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Рубрики Армия; ВВС;

ПВО - типа первая продажа ПАК-3 готова почти

Здравствуйте!

очень краткий перевод нижеследующей статьи:
"Представители компании Локхид Мартин сообщают, что близок к заключению первый зарубежный контракт на продажу зарубеж Патриота ПАК-3 в Нидерланды...
Следующие потенциальные клиенты Япония и ... Тайвань (в 2005 г.)"

о КНР-то возрадуется
Ещебы тайванцам и/или японцам Иджисы толкнуть и савсем красота :))

C уважением, Марат
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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
August 13, 2004

PAC-3 Missile Nearing First International Sales, Contractor Says

Lockheed Martin Corp. says it is close to completing its first international sales of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile.

The Netherlands, which is on course to be the initial overseas buyer, is expected to award a contract to Lockheed Martin for PAC-3 missiles by year's end, the company announced Aug. 12. As a preliminary step, Lockheed Martin has received a $33.9 million contract to upgrade the Netherlands' existing Patriot systems so they can fire the PAC-3 missile. Those systems are currently equipped with Raytheon Co.'s PAC-2, an earlier version of the missile.

Although Lockheed Martin declined to say how many PAC-3s it expects to sell to the Netherlands, Dutch officials asked their parliament in February to approve the purchase of 32 missiles. Unlike PAC-2, whose blast fragmentation warhead destroys its target by exploding near it, PAC-3 collides with its target, creating a high level of energy that is supposed to improve the Patriot system's ability to destroy missiles armed with weapons of mass destruction.

The procurement of PAC-3 missiles and related equipment "aims to improve the defence against ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with nuclear, biological or chemical payloads," the Dutch defense ministry says on the English-language portion of its Web site.

Another selling point for PAC-3 is that 16 can be loaded onto a launcher, compared with four PAC-2s.

Lockheed Martin signaled in December 2003 that the Netherlands could be the PAC-3 missile's first international buyer (DAILY, Dec. 11, 2003). A company source said the Netherlands' first place in line has more to do with that country's budgeting process and the U.S. approval process than with which country is perceived to face the greatest threat from the aircraft, cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles that PAC-3 is designed to destroy.

Other nations

Japan and Taiwan also are getting close to ordering PAC-3s, with an announcement expected in early 2005, a company source told The DAILY.

Several other nations have also expressed interest in the Lockheed Martin missile, including Germany, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. Army already is in the midst of buying hundreds of PAC-3 missiles for its own use.

The Lockheed Martin source said the Dutch purchase will occur long before the company finishes developing the Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), which is expected to increase the PAC-3 missile's range and maneuverability (DAILY, Dec. 11, 2003). MSE, which also is designed to allow the missile to collect information on a target and transmit it to ground units, is not scheduled to begin flight-testing until September 2006.

Meanwhile, Raytheon, which continues to produce PAC-2 missiles and makes the Patriot system's ground equipment, including the radar, launcher and engagement control system, is in preliminary talks with Qatar and South Korea about potential Patriot sales to those countries, a company spokesman said.

John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, told The DAILY that the Patriot system's shoot down of friendly aircraft during the Iraq war has "definitely clouded" the case for the system, making it difficult for proponents to "run around and brag about it." But with the U.S. Army determining that a mix of PAC-2s and PAC-3s intercepted a series of ballistic missiles during the conflict, the "conclusion was that it worked pretty much as designed" in that area, he said.

--Marc Selinger
От В. Кашин
К Marat (14.08.2004 14:07:13)
Дата 16.08.2004 12:06:59

AEGIS тайваньцы могут получить уже в 2011

Добрый день!


По данным China Times имеется предварительное соглашение о продаже Тайваню 4 кораблей класса Орли Бёрк. Первый корабль может поступить уже в 2011 году. Конечно, пока это официально не подтверждено, но все к тому шло...


Report: U.S. to Approve Sale of Aegis Ships to Taiwan

Reuters, Aug. 16, 2004

The United States will announce the sale of four Aegis missile-defense warships to Taiwan next year with delivery likely to begin in 2011, a newspaper said on Monday.

Taiwan has long sought the destroyers, which would be an important defense against about 500 ballistic missiles pointed at the island by arch-foe China, but Washington has so far only offered less advanced Kidd-class destroyers to Taipei.

The mass-circulation China Times quoted unidentified sources as saying the United States has agreed to sell four Aegis-equipped destroyers to Taiwan in a $3.5 billion deal.

Taiwan's defense ministry said it had not received any word from Washington about the vessels.

"With regards to the Aegis matter, the Ministry of National Defense has not received any notification from the United States up to now," said spokesman Huang Suey-sheng.

"The Aegis is, of course, a weapon that is sought by our navy. If the United States agrees to sell, we plan to buy."

China views Taiwan as a renegade province that must be reunified, by force if necessary. Beijing opposes any arms sales to Taiwan but is particularly against the Aegis vessels due to their potential use in a regional anti-ballistic missile shield.

Taiwan is also considering an $18 billion purchase of Patriot anti-missile systems, submarines and anti-submarine aircraft, which would be the biggest arms deal between Washington and the island. Taiwan is hoping to cut the cost by $3 billion.

The talk of huge arms deals come as tensions run high across the Taiwan Strait with China preparing for a military showdown, convinced Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will push for formal statehood during his second term, which began in May.

On Sunday, Taiwan Premier Yu Shyi-kun said China had been practicing an attack on Taiwan's capital, Taipei, aimed at killing or capturing the island's leaders in a "decapitation" action based on the U.S. actoin in Iraq against Saddam Hussein.

In 2001, President Bush approved the sale of four Kidd-class ships to Taiwan as part of the biggest arms package for the island in a decade since his father sold the island 150 F-16 fighter aircraft.

The Kidds, though powerful air-defense ships, were offered instead of the Aegis-equiped Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, which were the most advanced U.S. system of its kind.

"The Kidd class we have already bought and related officers are being trained, readying to bring the vessels back to Taiwan," said Huang.

The China Times quoted unidentified Taiwan military officials as saying no orders had been received for the Aegis weapons systems beyond 2007, so the United States government has come under pressure from U.S. arms manufacturers to find buyers.

If parliament can approve the budget by 2007, Taiwan can take delivery of the first ship in 2011, the newspaper said.

It said the deal would not be affected by the outcome of November's U.S. presidential election.


С уважением, Василий Кашин
От Exeter
К Marat (14.08.2004 14:07:13)
Дата 14.08.2004 17:14:16

AEGIS у японов давно уже есть :-)) (-)
От Marat
К Exeter (14.08.2004 17:14:16)
Дата 14.08.2004 18:27:03

в смысле AEGIS у японов давно уже планируется, что будет?! :-))

Саламы!

т.е. с SM-3 в 2005 или в 2006 гг.? :))
это во-1х,
во-2х это усе таки американские,
просто базироваться будет в Японском море
а я говорил насчет продажи

C уважением, Марат
От Exeter
К Marat (14.08.2004 18:27:03)
Дата 14.08.2004 19:05:56

В смысле, что AEGIS стоит на Kongo с 1993 года

Здравствуйте, уважаемый Marat!

При чем тут SM-3? :-)) Если Вы конкретно про ЗУР SM-3, то Конгресс в мае с. г. одобрил продажу первых 9 ракет этого типа Японии и соответствующую моернизацию систем AEGIS на четырех кораблях типа Kongo.


С уважением, Exeter