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#2
KLu / Re: MLU AH-64's
Last post by Sparkplug - Vandaag om 12:29Citaat van: Ace1 op 25/04/2024 | 19:53 uurPast de Apache trouwens ook in de toekomstige C-390?
Als deze klaar voor transport maximaal net zo groot is als de S-70/UH-60, dan wel.
#3
Midden Oosten / Re: Spanning(en) rond Iran
Last post by Ace1 - Vandaag om 10:56Citaat van: Huzaar1 op Vandaag om 10:39Edit je bericht even, staan veel dubbelingen
Aangepast, vermoedelijk een beveiling van Times of Israël?
#4
Midden Oosten / Re: Spanning(en) rond Iran
Last post by Huzaar1 - Vandaag om 10:39Edit je bericht even, staan veel dubbelingen
#5
Midden Oosten / Re: Spanning(en) rond Iran
Last post by Ace1 - Vandaag om 10:26Israel used radar-evading missile to hit S-300 defenses near Natanz nuke site – report
NYT says attack was 'calibrated' to show Israel's capability to dodge Iran's air defenses, make Tehran 'think twice' before another assault; Iran's FM claims it merely faced 'toys'
The alleged Israeli strike overnight Thursday-Friday on Iranian air defenses near the Natanz nuclear site used a high-tech missile that was able to evade Iran's radar systems, in a move "calibrated to make Iran think twice" before launching another direct attack on Israel, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Two unnamed Western officials cited by the newspaper said the missile aimed to show Tehran that Israel is able to dodge and neutralize its defenses.
Two Iranian officials said the strike hit a Russian-made S-300 air defense system. They told the newspaper that Iran had not detected intrusions into its airspace from drones, missiles or aircraft.
The newspaper said the missile was from a warplane fired "far from Israeli or Iranian airspace."
The report also said that neither the plane nor the missile entered Jordanian airspace — a calculated move to keep Amman out of any potential ramifications for the reprisal strike, after it helped shoot down some of the hundreds of drones and missiles fired by Iran at Israel last weekend.
ceremony marking the country's annual army day, in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
The alleged Israeli strike overnight Thursday-Friday on Iranian air defenses near the Natanz nuclear site used a high-tech missile that was able to evade Iran's radar systems, in a move "calibrated to make Iran think twice" before launching another direct attack on Israel, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Satellite imagery seen by the Times of Israel showed damage to the radar of an S-300 system at the Eighth Shekari Air Base in Isfahan, said to be part of an array defending the nearby top-secret Natanz nuclear site. The imagery was not immediately permitted for publication, per the policy of the agency that took the photo.
Additional synthetic aperture radar satellite images taken Friday also showed evidence that the radar site was targeted.
The New York Times said the strike was deliberately designed to send a message on how a wider attack could look, with Israel able to penetrate Iranian defenses undetected.
US defense officials also told The New York Times that there was concern the precedent set by the nations' direct exchanges of blows this week could encourage further rounds of violence in the future.
Other effects could be an Iranian effort to better protect its nuclear assets and make them harder to attack, as well a potential push to move weaponry closer to Israel in case of another confrontation, experts told the paper.
US media reported Friday that the alleged Israeli strike in Iran went beyond the scope of several small drones described by Tehran. ABC news was the first to report that the air defenses at Isfahan were part of an array defending the nearby top-secret Natanz site.
Citing "senior US military sources," Fox News reported that the target of the strike was a military base in Isfahan, and not the heavily fortified nuclear facilities themselves, which lie some 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the north of the city, largely buried under a mountain.
"The Israelis hit what they intended to strike," one of the sources told Fox News, adding that there was one main target that was hit multiple times and that Iran's Russian-made air defense system was proven ineffective.
Iran had claimed earlier that three small drones were involved in the attack on Isfahan. Iranian state TV said that the small aircraft were destroyed by air defenses, and it made no mention of any missiles or damage in the attack.
