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[fatman17]

Headlines from Kanwa:

1. Pakistan exporting Chinese tank technologies.

2. Pakistan preparing to manufacture A 100 MLRS.

3. Pakistan importing FN6 portable SAM.

 

[araz]

Sir Fatman.
Any more details? Greatly appreciated as always
Araz

 

[fatman17]

Sir Fatman.
Any more details? Greatly appreciated as always
Araz

Dr - i am trying to get some details!

 

[fatman17]

PHL03 300mm Multiple Launch Rocket System



The PHL03 (Type 03, also known as AR2 in its export name) is the 12-tube 300mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) developed by NORINCO. The PHL03 highly resembles the Russian 9K58 Smerch rocket system in appearance. China Academy of Launch Vehicle (CALT) introduced the A-100 10-tube 300mm MLRS in the late 1990s, which may also be based on the Smerch technology. The PHL03 is believed to have entered the PLA service in 2004/05 and is likely to be promoted to the export market.

The PHL03 launch vehicle is based on a 8X8 wheeled chassis, with twelve launch tubes mounted on it. The tubes are arranged as two blocks of four with a single row of four above. The launcher has a crew of four and is capable of single or salvo firing. A transloader based on the same wheeled chassis carries an additional 12 rockets. The transloader provides for mechanised loading of the launch vehicle, by means of a hydraulic crane mounted on the vehicle.

The PHL03 fires 300mm rocket powered by a solid propellant (possibly HTTB) rocket motor. Its maximum firing range was said to be 150km. No detailed information on the types of warheads is available but they are expected to include HE-FRAG (High Explosive Fragmentation) anti-armour/personnel submunitions similar to that of the Smerch.

Last update: 14 March 2008

 

[fatman17]

"Poly Technologies, a major PLA-controlled export company, revealed a new air defense system based on the new FB-6A Missile Launching Vehicle. This system is a near copy of the U.S. Boeing AVENGER, which puts a turret comprised of 8x Raytheon STINGER SAMs and one 50 cal machine gun, with an optical/low light auto tracking system and a laser ranger, on a AM General HUMVEE carrier. Over 70 AVENGER systems were sold and delivered to Taiwan starting in 1999. The Poly FB-6A also uses a copy of the HUMVEE, plus a missile/gun/tracker turret very similar to that used by the AVENGER. The FB-6A turret comprises 8x FN-6 SAMs that have a maximum range of 5.5km. It also employs a machine gun according to a Poly brochure, but this could not be seen in the accompanying photo of the system. Its tracking system comprises a TV camera, a thermal camera and a laser range finder. The tracking system is able to detect a 2m square target out to 10km. Poly’s brochure notes that up to six FB-6A’s can be networked with a central longer-range radar or optical detection system to provide stationary or mobile air defense."

 

[muse]

General Tariq Majid strikes Australia aid deal
Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 | 11:12 AM PST |


A war on two fronts

CANBERRA: Pakistan’s military chief held low-key talks with Australian military commanders on Wednesday and agreed to step-up counter-terrorism cooperation as his country targets pro-Taliban militancy in the Swat Valley.

General Tariq Majid, the commander of the Pakistani armed forces, ended a two-day visit to Canberra for meetings with Australia’s Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and his military counterpart, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.

‘Pakistan’s success in its conflict with Taliban extremists on its soil is critical to regional and global security, as well as Australia’s own national interest,’ Fitzgibbon said in a statement after the closed-door visit.

Pakistan’s government this month launched an offensive against militants in the picturesque Swat Valley, about 60 miles (100 km) from capital Kabul, as international alarm grew over intensifying insurgency.

Majid, Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairman and supporter of former dictator General Pervez Musharraf, committed to ‘eradicate extremism’ while continuing to support US and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, Fitzgibbon said.

Majid also agreed to send 70 troops to Australia for training, including counter-terrorism advice, he said.

Australia, a close Washington ally, has around 1,500 combat troops in neighbouring Afghanistan and like other Western nations, has been pressing Pakistan to step-up efforts to combat militants and prevent them moving across the Afghan border.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith was later on Wednesday to announce extra aid for civilians affected by the latest fighting, estimated to have driven 1.5 million people from their homes.

The United States on Tuesday had offered Pakistan $110 million in humanitarian aid such as food, tents, radios and generators, to help people fleeing from the fighting in the Swat Valley.

‘Confronting terrorism and reducing the threat of international terrorism is very important in Pakistan. We have been urging that upon the Pakistan Government for some time,’ Smith told Australian state radio.

Australia has already agreed to increase police aid to Pakistan, including help with crime and terrorism investigations and intelligence analysis.

Smith said Pakistan should do everything it could to limit civilian casualties

 

[Skywalker]

General Tariq Majid strikes Australia aid deal
Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 | 11:12 AM PST |


A war on two fronts

CANBERRA: Pakistan’s military chief held low-key talks with Australian military commanders on Wednesday and agreed to step-up counter-terrorism cooperation as his country targets pro-Taliban militancy in the Swat Valley.

General Tariq Majid, the commander of the Pakistani armed forces, ended a two-day visit to Canberra for meetings with Australia’s Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and his military counterpart, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.

‘Pakistan’s success in its conflict with Taliban extremists on its soil is critical to regional and global security, as well as Australia’s own national interest,’ Fitzgibbon said in a statement after the closed-door visit.

Pakistan’s government this month launched an offensive against militants in the picturesque Swat Valley, about 60 miles (100 km) from capital Kabul, as international alarm grew over intensifying insurgency.

Majid, Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairman and supporter of former dictator General Pervez Musharraf, committed to ‘eradicate extremism’ while continuing to support US and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, Fitzgibbon said.

Majid also agreed to send 70 troops to Australia for training, including counter-terrorism advice, he said.

Australia, a close Washington ally, has around 1,500 combat troops in neighbouring Afghanistan and like other Western nations, has been pressing Pakistan to step-up efforts to combat militants and prevent them moving across the Afghan border.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith was later on Wednesday to announce extra aid for civilians affected by the latest fighting, estimated to have driven 1.5 million people from their homes.

The United States on Tuesday had offered Pakistan $110 million in humanitarian aid such as food, tents, radios and generators, to help people fleeing from the fighting in the Swat Valley.

‘Confronting terrorism and reducing the threat of international terrorism is very important in Pakistan. We have been urging that upon the Pakistan Government for some time,’ Smith told Australian state radio.

Australia has already agreed to increase police aid to Pakistan, including help with crime and terrorism investigations and intelligence analysis.

Smith said Pakistan should do everything it could to limit civilian casualties

What does this mean 'Striking Aid deal for Pakistan'. Again a master piece of our jounalism standards being practiced in Pakistan. does he belong to a marketing or sales oriented company.

 

[nightcrawler]

Headlines from Kanwa:

1. Pakistan exporting Chinese tank technologies.

2. Pakistan preparing to manufacture A 100 MLRS.

3. Pakistan importing FN6 portable SAM.

I can't really find any Pakistan initiative regarding tank technology export after having such a state of art dmestic technology themselves. However, regarding the import & licensed production of MLRS & FN-6 systems I have got something you must read!!

Regarding MLRS:
http://www.*******.com/file/106794768/62f77dc6/TRANSFERS_OF_CLUSTER_MUNITIONS-FactSheet.html

Regarding FN6: