Title: Naval visits
Description: Who's visiting...
weasel1962 - December 23, 2009 10:01 AM (GMT)
Tot I start a naval visits thread.
Recent Zhoushan FFG visit to Changi Naval Base on 10 Dec 2009
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91300/6838777.html Black Aces - December 24, 2009 01:39 AM (GMT)
Is't this ship just returned from policing off Somalia's waters? And popped by CNB on its way back to China?
weasel1962 - December 24, 2009 01:51 AM (GMT)
Yup. Together with Xuzhou and support vessel.
http://en.ce.cn/National/pic-news/200912/2..._20659544.shtmlWhat's useful is that these are the later JiangKai-II (054A II) Class which I'm sure would have interest RSN top brass.
Black Aces - December 24, 2009 01:56 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (weasel1962 @ Dec 24 2009, 09:51 AM) |
Yup. Together with Xuzhou and support vessel.
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Thank you very much for the comfirmation weasel1962 :lol:
valice - December 24, 2009 04:10 AM (GMT)
Zhejiang port is a river port? The water is literally brown! I can imagine the level of sedimentation.. They probably dun need to worry about divers trying to infiltrate the port..
Any idea what is the chopper in the background?
kanzer - December 24, 2009 05:20 AM (GMT)
bdique - December 24, 2009 08:20 AM (GMT)
probably can get some info on how the Gulf of Aden is like since we're gonna go there soon...
weasel1962 - July 19, 2010 06:05 AM (GMT)
Japanese osumi class helicopter LST (4003) JDS
Kunisaki in town recently.
http://www.defence.gov.au/opEx/exercises/p...6603_037_lo.jpg bdique - July 19, 2010 07:21 AM (GMT)
it'll be cool if a Hyuga popped by :)
weasel1962 - August 11, 2010 05:22 AM (GMT)
Credit to pirate for posting this first. Duplicate for the thread.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=55239USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS McCampbell (DDG 85)
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93)
Too bad neither of the DDGs are BMD capable yet. Would've been a classic retort to the Chinese DF-21 IRBM reports.
The DF-21s have sufficient range to reach SG from Hainan.
CG Shiloh is one of 3 BMD-capable CGs.
Viper52 - August 17, 2010 11:27 PM (GMT)
Shotgun - August 18, 2010 06:48 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (weasel1962 @ Aug 11 2010, 01:22 PM) |
Credit to pirate for posting this first. Duplicate for the thread.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=55239
USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS McCampbell (DDG 85)
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93)
Too bad neither of the DDGs are BMD capable yet. Would've been a classic retort to the Chinese DF-21 IRBM reports.
The DF-21s have sufficient range to reach SG from Hainan.
CG Shiloh is one of 3 BMD-capable CGs. |
So now we have an excuse to seek BMD capabilities.
tankee1981 - August 18, 2010 07:34 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Shotgun @ Aug 18 2010, 02:48 PM) |
| QUOTE (weasel1962 @ Aug 11 2010, 01:22 PM) | Credit to pirate for posting this first. Duplicate for the thread.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=55239
USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS McCampbell (DDG 85)
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93)
Too bad neither of the DDGs are BMD capable yet. Would've been a classic retort to the Chinese DF-21 IRBM reports.
The DF-21s have sufficient range to reach SG from Hainan.
CG Shiloh is one of 3 BMD-capable CGs. |
So now we have an excuse to seek BMD capabilities.
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According to our Defence Minister Teo's official annoucement, we have been looking at BMD capabilities for quite a few years since the statement.
If i didn't remember wrongly, North Korea test fired some missiles with the range to strike Singapore back then.
Shotgun - August 18, 2010 01:47 PM (GMT)
Haha, looks like until then, we'd have to request the Pacific Fleet to permanently park one Aegis BMD here. =D
weasel1962 - August 18, 2010 02:18 PM (GMT)
The faster response would be to ship by air, a patriot battery into Singapore from Diego Garcia or Guam. 3-6 hours flight.
Technically, the I-hawk could also be BMD-capable with the TPS-59 (FPS-117) radar.
pirate - August 20, 2010 02:03 AM (GMT)
diCam - August 20, 2010 04:48 AM (GMT)
I believe BMD is already imprinted in the mind of the defence planners.
