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[Umigami]

And Halim Perdanakusuma that participated on the bombing raids, regardless controversies of WWII bombing campaigns.

With RNAF ?

 

[schuimpjes]

With RNAF ?

He was originally a torpedoman for Dutch Navy. After Dutch East Indies surrendered to Japan, he went exile to Australia like others who worked with the government. In Australia, he joined British force to India.

After that, he asked to be transferred to the air force and accepted, he went to Gibraltar, London and after that Canada and became a trained navigator with Royal Canadian Air Force. And then he worked with RAF Avro Lancester and B-24 Liberator squadrons.

After the war, he transferred to Dutch Navy air arm.

Halim Perdanakusuma: Kosmopolit Madura dan Pilot Perang Dunia II

Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma sekarang adalah nama bandara di Jakarta. Pahlawan Nasional ini pernah terlibat Perang Dunia II di front Eropa.

tirto.id

 

[schuimpjes]

RAF Avro Lancester and B-24 Liberator squadrons

I don’t know about which squadron he worked with Avro Lancaster, probably one of the Article XV squadrons. About the B-24, I think No. 321 Squadron.

 

[chibiyabi]

Kalau mau beli kasel dari Jerman perlu dipertimbangkan juga apakah Jerman termasuk yang bikin masalah dengan sawit dan nikel, dan gimana sikap mereka kedepannya.
Gak pilih kasel Jerman juga gak papa, order lebih banyak scorpene.

yg permsalahin nikel indo ya jerman..

 

[Umigami]

Kalau jadi beli, pilot kita bakal pendidikan disini juga?

 

[schuimpjes]

Kalau jadi beli, pilot kita bakal pendidikan disini juga?

Mungkin. F-15 C/D Formal Training Unit (FTU) nya disitu, kemungkinan besar F-15EX sama. Tapi juga ada kemungkinan untuk dipindah, soalnya lanud-nya tahun 2026 bakal ada FTU untuk F-35.

“However, the plan to establish there the Formal Training Unit for the F-15EX is being reconsidered, as the Air Force selected Kingsley Field’s infrastructure and airspace for an F-35 FTU, with the first deliveries in 2026. The F-15 training is expected to be taken over by Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, which is already home of the F-15E Strike Eagle FTU.”

F-15EX Delivery To Operational Units Nears With Maiden Flight Of First Jet Destined To 142nd FW

F-15EX-008 is the first planned to be delivered to the 142nd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard. The introduction into operational service of

theaviationist.com

 

[satria]

15 Years of Researching Military AI Drones, "UI Drone Prof" Admits There Has Been No Collaboration with the TNI

15 Tahun Meneliti Drone AI Militer, "Prof Drone UI" Mengaku Belum Ada Kerja Sama dengan TNI

Benyamin telah meneliti sistem pengendalian drone berbasis AI untuk militer sejak 2009. Namun hingga kini belum pernah bekerja sama dengan TNI.

nasional.kompas.com

tanya kenapa ?

 

[schuimpjes]

Kelemahan Iron Dome dan SAM apapun yang lainnya sebenernya, gak bisa nembak target yang terbang rendah (under the radar); ATGM, drone terbang rendah, recoilless rifle etc. Kalo mortar, roket, artileri kena, terbangnya ketinggian.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798562338108588205

Edit:
Kecuali SAM yang gak pake radar, pakeknya IR-homing atau lainnya kayak MANPADS.

Untuk soal itu Iron Dome decoy apa bukan gatau

 

[schuimpjes]

Lama-lama CIWS ditaro juga dideket Iron Dome sama Israel.

Kalo di kapal, mau dikasih SAM apapun tapi gak ada CIWS nya jebol juga itu kapal sama sea skimming missile.

 

[Lordimperator]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798672654112862628

 

[schuimpjes]

Article from June 2023 that suggesting Lake Michigan as Area 52 for unmanned maritime systems RnD, rather than researching this highly potential and increasingly important systems in seas with the risk of surveillance.

The specific location could be Naval Station Great Lakes, the sailor’s bootcam. This effort can be supported from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane in Indiana. The areas also have enabling ecosystem with three of world’s most advanced research universities; Purdue University, Notre Dame and University of Chicago, and home of two national laboratories; Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Draper Labs also recently located their facility in the region, Odon, Indiana. Industries like Saab, Rolls Royce and Fincantieri Marinette, where Constellation-class are made, also located in the region.

