http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20060110-00000132-kyodo-soci
http://news.livedoor.com/webapp/journal/cid__1620615/detail
reported:
10 January 2006:
Part of MD (Missile Defense), JDA will purchase 36 SM3 ship-mounted intercept missiles from USA.
In 2008, JMSDF Aegis destroyer JDS Kongou, based at Sasebo JMSDF Base, Nagasaki Prefecture, will deploy to Hawaii, USA, to test-fire one SM3.
Aegis system on JMSDF Aegis destroyers also will be upgraded to launch and guide SM3, longer range than current SM2.
Actually, BF2 players who see these photos may have deja vu of “There I was…”
These are screen shots from the computer games Battlefield 2 (Vanilla) and Battlefield 2: Special Forces. Not. 8b
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2006-01/02/content_3999777.htm
3 January 1980:
First time a PLAN helo landed on a PLAN warship.
In next 50+ days, practised 2,783 more landings.
OrBat.
ROCN.
JMSDF.
China’s absolute territory (claimed).
For comparison: surface-to-air assets, Japan vs ROK.
PLAN OrBat.
X-31P anti-ship missile.
Bonus: EF-14.
*OFF-TOPIC ALERT*
Sea Sparrow humour. Dates unknown.
Japan.
NATO?
PLAN Type 094 SSBN vs JMSDF
Where you guys get the J-10 models? Tell where can I found them in HK?
(Disclaimer to the mods: I’m not allied with the below shops, and I’m just posting the contact details as one military aviation fan assisting another fellow military aviation fan.)
WRT the real world, as I said before, two shops in Hong Kong that AFAIK sell the J-10 model kit are:
– CIC Model, or Chung Fung in Cantonese Chinese.
94 Queen’s Road East (near the Hopewell Centre, one of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong), in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island.
Tel: +852-2529-6763
– Continental Model, or Hong Tin in Cantonese Chinese.
G/F, Wing On Kowloon Centre, 345 Nathan Road, in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Peninsula.
Tel: +852-2385-0623
Fax: +852-2780-1668
Other shops in Hong Kong that sell military vehicles model kits, but AFAIK don’t sell the J-10 model kit, include: any UML, the several shops near the Gwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, the two shops in Sham Shui Po, and the two shops near the Mong Kok train station.
(I’ll not name these other shops, to avoid unnecessary advertisement, but Hongkongers who are into compressed air guns, or military model kits, would know where and which I’m implying.)
WRT the Web, I’m not familiar with on-line shops that sell military model kits, so other Netters reading this thread may recommend some reliable sites of good reputation?
On the other paw, I’m surprised the Chinese company that makes the J-10 model kits hasn’t been arrested and closed down by the (IMO paranoid) Chinese national security ministry for disclosing national military secrets.)
I went to Hong Tin in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Peninsula, a couple weeks ago, and the J-10 model kits were gone.
In Hong Kong, another good source for model kits made by Chinese model makers is: CIC Model (or Chung Fung in Cantonese Chinese), at 94 Queen’s Road East (near the Hopewell Centre, one of the tallest buildings in Hong Kong), in Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island.
CIC has a few of the J-10 model kits for HKD 59 (USD 7.56). IMO, CIC is better stocked than, for instance, the two model shops in Sham Shui Po. 1:700 model kits of modern warships (Manchester, Sovremenny, &c), made by the Chinese model maker S.MARS, are for only HKD 20 (USD 2.56).
