Rusia construye un aeropuerto en Laos junto con entrenamiento militar

Russia to Build Airport and Military Facility in Laos

Xieng Khouang province of Laos (image : GoogleMaps)

Russia to Build Airport in Laos, Train Armed Forces in Sign of Strengthening Military Ties

Russian troops have been clearing an area of around 500 hectares of unexploded ordnance, or UXO, in Laos’ Xieng Khouang province with plans to build a new airport and military facility as part of an expansion of military aid to the impoverished Southeast Asian nation, according to Lao officials.

A Russian demining team has been working with Lao counterparts to clear the UXO since Dec. 5, provincial officials recently told RFA’s Lao Service, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plans with the media.

“The Russians came here to build a military airport on the other side of the Plain of Jars,” one of the officials said, referring to the archeological landscape in the Xieng Khouang Plateau that was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

“They’re currently clearing the UXO and then they’re going to upgrade the existing airport, making it larger and more beautiful.”

Another Xieng Khouang official, who is a provincial military officer, provided further details about the new airport to RFA.

“The Russian and Lao armed forces together are building this new airport that will be larger than the existing one and will be divided in two different zones,” he said.

“One zone is for Lao and Russian military use and the other is for civilian use.”


New airport divided into two purpose, one for military use and the other for civilian use (photo : KienThuc)

The officer said that the Russian military intends to provide substantial assistance to Laos going forward, including with training and developing the latter’s armed forces.

“Some work on the new airport has already begun, but the actual construction will not start anytime soon because the UXO clearance will take some time,” he said.

“Once the UXO has been cleared, we’ll lay underground powerlines. We’ll do our work step by step.”

Besides the airport, the Russians intend to expand military cooperation with Laos that will include building a facility to train Lao troops on how to use Russian military equipment, according to a report by Russian news agency Sputniknews.com.

A former senior government official in Laos told RFA that the two sides are expanding cooperation in line with an agreement they have in place on security and defense, as well as the new airport.

“In the agreements, most cooperation would include training and teaching military techniques to the Lao armed forces,” said the former official, who also declined to be named.

“We had more cooperation and more Russian military presence in Laos during the Soviet era,” he added.

RFA spoke with an official at the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs who claimed not to know anything about the Russian military aid projects.

 VOA

Armas rusas para Laos

Russia to Supply Weapons, Military Hardware to Sudan and Laos

BRDM-2 of the Laotian Army (photo : Humphet Manisouk)

MOSCOW/TASS/. Russia has signed contracts for the supply of weapons and military hardware to Laos and Sudan at the international military-technical forum Army-2020, the Defense Ministry said in a report on Thursday.

According to the ministry, working meetings with foreign military delegations were held within the framework of the forum. In particular, talks were held with specialists from Serbia, Mongolia, Sudan and Laos.

"International contract documents for the supply of Russian products designed for military use were signed with the Sudanese and Laotian sides in the follow-up of the talks," the ministry said.

"The planned transfer of Russian armaments and military hardware is aimed at the further development of friendly and mutually advantageous relations with foreign partners and the strengthening of the armed forces of Laos and Sudan," the Defense Ministry said.

The international military-technical forum Army-2020 opened at the Russian Armed Forces’ conference and exhibition center Patriot on August 23 and will last till August 29. Some demonstrations are underway at the Alabino proving ground, Kubinka airbase, and the proving ground Ashuluk in the Astrakhan Region. The forum’s organizers expect guests from about one hundred countries. More than 1,500 organizations and manufacturers will present about 28,000 exhibits. Nearly 700 pieces of modern weapons and other military hardware are participating in static and dynamic demonstrations.

TASS

Más blindados rusos para Laos

Russia Hands Over Second Batch of T-72 Tanks, BRDM-2M ARVs to Laos

Hands over of T-72 tanks and BRDM-2M to LPAF (all photos : dambiev)

Russia has delivered a second batch of T-72 main battle tanks (MBTs) and BRDM-2M 4×4 armoured reconnaissance vehicles (ARVs) to the Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF).

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that the handover took place during a ceremony to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the LPAF.




The first batch was delivered between December 2018 and January 2019, with a Laotian source telling Jane's at the time that the LPAF was receiving "several dozen" T-72B1 tanks.

The vehicles were unveiled during the 2019 parade marking the 70th anniversary of the LPAF.

Jane's

Seis Yak-130 más para Laos

Russia will Deliver Another Six Yak-130 to Laos

Yak-130 of the Laos Air Force (photo : Military9Army)

10 Yak-130 will enter the country

Russia delivered four Yak-130 combat trainers to Laos. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the equipment has already been fully paid. According to “Kommersant”, this is only the first part of a batch of ten such machines. The total cost of the procurement, as estimated by “Kommersant”, is about $ 300 million. Earlier, Laos handed over to Russia 30 fully operational T-34-85 tanks. Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Fomin declared “Kommersant” that this is a free transfer of equipment, for which Moscow is extremely grateful to Vientiane.

