May 31, 2012
IED for bomb and sniper detection
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May 30, 2012
Russia : New Tank Assessment Program Unveiled by Russian engineers
Russian engineers have unveiled a computer system for assessing the performance of tank crews.
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Fake Pakistani defence experts fooling pious Muslims into war and destruction by faking Hadiths
There is currently no electricity in Pakistan but yet this fake Pakistani defense "expert"is planning on going to war with neighboring countries.
This is like using Prophet Muhammad (SAW) for political means.
Shame on Muslims like this idiot Zaid Hamid who want to sow hatred and war amongst humanity instead of solving problems of poverty, drought, illiteracy, corruption and global warming.
Are nuclear bombs giving any security to Pakistanis today ? NO
Are nuclear bombs generating electricity today for Pakistan? NO
This is the same person who believed in Yusuf Kasab, the so-called 'false prophet'
May 29, 2012
Iran: Traces of higher-grade uranium detected in Iranian site: IAEA report
Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment plant
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VIENNA, May 25 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its latest report on Iranian nuclear issue that its inspectors have detected traces of up to 27 percent-purity enriched uranium in the country's Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment plant. The purity level is higher than the 20 percent Tehran has said it is enriching. According to the report obtained by media on Friday, Iran indicated that the production of such particles "above the target value" may happen for technical reasons beyond the operator's control.
"The results of analysis of environmental samples taken at FFEP (the Fordow site) on February 15 showed the presence of particles with enrichment levels of up to 27 percent U-235," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in the quarterly restricted report prepared for the agency's boarding meeting scheduled for early next month. The report said the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog is assessing Iran'explanation and has requested further details. The agency has also taken further environmental samples from the same location where the particles in question had been found and is analyzing the samples.
The Fordow nuclear plant has been built for producing up to 20 percent enriched uranium. The start of the nuclear work at the site has increased international concerns as the West suspects that Iran's uranium enrichment might be aimed at moving closer to the ability to make nuclear weapons.
In recent negotiations on Iran's disputed nuclear program, the West have demanded Iran close the Fordow site, an underground facility well protected against potential air strikes, and stop the production of 20-percent enriched uranium, according to media reports. Iran has asked the world powers to recognize the legitimate rights of the country to pursue peaceful nuclear technology.
Some analysts believe that in order to ease crushing sanctions adopted by the West, Iran will maintain lower grade enrichment activities though it may show flexibility over the suspension its 20-percent uranium enrichment.
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VIENNA, May 25 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its latest report on Iranian nuclear issue that its inspectors have detected traces of up to 27 percent-purity enriched uranium in the country's Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment plant. The purity level is higher than the 20 percent Tehran has said it is enriching. According to the report obtained by media on Friday, Iran indicated that the production of such particles "above the target value" may happen for technical reasons beyond the operator's control.
"The results of analysis of environmental samples taken at FFEP (the Fordow site) on February 15 showed the presence of particles with enrichment levels of up to 27 percent U-235," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in the quarterly restricted report prepared for the agency's boarding meeting scheduled for early next month. The report said the Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog is assessing Iran'explanation and has requested further details. The agency has also taken further environmental samples from the same location where the particles in question had been found and is analyzing the samples.
The Fordow nuclear plant has been built for producing up to 20 percent enriched uranium. The start of the nuclear work at the site has increased international concerns as the West suspects that Iran's uranium enrichment might be aimed at moving closer to the ability to make nuclear weapons.
In recent negotiations on Iran's disputed nuclear program, the West have demanded Iran close the Fordow site, an underground facility well protected against potential air strikes, and stop the production of 20-percent enriched uranium, according to media reports. Iran has asked the world powers to recognize the legitimate rights of the country to pursue peaceful nuclear technology.
Some analysts believe that in order to ease crushing sanctions adopted by the West, Iran will maintain lower grade enrichment activities though it may show flexibility over the suspension its 20-percent uranium enrichment.