Israel has not officially commented on the strike.
Despite the reports, Iran continued to insist that only several small drones were launched and that they had not caused any damage.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in New York to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, likened the strike on Friday to child's play.
Speaking to NBC News through a translator, Amir-Abdollahian said the drones had taken off from inside Iran and flew for a few hundred meters before being downed.
"What happened last night was no attack," said Amir-Abdollahian. "It was the flight of two or three quad-copters, which are at the level of toys that our children use in Iran."
However, the reports that Israel had fired at least one missile appear to correlate with debris found in Iraq in the morning after residents of Baghdad reported hearing sounds of explosio
Images showed what appeared to be parts of a two-stage standoff air-to-surface missile near Latifiya, southwest of Baghdad, which would have fallen away after the missile launch, although this remains unconfirmed.
Israel has several types of these munitions available for its air force, raising the possibility it was fired as part of the attack.
Also, around the time of the incident in Iran, Syria's state-run SANA news agency quoted a military statement saying Israel carried out a missile strike targeting a southern air defense unit and causing damage. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor of unclear funding, said the strike hit a military radar for government forces.
That area of Syria is directly west of Isfahan, some 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) away and east of Israel, and could provide an indication of the route taken by Israeli jets.
The facility at Isfahan operates three small Chinese-supplied research reactors, as well as handling fuel production and other activities for Iran's nuclear program.
The deeply fortified underground Natanz enrichment site, meanwhile, has been repeatedly targeted by suspected Israeli sabotage attacks.
Iran's nuclear program has rapidly advanced to producing enriched uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels since the collapse of its atomic deal with world powers, after then-US president Donald Trump withdrew America from the accord in 2018.
While Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes, Western nations and the IAEA say Tehran operated a secret military weapons program until 2003. The IAEA has warned that Iran now holds enough enriched uranium to build several nuclear weapons if it chose to do so — though the US intelligence community maintains Tehran is not actively seeking the bomb.
Iran's insistence that the strike was carried out by drones and caused no damage appeared to be part of an effort to play down the severity of the attack.
Iran has no plan for immediate retaliation against Israel, a senior Iranian official said. The Iranian official also cast doubt on whether Israel was behind the attack in Isfahan.
Israel has for years operated under a strategy of plausible deniability regarding its attacks on Iranian interests in Syria, declining to take responsibility or speak publicly about specific sorties and giving Iran and its proxies an out to avoid retaliation.
The strategy has limits though. Israel has not taken responsibility for a strike on Iran's consulate compound in Damascus on April 1 that killed several members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, including a top officer. Nonetheless, Iran responded on April 13-14 by lobbing over 300 cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and armed drones at Israel.
Nearly the whole barrage was shot down by Israel, with help from the US, UK, France and Jordan. An Israeli girl who was the only victim in the attack was badly injured by falling shrapnel; the targeted Nevatim air base also suffered light damage, according to Israeli officials.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-used-radar-evading-missile-in-strike-on-iranian-s-300-near-natanz-report/
NYT says attack was 'calibrated' to show Israel's capability to dodge Iran's air defenses, make Tehran 'think twice' before another assault; Iran's FM claims it merely faced 'toys'
The alleged Israeli strike overnight Thursday-Friday on Iranian air defenses near the Natanz nuclear site used a high-tech missile that was able to evade Iran's radar systems, in a move "calibrated to make Iran think twice" before launching another direct attack on Israel, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Two unnamed Western officials cited by the newspaper said the missile aimed to show Tehran that Israel is able to dodge and neutralize its defenses.
Two Iranian officials said the strike hit a Russian-made S-300 air defense system. They told the newspaper that Iran had not detected intrusions into its airspace from drones, missiles or aircraft.
The newspaper said the missile was from a warplane fired "far from Israeli or Iranian airspace."
