tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13031738618463868492023-11-16T23:01:10.506+07:00Arabian DefenseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-36393253968005789242022-11-18T19:24:00.001+07:002022-11-18T19:24:56.945+07:00Jordan Hosts Regional Workshop on Nuclear Safety, Security<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Jordan has signed and ratified relevant international instruments that govern nuclear safety and security, according to the chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking on the sidelines of a regional workshop on nuclear safety and security organized in Amman, Khaled Toukan said the move was essential for the successful and sustainable use of nuclear power.</div><div>In collaboration with the Arab network of Nuclear Regulators and the International Atomic Energy Agency, JAEC organizes the regional workshop from Oct. 3-6, reported Jordan News Agency, Petra, on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Read: <b><u><a href="http://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/2022/11/sofex-2022-jordan-launches-uav-test.html">Jordan Launches Drone Testing Center</a></u></b></div><div><br></div><div>The workshop aims to give participants a deeper understanding of nuclear safety and security through exchanging expertise and practices that meet the IAEA’s standards, said a statement published in Petra.</div><div><br></div><div>Toukan gave a briefing on the achievements of the Jordanian nuclear program, which include an infrastructure of a 5 megawatts research atomic reactor, a 2.5 GeV third generation synchrotron light source, and the Jordanian uranium mining project working at full capacity.</div><div>Meanwhile Zia Hussain Shah, the IAEA’s representative, praised Jordan’s nuclear program and expertise in nuclear practices, saying: “IAEA intends to organize many regional workshops and events in Jordan.”</div><div><br></div><div><b><a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2175031">Read more</a></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-69739240362997576212022-11-18T18:00:00.001+07:002022-11-18T18:00:06.146+07:00SOFEX 2022: Jordan Launches UAV Test Centre<div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>A new facility for testing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and associated technology was formally opened in Jordan in the run-up to the SOFEX 2022 show held in Aqaba from 1 to 3 Novemberr.</span><br></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Read: <b><u><a href="http://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/2022/11/saudi-arabia-south-korea-sign-deals.html">Saudi and South Korea in Space Tech Cooperation</a></u></b></span></div><div><br></div><div>The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) announced on 27 October that its chief, Major General Yousef Ahmed al-Hunaiti, had opened the first site of its kind in the Middle East to test UAV, counter-UAV, and electronic warfare systems. The facility, which has been developed by a Jordanian company called Deep Element in co-operation with the Jordanian Design & Development Bureau (JODDB), has an air traffic management system.</div><div><br></div><div>Deep Element offers security solutions for airspace management, surveillance, and cyber security, and works with the Jordanian military and other security agencies across the Middle East and Africa, the JAF said.</div><div><br></div><div><b><u><a href="https://www.janes.com/amp/sofex-2022-jordan-launches-uav-test-centre/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2">Read More</a></u></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-15917952345531454272022-11-18T17:51:00.001+07:002022-11-18T17:53:39.520+07:00Saudi Arabia, South Korea Sign Deals Worth $30bn in Space Tech Cooperation<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul on Thursday, paving the way for multibillion-dollar bilateral cooperation in space technology, energy, infrastructure, and NEOM, the Kingdom’s giga-project.</div><div><br></div><div>Read: <b><u><a href="http://jubeirmarbun.blogspot.com/2022/11/skeptisme-atas-kemampuan-indonesia.html">Why Indonesia Always Fail to Produce Its Own Aircraft</a></u></b></div><div><br></div><div>The Saudi crown prince was on a two-day official visit to South Korea, arriving straight from the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. He was accompanied by a high-profile delegation, including the ministers and heads of top government institutions related to investment and commerce.</div><div><br></div><div>The South Korean president said there were plans for more cooperation as it was time to “take the relationship to a new level through Saudi Vision 2030.” </div><div><br></div><div><b><u><a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2201356/amp">Read More</a></u></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-38446695586428832862020-08-02T11:37:00.001+07:002020-08-02T11:37:12.541+07:00Russia, Sudan to Boost Defense Cooperation<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Russia and Sudan are ready to continue boosting defense ties, TASS news agency quoted an agreement on defense cooperation between the two countries published on Russia’s government website containing legal information on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>The agreement, which came into force on May 9, outlines areas for defense cooperation between Russia and Sudan, which include the exchange of views and information on political and defense issues, ways to ensure mutual trust and global security, the exchange of peacekeeping experience related to UN-sponsored operations, as well as joint maritime search and rescue activities and military training.</div><div><br></div><div>The agreement points out that warships and warplanes can make visits at the other party’s invitation. The document will remain in effect for seven years.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia also signed a bilateral agreement to send military “specialists” to the Republic of Congo to advise their counterparts and repair Soviet equipment in a move that further increases Moscow’s footprint on the continent.</div><div><br></div><div>The Republic of Congo is the latest sub-Saharan African nation where Russia has stepped up its presence recently. Since Western nations sanctioned Russia for annexing Crimea in 2014, Moscow has signed at least 20 military cooperation deals in sub-Saharan Africa, including with Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is a new contract but, as a whole, continues the very beautiful story that was once started called military-technical cooperation,” Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin was quoted by Interfax as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian advisers will help the Republic of Congo’s military with the upkeep of armored vehicles, rocket artillery and helicopters, Fomin said.