UAE commissions 2nd Arialah class OPV, Hmeem.

Armed with a 57mm gun, two 30mm guns, decoy launchers and one 11-cell RAM launcher.

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UAE commissions 2nd Arialah class OPV, Hmeem.

Armed with a 57mm gun, two 30mm guns, decoy launchers and one 11-cell RAM launcher.

Any idea about the price. This is some sweet OPV in terms of armaments

Interesting...

tdayof:



Any idea about the price. This is some sweet OPV in terms of armaments

No idea Dayo.

Error relating to the images:
The Arialah (6701) was delivered in 2017 while the recent delivery is the Hmeem (6702).



Country of origin: Netherlands
Class: Offshore Patrol Vessel
Design: Damen Shipyards (Netherlands)
Hull construction: Damen Galati Shipyard (Romania)
Combat systems: Thales (France)
Combat system installation: Abu Dhabi Ship Building (UAE)
Introduced: 2017

Displacement: Unknown
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 36 ft (11 m)
Draft: 17.7 ft (5.4 m)
Hull Material: Steel – Aluminium superstructure
Propulsion: 4 x MTU diesels
Speed: 23+ mph (20+ kt)
Range: Unknown
Endurance: 21 days
Fuel Capacity: Unknown
Crew: 42 + 35 troops + 3 helicopter crew

Armament:
Guns: 1 x 57mm BAE Bofors
2 x 30mm OTO Melara MARLIN automatic guns
Anti-air: 11 x Raytheon Mk 49 Mod 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles
Anti-ship: None
Other: None

Radar/Sensors:
Thales Smart-S Mk 2 search radar
Thales STIR fire control
Mirador electro-optical system

Defense/ Countermeasures:
Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) decoys
Vigile radar-band electronic support measures (ESM)
Altesse communication ESM

Others:
TACTICOS combat management system
Landing deck for helicopter
2 x fast interceptor craft
Operated by the UAE’s Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA)
Features ‘sea axe’ bow

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china PLANAF Su-30MK2 carrying Kh-31 AShMs.

china Z-19 attack helicopter

China's first indigenous polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 to be completed next year

Successful launch of 2 Beidou-3 navigation satellites to medium Earth orbit confirmed. Liftoff at 17:56 UTC Thursday (01:56 Friday local) from Xichang via Long March 3b/YZ-1. These are the 7th & 8th Beidou-3 (global) sats & 30th & 31st Beidou sats overall.

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No idea Dayo.

Error relating to the images:
The Arialah (6701) was delivered in 2017 while the recent delivery is the Hmeem (6702).



Country of origin: Netherlands
Class: Offshore Patrol Vessel
Design: Damen Shipyards (Netherlands)
Hull construction: Damen Galati Shipyard (Romania)
Combat systems: Thales (France)
Combat system installation: Abu Dhabi Ship Building (UAE)
Introduced: 2017

Displacement: Unknown
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 36 ft (11 m)
Draft: 17.7 ft (5.4 m)
Hull Material: Steel – Aluminium superstructure
Propulsion: 4 x MTU diesels
Speed: 23+ mph (20+ kt)
Range: Unknown
Endurance: 21 days
Fuel Capacity: Unknown
Crew: 42 + 35 troops + 3 helicopter crew

Armament:
Guns: 1 x 57mm BAE Bofors
2 x 30mm OTO Melara MARLIN automatic guns
Anti-air: 11 x Raytheon Mk 49 Mod 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles
Anti-ship: None
Other: None

Radar/Sensors:
Thales Smart-S Mk 2 search radar
Thales STIR fire control
Mirador electro-optical system

Defense/ Countermeasures:
Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) decoys
Vigile radar-band electronic support measures (ESM)
Altesse communication ESM

Others:
TACTICOS combat management system
Landing deck for helicopter
2 x fast interceptor craft
Operated by the UAE’s Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority (CICPA)
Features ‘sea axe’ bow

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IMO, looks like a good choice for NN . I'll still an OPV like NNS Unity if armed like this due to lack of helo hanger in this.

Bidexiii jakesporeshenko Odunayaw Lionel4power

tdayof:



IMO, looks like a good choice for NN . I'll still an OPV like NNS Unity if armed like this due to lack of helo hanger in this.

Bidexiii jakesporeshenko Odunayaw Lionel4power

Looks very good, I wish our OPVs had at least those countermeasures

Russia’s new Sarmat heavy ICBM undergoes 2nd launch test

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFSBogUk-40

tdayof:



IMO, looks like a good choice for NN . I'll still an OPV like NNS Unity if armed like this due to lack of helo hanger in this.

Bidexiii jakesporeshenko Odunayaw Lionel4power

IMO, NN should buy 2 or 4 additional P18N corvette.

standardization is key.

new Israel's drone ejecting tear gas canisters over gaza Palestinians

lionel4power:


IMO, NN should buy 2 or 4 additional P18N corvette.

standardization is key.

What about armament?

tdayof:
What about armament?

To be brutally honest, the Nigerian Navy have no offensive capability. We don't have the capacity to engage foreign aggression.

our 76mm guns, though quite impressive with its Rate Of Fire. however, it is grossly inadequate.

We need missiles on our vessels.

having 4-6 P18N corvette and two formidable multi-mission type frigate is the minimum requirement.

"Salute to the Nation"; Chief of Air Staff PAF leading Pakistan Day Flypast | Parade 23 March 2018

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TYTBc-5GaE

new Israel's drone ejecting tear gas canisters over gaza Palestinians

Who else remembers the Skunk riot control drone, launched as the first in the world back in 2014?

http://www.desert-wolf.com/dw/products/unmanned-aerial-systems/skunk-riot-control-copter.html

29 March launch of GSLV mk2 with GSAT-6A ( suspected as a sort of strategic millitary communication satellite) but officially classified as a civilian advanced S band communication testbed for testing out mobile communication and network management technologies.

GSAT-6A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJgJc3mTq4c

I thought Japanese fighters had no ground attack capabilities

jakeporeshenko:
I thought Japanese fighters had no ground attack capabilities

why not?

tdayof:
why not?

Same reason why their troops don’t deploy to other countries until recently, their whole pacifist thing.

jakeporeshenko:

Same reason why their troops don’t deploy to other countries until recently, their whole pacifist thing.

They operate a self defence force so I guess that is why. Officially, Japan has no military.

Seriously ?

What's the point of having an airforce with fighter jets with zero ground attack capabilities

All these fancy terms of pacifism, self defence force is only for people who want to believe such stuff.

Meet the commanders of jieitai , and any illusions will evaporate fast

Things written on paper r most of the time on paper only. Real world never forgives unreal expectations.

nemesis4u:

Don't. Just don't.

Frumentum:


Don't. Just don't.

Ok atleast Let not forget the yakuzas

Especially a few I..... wont

Qatar Land Forces Soldiers firing a Javelin ATGM .

Spanish Army 19th Special Forces Group in Central Africa Republic