May 28, 2012
Iran confirms sending troops to Syria
Islamic Republic
admits its forces are aiding Assad's regime in crackdown on
pro-democracy protesters; UN's tally of fatalities in Syrian uprising is
at 13,000
Iran confirmed Sunday that it has, as previously speculated, sent troops to aid President Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in his country. The United Nations and human rights groups estimate that over 13,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011 – 9,200 of them civilians.
"If the Islamic Republic was not present in Syria, the massacre of civilians would have been twice as bad," General Ismail Qa'ani, deputy-commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Qods Force, told Tehran's ISNA news agency. Iran, he added, "Had physically and non-physically stopped the rebels from killing many more among the Syrian people."
This was a rare admission by an Iranian official that Tehran was truly aiding the Damascus regime. The quote was later removed from ISNA's website.
Iran confirmed Sunday that it has, as previously speculated, sent troops to aid President Bashar Assad's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in his country. The United Nations and human rights groups estimate that over 13,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011 – 9,200 of them civilians.
"If the Islamic Republic was not present in Syria, the massacre of civilians would have been twice as bad," General Ismail Qa'ani, deputy-commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Qods Force, told Tehran's ISNA news agency. Iran, he added, "Had physically and non-physically stopped the rebels from killing many more among the Syrian people."
This was a rare admission by an Iranian official that Tehran was truly aiding the Damascus regime. The quote was later removed from ISNA's website.
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Technologies Evolving To Cloak Battlefield Vehicles From Sensors
The ultimate stealth protection for anything on or over a battlefield would be the ability to disappear from view, leaving no visual, electronic or infrared (IR) signature for an enemy to detect.
Work is underway to develop technologies that conceal, cloak or otherwise make objects appear to vanish. In many cases, the value of these technologies is in their ability to dupe an enemy into thinking he sees something besides a threat or potential target—background vegetation, for example, or an innocent vehicle. Even if the image an enemy detects only confuses him for seconds, it could be enough time for a friendly force to evade fire.
There are a number of invisibility research—or, more accurately, cloaking—projects attracting interest and funding from militaries and other organizations around the world. Two in particular have come to the fore: the Adaptiv Active Defense System from BAE Systems of the U.K., which uses IR cloaking technology and is reportedly within two years of being production-ready for use on ground, air and sea vehicles; and the Black Fox electronic thermal IR countermeasure system from Eltics Ltd. of Israel, which is likewise designed to make vehicles invisible to thermal sensors.
These technologies represent real-world solutions to concealment. They are designed to counter IR surveillance and targeting technology by confusing remote sensors, including those on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), heat-seeking missiles or in use by gunners with thermal vision systems. They would not be effective against a squad of soldiers or an observation team that maneuvered near enough to observe a target with their own eyes.
These approaches contrast with what most scientists are doing in cloaking research, which typically involves devising techniques for manipulating electromagnetic waves of visual light to conceal 2-D and lately 3-D objects. This usually involves “transformation optics,” which bend electromagnetic waves and control the emission of light from an object. Other researchers use metamaterials, man-made composites that derive their properties from nano-scale structures rather than their composition, to alter the path of light and conceal objects. Some work involves so-called cloaking carpets that hide objects from IR radiation and microwave detection, again by bending and warping emissions around or away from objects.
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May 27, 2012
Al Qaida Abducted Saudi envoy - Abdallah al-Khalidi begs king for help
DUBAI: A Saudi Arabian diplomat kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in Yemen urged the Saudi king to meet his captors' demand for the release of women prisoners, in a video message posted on the Internet on Saturday.
"I plead the custodian of the two mosques (Saudi King Abdullah) to bring me back to my family, to my children and wife," said Abdallah al-Khalidi, the Saudi deputy consul in the Yemeni port city of Aden, who was abducted in March. "I plead King Abdullah ... to save me and release me from al Qaeda in return for the release of the imprisoned sisters," the diplomat said in the video posted on an Internet forum used by al Qaeda members.
Khalidi, who wore traditional white robes and a redhead-dress, did not specify who the women were or whether they were linked to al Qaeda, but said they were held by Saudi security services. There was nothing in the video to indicate when it was recorded and its authenticity could not be verified.
