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Depends. If you are a sport shooter (like ISSF or IPSC) or Miltiary or LEA shooter, or what we called Practical Shooter.

Sport Shooter usually shoot with one eyes close, because that will give you a "straight" vision between the sight and your target. You close your left eyes (or in the Olympic Games case, you blocked vision to one eye using a shield)

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See the guy with his left eyes covered?

In practical shooting. (For a Righty) Left eyes uses to compensate the lost of vision when you aim with your right, so you could keep maximum situational awareness. With one eye open, your field of vision is somewhere between 100-120 degree as your eye will be blocked by the nose bridge. With both eyes open, you can reach a 170 degree field of vision. If someone approach you from your left side and your left eyes is closed, then you will not know that guy is coming at you. Since you move alot when you shoot in the military, situational awareness is very important. Also Left eye is used for Night Vision Goggle (Right eye if you are a lefty) Like this

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Imagine this guy closes his left eye, it will be pitch dark at night.

That's why in the military, we were taught to have your left eye open when you shoot. In fact, if you were taught in the Special Force, the whole aiming stance are ignored altgether, you learn how to pull your sidearm and shoot, and you do it until you raise your weapon automatically at your eyeline.

These girl were in the military, right :)
Ok however I understand human eyes help one to see an object in 3D and assess the distance to it. If one holds the gun by both hands, both eyes stay open, keeping the gun between or in the middle of the eyes. With or without vision gear. But there is a visual problem if you hold a gun with either right or left hand. There is a conflict between the direction the gun pistol points to and the eyes' 3D vision.

The girls are from the police.
 
Ok however I understand human eyes help one to see an object in 3D and assess the distance to it. If one holds the gun by both hands, both eyes stay open, keeping the gun between or in the middle of the eyes. With or without vision gear. But there is a visual problem if you hold a gun with either right or left hand. There is a conflict between the direction the gun pistol points to and the eyes' 3D vision.

The girls are from the police.

The answer lies in what you are shooting at, a wooden or paper target in a shooting range or shooting at a 3D object in a 3D environment.

Human eyes interact with surrounding environment, say for example, if you are on a moving car or moving train and look out. It's seems to you the trees and the house outside is moving, not you. And when we are not moving and gauge the distant between you and an object, say an apple 20 ft in front of you. Now. your eyes will adapt. and you will see what is behind the apple. But if you close one eye and focus on an apple itself, then you will see nothing but the apple when you close one eye and aim with the other.

Depth preception is very important in practical shooting, it allow you to see what behind an object, thus allowing your eyes to follow an object. Because human brain uses shadow to chase object, that is why when an object move in front of you very fast, you will see a blur version of that object. As the shadow are overlapping.

If you still don't understand. Try do this

Stick out your left arm (if you are closing your left eye, right arm if you are closing your right eye) and stick out your index finger.

Close your left eye and look at that finger

Now move your finger left to right quickly and then come back to left repeatedly.


You will see a very blurred finger which if it is not your finger, you probably don't know what it is, and your right eye cannot focus on the finger.

Now open your left eye as well and look at the finger. THen move your finger left to right again at the same pace.

Now you eyes can focus on the finger and you can see your finger much more clearly.

Since in Police and Military, chances are you are not shooting a stationary object, when an object move, you acnnot gauge the distance, hence you will lose your focus. Now imagine if you at looking at a scope. Which only blur your image more as the intensity and quality magnify.

That is why people shoot at moving target usually have both eyes open. Also the situational awareness stuff I said before.

Oh and you duped me :) You ask why girls are joining the military in that post I assume they are millitary :)
 
The answer lies in what you are shooting at, a wooden or paper target in a shooting range or shooting at a 3D object in a 3D environment.

Human eyes interact with surrounding environment, say for example, if you are on a moving car or moving train and look out. It's seems to you the trees and the house outside is moving, not you. And when we are not moving and gauge the distant between you and an object, say an apple 20 ft in front of you. Now. your eyes will adapt. and you will see what is behind the apple. But if you close one eye and focus on an apple itself, then you will see nothing but the apple when you close one eye and aim with the other.

Depth preception is very important in practical shooting, it allow you to see what behind an object, thus allowing your eyes to follow an object. Because human brain uses shadow to chase object, that is why when an object move in front of you very fast, you will see a blur version of that object. As the shadow are overlapping.

If you still don't understand. Try do this

Stick out your left arm (if you are closing your left eye, right arm if you are closing your right eye) and stick out your index finger.

Close your left eye and look at that finger

Now move your finger left to right quickly and then come back to left repeatedly.


You will see a very blurred finger which if it is not your finger, you probably don't know what it is, and your right eye cannot focus on the finger.

Now open your left eye as well and look at the finger. THen move your finger left to right again at the same pace.

Now you eyes can focus on the finger and you can see your finger much more clearly.

Since in Police and Military, chances are you are not shooting a stationary object, when an object move, you acnnot gauge the distance, hence you will lose your focus. Now imagine if you at looking at a scope. Which only blur your image more as the intensity and quality magnify.

That is why people shoot at moving target usually have both eyes open. Also the situational awareness stuff I said before.

Oh and you duped me :) You ask why girls are joining the military in that post I assume they are millitary :)
ok good explanation. there is another thing: our eyes (or our brain cells to be precise) are too slow to follow fast moving objects. that is the reason why we see TV as continuing flow of pictures although we actually see 50 still pics per second. the two girls (one holding the AK, one the pistole) are from the police. most other girls are from the armed forces :D
 
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Their parents' lives were defined by war. Now Vietnam's youth are pushing the country toward a new identity

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Next generation in Vietnam. Motorcycles course through downtown Ho Chi Minh City, where coffee roasters and tech startups are now wedged in between noodle soup vendors and bike repairmen.


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In front of Ho Chi Minh’s statue and the baroque yellow walls of Communist Party headquarters, they danced.

Strobe lights and bass washed over sweaty young bodies twisting in the tropical night air. The DJ took a selfie with the crowd, and the din on this downtown promenade blended with the roar of motorcycles cruising along the Saigon River.

This is the next generation’s Vietnam, where coffee roasters and tech start-ups wedge in between noodle soup vendors and bike repairmen as the city sidesteps its socialist legacy in a dash toward the future. Two-thirds of the country’s population was born after Saigon fell in 1975. Now they’re helping transform the Communist nation into one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with a hip gravity strong enough to lure back children of emigres who fled to Houston and Orange County.

These young people are creating a new national identity — one filled with capitalistic idealism, responsibility, and a belief that the country offers opportunity that many of their parents won’t acknowledge.

“We’re studying abroad, we’re traveling, we see Western culture and our own culture,” said Thao Dao, the 27-year-old co-founder of Ladan, a company that designs modern Vietnamese clothing and accessories for young adults. “For our generation, it’s time.”

She attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Manufacturing in Los Angeles, but saw her future at home in Vietnam.

Dao and a friend opened their small shop last year up a creaky flight of stairs near one of the city’s oldest markets. They filled it with bamboo purses and elegant pastel riffs on the ao dai, a traditional Vietnamese dress-pant combo.

“You can come back and make a difference,” Dao said.


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Dao and Anna Phan returned from college in the U.S. to open Ladan, a company that sells modern Vietnamese clothes and accessories to young people. (L.R. Meyers) (L.R. Meyers / For The Times)


Human Rights Watch ranks its record as “dire.” Officials arrested a high-profile blogger last year who criticized the government’s handling of a chemical spill that left dead fish scattered across beaches.


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Bike-sharing apps like uberMOTO are replacing street-corner men who for decades offered cheap motorcycle trips. (L.R. Meyers) (L.R. Meyers / For The Times)


Saigon’s growth has alarmed preservationists who watch the destruction of French colonial buildings and the rise of skyscrapers. Pollution is increasing; income inequality is rising.

“There are energetic people trying to do great things,” said Vu Thanh Tu Anh, research director at the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program here.