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russian specialists are already on the ground there, Interfax added. </div><div><br></div><div><b><u><a href="https://www.defaiya.com/news/Regional%2520News/Sudan/2019/05/28/russia-sudan-to-boost-defense-cooperation">Read more</a></u></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-44194816049072692622020-06-03T00:40:00.001+07:002020-06-03T00:41:19.409+07:00UAE to Supply Egypt with Advanced Missiles<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>UAE reportedly will sell sophisticated missiles like the picture above to Egypt which can be used on Egyptian fighter planes made in France.</div><div><br></div><div>This missile will further enhance Egypt's ability to remember that Italy recently also signed a contract for the sale of military equipment with Egypt including the sale of Eurofighter Typhon.</div><div><br></div><div>It was not explained whether the UAE would sell the missile to its allies in Libya, particularly the Haftar troops which were at odds with the GNA government.</div><div><br></div><div>In Yemen, the UAE also supports the South Yemeni government which is at odds with the legitimate Yemeni government supported by Saudi Arabia and also the Houthi-controlled Sana'a.</div><div><br></div><div>Read:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/defensearab/status/1267489483211059203?s=19">https://twitter.com/defensearab/status/1267489483211059203?s=19</a><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-31162660064363964222020-05-17T18:38:00.001+07:002020-05-17T18:38:27.127+07:00Sah! Mesir Pengguna Pertama Su 35 Untuk Regional Afrika<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Meski sudah mengoperasikan ratusan jet tempur F 16 buatan AS dan sebentar lagi akan menerima 24 unit jet tempur Prancis Rafale tidak membuat AU Mesir berhenti untuk melakukan modernisasi diberitakan oleh Mena Defence (15/5/2020) Terungkap bahwa Mesir telah resmi membeli sekitar 26 pesawat Su 35 dari Rusia, walaupun pemberitaan tentang kontrak ini tidak dipublikasikan secara luas namun diyakini kontrak ini telah ditandatangani pada tahun 2018 lalu.</div><div><br></div><div>untuk menindaklanjuti kontrak tersebut pihak Rusia telah memberi perintah kepada Gagarin Plant di Komsomolks on Amur untuk segera membuat jet Su 35 pesanan Mesir. “Gagarin Aircraft Plant di Komsomolsk-on-Amur telah meluncurkan produksi Su-35, pesawat nantinya akan dikirimkan kepada Angkatan Udara Mesir berdasar kontrak yang telah ditandatangani tahun 2018,” ujar sumber diplomatik militer rusia.</div><div><br></div><div>masih menurut Mena Defence Airframa (badan pesawat) dengan nomor seri 06411yang saat ini sedang dirakit di Komsomolks on Amur diyakini merupakan calon jet Su 35 pesanan Mesir batch pertama, jika tidak ada halangan Mesir akan menerima unit pertama pada akhir tahun 2020 ini.</div><div><br></div><div>beberapa tahun belakangan ini Mesir menggenjot modernisasi Angkatan Udaranya dimulai dengan pembelian 46 unit Mig 29M/M2 senilai 2 Miliar USD pada tahun 2015 dilanjut pada tahun 2017 pembelian 24 unit Rafale dari Prancis senilai 5,2 Milliar Euro dan terakhir Tahun 2018 pembelian 26 unit Su 35 senilai 2 Miliar USD</div><div><br></div><div>Sumber: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/709687686101255/posts/983745415362146/">https://www.facebook.com/709687686101255/posts/983745415362146/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-25788567177110083582019-12-15T02:04:00.001+07:002019-12-15T02:04:30.469+07:00Bangladesh Blue Water Navy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- In order to further intensify surveillance in the Bay and enhance the force’s combat capability, the Bangladesh Navy has added two Chinese-built submarines to its fleet for the first time in its history. (<b><a href="https://newsin.asia/bangladesh-now-blue-water-navy-two-chinese-submarines/">more</a></b>)<br />
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“With the inclusion of the submarines Bangladesh Navy has started its journey as a three dimensional force,” Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed said at the handing over ceremony of the submarines at Liaonan shipyard Dalian state, China.<br />
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Rear Admiral Liu Zizhu on behalf of the Chinese government handed over the submarines to Adm.Ahmed in the presence of senior naval officials of both the countries.<br />
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The navy chief thanked the Chinese naval force for modernizing the submarines and training Bangladesh Navy personnel.<br />
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Both the submarines are 76 meters in length and 7.6 meters wide and carry torpedo and mines.<br />
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The two Type 035 submarines will soon reach Bangladesh and will be added to the naval fleet in the beginning of next year as BNS Nabojatra and BNS Joyjatra.<br />
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With the inclusion of the submarines, Bangladesh Navy’s capability in the Bay of Bengal will increase a lot and the country’s maritime boundary would be more secure than before.</div>
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- Turkey’s national combat aircraft went on display at the world’s largest aerospace exhibition, the 17th international Paris Airshow, for the first time in France on Monday.<br />
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The model of the TF-X war jet, which took five months to build by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), garnered a great deal of attention at the fair.<br />
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Turkey is the fourth country with the technology to manufacture fifth generation aircraft, following the U.S., Russia and China.<br />
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The TFX is a multi-role aircraft, designed maily for air-to-air roles while also capable of fulfilling air-to-surface roles.<br />
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Turkey's national combat aircraft is set to gradually replace the F-16 fighter jets, starting from the year 2030.<br />
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Ankara is now meeting 65 percent of the country's defense needs through its own local and national defense industry.<br />
