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It is reported SPYDER anti aircraft missiles were fire tested, though no picture is available.

 

[Viet]

Not sure, I think they are paratroopers.

 

[fadine]

Not sure, I think they are paratroopers.

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Vietnam Peacekeeping troops.

 

[Viet]

Industry
Israel's IMI Systems expands presence in Vietnam
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Industry
24 February 2017

State-owned Israeli company IMI Systems (formerly Israel Military Industries) has established a dedicated presence in Vietnam to support the company's growing footprint in the Southeast Asian market, Vietnam's Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said.

Following talks in Hanoi on 22 February between Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vietnam's deputy defence minister, and Yitzhak Aharonovich, chairman of IMI Systems, the MND said in a press release that the Israeli company has set up a "permanent team in Vietnam for timely collaboration with partners in Vietnam".

Citing Aharonovich, the MND added that through this increased presence IMI Systems is looking to expand co-operation with Vietnam "in the areas in which the group has the strength, contributing to the growing defence relationship between the two countries".

 

[Carlosa]

Suspected Chinese missile launch pads put Vietnam on alert
By VnExpress February 23, 2017 | 10:04 pm GMT+7
http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/su...launch-pads-put-vietnam-on-alert-3546032.html

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft provided by the United States Navy May 21, 2015. Navy/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

U.S. reports claim China has constructed military bases on artificial islands in disputed waters.
Vietnam is looking to clarify media reports that claim China has nearly completed several missile launch sites on artificial islands in the East Sea, internationally referred to as the South China Sea.

The structures are believed to be designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles.

Vietnam has called on other parties to act responsibly and refrain from taking military actions that may worsen the situation in the region, foreign ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said in a statement on Thursday.

Any construction activities on the islands and reefs by other parties in the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos without Vietnam’s permission are illegal, he added.

Binh said the country has full legal grounds and historical evidence to prove its sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa.

China has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

The development is likely to raise questions about whether and how the United States will respond, given its vows to take a tough line on China in the South China Sea.

"It is not like the Chinese to build anything in the South China Sea just to build it, and these structures resemble others that house SAM batteries, so the logical conclusion is that's what they are for," said a U.S. intelligence official, referring to surface-to-air missiles.

A Pentagon spokesman said the United States remained committed to "non-militarization in the South China Sea", and urged all claimants to take actions consistent with international law.

In Beijing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Wednesday he was aware of the report, but did not say if China was planning on placing missiles on the reefs.

In December last year, Vietnam also raised concerns over media reports that China had installed weapons systems on the artificial islands it had constructed in the area.

In 1974, China took over the Hoang Sa islands. A brief but bloody naval battle with forces of the then U.S.-backed Republic of Vietnam ensued.

Truong Sa is claimed in part by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

 

[Viet]

I wonder what motivates young women to join the army? only young men are obliged by army service, not women. they can join the army on voluntary basis. the pay is hardly a motivation. good, we have an unpredictable and sometimes aggressive neighbor, with tension simmering, some may feel, there is a need to join the army, servicing the nation.

 

[Viet]

 

[frequency]

They should stop these circus gimmick. The whole world knows it's surface area and weight distribution.

They should invest more in actual training, ones that are useful. This is embarrassing to say the least.

hahaha, I totally agree. Chinese Shaolin training style are so out of hand. This is a mockery to the real training they should be doing. The Viet Cong are so silly, they believed they won the Vietnam war because of these types of training. But the fact of the matter is that they violated the Paris Peace treaty signed and took advantage of the South during Tet! Which lead them to winning the Vietnam War. Body armor is highly more effective than these silly training they are doing. Skins & bones are no match to a brain.

'Iron Skin' police recruits in Vietnam take a hammering and have concrete slabs smashed on their bodies in world's most gruelling training exercises

• Police recruits in Vietnam have been filmed taking part in training exercises
• Some of the gruelling tests include having slabs smashed over their bodies
• Aspiring officers are then told to walk over glass carrying huge bottles of water

Published: 09:12, 21 February 2017 | Updated: 09:18, 21 February 2017

Some of the world's toughest police officers have been filmed taking part in a series of shocking tests - including walking over glass and having giant slabs smashed over their bodies.

The gruelling training exercise, called 'Iron Skin Performance', sees the recruits embark on a number of frightening challenges. But aspiring officers were filmed bravely stepping up and taking everything which was thrown at them at the national Police Training Centre in Hanoi, Vietnam.

One man was seen lying down on a bed of nails before having a giant slab smashed over his body by an officer using a sledgehammer.

A young man was lying across two chairs when he had four bricks smashed over his body by an officer who was using a sledgehammer

Two female recruits were filmed having bricks and concrete slabs smashed over their bodies. Other men had piles of bricks placed on their necks before they were smashed during the intense training exercise. During the video, a young man was lying on a bed nails when an officer dropped three knives onto his body.