The report also said that neither the plane nor the missile entered Jordanian airspace — a calculated move to keep Amman out of any potential ramifications for the reprisal strike, after it helped shoot down some of the hundreds of drones and missiles fired by Iran at Israel last weekend.
ceremony marking the country's annual army day, in Tehran on April 17, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
The alleged Israeli strike overnight Thursday-Friday on Iranian air defenses near the Natanz nuclear site used a high-tech missile that was able to evade Iran's radar systems, in a move "calibrated to make Iran think twice" before launching another direct attack on Israel, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Satellite imagery seen by the Times of Israel showed damage to the radar of an S-300 system at the Eighth Shekari Air Base in Isfahan, said to be part of an array defending the nearby top-secret Natanz nuclear site. The imagery was not immediately permitted for publication, per the policy of the agency that took the photo.
Additional synthetic aperture radar satellite images taken Friday also showed evidence that the radar site was targeted.
The New York Times said the strike was deliberately designed to send a message on how a wider attack could look, with Israel able to penetrate Iranian defenses undetected.
US defense officials also told The New York Times that there was concern the precedent set by the nations' direct exchanges of blows this week could encourage further rounds of violence in the future.
Other effects could be an Iranian effort to better protect its nuclear assets and make them harder to attack, as well a potential push to move weaponry closer to Israel in case of another confrontation, experts told the paper.
US media reported Friday that the alleged Israeli strike in Iran went beyond the scope of several small drones described by Tehran. ABC news was the first to report that the air defenses at Isfahan were part of an array defending the nearby top-secret Natanz site.
Citing "senior US military sources," Fox News reported that the target of the strike was a military base in Isfahan, and not the heavily fortified nuclear facilities themselves, which lie some 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the north of the city, largely buried under a mountain.
"The Israelis hit what they intended to strike," one of the sources told Fox News, adding that there was one main target that was hit multiple times and that Iran's Russian-made air defense system was proven ineffective.
Iran had claimed earlier that three small drones were involved in the attack on Isfahan. Iranian state TV said that the small aircraft were destroyed by air defenses, and it made no mention of any missiles or damage in the attack.
Israel has not officially commented on the strike.
Despite the reports, Iran continued to insist that only several small drones were launched and that they had not caused any damage.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in New York to attend a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, likened the strike on Friday to child's play.
Speaking to NBC News through a translator, Amir-Abdollahian said the drones had taken off from inside Iran and flew for a few hundred meters before being downed.
"What happened last night was no attack," said Amir-Abdollahian. "It was the flight of two or three quad-copters, which are at the level of toys that our children use in Iran."
However, the reports that Israel had fired at least one missile appear to correlate with debris found in Iraq in the morning after residents of Baghdad reported hearing sounds of explosio
Images showed what appeared to be parts of a two-stage standoff air-to-surface missile near Latifiya, southwest of Baghdad, which would have fallen away after the missile launch, although this remains unconfirmed.
Israel has several types of these munitions available for its air force, raising the possibility it was fired as part of the attack.
Also, around the time of the incident in Iran, Syria's state-run SANA news agency quoted a military statement saying Israel carried out a missile strike targeting a southern air defense unit and causing damage. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor of unclear funding, said the strike hit a military radar for government forces.
That area of Syria is directly west of Isfahan, some 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) away and east of Israel, and could provide an indication of the route taken by Israeli jets.
The facility at Isfahan operates three small Chinese-supplied research reactors, as well as handling fuel production and other activities for Iran's nuclear program.
The deeply fortified underground Natanz enrichment site, meanwhile, has been repeatedly targeted by suspected Israeli sabotage attacks.
Iran's nuclear program has rapidly advanced to producing enriched uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels since the collapse of its atomic deal with world powers, after then-US president Donald Trump withdrew America from the accord in 2018.
While Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes, Western nations and the IAEA say Tehran operated a secret military weapons program until 2003. The IAEA has warned that Iran now holds enough enriched uranium to build several nuclear weapons if it chose to do so — though the US intelligence community maintains Tehran is not actively seeking the bomb.