“But it’s constrained by the education system, by political constraints…and we have a system which is not responsive enough to the needs of people.”

Although the country is growing faster than most, Vu said, “we’re not close to our potential.”


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Hao Tran, left, and Guy Truong are co-founders of Vietcetera, an English-language website that seeks to "tell the untold stories of the new Vietnam." (L.R. Meyers / For The Times)


World Bank will start to phase out the low-interest, lengthy payback loans it gives the country. When this generation nears retirement age, the average lifespan will reach 80, according to the United Nations, up from 73 in 2012.

Le Xuan Loc thinks less about where Vietnam is going than what it still has to achieve.

The 25-year-old pharmacist moonlights as a social activist, and dreams of opening a healthcare clinic in his rural, coastal hometown. He’s helped start a mentoring program for young people to build skills. Obama noticed something in Le that helped explain the new Vietnam, enough to mention him in his speech here.

Le doesn’t brag about the Obama shout-out, although he blushes slightly when it comes up. He blended in at yet another coffee shop, a kid with earphones around his neck sipping a green tea float and talking about hopes for his country.

“Vietnam has potential,” he said. “Why not change it instead of leave?”
 
Pictures of Vietnam Militia. Armed with left - over and phased out weapons from the regular force, they are expected to buy time for the regular to mobilize to the scene or act as emergency replacement.
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Much butthurt. Many hatred. Such idiocy. WOW.

Also, some new footage from the Air Force and Navy.

 
Vietnam Wants Israeli Weapons Systems
Feb 27, 2017
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew)

http://i-hls.com/2017/02/vietnam-wants-israeli-weapons-systems/

Vietnam and Israel have been tightening their security cooperation. The president of Vietnam, Mr. Tran Dai Quang, said Israel has become a big partner of Vietnam in the defense field and stressed the important role companies and groups in the defense and technology sectors are playing in both countries. The president was speaking at a reception held for the chairman of the board of IMI Systems Ltd, Mr. Yitzhak Aharonovitch, in Hanoi. “Vietnam and Israel should further promote their cooperation in research & development and technology transfer,” the president added that

According to IMI Systems’ announcement, the Chairman of IMI Systems updated the president on some projects, where IMI system invested in Vietnam since 1999 and expressed his hope that both countries will work on streamlining the mutual collaboration and high technology knowledge transfer. Aharonovitch stressed that the advanced weapons systems developed and manufactured by IMI Systems correspond to the advanced technology used by the Vietnam army.

President Quang noted that the cooperation between the two countries is consistently growing, especially in the areas of security and defense, including the transfer of technical knowledge. He expressed the hope that relations will be further promoted, especially in training quality personnel in the field of technology.

In 2014, Vietnam acquired the Orbiter-2 unmanned air systems (UAS) to be used as an aerial forward observation unit for its artillery corps, according to local press reports in Vietnam. The Orbiter-2 mini UAS is manufactured by Aeronautics in Israel. Experts said that the Orbiter-2 can supply the artillery units the coordinates of more than one target from 2000 feet.

The Orbiter- 2B has the unique capability of navigating independently, enabling completion of the mission even if the GPS is jammed or there is no communication. The automatic warning system, which sends alerts regarding any deviation from the mission definitions, gives the operator high-level monitoring and control capabilities that ensure mission success. The UASalso provides interfaced payloads with unique intelligence capabilities and high-level information processing.
 
Welcome to Vietnam!

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are arriving Vietnam for an official 5 day state visit. Seems both the crown prince and crown princess are coming, too. Interesting.

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Vietnam's Energy Exports Could Help Rebuild Ties With China
Can oil and gas diplomacy be Vietnam’s strategic map to re-establish normal relations with China?