Last month a militant who claimed responsibility for the kidnapping threatened to kill Khalidi unless a ransom was paid and al Qaeda prisoners were freed from Saudi jails. The United States and its Gulf Arab allies have watched with mounting alarm as al Qaeda, emboldened by political instability in Yemen, has waged war on the country's government.
Killer AH-64 Apache
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FANTASTIC VIDEO OF US MARINE ENGINEERS DESTROYING TALIBAN IED FACTORY
Three serving Navy officers Pakistan Navy were convicted in PNS Mehran Base attack
KARACHI: The court martial proceedings of PNS Mehran Base attack have completed. Three serving Navy officers were convicted for their negligence regarding the security measurements, sources said. The seniority of the three officers has been demoted.
Those convicted includes Commodore Raja Tahir (base Commander), Security Officer Lt. Commander Abrar ul Hassan and Captain Muhammad Israr (base Commander), according to military sources. The sources said that seniority of Commodore Raja Tahir has been demoted by one year while seniority of Lt Commander Abrar ul Hassan and Captain Muhammad Israar have been demoted by six months.
It is to be mentioned here that militants attacked PNS Mehran Base on 22 May and damaged installations of Pakistan Air Force including two P-3C Orion planes.
Those convicted includes Commodore Raja Tahir (base Commander), Security Officer Lt. Commander Abrar ul Hassan and Captain Muhammad Israr (base Commander), according to military sources. The sources said that seniority of Commodore Raja Tahir has been demoted by one year while seniority of Lt Commander Abrar ul Hassan and Captain Muhammad Israar have been demoted by six months.
It is to be mentioned here that militants attacked PNS Mehran Base on 22 May and damaged installations of Pakistan Air Force including two P-3C Orion planes.
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What goes around comes around - As you sow so shall you reap
A Pakistani protester accidentally catches fire while burning the
effigy of US President Barack Obama during a protest outside the US consulate
on Egerton Road.
May 26, 2012
Pakistani nuclear Weapons might fall in Terrorist hands- Journeyman pictures
Afghans protest the interference of Pakistan in the internal affairs of their country
Generals, rebels, plots: just another Pakistan and Afghan day
KABUL: The general lifted up his camouflage jacket to expose his 9mm Beretta and disprove the rumours of his arrest flying around Kabul. “Don’t think I have come from prison, I am armed,” he pointed out. General Omar Zadran is in charge of security for a swathe of the Afghan capital that includes the presidential palace, the ministry of defence, the US embassy and other key facilities.
It is a role that sees him hosting visiting heads of government and other delegates. “(US Defense Secretary) Leon Panetta was my guest just the other night,” he says.
But this week he was caught up amid reports of a huge suicide attack being foiled at the ministry of defence, with 11 suicide vests found and as many as 18 people arrested.
It was said officials of Afghanistan’s intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), were warning of an attack by the Haqqani Network, an insurgent group allied to the Taliban, which would also involve Afghan soldiers.
According to the rumour mill, the NDS had asked Afghanistan’s defence minister to dismiss a general with longstanding “links” to the Haqqanis.
The reports triggered a frenzy of speculation that refused to die down completely, despite a series of formal defence ministry statements vehemently denying anything had happened, and the presidency threatening legal action.
It is an illustration of both the factionalism that plagues the authorities in Kabul, and the persistence of rumour in the Afghan capital.
In the internecine world of Afghanistan’s politics, alliances, rivalries and relationships go back decades.
Zadran, a burly Pashtun with a penetrating stare, is now one of Kabul’s top generals, with two of his battalions stationed inside President Hamid Karzai’s palace.
But as a resistance fighter against Soviet troops in the 1980s he lined up alongside Jalaluddin Haqqani, who went on to found the eponymous organisation that fights alongside the Taliban against Kabul and its Western allies.
“During the jihad I joined Hezb-i Islami, the Yunus Khalis faction,” Zadran told AFP at the defence ministry (there is another group also called Hezb-i Islami, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, which is part of the current insurgency).