Iran's insistence that the strike was carried out by drones and caused no damage appeared to be part of an effort to play down the severity of the attack.
Iran has no plan for immediate retaliation against Israel, a senior Iranian official said. The Iranian official also cast doubt on whether Israel was behind the attack in Isfahan.
Israel has for years operated under a strategy of plausible deniability regarding its attacks on Iranian interests in Syria, declining to take responsibility or speak publicly about specific sorties and giving Iran and its proxies an out to avoid retaliation.
The strategy has limits though. Israel has not taken responsibility for a strike on Iran's consulate compound in Damascus on April 1 that killed several members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp, including a top officer. Nonetheless, Iran responded on April 13-14 by lobbing over 300 cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and armed drones at Israel.
Nearly the whole barrage was shot down by Israel, with help from the US, UK, France and Jordan. An Israeli girl who was the only victim in the attack was badly injured by falling shrapnel; the targeted Nevatim air base also suffered light damage, according to Israeli officials.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-used-radar-evading-missile-in-strike-on-iranian-s-300-near-natanz-report/
#6
Europa / Re: Rusland's Expansie
Last post by Ace1 - Vandaag om 09:53Alleen verkrijgbaar in Oekraïne
Oekraïne geeft geen paspoorten meer aan gevluchte mannen in buitenland
Oekraïne is gestopt met het uitgeven van nieuwe paspoorten aan mannen die in het buitenland verkeren en in het leger kunnen dienen. Volgens nieuwe regelgeving kunnen mannen van tussen de 18 en 60 jaar voortaan alleen nog in Oekraïne zelf een paspoort krijgen en niet meer bij een ambassade of consulaat.
Voor sommigen, zoals mensen met een handicap, is wel een uitzondering gemaakt.
Gevluchte mannen gehekeld
De Oekraïense minister Dmytro Koeleba van Buitenlandse Zaken hekelde een dag eerder al de mannen die naar het buitenland zijn gevlucht om niet in het leger te hoeven dienen.
"Verblijf in het buitenland ontheft een burger niet van zijn of haar plichten jegens het thuisland", schreef hij op X.
Gevlucht voor dienstplicht
Veel Oekraïeners zijn om de oorlog naar het buitenland gevlucht.
De Oekraïense strijdkrachten kampen met een tekort aan mannen om het beter uitgeruste en grotere leger van de Russen te bestrijden.
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/artikel/5447216/oekraine-paspoorten-uitgeven-gevluchte-mannen-buitenland
Oekraïne geeft geen paspoorten meer aan gevluchte mannen in buitenland
Oekraïne is gestopt met het uitgeven van nieuwe paspoorten aan mannen die in het buitenland verkeren en in het leger kunnen dienen. Volgens nieuwe regelgeving kunnen mannen van tussen de 18 en 60 jaar voortaan alleen nog in Oekraïne zelf een paspoort krijgen en niet meer bij een ambassade of consulaat.
Voor sommigen, zoals mensen met een handicap, is wel een uitzondering gemaakt.
Gevluchte mannen gehekeld
De Oekraïense minister Dmytro Koeleba van Buitenlandse Zaken hekelde een dag eerder al de mannen die naar het buitenland zijn gevlucht om niet in het leger te hoeven dienen.
"Verblijf in het buitenland ontheft een burger niet van zijn of haar plichten jegens het thuisland", schreef hij op X.
Gevlucht voor dienstplicht
Veel Oekraïeners zijn om de oorlog naar het buitenland gevlucht.
De Oekraïense strijdkrachten kampen met een tekort aan mannen om het beter uitgeruste en grotere leger van de Russen te bestrijden.