The fact that Laos purchased four Yak-130 combat training aircraft from Russia was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, stressing that the equipment had already been delivered. “Under the contract signed in 2017, four Yak-130 combat training aircraft were delivered to Vientiane on a commercial basis. Aircraft paid in full, "- said the military department. They also noted that armored and lightly armored vehicles, as well as other Russian-made weapons, were simultaneously delivered to Laos. The contract was signed on August 26, 2017 by the head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, and the Prime Minister of Laos, Thonglun Sisulit, in Gorki, near Moscow. On January 10, 2019, Interfax, citing a source, announced the delivery of several Yak-130 to Laos. Then the FSMTC of Russia did not comment on this information.

According to “Kommersant”, we are talking about the beginning of the implementation of a larger supply. According to the source of “Kommersant”, according to the above contract, ten such machines will be delivered to Laos. The estimated cost for all of the Yak-130 was about $ 300 million. Laos became the fifth foreign recipient of the Yak-130 aircraft produced by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of PJSC "Irkut Corporation" after Algeria (16 units), Bangladesh (16 units), Myanmar (six units) and Belarus (eight units).

In early January 2019, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Laos transferred 30 T-34-85 tanks to Russia in a fully operational condition. Until recently, armored vehicles were in service with the army of Laos. Agreements on the return of T-34-85 tanks to Russia were reached in January 2018 during the visit to Laos of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu. The military department stressed that this decision was made by Laos "in recognition of the many years of military and military cooperation, which in many ways contributed to the protection of sovereignty and strengthening the defense capabilities of the Lao PDR) Patriotic War. The echelon with tanks is now following Siberia (on Tuesday it was in Krasnoyarsk, and on Wednesday should arrive in Novosibirsk) and is heading for Naro-Fominsk.

January 20 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People’s Army. According to the Russian defense ministry, a representative Russian military delegation will take part in the celebrations in Vientiane. The opening of the representative office of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is also timed to this date. In addition, a detachment of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is currently working in Laos.

Recall that the previous contract was signed during the HeliRussia exhibition at the end of May 2016: the holding company “Helicopters of Russia” and the Ministry of Defense of Laos agreed on the repair of military products. According to the contract, the holding’s specialists had to repair four helicopters during the year, among them two Mi-17-1Bs and two Mi-17s.

Kommersant

Laos recibe 3 Yak-130

Three Yak-130 Arrived in Vientiane

Yak-130 of the Laos Air Force (photo : Lao Army)

Three Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft serial 044, 045 and 047 at Wattay International Airport, Vientiane in January 2019.

The first Yak-130 for Laos (tail number 044) was delivered to Vientiane on December 20, 2018 on board of the IL-76TD transport aircraft.

Report said that Lao People's Air Force has received four Yak-130 combat trainer airraft (serial 044, 045, 046 and 047) from Russian company 'IRKUT Corporation'.


Lao Army

Laos transfiere 30 T-34s a Rusia para museos y desfiles

30 T-34 Tanks Transferred by Laos Arrived in Russia

Laos T-34 tanks (photo : dambiev)

TSAMTO - As part of military-technical cooperation, the Lao Ministry of Defense transferred 30 T-34 tanks to the military department of the Russian Federation in fully operational condition. Until recently, armored vehicles were in service with the army of Laos.

During the visit of Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu to Laos, held in January last year, agreements were reached on the return of T-34 tanks to Russia.

The equipment by sea transport has already overcome more than 4,500 thousand km and arrived in Vladivostok. Further, it will be delivered by rail to the Moscow region (Naro-Fominsk).

The T-34 tank was a technological breakthrough for its time, it has a dozen records, which, apparently, will never be able to surpass, including as the most massively produced tank in the world. In the period from 1940 to 1946, more than 58 thousand units were produced. T-34.

However, after more than 70 years there are very few active samples. The equipment transferred by the Lao side is planned to be used during the Victory Parades in various cities of Russia, for updating museum exhibits, as well as for filming historical films about the Great Patriotic War, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.


ArmsTrade

Laos exhibe obús D-30 montado en camión

Laos Unveils Ural-mounted D-30 122mm Wheeled Howitzer

Army Recognition


The Lao People`s Armed Forces (LPAF) receive a new self-propelled howitzer (SPH) armed with the Soviet-/Russian-made D-30A 122 mm howitzer on the chassis of the Ural-4320 6x6 all-terrain truck, the press department of the LPAF said.


LPAF Ural-mounted D-30 122mm Howitzer. (Picture source: Soha News )

"The military is taking the deliveries of the new 122 mm SPH that is armed with the D-30A gun. The weapon will boost the combat capacity of mechanized infantry," the LPAF said in a statement. The military did not disclose the number of new guns to be delivered to its mechanized units.