Some officers had to walk over shards of glass placed on the ground while they were holding giant bottles of water. Others had to carry fellow recruits on their shoulders as they walked across the glass.

Another recruit was laying on top of a bed of nails and had knives dropped on top of his stomach

Meanwhile, female recruits had concrete bollards smashed over their bodies after they were placed on top of their legs and arms.

Towards the end of the clip, a young man bent a metal bar around his neck to show the watching officers his strength.

If successful, the young men and women will go on to become Vietnamese police officers - who pride themselves on being some of the toughest in the world.



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hahahaha, man, that is just embarrassing.

 

[Viet]

hahaha, I totally agree. Chinese Shaolin training style are so out of hand. This is a mockery to the real training they should be doing. The Viet Cong are so silly, they believed they won the Vietnam war because of these types of training. But the fact of the matter is that they violated the Paris Peace treaty signed and took advantage of the South during Tet! Which lead them to winning the Vietnam War. Body armor is highly more effective than these silly training they are doing. Skins & bones are no match to a brain.



hahahaha, man, that is just embarrassing.

no need to say such thing here. The martial arts are something either you like it or hate it. If the latter just move on. As for the rest, Vietnam is united and free of foreign troop presence. She enjoys peace and now prosperity. That is what matters. Everything else is secondary. Yes That is something we all can celebrate, although we all have differences in opinions and worldview. And can keep it. It is not the time to beat a dead horse. That fits to the news yesterday in California, where the republican state senator Janet Nguyen was removed from the parliament floor, when she began to beat a dead ghost from the past.

 

[hoangsa74]

hahaha, I totally agree. Chinese Shaolin training style are so out of hand. This is a mockery to the real training they should be doing. The Viet Cong are so silly, they believed they won the Vietnam war because of these types of training. But the fact of the matter is that they violated the Paris Peace treaty signed and took advantage of the South during Tet! Which lead them to winning the Vietnam War. Body armor is highly more effective than these silly training they are doing. Skins & bones are no match to a brain.



hahahaha, man, that is just embarrassing.

it's for domestic consumption.

 

[frequency]

no need to say such thing here. The martial arts are something either you like it or hate it. If the latter just move on. As for the rest, Vietnam is united and free of foreign troop presence. She enjoys peace and now prosperity. That is what matters. Everything else is secondary. Yes That is something we all can celebrate, although we all have differences in opinions and worldview. And can keep it. It is not the time to beat a dead horse. That fits to the news yesterday in California, where the republican state senator Janet Nguyen was removed from the parliament floor, when she began to beat a dead ghost from the past.

"no need to say such thing here. The martial arts are something either you like it or hate it. If the latter just move on."

Take your own advice, Viet!

Janet Nguyen was right. These Democrats are pro-communism. Of course, they would disagree with Janet Nguyen. Tom Hayden is a terrorist and should be executed and the same with his wife, Jane Fonda.

Kevlar and Graphene bullet proof vest is still better than flesh & bones. There's nothing to be proud about the "Iron Skin". That would be a mass suicide.

 

[Viet]

frequency, relax bro no reason to explode. If you look again you will realize It is policemen and women that practice and demonstrate iron skin not members of the army. And surely it is a show, for fun if you want it, and not something that is practical on battlefields. I am not a fan of communism. Nor socialism. But there is little reason to glorify Republic of Vietnam.

Because south Vietnam did too little to develop the economy. It produced virtually nothing but imported everything. The economic activities mostly relied on US money. the last south Vietnamese president was probably one of the most incompetent leaders in the history. The army lost Paracels. The army despite having weapons en masse was unable to fight a single battle without US military assistance. What do you think what led to the quick collapse of South Vietnam?

It is over 40 years since the end of the war. It is time to move on. It makes little sense to dig into the past every day. I recently attended a Tet with yellow flag, and everything belonging to it. Not that I feel tired, but I believe there are more out there in the world than just that. Janet Nguyen can stage political rally in public but not in parliament. Because her behavior sheds a bad light on Vietnamese community. Beating a ghost is never a good idea, not because not everyone shares the same idea, but least about beating someone that is long dead.

Tom Hayden was against Vietnam war. Jane Fonda was one of the women that supported the Vietnamese women community in the United States. Without her, the Vietnamese nails industry wouldn't have seen such success that is seen today.

 

[jhungary]

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You never close your left eyes when you are aiming down the sight........Why they have to go do that???

 

[Viet]

You never close your left eyes when you are aiming down the sight........Why they have to go do that???

I am not an expert. If you shoot right handed, is it not better to close your left eye, because your right eye will better focus on the line of fire?

 

[jhungary]

I am not an expert. If you shoot right handed, is it not better to close your left eye, because your right eye will better focus on the line of fire?

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)

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

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