Australia: Prueba de Tomahawks desde el HMAS Brisbane

La Marina realiza con éxito el lanzamiento del misil de crucero Tomahawk

Disparo del misil Tomahawk desde el HMAS Brisbane (fotos: RAN)

La Marina Real Australiana ha logrado un hito importante al crear una flota de combate de superficie letal y mejorada, y Australia se ha convertido en el tercer país del mundo en adquirir y disparar un misil de crucero Tomahawk.

El HMAS Brisbane, un destructor de clase Hobart, disparó con éxito un misil Tomahawk durante una actividad de prueba y evaluación realizada frente a la costa oeste de Estados Unidos. 

De acuerdo con las prioridades establecidas en la Estrategia de Defensa Nacional 2024, el Gobierno de Albanese se compromete a acelerar la adquisición de capacidades de ataque de largo alcance para las Fuerzas de Defensa Australianas (ADF).

Con un alcance ampliado de hasta 2.500 km, el Tomahawk es una capacidad de clase mundial que permite a las plataformas marítimas realizar ataques de precisión de largo alcance contra objetivos terrestres. La adquisición de esta capacidad mejora significativamente la capacidad de la ADF para disuadir cualquier amenaza potencial y mantener seguros a los australianos.

Australia es una de las tres únicas naciones, junto con Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido, que adquieren y ahora disparan estos misiles.

Este disparo de Tomahawk sigue a los disparos del misil de ataque naval y el misil estándar 6 a principios de este año y es una demostración práctica de la velocidad a la que el gobierno de Albanese está cumpliendo su compromiso de mejorar la letalidad de la flota de combate de superficie de la Armada.

Australia adquirirá más de 200 misiles Tomahawk, que se desplegarán en sus destructores de clase Hobart y en futuras plataformas de la Armada, incluidos los submarinos de clase Virginia y, sujeto a estudios de viabilidad, las fragatas de clase Hunter.

El Gobierno de Albanese está invirtiendo 1.300 millones de dólares para adquirir esta importante capacidad para la Armada, que se está poniendo en servicio varios años más rápido de lo previsto originalmente. 

La adquisición del Tomahawk por parte del gobierno de Albanese, junto con el misil de ataque naval y los misiles estándar 6, proporciona a la Armada la capacidad de defensa antimisiles y ataque naval más sofisticada y de vanguardia de su historia.

  Departamento de Defensa de Australia

KF-21 Boramae dispara misiles IRIS-T por primera vez

KF-21 Boramae disparó con éxito el misil IRIS-T por primera vez (todas las fotos: DAPA)

Continúan las pruebas de lanzamiento del arma KF-21. Esta vez, Boramae disparó el misil aire-aire guiado por infrarrojos (IRIS-T) AIM-2000 por primera vez.

A mediados de la semana pasada, un nuevo caza surcoreano realizó el primer lanzamiento de prueba exitoso de una maqueta de un misil aire-aire Meteor. En las aeronaves del Bloque I, que se consideran generación 4.5, el Meteor estará ubicado en una posición semiempotrada debajo del fuselaje. Comenzando con el Bloque II, Meteor se lanzará desde la futura bahía de armas interna de Boramae. Simultáneamente con el lanzamiento del Meteor, se realizó una prueba de armas, durante la cual DAPA (Administración de Programas de Adquisición de Defensa) informó que disparó 100 proyectiles de 20 mm.

Misil aire-aire de corto alcance IRIS-T (foto: Diehl)

Y ayer, el segundo prototipo KF-21 probó con éxito el lanzamiento de misiles IRIS-T desde el pilón debajo del ala. La información disponible hasta el momento indica que, como en el caso del F-35 Lightning II, los misiles aire-aire de corto alcance estarán montados en los pilones de las alas externas, en lugar de en compartimentos o bahías internas, protegiéndolos del enemigo. haces de radar.

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DTI AAPC 8x8 Amphibious Wheeled Vehicle for Thai Marines, Tests Firing of Weapons

AAPC 8x8 with Adder M30 remote weapons station (all photos : DTI)


Prototype 8x8 Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier (AAPC) for the RTMC (Royal Thai Marine Corps), of the Royal Thai Navy developed by Defense Technology Institute of Thailand (DTI) in collaboration with the Office of Military Research and Development The Naval Research & Development Office conducts weapon shooting test at the gunning training field No. 16, Chanthakelom Navy, 11-13 January 2021.