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The airshow will continue until Sunday at Le Bourget airport.<br />
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- In a series of tweets yesterday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the space company is about to start testing an early prototype of its Starship spacecraft.<br />
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The so-called “hopper” test vehicle will feature only a single Raptor engine, as opposed to three for the final version. The test vehicle won’t enter orbit, but its low altitude test flights help prepare for future journeys as lengthy as a trip to Mars.<br />
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Local residents near SpaceX’s test site in Brownsville, Texas, received a notice in the mail informing them of test flights that could occur “as soon as the week of March 18, 2019,” according to local news. Checkpoints will be set up for a “safety zone” around the launch site.<br />
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“Hopefully,” Musk replied in a tweet, when asked if it was true SpaceX was testing this week. “Always many issues integrating engine & stage. First hops will lift off, but only barely.”<br />
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SpaceX successfully tested the Raptor engine in February. With three of them powering the spacecraft, Starship could eventually make its way all the way to the Moon or even Mars — or at least that’s the hope.<br />
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Musk also tweeted that SpaceX didn’t bother building “a new nosecone for Hopper” after the original was damaged due to high winds at the Texas test site in January.<br />
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“Don’t need it,” he wrote. “What you see being built is the orbital Starship vehicle.”<br />
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- The UAE’s ambitious plans to send a manned mission to Mars within 100 years, unveiled last month, is prompting others around the Gulf region to think about following suit.<br />
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A recent report by the official Kuwaiti news agency Kuna suggests that a number of locals there are starting to wonder if Kuwait could follow the UAE’s lead and set up its own national space program. Citing Dr Hala Al-Jassar, assistant professor at the Physics Department at Kuwait University, it said that establishing a space program, or at least a space agency, “is not a fantasy, it is the way of the future.”<br />
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Kuwait has a limited base of experience to draw on in this arena. In 2014, Kuwait University and the Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Science signed up to NASA’s soil moisture active passive (SMAP) initiative. In addition, the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research is working with NASA on its jet propulsion laboratory project.<br />
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Such programs may be limited, but they do at least represent a start. “When we start a space program, we will not be starting from scratch,” Dr Al-Jassar told Kuna. “We have the budget, the talents, the expertise and outstanding graduates.”<br />
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Sarah Amiri, deputy project manager of a planned UAE mission to Mars involving the Hope spacecraft, talks about the project during a ceremony in Dubai, on May 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)<br />
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Whether the authorities will be so keen is another matter. Any space program is liable to be extremely expensive which, at a time of low oil revenues, tight budgets and high demands for other government services, is not an appealing prospect.<br />
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There have been occasional bouts of space-related dreaming in the past. In June 1985, Sultan bin Salman al-Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, was part of the crew on a Space Shuttle Discovery flight – becoming the first Arab, first Muslim and first member of a royal family to go into outer space.<br />
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But since then Saudi Arabia, like most Gulf countries, has focused its efforts on getting satellites rather than people into space. Its activities are led by the National Satellite Technology Centre, part of the King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia’s great regional rival Iran is involved in similar efforts, led by the Iranian Space Agency and the Iran Aerospace Research Centre.<br />
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- The Gulf state of Qatar is becoming a player in the global search for exoplanets since launching the Qatar Exoplanet Survey (QES) in 2010.<br />
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To date, more than 3700 exoplanets have been discovered, mostly by NASA’s Kepler space telescope and K2 missions. Other projects of note, smaller in scale, include HARPS and WASP. Now, the small Arabian Gulf state of Qatar—wanting to participate in the global search—launched its own program, the Qatar Exoplanet Survey (QES) in 2010 to probe the skies for exoplanets.<br />
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Exoplanets, also known as extrasolar planets, are planets orbiting a star other than our sun. Those found within the “habitable zone” of their mother star may be able to support life. Scattered abundantly throughout the observable universe, there are many reasons why we may want to search for them. One is inherent to human psychology; a realization of our potential cosmic loneliness. Another is the search for an escape route from a future Earth whose resources may be utterly depleted or it may be the drive to understand how the universe came to be, and where we come from that fuels this hunt across the nightly skies.<br />
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The QES project was founded by Khalid Al-Subai, who returned to Qatar after gaining a doctorate in astronomy in the United Kingdom. He gathered the funds and connections to use his expertise for an exoplanet search venture at home.<br />
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But what motivates a small Gulf state with a soaring fossil-fuel-based economy to support astronomical research?<br />