“Haqqani was also under Khalis, I can’t deny it,” Zadran said. “I was commander in Khost province, I had good relations with Haqqani until the end of the jihad since we needed to fight the Soviets.”
After that, though, “Haqqani chose to go and join the Taliban, I chose to go and join democracy. If I had any sort of connection with Haqqani now I could easily have entered the presidential palace and harmed anyone there.” Zadran, 52, who has six children, blamed his “enemies” for the rumours.
“I have foiled many plots by the Taliban, al-Qaeda and regional spy agencies,” he said, describing himself as a “headache” for them.
“Enemies are trying to destroy me so to be able to infiltrate the palace or defence ministry.”
“The regional intelligence organisations are involved” in the Afghanistan conflict, said Waziri.
Such allegations are common in the Afghan capital.
Earlier this month there were reports of a stand-up row between Karzai’s chief of staff and a deputy foreign minister, with each of them accusing the other of spying, one for Pakistan and the other for the United States.
The pair had to be physically separated by General John Allen, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, and US ambassador Ryan Crocker, al-Jazeera said.Factional divisions in Kabul can be on institutional or ethnic grounds — the rivalries between Afghanistan’s Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazara and Uzbeks go back well over a century — or even sometimes on issues of policy.
It adds up to a minefield for attempts to negotiate a settlement of the conflict and begin national reconciliation.
“Any meaningful reconciliation with the insurgency would have to be premised on a consensus among elements supporting the government. That is, an agreement requires inclusiveness,” said Marvin Weinbaum, of the Middle East Institute in Washington.
“When allies in the government begin to turn on one another — if that is what is happening — the most likely outcome is not to repeat a two-sided civil war but something more chaotic and especially likely to produce proxy warfare,” he warned.
But the ties that divide could, in more optimistic scenarios, have the potential to bind.
As it happens, Zadran believes his old comrade-in-arms Haqqani can be enticed into a peace deal. “He always liked money,” he said.
It is a role that sees him hosting visiting heads of government and other delegates. “(US Defense Secretary) Leon Panetta was my guest just the other night,” he says.
But this week he was caught up amid reports of a huge suicide attack being foiled at the ministry of defence, with 11 suicide vests found and as many as 18 people arrested.
It was said officials of Afghanistan’s intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), were warning of an attack by the Haqqani Network, an insurgent group allied to the Taliban, which would also involve Afghan soldiers.
According to the rumour mill, the NDS had asked Afghanistan’s defence minister to dismiss a general with longstanding “links” to the Haqqanis.
The reports triggered a frenzy of speculation that refused to die down completely, despite a series of formal defence ministry statements vehemently denying anything had happened, and the presidency threatening legal action.
It is an illustration of both the factionalism that plagues the authorities in Kabul, and the persistence of rumour in the Afghan capital.
In the internecine world of Afghanistan’s politics, alliances, rivalries and relationships go back decades.
Zadran, a burly Pashtun with a penetrating stare, is now one of Kabul’s top generals, with two of his battalions stationed inside President Hamid Karzai’s palace.
But as a resistance fighter against Soviet troops in the 1980s he lined up alongside Jalaluddin Haqqani, who went on to found the eponymous organisation that fights alongside the Taliban against Kabul and its Western allies.
“During the jihad I joined Hezb-i Islami, the Yunus Khalis faction,” Zadran told AFP at the defence ministry (there is another group also called Hezb-i Islami, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, which is part of the current insurgency).
“Haqqani was also under Khalis, I can’t deny it,” Zadran said. “I was commander in Khost province, I had good relations with Haqqani until the end of the jihad since we needed to fight the Soviets.”
After that, though, “Haqqani chose to go and join the Taliban, I chose to go and join democracy. If I had any sort of connection with Haqqani now I could easily have entered the presidential palace and harmed anyone there.” Zadran, 52, who has six children, blamed his “enemies” for the rumours.
“I have foiled many plots by the Taliban, al-Qaeda and regional spy agencies,” he said, describing himself as a “headache” for them.