But still, it doesn’t mean that Lake Michigan is free from surveillance, but measures against that can be applied by restricting foreign entities to buy land next or near the critical location, testing only occurred when high resolution satellites not overhead and shot the spy balloons before they reached the installation.

 

[Lordimperator]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798694555560354073

 

[Gary]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798089595722051872

Hmm, $36 million is small money, I propose the Maldives to retaliate by allowing China to construct a comprehensive air and naval base in the country. Facing right towards Diego Garcia.

Also, many of Maldives infrastructure comes from Chinese aid, not American.

 

[schuimpjes]

Taiwanese old 240mm M1 howitzer

 

[schuimpjes]

203mm M115

Edit:
Correction, looks like 155mm M1 “Long Tom”

 

[schuimpjes]

Artillery has historical importance for Taiwan. Second Taiwan Strait Crisis was fought mainly with artillery, and called in Taiwan as 823 (August 23rd) Artillery Battle. M115, M1 “Long Tom”, you name it, with all of that still in use by the Taiwanese forces.

Interesting story, AIM-9 Sidewinder first kill was made by US modified Taiwanese F-86 Sabre during 823 Artillery Battle.

 

[schuimpjes]

Russia's Advanced Yasen-M Class Nuclear Submarine Is Headed For Cuba

A Russian Navy flotilla is making its way to Cuba for exercises as Putin threatens to arm 'regional' enemies of Ukraine's allies.

www.twz.com

Russian Navy flotilla is bound to Cuba for exercise, port call to Venezuela also expected. They will be in Cuba for 5 days from June 12 to June 17. Kazan of Yasen-M class nuclear powered submarine, Admiral Gorshkov frigate, oiler Pashin and a salvage tug are parts of the flotilla.

This Yasen-M class is not just seen as cruise missile platform, but also intelligence gatherer and also possibly special mission platform. Because of its quietness, then commander of USNORTHCOM, Gen. VanHerck said that the submarine –he called it as Sev class instead of Yasen class– as “on par with ours” during House Armed Services Committee hearing 2021.

This move (or response) was expected by US after President Biden allow Ukraine to strike targets within Russia. US are not concerned by this Russian deployment and an official said, “This is about Russia showing that it’s still capable of some level of global power projection.”

 

[schuimpjes]

Losing ground is not just about physical territory. In the case of increasingly important element called gallium (Ga), China is far, far, far ahead, with 98% of global supply for raw or low-purity gallium from China.

Gallium is increasingly vital element because when it combined with other materials, it will become what called as ‘wide bandgap’ (WBG) semiconductors, with high possibility to replace silicon (Si), at least at some applications this near time. WBG can withstand higher frequencies, temperature and voltage than silicon semiconductors. One of well known military application is GaN (gallium nitride) radars, like in F-35 for example. Colin Whelan, President of Advanced Technology at Raytheon Missiles and Defense, even said in 2023 that, “GaN is foundational to nearly all the cutting-edge defense technology that we produce.”

Where this gallium came from? Primarily, gallium extracted as byproduct of processing bauxite into aluminum. Even though bauxite is abundant, but its mining only concentrated in four countries; China, Indonesia, Australia and West Africa country of Guyana*. This scale of high Chinese productions of gallium can’t be ruled out from its government policies, one of it is requiring its aluminum producers to install capacity to extract gallium. This policy create oversupply for global demand of gallium, make gallium extraction for producers other than Chinese less feasible economically which mean they need to compete against Chinese cheap gallium.

Mineral Monopoly: China’s Control over Gallium Is a National Security Threat

China has secured a virtual monopoly over gallium, a critical mineral used to produce microchips in advanced military technologies. Failing to de-risk gallium supply chains could have serious security and economic consequences for the United States and its allies.

features.csis.org

Edit:
*) My bad. Not Guyana but Guinea

 

[satria]

 

[NEKO]

Unggahan Rasisme Warga Korea di Forum Online Indosarang Tuai Kecaman Netizen Indonesia

Media sosial tengah dihebohkan oleh unggahan yang menimbulkan kegeraman di kalangan masyarakat Indonesia. Seorang pengguna media sosial X membagikan postingan yang mengungkapkan tentang aksi rasisme yang dilakukan oleh sebagian warga Korea Selatan terhad

lingkaran.id