By Quoc-Thanh Nguyen
February 28, 2017

http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/vietnams-energy-exports-could-help-rebuild-ties-with-china/

To meet its growing need for energy, China needs all its neighbors. Beijing wants to be less dependent on oil from African or Middle Eastern countries, which the Chinese government considers unreliable producers. Yet currently China imports about 1.15 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Saudi Arabia, 611.338 bpd from Iran, and 695.148 bpd from Iraq to meet its domestic demands. All indications show that demand will increase over the next years , the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated China’s consumption of oil would rise to 12.2 million bpd by 2020.

China, the world’s second largest oil consumer, must find a way to ensure a steady supply. There are not many possibilities for Beijing, especially as the country faces its lowest growth rate in more than 25 years and a domestic market showing signs of a slowdown. So far, however, China has made some progress. First, Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as China’s top supplierin 2016, providing 1.02 million bpd. With China able to pay in renminbi and not in dollars, Russian oil is much more attractive for China. Second, China has begun to purchase crude oil from neighboring countries to reduce transportation costs.

In this context, Vietnam has a good card to play with its giant neighbor. With an estimated 4.4 billion barrels of oil reserves, Vietnam will be a significant exporter of energy for years to come. Meanwhile, China’s domestic demand for energy is so large that Beijing must find all possible options to diversify supply, especially with OPEC poised to cut down on production.

Vietnam’s Communist Party leader, Nguyen Phu Trong, visited China in January at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping. The two leaders discussed military and security cooperation and both agreed that measures must be taken to forge stronger links between their countries. Economic exchange can provide significant stimulus to speed up that process of reconciliation. Furthermore, Vietnam can use its energy resources as one possible path to re-establish neighborly relations with China.

The gas deal between Vietnamese state-owned energy company PetroVietnam and ExxonMobil last month spotlighted Vietnam’s energy sector. Vietnam’s oil and gas industry is actually in a state of growth after a few years of decline. The third largest petroleum producer in Southeast Asia behind Indonesia and Malaysia, Vietnam is particularly favorable toward international cooperation as means as of scientific exchange — especially because the country does not have the necessary tools or technology to exploit its oil and gas resources by itself. The presence of foreign companies is also a guarantee for stability and security in the area.

Despite territorial disputes between China and Vietnam over islands in the South China Sea, business continues to grow in the energy sector. Even if Beijing was upset about the gas deal between ExxonMobil and PetroVietnam, it is clear that it has no interest in interfering. According to the Vietnam General Department of Customs, Vietnam sold 666,000 tons of crude oil to China for $203 million in March 2016 alone. It is more than likely that these figures will increase over the coming years. Hanoi has recently announced its intention to speed up the exploitation of oil and gas fields in the central and south basins to compensate for the lower production of some older wells. With 630 billion cubic meters (bcm) in proven gas reserves, Vietnam can also supply gas; Chinese gas demand was 192 bcm in 2015.

Due to the 1992 law and the government policy encouraging foreign investment in energy, this sector has grown to represent 13.6 percent of Vietnam’s annual government income. The advantage of Vietnamese oil fields is that they are not far from the coasts and are not very deep. Four main areas are being exploited: Song Hong Basin in the north, Phu Khanh Basin along the central coast, and Cuu Long Basin and Nam Con Son Basin in the south. All together, these fields provide 363.500 bpd of oil and 9.3 bcm of gas each year. According to official sources, 70 blocks in Vietnam’s EEZ and continental shelf are currently being exploited and 19 more in deep-water areas are still un-contracted. Thus Vietnam’s export capacity may clearly be increased over the next years.

Even if Vietnam’s current energy contribution to China is still quite modest considering the total volume of exchanges between both nations, it is a step toward an entente cordiale. The recent rapprochement between the Philippines and China forced Vietnam to opt for quiet diplomacy with its neighbor, especially given ASEAN’s failure to address the South China Sea issue. At the same time, a new president and new policies in the United States completely changed the game for the Vietnamese, who have now to consider a future without the U.S. as a partner.

By exporting energy to China, Vietnam helps normalize relations with its giant neighbor. On the other hand, by purchasing Vietnamese oil from offshore fields, China tacitly accepts that Vietnam is investigating and exploiting petroleum from the South China Sea inside China’s nine-dash line. A deal between PetroVietnam and China is a win-win situation.