“Enemies are trying to destroy me so to be able to infiltrate the palace or defence ministry.”
“The regional intelligence organisations are involved” in the Afghanistan conflict, said Waziri.
Such allegations are common in the Afghan capital.
Earlier this month there were reports of a stand-up row between Karzai’s chief of staff and a deputy foreign minister, with each of them accusing the other of spying, one for Pakistan and the other for the United States.
The pair had to be physically separated by General John Allen, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, and US ambassador Ryan Crocker, al-Jazeera said.Factional divisions in Kabul can be on institutional or ethnic grounds — the rivalries between Afghanistan’s Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazara and Uzbeks go back well over a century — or even sometimes on issues of policy.
It adds up to a minefield for attempts to negotiate a settlement of the conflict and begin national reconciliation.
“Any meaningful reconciliation with the insurgency would have to be premised on a consensus among elements supporting the government. That is, an agreement requires inclusiveness,” said Marvin Weinbaum, of the Middle East Institute in Washington.
“When allies in the government begin to turn on one another — if that is what is happening — the most likely outcome is not to repeat a two-sided civil war but something more chaotic and especially likely to produce proxy warfare,” he warned.
But the ties that divide could, in more optimistic scenarios, have the potential to bind.
As it happens, Zadran believes his old comrade-in-arms Haqqani can be enticed into a peace deal. “He always liked money,” he said.
May 25, 2012
"Pak=Pure" Army Chief General Kayani takes Indian Journalist -Aneeta Joshua sends to send message to India from Siachen
Kayani sends message to India from Siachen
Gyari (SIACHEN): Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s reiteration on Thursday for more confidence building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India seemed more intended for Indian ears than the former.
In a way, Kayaniís third visit to Gayari where 139 men of the 6th Northern Light Infantry were buried alive in an avalanche on April 7 indicated a CBM of sorts. It was the first time that an Indian journalist Aneeta Joshua of daily The Hindu, was taken to a forward position that is a mere 3.5 miles away from combat posts at Siachen. She was barred from visiting even the twin city of Rawalpindi in the last two years since she had been posted in Islamabad. In the changing circumstances, Aneeta was allowed to travel the entire breadth of Gilgit-Baltistan that her country disputes as part of Pakistan.
The COAS chose the occasion to also reiterate his call for demilitarisation of Siachen. In Pakistan, he said in response to a question, the idea got across-the-board support. ìIt has been received positively in India also except with some ifs and buts. That is understandable because there have to be CBMs between the two countries and then we have to move forward. Letís hope we can move forward.î
He referred to a peaceful resolution of the issue for the third time in a month but pointed out that there had been a regression in the talks after India shifted its goalpost. He said the two countries were close to a resolution in 1989 by agreeing to authenticate [ground positions] in the northern most point of the LoC (technically known as NJ 9842). However, India has changed phraseology by asking for demarcation of the Line of Control (LoC) at the last defence secretary-level talks on Siachen.
He re-emphasised that he was all for a peaceful resolution but ìshort of that we will do what we are supposed to doî -- fighting, that is. The presence of Aneeta Joshua, it seemed, was to convey the message to her one billion countrymen back home.
Gyari (SIACHEN): Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s reiteration on Thursday for more confidence building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India seemed more intended for Indian ears than the former.
In a way, Kayaniís third visit to Gayari where 139 men of the 6th Northern Light Infantry were buried alive in an avalanche on April 7 indicated a CBM of sorts. It was the first time that an Indian journalist Aneeta Joshua of daily The Hindu, was taken to a forward position that is a mere 3.5 miles away from combat posts at Siachen. She was barred from visiting even the twin city of Rawalpindi in the last two years since she had been posted in Islamabad. In the changing circumstances, Aneeta was allowed to travel the entire breadth of Gilgit-Baltistan that her country disputes as part of Pakistan.