A source from the LPAF told TASS that the troops would receive some 100 SPHs. "The armed forces now lack firepower. The delivery of these artillery systems will allow the military to increase its field fire support capabilities in a rapid manner," he said. According to the source, the SPH is not fitted with a digital fire control system (FCS). "It is just a D-30A howitzer mounted on the Ural-4320 truck. The system carries no optical-electronic units; however, it can be coupled to an automated FCS," he said.

The 122 mm D-30A howitzer is an updated variant of the world-known D-30. The D-30A is intended for destruction of manpower, hardware, engineering installations, artillery systems and mechanized units. According to the official specifications, the howitzer has a range of fire of 4-15.3 km, a rate of fire of six to eight rounds per minute, an elevation angle between -7° and +70°, a traverse angle of 360°, a combat weight of 3,200 kg, and a crew of six servicemen.

Laos exhibe moderno sistema de defensa aérea de origen chino

Laos Shows off Modern Chinese Air Defense Missile System

Yitian SHORAD of the Laos Army (photo : DatViet)

Recently, the Lao People's Army has begun its extensive modernization through the purchase of a new generation of weapons and equipment originating from many different countries.

In addition to Russian-made weapons such as the Yak-130 trainer, T-72B "White Eagle" tank, the proportion of Chinese weapons in the Lao Army is also increasing.

In fact, since the Lao special forces soldiers marched with carbine QBZ-97B, this changing trend has also been mentioned, followed by "surprise" to reveal CS/SH1 self-propelled self-propelled guns.

And most surprisingly, recently in the parade preparation for the 70th day of the army's establishment, the Yitian low-range air defense missile complex (Tianlong 6) appeared.

The Yitian anti-aircraft missile complex consists of a combat module mounted on a 6x6 WZ-551 armored vehicle chassis built by Northern Defense Industry Group - NORINCO of China.

The system is equipped with 8 Tianlong 6 short-range surface-to-air missiles, which is a modified version of the air-to-air missile TY-90 (Sky Swallow-90) with an effective range of 300-6,000m, high combat operation 4,000 m.


Yitian SHORAD missile weapon system (photo : Norinco)


The shooting for the TY-90 is a fairly passive, multi-phase array array radar placed on the top of the operational module, on the armored WZ-551 chassis still retaining a heavy 12.7 mm machine gun to in charge of protecting the crew in front of infantry soldiers.

The Chinese-made Yitian low-range anti-aircraft missile complexes are rated to be more technically superior to the existing Strela-10 in the military service in both the range and accuracy of radar.

In the future, however, the Lao People's Army will not eliminate the Strela-10 that uses it in parallel with Yitian, which will be the two vehicles that play the role of protecting the lineup of armored units.

The strong investment by the Lao Army in the anti-army air defense is a perfectly reasonable policy, when recently they received the T-72B White Eagle tank and left the possibility of buying more vehicles. other modern world.

BaoDatViet

Laos recibe T-72B1 de Rusia

Laos receives T-72B1 MBTs from Russia

Army Recognition



As presumed after the Tank Biathlon competition held in 2018, the sale of T-72B MBTs tor Laos was signed, as previously announced by Defense Studies. In early April this year, the Russians introduced the T-72B upgrade of the T-72 tank to Lao military officials, namely, Laotian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Sengnuan Xayalat, and demonstrated the tactical features of the upgraded T-72B. Laos consequently ordered “several dozen” T-72B MBTs to modernize its army.


T-72B1 (Picture source: Army Recogition)

Russia has begun deliveries of upgraded T-72B main battle tanks (MBTs) to the Lao People’s Armed Forces (LPAF). A large batch of T-72B ‘White Eagle’ MBTs was shipped to a Vietnamese port several days ago, from where they will be brought to Laos via tank transporters.

The Lao People's Army was introduced to the T-72B3 tank during the 2017 Tank Biathlon tournament, but due to the high cost of up to $ 3 million per unit, Laos chose a cheaper version: the T-72B "White Eagle", which benefits from a quick-fire upgrade package. The "White Eagle" tank has a poor T-90S defense system when it is not equipped with the new Contact 5 Armor Reactor but uses Contact 1, and also when it is not equipped with the Shtora Soft Defense System 1. The "White Eagle" tanks are equipped with a multi-channel optical thermal image for the gunner and commander of the Sosna-U vehicle company Peleng of Belarus. Its electronic system and fire control significantly outperformed those of the T-90S.

Laos recibe Mi-17 reparados

Laos Receives Four Repaired Mi-17 Choppers

Repaired Mi-17 helicopter of the Lao Air Force 


Russian Helicopters, part of Rostec State Corporation, has completed the first service contract to the Lao Ministry of Defense by transferring a batch of four repaired Mi-17 helicopters at the official ceremony.

