vietnam.

Workboats and Patrol Boats: Small but Mighty - Marine Log


Metal Shark 45 ft Defiant

 

[Aqsuperman]

real man no need tripod :v

 

[Viet]

UAV

developed by Vietnam´s Academy of Science and Technology, domestic made UAV HS-6L first model is put to trials. The first long range vehicle.

specs: wing span 22m, Rotax 914 engine (petrol four-cylinder, four-stroke liquid- / air-cooled motor, 4-8 rotors), max range 4,000km, max 35 operation hours, guided by GPS, onboard radar as well as rotating 360 degrees camera, live images can be sent back to ground station or recorded on memory cards. maximum takeoff weight of 1,250 kg. First UAV patrols over the SC Sea are scheduled for Q2 2016.

 

[Aqsuperman]

Speaking about UAV , this is 1 of the few early sample

 

[Viet]

Speaking about UAV , this is 1 of the few early sample

Yeah...inevitably every baby becomes a young boy. Ha ha ha. On serious note, the Navy needs UAV permanent staying in the air, 24 hours, day and night, to monitor activities on the highsea. Can't wait to see the bird in action. With 4,000 km range, theoretically HS-6L drone can take off on the mainland, flying to the spratly island group and return.

 

[yugocrosrb95]

Yeah...inevitably every baby becomes a young boy. Ha ha ha. On serious note, the Navy needs UAV permanent staying in the air, 24 hours, day and night, to monitor activities on the highsea. Can't wait to see the bird in action. With 4,000 km range, theoretically HS-6L drone can take off on the mainland, flying to the spratly island group and return.

Good for Vietnam, wonder if Vietnamese Army is going to weaponize it...

I hope Vietnam will be able to aquire KEPD 350 in case Taurus developers a launcher, hitting war ships and land targets from 500 kilometers away *evil grin*

 

[Viet]

Good for Vietnam, wonder if Vietnamese Army is going to weaponize it...

I hope Vietnam will be able to aquire KEPD 350 in case Taurus developers a launcher, hitting war ships and land targets from 500 kilometers away *evil grin*

Never say no. I believe that armed drones will come. It's just a natural evolution.

 

[Aqsuperman]

there are recon UAVs , there are attack UAVs...........and there are these guys............we created them and shot them :v

 

[Viet]

some more pics of the long range HS-6L UAV drone.

Rotax 914 engine

 

[Viet]

the US MQ-1 Predator has a same Rotax 914 engine, 4 cylinders, 115 PS. the drone can reach 217km/h, and stay midair for 24 hours. that would be in the future having such nice such drones in the inventory.