The COAS chose the occasion to also reiterate his call for demilitarisation of Siachen. In Pakistan, he said in response to a question, the idea got across-the-board support. ìIt has been received positively in India also except with some ifs and buts. That is understandable because there have to be CBMs between the two countries and then we have to move forward. Letís hope we can move forward.î
He referred to a peaceful resolution of the issue for the third time in a month but pointed out that there had been a regression in the talks after India shifted its goalpost. He said the two countries were close to a resolution in 1989 by agreeing to authenticate [ground positions] in the northern most point of the LoC (technically known as NJ 9842). However, India has changed phraseology by asking for demarcation of the Line of Control (LoC) at the last defence secretary-level talks on Siachen.
He re-emphasised that he was all for a peaceful resolution but ìshort of that we will do what we are supposed to doî -- fighting, that is. The presence of Aneeta Joshua, it seemed, was to convey the message to her one billion countrymen back home.
May 24, 2012
Israeli Company Leads Development Of Tethered Surveillance UAVs
After establishing themselves as leaders in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, Israeli manufacturers are expanding to a new surveillance field—tethered hovering platforms.
These are lightweight, readily deployable devices that provide persistent surveillance on land or at sea. Data can be transmitted down to a nearby ground station or, via integrated data links, farther away.
A new company called Sky Sapience has unveiled HoverMast (see photo, p. 26). Equipped with four thrusters and a central fan for lift and stabilization, HoverMast lands without the need for additional recovery systems and comes in a small container that can be quickly installed on a vehicle.With the push of a button, the container opens, and HoverMast ascends 50 meters (164 ft.) within 15 sec. Gabriel Shachor, a retired Israeli air force brigadier general, formed Sky Sapience with a group of engineers. It works with another Israeli company called Controp, which manufactures sensors that can be installed on HoverMast for missions. The 10-kg (22-lb.) platform carries 9-kg payloads.
HoverMast is primarily for military surveillance, observation and target acquisition, as well as deployment of communications gear, communications intelligence and other electronic devices. But it is also described as an affordable application for border surveillance, urban security, crowd control and other civil uses.
The platform has a coaxial counterrotating ducted fan for lift, with four thrusters for station keeping, maneuvering and stabilization. The cable tether provides power and a wide-band data link. Payloads consist of electro-optic sensors, laser designators, radar or signals intelligence sensors. Data is transmitted to remote users or through the tether data link to a base station. HoverMast gets its power from the vehicle it deploys from, and is designed so that personnel who are unfamiliar with such drones can readily operate it. Sky Sapience developed HoverMast in response to a requirement by Israel's defense ministry for a lightweight tethered hovering platform. The system was one of several concepts evaluated by the ministry's research and development directorate (DDRD), which selected HoverMast as prime developer of the technology. Under a partnership with DRDD, Sky Sapience designed the platform and conducted prototype flight tests.
Sky Sapience also has a strategic partnership with G-Nius Unmanned Ground Systems Ltd., whose Guardium-LS multi-purpose, autonomous unmanned ground vehicle was selected for integration with HoverMast. Other applications include the Zibar light reconnaissance vehicle from IDO off-road industries.
Shachor says HoverMast compares favorably with the telescopic masts mounted on surveillance vehicles, offering faster response, lighter weight and the capability to operate on the move. Moreover, the platform alleviates the need to operate from horizontal surfaces and is less sensitive to wind gusts. In the stowed position HoverMast folds into a compact 72-cm-dia. (28.3-in.) container that can be carried on the bed or roof of manned or unmanned vehicles, or on small naval craft.
The development of HoverMast follows that of another hovering drone: the Electric Tethered Observation Platform (ETOP) from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is somewhat larger and carries a 20-kg payload. ETOP also takes off, hovers and lands without special landing and recovery systems. It can be deployed from a static or moving ground vehicle or station. ETOP is the first of a line of hovering platforms being developed by IAI for military and civil applications. It has four ducted rotors in a configuration with enough space for payloads at the center of gravity. These could be IAI's MiniPOP or MicroPOP electro-optical stabilized payloads or lightweight ground-surveillance radars. Electric power for the propulsion system, sensors, flight control and communications are fed from the ground through the tether, which extends 100 meters. Hovering time is limited by the ground platform's energy-storage capability.