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/artikel/5447216/oekraine-paspoorten-uitgeven-gevluchte-mannen-buitenland
#7
Europa / Re: Rusland's Expansie
Last post by Ace1 - Vandaag om 09:51US to sell to Ukraine $138 million in HAWK air defense upgrades
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - (This April 9 story has been corrected to change the source of funds from 2025 NDAA to 2022 AUSAA, in paragraph 5)
The United States will sell Ukraine up to $138 million worth of equipment to maintain and upgrade its HAWK air defense systems to help defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, a U.S. State Department official told Reuters on Tuesday.
The U.S. began shipping HAWK interceptor missiles to Ukraine in 2022 as an upgrade to the shoulder-launched Stinger air defense missile systems - a smaller, shorter-range system.
Since then, Ukraine has received several air defense systems, including the U.S.-made Patriot system.
Tuesday's emergency foreign military sale is worth as much as $138 million, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Ukraine has run out of many sources of U.S. funds as Congress works to pass a supplemental funding bill that includes aid for Kyiv Israel and Taiwan. Funding for this upgrade came from a previous supplemental funding package - the 2022 Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, a second person familiar with the situation said. Tuesday's package includes engineering and integration for communications and refurbishment of HAWK fire units.
In addition, the sale includes missile recertification components for older units, tools, test and support equipment, spare parts and more.
The sale will require temporary-duty travel to Europe of an estimated five U.S. government employees and 15 contractor representatives to support training and sustainment, the official said.Presidential drawdown authority had been used previously to transfer HAWK equipment to Ukraine. That provision allows the United States to transfer defense articles and services from American stocks quickly without congressional approval in response to an emergency.
The MIM-23 HAWK - a name that began life as an acronym for "Homing All the Way Killer" - was first introduced in the 1950s as the U.S. military sought ways to defeat raids by high-flying strategic bombers. It was upgraded over the years to deal with jamming and other countermeasures, and eventually exported to more than a dozen countries, according the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-sell-missile-defense-upgrades-ukraine-2024-04-09/
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - (This April 9 story has been corrected to change the source of funds from 2025 NDAA to 2022 AUSAA, in paragraph 5)
The United States will sell Ukraine up to $138 million worth of equipment to maintain and upgrade its HAWK air defense systems to help defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, a U.S. State Department official told Reuters on Tuesday.
The U.S. began shipping HAWK interceptor missiles to Ukraine in 2022 as an upgrade to the shoulder-launched Stinger air defense missile systems - a smaller, shorter-range system.
Since then, Ukraine has received several air defense systems, including the U.S.-made Patriot system.
Tuesday's emergency foreign military sale is worth as much as $138 million, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Ukraine has run out of many sources of U.S. funds as Congress works to pass a supplemental funding bill that includes aid for Kyiv Israel and Taiwan. Funding for this upgrade came from a previous supplemental funding package - the 2022 Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, a second person familiar with the situation said. Tuesday's package includes engineering and integration for communications and refurbishment of HAWK fire units.
In addition, the sale includes missile recertification components for older units, tools, test and support equipment, spare parts and more.
The sale will require temporary-duty travel to Europe of an estimated five U.S. government employees and 15 contractor representatives to support training and sustainment, the official said.Presidential drawdown authority had been used previously to transfer HAWK equipment to Ukraine. That provision allows the United States to transfer defense articles and services from American stocks quickly without congressional approval in response to an emergency.
The MIM-23 HAWK - a name that began life as an acronym for "Homing All the Way Killer" - was first introduced in the 1950s as the U.S. military sought ways to defeat raids by high-flying strategic bombers. It was upgraded over the years to deal with jamming and other countermeasures, and eventually exported to more than a dozen countries, according the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-sell-missile-defense-upgrades-ukraine-2024-04-09/
#8
Europa / Re: Rusland's Expansie
Last post by Ace1 - Vandaag om 09:44Gaat het om MIM-104D/E PAC-2 raketten die Spanje levert en passen deze ook in de launcher van PAC-3?