The transfer ceremony took place at the air base in Vientiane, the holdings announced Thursday. The Lao Deputy of Minister of Defence, Phouvong Vongphom inspected the repaired Mi-17 helicopters. During the official event, a crew of the Lao Air Force performed a demonstration flight in a repaired helicopter.

The helicopters were repaired by a mobile group of specialists of JSC “356 ARP”, which is part of the Holding Company.

"The Holding Company is always ready to offer the most comfortable conditions for its customers in terms of both supplying helicopters and rendering after-sales services. Upon the request of the Lao party, we prepared a proposal for the repair of another batch of Mi-17 type helicopters. We hope the decision will be made in the near future," noted Andrey Boginskiy, Director General of Russian Helicopters.

At the end of the event, the parties held negotiations related to the supplies of new helicopters and further cooperation in the area of service support of the earlier supplied rotorcraft.

The Lao aviation fleet comprises over 20 civil and military helicopters produced by the Holding Company's enterprises. In addition to Mi-8/17 type helicopters, the country operates medium utility Ka-32T helicopters.


DefenseWorld

Vietnam instala centro de entrenamiento en Laos

Vietnam Hands Over Simulation Training Centre to Laos

Simulation training for Laos 


The Vietnamese Defence Ministry on April 20 handed over a simulation training centre to Laos’ Ministry of Defence as a gift of the ministry’s Technical Application and Production Ltd. (TECAPRO).

The centre include emulating systems for training on handgun, AK, B41 and 12.7mm guns, aiming to develop reaction and skills of trainees before they go on live ammunition practice on training ground, thus enhancing efficiency and safety of training in drill-ground.

The software applied in the centre allows trainees to choose virtual training sections in 3D environment, imitating line of fire and sound effects. They can also decide suitable training level.

Addressing the event, Major General Kilakon Bounnaphon, head of the Lao Defence Ministry’s Department of Technology, lauded TECAPRO’s capacity in researching and applying advanced technology in training.

He stressed the significance of emulation training in enhancing skills of trainees and preventing accidents in training process, thus saving budget and help modernize Laos’ army.

He affirmed that the support of the firm is a good start for cooperation between TECAPRO and Lao Defence Ministry’s Department of Technology.

Major General Kilakon Bounnaphon noted that over the past years, the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam has effectively assisted Laos in building forces, developing infrastructure as well as human resources training, greatly contributing to the growth and modernization of Laos’ army.

He thanked TECAPRO and Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence for the great support, while pledging to manage and operate the centre in an efficient manner.

VNA

Laos, Nueva Zelanda y Papúa Nueva Guinea no importaron armas en 2017

SIPRI: Importación de armas en Laos, Nueva Zelanda y Papúa Nueva Guinea en 2017

LAOS

NUEVA ZELANDA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SIPRI No registra las importaciones de armas durante 2017 para los países de Brunei, Camboya y Timor Leste.

SIPRI

Laos quiere los fusiles Pindad indonesios

Laos interesado en comprar más armas Pindad

Antara


Variante del rifle SS2 fabricado por PT Pindad 

Vientiane, Laos (ANTARA News) - El Ministerio de Defensa de Laos expresó su interés en re-comprar los productos de armas de PT Pindad, dijo PT Pindad Ridi Djajakusuma, vicepresidente de Expor.

"Estamos presentando ante el Ministerio de Defensa de Laos para reintroducir y promover los productos Pindad, están muy interesados ​​en comprar armas Pindad de nuevo, que son riffle corto y municiones", dijo en Vientiane.

PT Pindad es una de las empresas indonesias que participan en la Feria de Comercio y Turismo 2017 celebrada por la Embajada en Vientiane para conmemorar 60 años de relaciones bilaterales entre Indonesia y Laos.

Según Ridi, la cooperación militar entre Indonesia y Laos es bastante estrecha.

Desde el año 2014, el Ministerio de Defensa de Laos ha comprado los productos de armas de PT Pindad, incluyendo 60 G2 Combat, 35 SS1 V2, 35 SS1 V4, así como municiones.

"En una reunión con el Ministerio de Defensa de Laos, el 21 de septiembre pasado, expresaron su interés en comprar armas G2 Elite Gun y Pindad SPR 2 Sniper y municiones", dijo Ridi.

El Primer Ministro de Lao en octubre de este año visitará Indonesia y viajar a PT Pindad.

Un total de 27 soldados de Laos están actualmente en formación en Indonesia. Recibieron entrenamiento del Grupo 1 Kopassus para la preparación de "The ASEAN Armies Rifle Meet" (AARM) 2017 en Singapur.

"Ellos están encantados con los productos de Pindad porque desde la compra y el uso de productos Pindad se han convertido en el tercer ganador en ARRM en Tailandia", dijo Ridi.