Another point: the shipping lane along the Vietnamese coast is vital for China energy security. According to Mikkal E. Herbert, “securing reliable energy supplies and shipping to fuel Asia’s prosperity is tightly bound up with the maintenance of freedom of navigation through the South China Sea and Malacca Strait and is a core energy and national security interest for virtually every regional power.” History has taught us that Germany lost World War II due in part to a lack of oil; even now, no superpower can do without oil. Vietnam can leverage China’s energy needs to boost domestic production and, at the same time, re-establish normal relations with its giant neighbor, at least until a lasting solution can be found to resolve South China Sea dispute.

Dr. Quoc-Thanh Nguyen is researcher at IrAsia, Aix-Marseille University, and holds a Ph.D. in Maritime Studies.
 
‘Black Holes’ in the South China Sea: Vietnam Commissions 2 New Attack Submarines
The Vietnamese Navy commissioned the last two of six Russian-made diesel electric attack submarines this week.

By Franz-Stefan Gady
March 01, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/03/blac...-vietnam-commissions-2-new-attack-submarines/

The Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) held a flag raising ceremony for two new Russian-made Project 636M (improved Kilo-class) diesel electric attack submarines at Cam Ranh naval base in Vietnam’s south central coastal Khanh Hoa province on February 28, Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense reports in a press release.

The two submarines — Da Nang and Ba Ria-Vung Tau — will join four other Project 636M boats already in service with the VPN’s Submarine Brigade 189 and are the last two subs commissioned as part of a $ 2.6 billion contract (some sources indicate $2.1 billion) with Russia’s Admiralty Shipyards for six diesel-electric attack submarines in 2009.

The flag raising ceremony was attended by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phu and other dignitaries. The prime minister emphasized the importance of the VPN in raising awareness over the South China Sea territorial disputes and praised the navy’s willingness to defend every inch of Vietnam including its territorial waters.

He also noted that Vietnam seeks no arms race in the region and the deployment of the new submarines does not aim to deter other countries in the region. Furthermore, he stated Vietnam’s desire for a peaceful solution to the South China Sea disputes. Yet, he was also adamant that Vietnam would defend its sovereignty over its continental shelf, its territorial sea, and its islands.

Project 636M submarines, an improved variant of the original Project 877 (Kilo-class) design, are specifically designed for operations in shallow waters and are primarily intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine warfare operations. With a crew of 52, the sub has an endurance of 45 days and can reach a submerged top speed of around 20 knots. The Project 636M boats are slightly longer than the original Kilo-class and feature an improved MGK 400E sonar, new noise reduction technology ( the U.S. Navy dubbed the subs “black holes” due to their quietness) and new armaments.

Displacing around 4,000 tons when submerged, the submarines can be armed with both torpedoes and submarines-launched cruise missiles including 3M-14E Klub supersonic cruise missiles, sold to Vietnam by Russia in 2015. As I noted elsewhere: “While it is unknown whether the anti-ship variant of the weapon sold to Vietnam is the 3M-54E Klub-S (range 220km) or 3M-54E1 (range 300km) – both of which can be launched from submarines – the land-attack variant is almost certainly the 3M-14E (range 300km), capable of carrying a 450kg warhead.”

The submarines, armed with supersonic cruise missiles can threaten the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) naval base at Sanya on China’s Hainan Island as well as Chinese military facilities in the South China Sea. As I explained in June 2016 (See: “US Arms Sales to Vietnam: A Military Analysis”):

Vietnam’s military planning vis-à-vis China is defensive in nature and built around A2/AD—or anti-access and areal denial strategies, exploiting asymmetrical advantages by, for example, fielding new diesel-electric submarines to exploit China’s known weakness in anti-submarine warfare. All of this requires enhanced maritime domain awareness (MDA) and early warning systems in place and the establishment of a so-called kill chain linking “‘see-ers and shooters,’” as one analyst recently put it.