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“It seems to me that the countries of the Gulf and also of all the Middle East have finally grasped the importance of investing in scientific research in a general way and in astronomy and space science in particular, given the inestimable benefits that this generates in terms of development,” says Benkhaldoun Zouhair, president of the Moroccan National Committee for Astronomy (MNCA).<br />
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Andrew Cameron, a lead scientist on the QES project and an astronomy professor at the University of St. Andrews agrees saying that “funding [by the Qatar National Research Foundation] of blue-skies science projects is always worthwhile in terms of inspiring new generations of scientists and motivating powerful new ways of extracting knowledge from very large datasets. The benefits are practical as well as philosophically inspiring.”<br />
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The QES project uses a space-probing method, known as transit, to detect new exoplanets through its remotely located telescopes in New Mexico (USA), Tenerife (Spain) and Urumqi (China). Its principle is continuous recording of light in the sky. If a planet traverses the light path, a fluctuation is seen in the detected light. Unpredicted fluctuations point to undiscovered transiting objects.<br />
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Since its launch in 2010, the QES discovered six new exoplanets this way, which were named Qatar-1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b and 6b. The planets are all from the “hot Jupiter” type – gas giants, scorching and inhospitable to the most basic life forms.<br />
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More sought-after are planets within a size range similar to Earth, and conditions that may harbor liquid water. But efforts to catalogue all types of exoplanets are valuable for a basic understanding of the cosmos.<br />
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Within the next two years, NASA’s intensive exoplanet search project TESS, planned for launch in March 2018, is expected to discover most of the remaining exoplanets of the hot Jupiter type (at least 3000 more) in the range of brightness and transit depth accessible to QES. TESS has the advantage of its telescopes being in space, achieving better signal and scope than telescopes on Earth. However, Cameron is confident that smaller-scale, land-based projects like WASP and QES will fill a vital new niche.<br />
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“Once that happens,” he says, “there will be an important new role for projects like QES in continuing to monitor the transits after TESS has moved on to different survey fields. It’s important to establish precise predictions of when transits will happen for years into the future.”<br />
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With a lot more to discover, and funding being no object, Qatar’s telescopes are likely to remain pointed skyward for the next few years. The focus on astronomy in particular may be more than just a development in the transition towards a knowledge-based and sustainable economy, but also a revival of historical tradition and heritage in the Arab region.<br />
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In neighboring UAE, the development of a space program, which includes various space satellite projects and the Emirates Mars Mission, is further testament to that.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-15854971389280217282018-06-01T03:32:00.000+07:002018-06-01T03:32:26.538+07:00Jordanian CH-4 Drone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- At a military airfield on the outskirts of the Jordanian capital, three American businessmen stood admiring the star exhibit, which looked eerily familiar: a large drone, armed with weapons under its wings, with a domed front.<br />
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“They brought the Predator here,” said one, in reference to the ubiquitous U.S. drone used in wars from Bosnia to Iraq.<br />
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“That is not a Predator,” another countered.<br />
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The drone on display was, in fact, a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Rainbow CH-4, which has quickly spread around the world. Jordan bought the drone in 2015 but displayed it publicly for the first time this year at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference, known as SOFEX, a biennial event where companies market their latest wares.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-32929634000658942612018-05-31T15:00:00.000+07:002018-05-31T15:00:02.518+07:00Caihong-X, Carrier-based attack drones to enter service with China's Navy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><a href="https://arabiandefense.blogspot.com/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- The Chinese Navy is testing new drones capable of synchronized operations with military aircraft.<br />
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The drones – or unmanned aerial vehicles – are tailor-made to ascend and land vertically on destroyers and even aircraft carriers.<br />
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Joint operations of manned military aircraft such as fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the way of the future, Shi Wen, chief engineer and designer of China’s Caihong attack drones, told Xinhua.<br />
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“We are making efforts to promote artificial intelligence for UAVs to allow manned aircraft to co-pilot UAVs,” Shi revealed.<br />
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, a military-industrial complex, was commissioned by the Chinese military to develop a squadron of attack and reconnaissance drones. They will be used by PLA naval units tasked with responding to emergencies in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea.<br />
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The Global Times has suggested that the first batch of shipborne drones will roll off the production line soon, once China’s first domestically made carrier nears its maiden sea trial.<br />
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“Although the military has not released any information, research into carrier-based UAVs started long ago, and ship-based UAVs have already been used in training on destroyers and frigates,” the paper quoted a naval expert as saying.<br />