Companies outside Israel are working on similar systems. One such is Bertin Technologies of France, which offers the HoverEye vertical-lift drone. This comes in two configurations—light and heavy. The 0.5-meter-dia., 70-cm-high model is 4 kg, and carries 0.3-kg payloads on 10-min. missions as far as 1,000 meters (500 meters beyond line of sight), at 20 kph (12.4 mph.).
The heavy version weighs 10 kg, is 70 cm in diameter and 110 cm high, and lofts 1-kg payloads on 20-min. sorties over 5 km (1 km beyond line of sight). Both use electric propulsion.
HoverEye has automatic and semi-automatic flight modes and auto-pilot, auto-hovering and obstacle avoidance. The system is equipped with day/night imaging sensors and mission-specific payloads such as bio-chemical sniffers, communications gear and improvised explosive device detection sensors.
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May 23, 2012
Pakistan armed forces successfully experimented with the technique of jamming movement of tanks and using laser technology in modern warfare
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
visited Muzaffargarh Ranges on Tuesday to witness the concluding summer
exercises.
The Pakistan armed forces successfully experimented with the technique of jamming movement of tanks and using laser technology in modern warfare. ‘Enemy’ tanks were tracked and jammed through centrally controlled laser technology via wireless supervision and monitoring.
The workout was held after comprehensive deliberation by the research and strategic division of the Pakistan armed forces.(Any idea where this group is located?)
Armour troops exhibited their skill and crafty manoeuvres were seen during the exercises. Cobra gunship helicopters also engaged targets successfully at different positions. The Miraj Aircraft of Pakistan Air Force also participated in the exercise providing air cover to the troops in offensive and defensive manoeuvres. Infantry and Army troops also demonstrated their skills. The aim of the exercise is to provide a tactical environment to the troops of armour, infantry and artillery for handling weapons and equipment during war.
The workout was held after comprehensive deliberation by the research and strategic division of the Pakistan armed forces.(Any idea where this group is located?)
Armour troops exhibited their skill and crafty manoeuvres were seen during the exercises. Cobra gunship helicopters also engaged targets successfully at different positions. The Miraj Aircraft of Pakistan Air Force also participated in the exercise providing air cover to the troops in offensive and defensive manoeuvres. Infantry and Army troops also demonstrated their skills. The aim of the exercise is to provide a tactical environment to the troops of armour, infantry and artillery for handling weapons and equipment during war.
The COAS appreciated the high standard of professional skills displayed by the participating troops. He congratulated the officers and troops for their successful exercises and advised them to keep improving their professional training. COAS, while talking to troops over lunch, said: “We are continuously focusing on the health and efficiency of our troops on individual and collective level.” He discussed the benefits of useful new insurance policies for the troops adding that they were highly beneficial for them and their families. Kayani also discussed the new facilities launched by Canteen Stores Department (CSD) for the armed forces.
He personally met the troops of all regiments who shared their problems with him. The COAS assured them of being aware of their challenges and working to make improvements with the available resources. Earlier, on his arrival at Multan, the COAS was received by Commander Multan Corps Lieutenant General Shafqaat Ahmed.
Taliban planting IEDs ISAF hunting them Down
IED war footage
Saudi Arabia king writes to lebanon President - Michel Sleiman fearing Shias are targetting Sunnis in Lebanon
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah is “deeply concerned” about
sectarian violence in Lebanon, state news agency SPA said on Tuesday, in
an apparent reference to the killing of a Lebanese Sunni cleric opposed
to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Violence linked to the Syria conflict has spilled over into Lebanon,
where soldiers on Sunday shot dead a prominent Sunni cleric and a member
of a Lebanese political alliance against Assad in the northern city of
Tripoli. Sunni-led Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is a leading supporter of Lebanon’s Sunni Muslims.