Vietnam’s ultimate goal is to deter China from deploying People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels in so-called gray zone coercion scenarios, which involves the use of China Coast Guard (CCG) and maritime militia vessels to blockade Vietnamese-held islands and features in the South China Sea while avoiding open military conflict.

Whether the VPN’s new submarine fleet will contribute to Vietnam’s overall A2/AD strategy and deterrence capabilities will above all depend on the training of its submarine crews and how well the VPN can maintain the operational readiness of the new boats in the years ahead.
 
Vietnam slams Chinese fishing ban in South China Sea

The Associated Press
HANOI, VIETNAM
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article135608298.html

Vietnam has slammed a fishing ban China has imposed in parts of the disputed South China Sea, saying it violates Vietnamese sovereignty and further complicates the tense situation in the troubled waters.

China's Ministry of Agriculture on Monday issued a seasonal fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea, including waters near the Paracel islands claimed by Vietnam but occupied by China.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said in a statement Tuesday that Vietnam opposes and rejects the ban, adding Vietnam has the legal grounds and historical evidence to back up its sovereignty claims.

He said China's unilateral action seriously violates Vietnam's sovereignty and goes against international law.


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Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Hanoi. for the first time ever in history, an emperor of Japan visits Vietnam. that will probably be the last official overseas trip, the emperor of Japan makes before he cedes the throne to the crown prince. most of media reports the purpose of the trip is Japan´s intention to heal the last wounds left over during the brutal Japanese invasion of Vietnam in the WW II.

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no longer a God like figure like Hirohito, the modern Emperor is as per Japan constitution: he is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people of Japan” and exercises “the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power”.

 
Vietnam Buys More Defense Equipment from Israel
by Chen Chuanren
March 1, 2017, 7:27 AM



Elbit Systems won a contract to work on India’s Mi-17s, and a much larger one to upgrade Mi-17s for an “Asia-Pacific country.” (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)


Vietnam took delivery last month of a second batch of Rafael Python and Derby (SPYDER) surface-to-air missiles. The first batch was delivered last July, but that was not the first time the communist state had sourced defense equipment from Israel. And Vietnam could be the customer for a $110 million upgrade of Mil Mi-17 helicopters that Elbit Systems has recently secured from “an Asia-Pacific country.”

Vietnam signed a deal for the SPYDER system on October 2015. Not disclosed is whether the deal was for the short-range (SR) or the medium-range (MR) variant. Mounted on the Rheinmetall MAN HX8x8 trucks, Vietnam’s package also includes 200 Derby and Python missiles each.

Since the end of Vietnam War, Russia and Eastern-bloc states such as Romania and Ukraine have been Vietnam’s main arms suppliers. However, in the last decade Hanoi has bought Western military equipment, and in the last five years, Israeli products. The latter have included the IAI-Elta EL/M-2288 air defence radar and EL/M-2022 airborne radar for three Guardian 400 maritime patrol aircraft based on the DHC-6 Twin Otter, and supplied by Viking Air of Canada.

The Mi-17 contract that Elbit Systems announced on February 8 includes upgrading and maintaining of “dozens” of Mi-17 helicopters over a five-year period. With a value of $110 million, it is much larger than the $30 million deal that Elbit struck a week later with Indian firm Alpha Design for work on 90 Indian Air Force Mi-17s. The upgrade for the “Asia-Pacific country” could include new cockpit displays, digital voice recorder and missile-launch-detection systems. Vietnam has more than 80 Mi-8/Mi-17s in service, the bulk of which were delivered in the 1970s.

Elbit Systems president and CEO Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, said: “Since the ‘aging helicopter’ market is growing rapidly and includes numerous Eastern platforms, we hope other customers will follow the selection of our modernization solutions.”

Vietnam has been boosting its defenses in response to the Chinese military build-up in South China Sea. In 2015, Hanoi spent $4.57 billion on defense, putting Su-30MK2V fighters, anti-ship missiles as well as a multitude of air defense missiles into service.
 
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