#9
Europa / Re: Rusland's Expansie
Last post by Ace1 - Vandaag om 09:37El País: Spanje stuurt Patriotraketten naar Oekraïne
De Spaanse regering stuurt binnenkort munitie voor het Patriot-luchtafweersysteem naar Oekraïne. Volgens de krant El País wil Madrid geen complete systemen leveren, maar wel de zeer effectieve maar dure raketten. Een officieel besluit van de levering laat volgens de krant niet lang op zich wachten.
Het Spaanse leger heeft drie volledige Patriotsystemen, die in 2004 en 2014 tweedehands zijn gekocht van Duitsland. Het systeem wordt gezien als een van de effectiefste afweersystemen ter wereld.
Meer leveringen
De situatie in Oost-Oekraïne is aanzienlijk slechter geworden nu Rusland de aanvallen op de grond en vanuit de lucht opvoert. De Oekraïense opperbevelhebber Syrsky en president Zelensky hebben de VS en bondgenoten in Europa herhaaldelijk gevraagd om meer munitie voor artillerie en om meer geavanceerde luchtverdedigingssystemen, om zich tegen Russische luchtaanvallen te verweren.
Dit voorjaar maakten onder meer Duitsland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk leveringen bekend. Zo sturen de Duitsers een compleet Patriotsysteem, bestaande uit een radar, een vuurleidingscentrale en lanceerinrichtingen met raketten. Het is zeer waarschijnlijk dat Westerse instructeurs al bezig zijn met het opleiden van militairen uit Oekraïne om de systemen te bedienen.
De Patriot (Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept On Target) is bij veel mensen vooral bekend uit de Golfoorlog. Nederlandse Patriots bewaakten in 1991 de luchtruimen van Turkije en Israël. Ook in 2003 en in 2012 werden Nederlandse Patriots ingezet in Turkije. De Nederlandse Patriots worden voortdurend aangepast en gemoderniseerd, zodat ze tot 2040 effectief inzetbaar zijn.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2518262-el-pais-spanje-stuurt-patriotraketten-naar-oekraine
De Spaanse regering stuurt binnenkort munitie voor het Patriot-luchtafweersysteem naar Oekraïne. Volgens de krant El País wil Madrid geen complete systemen leveren, maar wel de zeer effectieve maar dure raketten. Een officieel besluit van de levering laat volgens de krant niet lang op zich wachten.
Het Spaanse leger heeft drie volledige Patriotsystemen, die in 2004 en 2014 tweedehands zijn gekocht van Duitsland. Het systeem wordt gezien als een van de effectiefste afweersystemen ter wereld.
Meer leveringen
De situatie in Oost-Oekraïne is aanzienlijk slechter geworden nu Rusland de aanvallen op de grond en vanuit de lucht opvoert. De Oekraïense opperbevelhebber Syrsky en president Zelensky hebben de VS en bondgenoten in Europa herhaaldelijk gevraagd om meer munitie voor artillerie en om meer geavanceerde luchtverdedigingssystemen, om zich tegen Russische luchtaanvallen te verweren.
Dit voorjaar maakten onder meer Duitsland en het Verenigd Koninkrijk leveringen bekend. Zo sturen de Duitsers een compleet Patriotsysteem, bestaande uit een radar, een vuurleidingscentrale en lanceerinrichtingen met raketten. Het is zeer waarschijnlijk dat Westerse instructeurs al bezig zijn met het opleiden van militairen uit Oekraïne om de systemen te bedienen.
De Patriot (Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept On Target) is bij veel mensen vooral bekend uit de Golfoorlog. Nederlandse Patriots bewaakten in 1991 de luchtruimen van Turkije en Israël. Ook in 2003 en in 2012 werden Nederlandse Patriots ingezet in Turkije. De Nederlandse Patriots worden voortdurend aangepast en gemoderniseerd, zodat ze tot 2040 effectief inzetbaar zijn.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2518262-el-pais-spanje-stuurt-patriotraketten-naar-oekraine
#10