It has long viewed the Assad
government with distrust, pointing to its alliance with Shiite Iran
which Saudi Arabia suspects of stirring up unrest in neighboring Bahrain
and among its own Shiite minority. Riyadh has led Arab efforts to isolate Assad's government to end its
suppression of a year-long revolt and has called for Syrian rebels to be
armed. “Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned and is following up on the recent
developments of Tripoli events, especially the targeting of a main sect
in the country's social fabric,” Saudi state news agency SPA citied King
Abdullah as saying in a letter to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
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Pakistan Army Aviation Training Helicopter Crashes into River Chenab 23rd May
Pilot Major Zahid Bari and trainee officer Captain Ahmed killed flying a vintage trainer.
This is what happens when the Armed forces of Pakistan indulge in breakfast cereal making, golf course lounges, tikka and fast food joints, cake and bake shops ,developing Defense Housing Colonies , Animal husbandry and daily milk and news paper distribution, poultry and shrimp farming , shisha/hooka bars , running NLC, matrimonial match making and marriage hall leasing business and photography etc etc. instead of doing the job they are paid to do - keep us Pakistanis safe!
Allah Pakistan per reham karey
Here are the industries being run by "Pak=Pure"Army
Fauji Corn Complex
Fauji security services
Fauji Sugar mills
Fauji Foundation and Seed Multiplication farm
Fauji kabirwala power company
Fauji cement company limited
Fauji fertilizer company limited
Fauji oil terminal distribution company limited
Fauji overseas employment services
Fauji Fart services - Mari Gas- Lt. Gen (R) Raza Muhammad Khan
This is what happens when the Armed forces of Pakistan indulge in breakfast cereal making, golf course lounges, tikka and fast food joints, cake and bake shops ,developing Defense Housing Colonies , Animal husbandry and daily milk and news paper distribution, poultry and shrimp farming , shisha/hooka bars , running NLC, matrimonial match making and marriage hall leasing business and photography etc etc. instead of doing the job they are paid to do - keep us Pakistanis safe!
Allah Pakistan per reham karey
Here are the industries being run by "Pak=Pure"Army
Fauji Corn Complex
Fauji security services
Fauji Sugar mills
Fauji Foundation and Seed Multiplication farm
Fauji kabirwala power company
Fauji cement company limited
Fauji fertilizer company limited
Fauji oil terminal distribution company limited
Fauji overseas employment services
Fauji Fart services - Mari Gas- Lt. Gen (R) Raza Muhammad Khan
Chinook helicopter and some memories
The Chinook helicopter although good for heavy transport of arms, men and ammunition it is not good for stealth operations against nimble footed infantries in the eastern hemisphere.
1 single RPG from an Afghan Taliban brought this massive mammoth down on 6th August 2012. Mind you the accurate range of an RPG is hardly 250 meters
The crash killed 17 SEALs, 5 Navy special operations troops who support the SEALs, three Air Force airmen, a 5-member Army air crew, 7 Afghan commandos and an Afghan interpreter in August 2012
1 single RPG from an Afghan Taliban brought this massive mammoth down on 6th August 2012. Mind you the accurate range of an RPG is hardly 250 meters
The crash killed 17 SEALs, 5 Navy special operations troops who support the SEALs, three Air Force airmen, a 5-member Army air crew, 7 Afghan commandos and an Afghan interpreter in August 2012
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| Wreckage of a Chinook helicopter shot down at Tangi Valley in Wardak province on Aug 6 2011 |
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US Navy SEAL -Aaron C. Vaughn your sacrifices will not be forgotten |
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May 22, 2012
Srilanka: Tensions flare between religious groups in Sri Lanka over mosque
Sri
Lanka's Muslim community has accused Buddhists of trying to damage relations between the country's religious communities.
The Sri Lankan Government has ordered a mosque relocated after Buddhist monks said the 50-year-old structure had been built illegally in an area sacred to Buddhists and threatened to demolish it. The monks in the island nation's central town of Dambulla protested against the mosque on Friday, stopping the Islamic prayers, and threatened violence if it was not removed.
They also have asked that a Hindu temple in the area be removed."Following a discussion with the relevant parties, the Prime Minister has ordered the disputed mosque moved to a suitable location as soon as possible," Sisira Wijesinghe, media secretary to Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne
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