Looking at the current AA systems like I-Hawk, Rapier and 35mm Oerlikon, it is high-time to replace these aging weapons to meet changing threats scenario. Maybe we will get to see new land-based AA systems in the near future that can take care of attack from CM and BM?
Also, I think Formidable FFGs is designed with BMD in mind and can be fitted with such capability with weapon system that is already available in the market or when a better system become available.
F-15SGs is equipped with APG-63(v)3. According to this
article, the US variant "can find and target small, stealthy cruise missiles at ranges great enough to attack and destroy them". If this capability is enabled in F-15SG then SAF will have a total solution against CM and BM attacks, covering all angles with different layers from the Sea, Air and Land.
weasel1962 - August 20, 2010 06:13 AM (GMT)
I have my doubts on the ability of the Herakles to perform BM detection and tracking.
NCADE for F-15s. Raytheon says that it can be operational by 2013. Cheap and may even be credited with an ASAT capability...
YourFather - August 20, 2010 01:55 PM (GMT)
The Formidables are totally unable to handle the BMD role. Remember, they're only frigates.
pirate - September 6, 2010 10:38 PM (GMT)
Spotter - September 7, 2010 12:29 AM (GMT)
There are 3 pictures in the gallery section of the link.
Welcoming banners with busloads of well-wishers with small China flags. One maybe lead to think that this port is in China....
xtemujin - September 7, 2010 10:40 AM (GMT)
Chinapore.
It's quite standard to see the little red flags and red banners to welcome PRC ships.
| QUOTE (Spotter @ Sep 7 2010, 08:29 AM) |
There are 3 pictures in the gallery section of the link.
Welcoming banners with busloads of well-wishers with small China flags. One maybe lead to think that this port is in China.... |
Viper52 - November 1, 2010 10:48 PM (GMT)
USS Essex visits Singapore.
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=56908 According to the article, this is her 2nd visit in 2010 after 14 years without a visit. Quite surprising (to me) given she's been with the 7th Fleet since commissioning in 1993 and has been based in Japan since 2000.
weasel1962 - January 19, 2011 01:10 AM (GMT)
90c reported USS Hawaii visiting (including SG casinos). 1st Virginia to visit SG and one of ~10 visits a year.
The Virginias operates the S9G nuclear reactor with ~30MW power output. The Hawaii is the third of its class.
Viper52 - February 16, 2011 01:24 PM (GMT)
Alfie007 - March 11, 2011 01:10 PM (GMT)
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SINGAPORE : The command ship of the US Seventh Fleet was in Singapore for only a few hours on Friday.
The USS Blue Ridge has been urgently re-directed to Japan to help with the earthquake and tsunami situation.
A performance by the US Navy's 7th Fleet Band, scheduled for Saturday at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, has also been cancelled.
The ship, an important symbol of American military presence in Asia, was originally meant to dock here for about a week.
The USS Blue Ridge, last here in 2009, is one of the most technologically-advanced ships in the US fleet.
On board, some of the most sophisticated equipment used to co-ordinate America's naval activity in the Western Pacific can be found.
Part of the ship's activity also includes building relations with allies.
Captain Rudy Lupton, commanding officer, USS Blue Ridge, said: "Singapore, being in a strategic area that it's in, makes it a very conducive, you know, port of call for our ships.
"And it's a great city - it offers a lot of experiences for the crew, and we like to expose our crew members to places like Singapore, and so it's a great place for us to pull into."
Yokusuka, Japan, is the ship's home base. Her 1,000-odd crew members run a tight ship, but not everything is always smooth sailing.
Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Huebner said: "There's challenging parts like living in such close quarters to each other. But, really, that lets you get to know the people a lot better and you get to be best friends with folks in weeks."
The warship is named after the Blue Ridge Mountains in the eastern United States. She was commissioned in 1970 and is also known by her nickname "The Blue Cruiser". At roughly the length of two football fields, the ship can carry enough food to feed sailors out at sea for a period of 90 days.
- CNA/al |