The latest fire trials followed after 22-25 June 2020, the DTI AAPC 8x8 amphibious transportable armored vehicle prototype was tested, first test move is from ship to shore.

The prototype AAPC 8x8 amphibious transport vehicle was tested in open sea maneuverability from the Landing Platform Dock Royal Vessel Ang Thong. In the middle of the sea, it is 5 km offshore and can be driven up to the coast at Long Beach, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province.





DTI Thailand has ordered a 30mm Remote Weapons Station (RWS) machine gun turret, model ADDER M30 from ST Kinetics Singapore Company Limited eith 69.3 million baht ($ 2,281,356), which debuted for the first real installation with the AAPC at the Defense and Security 2019 international armament show.





The ADDER M30 RWS turret, Singapore, is equipped with a 30x173mm Mk44 Bushmaster II machine gun, 250 ammunition capacity, and a 7.62x51mm co-axle machine gun, 750 shells capacity.


DTI has delivered the first prototype vehicle to the Tank Battalion, Marine Corps, Royal Thai Navy, 1 trial vehicle since 2018 by the Royal Thai Navy plans to procure five AAPC vehicles or approximately 1 category.





The AAPC amphibious wheeled vehicle in the low-level pre-mass production line operated by the Thai company Cho Thavee Public Company Limited (CHO THAVEE PLC) is expected to cost approximately each vehicle 150 million baht ($ 5 million).

Su-35S disparará el cojonudo R-37M

Su-35S to fire R-37M missile

Air Recognition


Su-35S multirole fighter jets will be able to fire R-37M air-to-air guided missiles. They will destroy targets in a radius of 200 km and provide an edge over the latest foreign analogues. R-37M will be able to down AEW aircraft and intercept cruise missile carriers before the launch, the Izvestia daily writes.


Newest Su-35S during its first flight (Picture source: Russian MoD)

Su-35 with R-37M missiles (also known as RVV-BD) began test flights. Test launches are expected in late 2020. At present, electromagnetic compatibility and integration into onboard arms are tested.

Su-35 is to become the third type of aircraft to carry the missile. Its powerful radar and communications with automatic air defense system allow engaging missiles with such a big range.

The new weapon will increase the characteristics and combat capabilities of Su-35, former Commander of the 4th air force and defense army, Hero of Russia Lieutenant-General Valery Gorbenko said.

“It will engage in a broad range of missions, defensive and offensive combat. It will be able to down AEW aircraft, bombers and tactical aviation. It is difficult for the adversary to escape such missiles, as it has little time to maneuver from the threat,” he said.


R-37M (also known as RVV-BD) missile showcased at MAKS 2013 (Picture source: Air Recognition)

One Su-35 can carry two-four RVV-BD which will bring its combat capabilities close to Su-57. The 200-km range makes the missile superior to US AIM-120 air-to-air missiles which are the main air combat weapon for NATO aircraft. The range is twice as big as R-77 has. It is the longest-range missile for Su-35 at present.

Su-35 will remain the latest Russian fighter jet until fifth-generation Su-57 is accepted into service. The Aerospace Forces have to receive 98 aircraft by the contracts signed in 2009 and 2015. The final batch of ten jets is to be supplied this year. The procurement of an additional batch has been announced.

R-37M was designed for upgraded MiG-31BM to replace outdated R-33. It was later adapted for Su-57. The long-range R-37M operates by the fire-and-forget principle. It has a sensitive homing warhead which detects targets without additional guidance by the radar of the fighter jet as it happens with older models with semi-active guidance.

RVV-BD can sustain a double overload against R-33 predecessor which was designed to destroy the same targets. It can catch up with big aircraft and maneuverable fighter jets.

Due to a high speed the missile covers the maximum distance to the target in two-three minutes. The inertial navigation system with precision laser gyroscopes guides it most of the flight. If the target changes the course, the missile trajectory can be adjusted via a radio channel by the fighter jet.

The radar homing warhead activates in the target area. Its characteristics are not disclosed, but the designer earlier said its new products can lock on a target at a distance of 40-70 km. The distance is shorter for stealth aircraft or cruise missiles, but longer for big bombers. It can be only then detected by radar emission, however it is problematic to react and escape a high-speed missile from a short distance.

Other fourth-generation fighter jets can be armed with R-37M in future. They can be adapted for Su-30SM, in particular, the Izvestia said.