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A new “stealth” drone, codenamed Caihong-X, believed to be the epitome of Chinese drone technology, will be displayed at Airshow China 2018 in November in the southern city of Zhuhai.<br />
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Observers believe Caihong-X could be compatible with electromagnetic catapults said to have been mounted on the homemade carrier.<br />
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The virtues of carrier-borne drones are obvious: extended payload, airborne time, operational radius, plus extra maneuverability, as it should have significant acceleration speed when it’s catapulted from a carrier, far beyond that of a normal plane.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-62481986607898652022018-02-22T16:21:00.002+07:002018-02-22T16:21:58.993+07:00Wing Loong II UAV Spotted in UAE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>ARABIAN DEFENSE</b> -- Satellite imagery may have identified the unnamed first export customer of China’s next-generation medium-altitude long-endurance and strike-capable Wing Loong II unnamed aerial vehicle (UAV).<br />
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According to satellite imagery taken at the remote Qusahwirah Air Base near the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) border with Oman and Saudi Arabia, three drones matching Wing Loong II dimensions were spotted in October 2017, Jane’s Defense Weekly revealed this month.<br />
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“The United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force has almost certainly acquired the AVIC Wing Loong II [UAV],” Jane’s concludes.<br />
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In February 2017, Chinese state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced that it had scored its first and biggest oversea purchase order for the Wing Loong II by an undisclosed buyer. (<b><a href="https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/is-the-uae-secretly-buying-chinese-killer-drones/">Source</a></b>)<br />
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<i><b><a href="http://www.arabianaerospace.aero/middle-east-addicted-to-game-of-drones.html">The UAE acquired the RQ-1E Predator XP in 2013 through domestic prime International Golden Group, under a $197 million deal for an undisclosed number of UAVs. The type has a reduced payload capacity in accordance with the rules of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), ultimately meaning it cannot be armed. </a></b></i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-14844412637757787562018-02-22T16:14:00.001+07:002018-02-22T16:14:42.146+07:00Qatar to Purchase S-400 Air Defense System from Russia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>ARABIAN DEFENSE</b> -- Qatar is sending new signals that the current regional blockade against it has still not compromised its independence. On Jan. 25, Qatar's ambassador to Russia, Fahad bin Mohammed al-Attiya, told Russia's Tass news agency that his country was in "advanced" talks to buy Russia's S-400 air defense system.<br />
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The comments were widely published in Qatari media and have received acclaim from many prominent Qatari Twitter users.<br />
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From a military perspective, the S-400 system is not particularly critical for Qatar. The U.S. air base at al-Udeid has long been the country's main security guarantor, and the new base that Turkey established in Qatar in the wake of the blockade, which began in June, offered an additional military boost.<br />
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The S-400, while useful for giving Qatar an advanced air defense system to address recent air space violations, is more than anything a diplomatic move.<br />
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<b><a href="http://arabiandefense.blogspot.co.id/">ARABIAN DEFENSE</a></b> -- The first two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets destined for Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) have completed maiden flight from BAE Systems final assembly facility in Warton, Lancashire, UK.<br />
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The twin seat trainer variants ZR410 and ZR411 are part of 12 aircraft deal signed in 2012 and will be delivered in 2017.<br />
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Oman was the second of the three Middle East nations who have ordered this European multi-national fighter. Currently Saudi Arabia operates the type and Kuwait have 28 on order.<br />
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The new Typhoon fleet will replace Oman’s Sepecat Jaguar fighter-bombers retired in 2014 and complement the F-16 C/D fighter jets acquired from USA.<br />
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The fleet will be based at the newly constructed Adam airbase, located about 100 miles south west of capital Muscat.<br />
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The Eurofighter is powered by twin EJ200 jet engines rated at 90 kN each that enable it to achieve a top speed of Mach 2 and a maximum altitude of 55,000 ft.<br />
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Under its 13 external hardpoints, the Typhoon can carry a wide range of missiles, bombs and sensors to form Oman's frontline fighter fleet. The Typhoon's fighter-bomber swing role capability is evident from its ability to carry up to 6 bombs whilst also carrying six missiles, a cannon and a targeting pod.<br />
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Only 15% of the aircraft’s surface is metal, delivering stealth operation and protection from radar-based systems.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-90513865527381003642016-12-01T02:12:00.003+07:002016-12-01T02:12:58.921+07:00Saudi Unveils Five-Year Plan for Defense Cooperation with China<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>ARABIAN DEFENSE</b> -- On November 7, 2016, Saudi Arabia’s ruling monarch King Salman bin Abdulaziz met with Meng Jianzhu, a special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Riyadh. After a series of talk between Chinese officials and senior members of the Saudi royal family, the Saudi government unveiled a five-year plan for Saudi Arabia-China security cooperation during Meng’s visit.<br />
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This plan would include counterterrorism cooperation and joint military drills, cementing Saudi Arabia’s status as a vital Chinese ally in the Middle East.<br />