OTOH, I’m mildly fascinated by the SA-13 Gopher model kit made by an Ukrainian model maker that UML is selling, but discouraged by its price of HKD 176 (USD 22.56), because only a few model makers make model kits of SAMs, such as, for instance, Dragon (Patriot, Scud, Shilka, &c), Trumpeter (Guideline, &c), and some Taiwanese model maker (Chaparral, &c).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20051204-9999-1n4adcs.html
“Contractor ‘knew how to grease the wheels'”
“ADCS founder spent years cultivating political contacts”
December 4, 2005
By Dean Calbreath
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20051204-9999-1n4adcs.html
“Contractor ‘knew how to grease the wheels'”
“ADCS founder spent years cultivating political contacts”
December 4, 2005
By Dean Calbreath
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Thank you. 8)
– AH-1Z King Cobra:
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-20050601153356_12big.jpg
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-8juniimage44.jpg
http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/official/battlefield2/us/vehicles/cobra.jpg
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/battlefield2/screens.html?page=122
http://www.ravirire.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=20&cid=1
http://www.ravirire.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=21&cid=1
http://www.ravirire.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=22&cid=1
AGM-114 Hellfire AGM x 8, AN/ALE-39 chaff and infra-red flare
dispenser, APKWS (Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, also called
Hydra) seven-shot 70 mm rocket pod x 2, M197 three-barrel 20 mm
cannon x 1 (chin).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/systems/m197.htm
– AH-64D Apache Longbow:
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-19septembersfapache.jpg
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-24oktoberzugabe2_10.jpg
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/759/759744/img_2908992.html
AGM-114D Hellfire Longbow AGM x 8, AN/ALQ-144A infra-red jammer and
chaff and flare decoy dispenser, APKWS seven-shot 70 mm rocket pod x
2, M230 one-barrel 30 mm cannon x 1 (chin).
– F-15E Strike Eagle:
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/920407_20040811_screen003.jpg
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2005/167/reviews/920407_20050617_screen003.jpg
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/battlefield2/screens.html?page=146
AIM-9 Sidewinder IRH AAM x 4, AGM-65 Maverick AGM x 4,
LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red
for Night) pod x 2 (AN/AAQ-13 navigation pod and AN/AAQ-14
targeting pod), M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon x 1 (right
wing-root), probably dumb bombs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANTIRN
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/lantirn.htm
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=111
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_armament_article2.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/lantirn.htm
– F/A-18E Super Hornet:
http://cks.atmax.org/uploads/photos/29.png
AIM-9 Sidewinder IRH AAM x 6, dumb bomb x 2, M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon x 1 (nose, before canopy).
– F-35B JSF (Joint Strike Fighter):
AIM-9 Sidewinder IRH AAM, dumb bomb, GAU-12/U 25 mm cannon x 1.
– HH-60H Sea Hawk.
Cannon x 2.
– J-10A:
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2005/170/reviews/920407_20050620_screen039.jpg
http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20050711/bf41.htm
23 mm cannon x 1 (bottom side of fuselage, behind and left of intake), dumb bomb x 2, R-73 (AA-11) Archer IRH AAM x 4.
– Mi-24/Mi-35 Hind:
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-16septemberbf2sf4.jpg
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-19septembersfhind.jpg
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-24oktoberzugabe2_13.jpg
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=67-56883-hires10000039.jpg
20-shot 80 mm rocket pod x 2, Ataka AGM x 4, YaKB-12.7 four-barrel
12.7 mm cannon x 1 (chin).
– Mi-28A Havoc:
2A42 30 mm cannon x 1 (chin), 20-shot 80 mm rocket pod x 2, Ataka
AGM x 16.
– MiG-29M Fulcrum:
http://bf2.se/pfs.php?m=view&v=4-7juni920407_20050606_screen028.jpg
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2005/156/reviews/920407_20050606_screen027.jpg
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2005/156/reviews/920407_20050606_screen028.jpg
http://www.totalbf2.com/images.php?img=features/screenshots/big/232.jpg
Dumb bomb x 2, GSh-30-1 30 mm cannon x 1 (left wing-root, below
canopy), R-73 (AA-11) Archer IRH AAM x 6.
– Su-30 Flanker:
Bomb, GsH-30-1 30 mm cannon x 1, IRH AAM.
– Su-34 Fullback:
http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2005/156/reviews/920407_20050606_screen027.jpg
AGM x 4, dumb bomb x 3, GsH-30-1 30 mm cannon x 1, IRH AAM x 4.
– WZ-10 (A129 International):
http://files.ea.com/downloads/eagames/official/battlefield2/chinese/vehicles/v10.jpg
AGM-114 Hellfire or TOW2 AGM x 8, AN/ALQ-144A infra-red jammer and
chaff and flare decoy dispenser, rocket pod x 2, three-barrel 20 mm
cannon x 1 (chin).