August 2011 ~ Asian Defence

F-14A Tomcat jet wallpapers

Large and powerful two-seat, twin-engine, shipboard fighter with variable geometry wings. The weapons system and the Phoenix missile armament are unrivalled for long-distance interceptions, making the F-14 one of the most effective heavy fighters. The original F-14A model was powered by TF30 engines, but the TF30 was too unreliable and not powerful enough. After a lot of experimentation, the F110 engine was adopted, and installed in new-built F-14Ds or upgraded F-14Bs (Formerly known as F-14A+). The F-14D also introduced digital instead of analog avionics.

F-14A Tomcat wallpapers

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F-14A Tomcat jet

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U.S. Asks China to Explain Need for Carrier

WASHINGTON - The United States said Aug. 10 it would like China to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier amid broader U.S. concerns about Beijing's lack of transparency over its military aims.

"We would welcome any kind of explanation that China would like to give for needing this kind of equipment," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters when asked whether the carrier would raise regional tensions.
"This is part of our larger concern that China is not as transparent as other countries. It's not as transparent as the United States about its military acquisitions, about its military budget," she said.

"And we'd like to have the kind of open, transparent relationship in military-to-military affairs," Nuland said.

"In our military-to-military relations with many countries around the world, we have the kind of bilateral dialogue where we can get quite specific about the equipment that we have and its intended purposes and its intended movements," she said.

But China and the United States are "not at that level of transparency" to which the two nations aspire, Nuland added.

The comments came hours after China's first aircraft carrier embarked on its inaugural sea trial, a move likely to stoke concerns about the nation's military expansion and growing territorial assertiveness.

Beijing only recently confirmed it was revamping an old Soviet ship to be its first carrier and has sought to play down the vessel's capability, saying it will mainly be used for training and "research."

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S. Korea Dismisses N. Korea's Denial of Shelling

SEOUL - South Korea on Aug. 11 dismissed a denial by North Korea that it twice carried out shelling along the flashpoint Yellow Sea border, which fuelled already high tensions.

Seoul said its marines fired warning shots Aug. 10 after North Korea fired shells twice near the disputed frontier, which has seen bloody naval skirmishes in recent years and a deadly artillery attack last November.
The North's military, in a cross-border message early Aug. 11, hit out at Seoul for "faking up" the incident saying "normal blasting" took place as part of construction work.

The South's defense ministry rejected the North's claim as "routine and unnatural", saying a frontline observation post clearly saw the shells landing near the border.

Of five shells fired by North Korea, three fell north of the border - known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL) - and two landed close to it, prompting warning shots from marines based on Yeonpyeong Island, a ministry spokesman told AFP.

"Soldiers using observing equipment identified the spots where the shells landed," he said.

The incident came after North Korea urged South Korea and the United States to cancel the 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian joint military exercise, an annual computer-assisted simulation drill starting next week.

U.S. and South Korean officials described the exercise as defensive and routine, but the North denounced it as preparation for "a war of aggression".

The North said the South had fabricated the Aug. 10 incident as a "pretext" to justify the joint exercise.

"The South Korean military warmongers spread misinformation that the (North Korean) army perpetrated a shelling 'provocation'," it said.

The Aug. 10 incidents came after the North made apparent peace overtures in recent weeks and expressed interest in restarting stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.

Nuclear envoys from the two Koreas held rare talks in Bali last month, and a senior Pyongyang official visited New York later for discussions with U.S. officials.

Washington urged North Korea to show "restraint".

"Our understanding is that this exchange of fire has now ended. That's a good thing. We call on (North Korea) to exercise restraint," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.

She said North Korea should "begin to take steps" aimed at restarting the six-party talks, which involve the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States.

The South's unification ministry said Aug. 10's shelling would not affect its planned shipment of emergency aid for North Korean flood victims.

Seoul has offered to provide aid worth five billion won ($4.7 million), the first such offer since the North shelled Yeonpyeong last November.

Troops on frontline islands have been on high alert since the attack killed four South Koreans including two civilians and damaged scores of buildings.

South Korea has reinforced troops and sent extra weaponry to the islands along the NLL drawn unilaterally by United Nations forces after the 1950-53 war.

The North refuses to accept the NLL and says the border should run further to the south.

The boundary line was the scene of naval clashes in 1999, 2002 and November 2009. The South also accuses the North of torpedoing one of its warships near the NLL in March 2010, with the loss of 46 lives - a charge Pyongyang denies.

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India Tests BrahMos Block III Supersonic Missile

NEW DELHI - Even as Pakistani and Chinese troops jointly conduct war games close to the Indian border, the Indian Army has tested a supersonic missile, the BrahMos Block III, in the Rajasthan desert.

The supersonic cruise missile can engage inaccessible targets, even inside hillocks. The BrahMos Block III, developed jointly by India and Russia, can scale mountainous terrain and then take a steep dive to engage targets located inside hillocks, officials said.
The BrahMos would be used in the mountainous terrain along the Pakistani and Chinese border.

Citing technical issues, officials said the BrahMos test had been scheduled for Aug. 8 but was postponed to Aug. 12.

An Indian Army official said the BrahMos Block III can engage ground targets from a very low altitude and can reach a speed of Mach 2.8 with a solid propellant rocket for initial acceleration and a liquid fueled ramjet to sustain supersonic cruise.

China's People's Liberation Army 101 Engineering regiment is taking part in land exercises inside Pakistan along the Indian border. This is the first time Chinese and Pakistani troops have been spotted carrying out joint exercises.

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Japan Calls for China To Explain Aircraft Carrier

TOKYO - Japan's defense minister called on China on Aug. 12 to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier, after Beijing sparked increased concerns over its military expansion by starting sea trials for the vessel.

"As an aircraft carrier, it is of a highly maneuverable and offensive nature. We want China to explain the reasons why it needs it," Toshimi Kitazawa told reporters.
"There is no doubt that it will have a big impact on the region," he added.

China put the revamped Soviet-built aircraft carrier Varyag to sea on Aug. 10, prompting the United States to call for an explanation.

Beijing has sought to play down the vessel's capability, saying it will mainly be used for training and "research."

In its annual defense report last week, Japan expressed concern over China's growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in nearby waters and the Pacific and over what it called the "opaqueness" of Beijing's military budget.

China criticized the report as "irresponsible," insisting its drive to modernize its forces was entirely defensive.

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