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Even though China has emerged as Saudi Arabia’s leading economic partner in recent years, the transition toward a full-fledged defensive partnership is a new, largely unforeseen development.<br />
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In contrast to the multibillion dollar annual arms contracts binding Saudi Arabia to the United States, China only sold $700 million in arms to Riyadh from 2008-2011. Low levels of Riyadh-Beijing security cooperation were attributed to China’s long-standing friendship with Iran, disagreements over Bashar al-Assad’s future in Syria and long-standing Chinese disdain for Saudi Arabia’s sponsorship of Islamist networks.<br />
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<b>ARABIAN DEFENSE </b>-- Starting in 2017, state-owned aircraft manufacture PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) will maintain Saudi Arabian military helicopters and aircraft.<br />
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“We are still processing the contract,” Brig. Gen Jan Pieter Ate, the Defense Ministry’s director of the defense industry and technology, told<i><b><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/11/26/indonesia-to-maintain-saudi-arabian-military-aircraft.html"> The Jakarta Post</a></b></i> on Friday.<br />
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Jan said DI was among defense companies in Indonesia ready to offer maintenance services for foreign military helicopters and airplanes.<br />
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“We have a good track record in cooperation with Airbus and the ability to produce aircraft for foreign countries,” he said.<br />
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DI previously provided maintenance services for Columbian and Panamanian aircraft.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-29363596622799423572016-08-06T11:18:00.000+07:002016-08-06T11:18:51.161+07:00North Korea Aims for the Moon Exploration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>ARABIAN DEFENSE</b> -- North Korea wants to plant its flag on the moon sometime in the next 10 years, despite international sanctions.<br />
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The intention was revealed in an Associated Press news agency interview with Hyon Kwang-iI, a senior official at North Korea's National Aerospace Development Administration, Thursday.<br />
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"We will not be daunted by the U.S. and its allies trying to block our space development program," Hyon said. "We will conquer space and plant the flag on the moon."<br />
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North Korea is working on launching more Earth observation satellites, according to its five-year plan, under orders from leader Kim Jong-un. It hopes to place more advanced satellites by 2020, including its first geostationary satellite. The plan also includes manned spaceflights and scientific experiments in space.<br />
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Ramzan Kadyrov has accused the US authorities of instigating the civil war in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries, and called on senior politicians in these states to set aside their differences and unite in the face of what he sees as a common enemy.<br />
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“During the 37 years of the war in Afghanistan peace has not become closer, not even by a single step. The United States used the excuse of fighting their own Bin Laden to unleash a decades-long civil war there. America and NATO could have solved the Afghan problem in just two years, but they need this eternal bloody cauldron in Afghanistan that takes the lives of many thousands of young Muslims,” the acting head of the Chechen Republic stated in comments on the latest terrorist attack in Kabul.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-27451817625661104552016-06-12T17:05:00.001+07:002016-11-27T19:55:14.658+07:00Algerian Helicopter Carrier Kalaat Béni Abbès<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ARABIEN DEFENSE -- Kalaat Beni Abbes is an amphibious transport dock of the Algerian National Navy, built by the Italian firm Fincantieri as an enlarged and improved version of the San Giorgio class. The ship measures 143 meters long and 21.5 meters wide. It has a range of 6000 miles at 20 knots. The ship has a continuous flight deck with two deck-landing spots for helicopters in the bow and stern.<br />
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Ordered in 2011, the ship was acquired by the Algerian National Navy on the 4th September 2014. The first official docking - and commissioning ceremony - was on 28 March 2015 in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the ANP and the High Command of the Algerian National Navy.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-14695705668473528142016-06-12T17:00:00.000+07:002016-06-12T17:01:48.158+07:00Pakistan Celebrate First Nuclear Tests<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ARABIAN DEFENSE -- The Pakistan Repatriation Council (PRC) recently organized in Jeddah a symposium titled “Nuclear technology: Our need and obligation” to mark the 18th anniversary of Pakistan’s detonation of a nuclear bomb. Pakistan carried out the nuclear tests in May, 1998, defying the intense pressure of Western powers to prevent it. The reaction of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to this pressure was that the acquisition of nuclear technology was a matter of life and death as far as Pakistan and its national security were concerned. With these tests, Pakistan became a member of the club of nuclear powers. It was the first Muslim nation to possess nuclear weapons.<br />
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It was the late president Mohammed Ayub Khan who took the initiative for Pakistan’s nuclear program in the 1960s when he established a nuclear reactor and power plant with the help of Canada in Karachi in 1963. This reactor started operation in the early 1970s. When India conducted its first nuclear tests in 1974, the then Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto declared that Pakistan would build a nuclear bomb. “If India built the bomb, we will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own,” he said.<br />
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Bhutto courageously initiated Pakistan’s strategic defense institute by bringing home renowned nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, who is the father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb. He is also known as the father of the Islamic nuclear bomb in that Pakistan is the only Islamic nation possessing nuclear weapons.<br />
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Several prominent figures of the Pakistani community in Jeddah addressed the symposium. All of them expressed their immense pride in Pakistan’s great achievements in the field of nuclear technology. They urged the Pakistani government to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, such as the generation of electricity and to support medical and agricultural products to benefit not only the people of Pakistan but of the entire Muslim world.<br />
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The speakers also drew attention to the misery of the stranded Pakistanis who have been languishing in squalid camps in Bangladesh for 45 years. They pointed out that Bangladeshis treat these hapless people in a humiliating manner because they stood by the Pakistan army in safeguarding the unity of the nation during the civil war. The speakers voiced concern over the attitude of successive Pakistani governments in ignoring the cause of the stranded Pakistanis and abandoning them to a doomed fate.<br />
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When my turn to speak at the symposium came, I first congratulated the PRC and its officials for organizing the event to mark the anniversary of Youm-e-Takbeer (The Day of Greatness) which, of course, deserves to be celebrated. I expressed my hope that Pakistan would always remain a strong and powerful nation. I also said that I hoped that Pakistan would never use its nuclear weapon and that it would always remain a deterrent to maintain the balance of power in the subcontinent. I emphasized the fact that the nuclear explosion of 1998 was an important achievement for the defense of Pakistan as a strong Pakistan is needed for the Ummah. I said: “If Japan had its own nuclear weapon, then the US would not have dared to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”<br />
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I also expressed happiness over the initiative of the Pakistani government to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, such as the production of electricity and for medical and agricultural purposes, in addition to other objectives that are instrumental in serving humanity and spurring its progress.<br />
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I said: “The great nuclear state should not have forgotten its quarter of a million patriotic citizens languishing in Bangladesh for over four decades. I was very happy when Nawaz Sharif became prime minister for the third time, but, unfortunately, he has not taken any steps for the promised repatriation of those Pakistanis. I pray and hope that Sharif has successful heart surgery in Britain and returns to fulfill his commitment to repatriate and rehabilitate the stranded Pakistanis, a process which he started during his previous tenures.”<br />
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In the concluding speech, Syed Ehsanul Haque, convener of the PRC, thanked all the speakers, guests and attendees of the symposium. He appealed to Sharif to establish a nuclear research university, headed by Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, to explore the use of electricity production and to enhance the use of nuclear energy for agriculture and medical purposes so as to benefit not only Pakistanis but also to earn precious foreign exchange.<br />
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Haque also urged Sharif to reactivate the Rabita Trust, which was founded to start the process of the repatriation and rehabilitation of the stranded Pakistanis. He said: “To overcome the paucity of funds, we sought the implementation of the PRC proposal of the ‘settlement of stranded Pakistanis on a self financing basis.’ The Pakistani High Commissioner at Dhaka should be assigned to take care of the food, health, life and security of a quarter of a million Pakistanis stranded in Bangladesh”. He called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to include at the top of its agenda the issue of the settlement of the stranded Pakistanis.<br />
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Haque said the Pakistani government should use organizations, such as the<br />
United Nations and the OIC, and superpowers like the US to mount pressure on India to implement the UN resolution on holding a plebiscite in Kashmir so as to enable the people of Kashmir to enjoy the self-determination of their future.<br />
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Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi is a former Saudi diplomat who specializes in Southeast Asian affairs. He can be reached at algham@hotmail.com<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303173861846386849.post-81287377571525388632016-06-12T16:41:00.001+07:002016-06-12T16:41:51.312+07:00Egypt, Saudi Arabia in Nuclear Energy Cooperation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ARABIAN DEFENSE -- Egypt's cabinet approved on Thursday a deal with Saudi Arabia regarding peaceful cooperation on nuclear power, according to a cabinet press release.<br />
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The deal was initially signed on 8 April during a visit by Saudi's King Salman Abdel Aziz to Cairo.<br />
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The agreement aims to establish cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear power and on nuclear security, according to the release.<br />
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Egypt's government is moving ahead with plans to build the country's first nuclear power plant, expected to be completed in 2022 and operational by 2024.<br />
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The plant, located in Dabaa in the coastal governorate of Marsa Matrouh, will eventually generate a total of 4,800 megawatts through four reactors.<br />
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Last week, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi approved a $25 billion loan from Russia to fund the building and operation of the plant.<br />
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Egypt and Saudi Arabia are already working on connecting their power grids through a $1.6 billion deal, approved by Egypt's cabinet in January 2015, where they would share 3,000 megawatts of electricity by 2017.<br />
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During King Salman's visit, Egypt and Saudi Arabia also signed final loan agreements worth over $24 billion.<br />
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ARABIAN DEFENSE -- The first Boeing AH-6i light attack/reconnaissance helicopter destined to serve the Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG) was in the final stage of assembly this week at the manufacturer’s Mesa, Ariz. facility. Company officials expect to deliver the helicopter in July.<br />
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During a press trip Boeing hosted at its Mesa production facility, reporters viewed the first SANG AH-6i helicopter—numbered 61001—going through the final week of the build process, prior to entering flight testing. Seven of 24 AH-6is ordered under a 2014 foreign military sale (FMS) were cycling through assembly. Fuselages for the first AH-6is manufactured for Saudi Arabia are being provided by MD Helicopters, with sub-assembly taking place in Monterrey, Mexico.<br />
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AH-6is can be fitted with a combination of Hellfire missile and rocket launchers, miniguns and machine guns. The aircraft's integrated, digital cockpit and mission computer were derived from the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter.<br />
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The Defense Contract Management Agency will perform acceptance flight testing of the helicopters before turning them over to the Saudi government. It is expected that several Saudi pilots will train in Mesa, as well as pilots who will serve as instructors in Saudi Arabia.<br />
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The armed, single-engine helicopters were contained in a huge weapons deal the U.S. and Saudi Arabian governments negotiated in 2010 that included Boeing AH-64E Apache, Sikorsky UH-60M Blackhawk and MD Helicopters MD-530F helicopters. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency specified 36 AH-6is when it notified Congress of the pending sale on October 20 that year. In August 2014, the U.S. Army awarded Boeing a $234 million FMS contract to supply 24 AH-6is to the SANG, the inaugural customer of the light attack helicopter variant.<br />
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Separately, Boeing was awarded a $667 million FMS contract to supply 24 AH-64E Apaches to Qatar, the Department of Defense announced on June 7. Work on the contract is expected to be completed by May 2020.</div>
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ARABIAN DEFENSE -- The Qatari Armed forces signed deals worth almost $9 billion at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) 2016 this week.<br />
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During the show the Qatari armed forces made a number of significant deals, including the consolidation of a deal for 24 Dassault Rafale fighters armed with long-range cruise missiles worth $7.6 billion and a coastal battery system with MBDA worth $710 million.<br />
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France had the lion's share of sales to the Qatari Armed Forces with a total of $8.4 billion out of the $8.9 billion total deals that also included the purchase of a 51 percent stake of Polish company WKK, which specializes in the manufacture of composite materials and fuselage production.<br />
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"[The year] 2015 saw, in particular, a decision by the Qatari authorities to buy French Rafales and earlier we signed, consolidated the initiative undertook by Qatari authorities last May, so our relations are good," French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said at the Rafale signing in Doha.<br />
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"I wanted to add that our relations with Qatar are global, which means that we share strategic exchanges, information on the situation in the Middle East. We have a strong relation and largely common views."<br />
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At the exhibition Le Drian hinted that his government is offering additional systems and capabilities to the Qataris and more deals might yet come.<br />
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"This forum allows [us] to see everything that France can offer in terms of equipment and its capacities, with the different companies and businesses that are here, including in the helicopter field and the naval field. There are ongoing discussions on several topics, and they are confidential and honest," he said.<br />
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The deals:<br />
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Rafale International (Dassault Aviation) for 24 Rafale fighter jets, support equipment and training. $7.6B<br />
Qatari company Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) for diving support boats. $47.8M<br />
Turkish company Yonca Onuc (J.V.) for the purchase of fast interceptor vessels. $46.6M<br />
European company Zodiac for the purchase of armed fast attack vessels. $18.67M<br />
French company Airbus for a long distance satellite ground imaging station. $54.9M<br />
South Korean company AK & Partners, Inc. for surveillance vehicles. $9.5M<br />
US company Aurora for drone sensor integration $126.4M<br />
US company L-3 for MX20D and M25 drone $34.8M<br />
US company Textron Systems for Aerosonde MK 4.7 drones $34.8M<br />
US company Lockheed Martin 3-year C-130 maintenance contract $13.7M<br />
European company MBDA for coastal battery system $710M<br />
European company MBDA for new Exocet MM40 B3 missiles $65.9M<br />
German company MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH for maintenance and overhaul of the MTU propulsion system $26M<br />
Qatari company Nakilat for the training of navy officers. Undisclosed.<br />
Al Zaeem M.B.A.A. Air Academy and French company DCI for fighter and helicopter pilot training. $37M<br />
German company Reiner Stemme Utility Air-Systems GmbH for the production of drones. $100.2M<br />
Purchase of 51 percent of Polish company WKK, which specializes in the manufacture of composite materials and fuselage production. Undisclosed.<br />
French company Thales for Searchmaster radar. $16.4M<br />
Deal with Chinese National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CASIC) for the provision of support in the fields of production and military cooperation between the drone project committee and CASIC. Undisclosed.</div>
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