tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578622711755976962024-03-19T20:46:37.403+10:00Pacific SentinelPacific Sentinel is a military blog for the Australasian and Asian region, detailing advances and additions to local armed forces.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-79751348947437653212017-09-29T14:28:00.000+10:002017-09-29T14:28:08.973+10:00PacificSentinel: 30000th and last post
This is PacificSentinel’s 30000th and last post;
Seven months ago I was promoted at work and have much less time on my hands,
between work and this blog I’ve only had Sundays to do other things, and that’s
just not enough time, so unfortunately, after a bit more than Six and a half years,
the blog has to end.
This is a partial list of the Websites I’ve been using, just in
case you want to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-91791906194066964772017-09-29T14:15:00.000+10:002017-09-29T14:15:05.574+10:00USA: P-8 aircraft arrive in Hawaii for rotational deployment
From Navy Region Hawaii Public Affairs
In this file photo, a P-8A Poseidon from Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 flies over USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during training in the Pacific, Aug. 29. (U.S. Navy/MC2 Alex Perlman) >>
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Two P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to the Skinny Dragons of Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 will operate from Marine Corps Base HawaiiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-66227634183063535622017-09-29T13:57:00.000+10:002017-09-29T13:57:02.665+10:00News Report: ‘Tame' Trump - 4.7 Million North Koreans Reportedly Ready to Volunteer for War
Turns out Kim Jong-un wasn't joking around when he said the DPRK would "tame [US President Donald Trump] with fire" last week.
According to Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean outlet, an estimated 4.7 million students and workers indicated they would volunteer to join or re-enlist in the Korean People's Army in the hopes of countering US forces.
Included in the estimates are some 1.22 millionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-23671134460887206642017-09-29T13:51:00.000+10:002017-09-29T13:51:10.900+10:00News Report: China and Pakistan Demonstrate Alliance, Flex Muscles During Joint Exercise
For the first time ever, a Pakistani fighter pilot has flown a Chinese warplane during joint combat exercises between the two Asian nations. The exercises, which lasted through most of September, took place in Xinjiang, the westernmost province of China that borders Pakistan.
The Shaheen-VI exercises, the latest in a series of annual joint drills between the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and theUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-6318483315519777852017-09-29T13:45:00.000+10:002017-09-29T13:45:07.976+10:00News Report: Establishment Tightens Grip on Thailand as Former PM Is Jailed in Absentia
The former Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, was jailed in absentia for five years by a court on Wednesday, September 27. Now, like her brother Thaksin, she has gone into exile, leaving a country which is deeply divided.
Yingluck Shinawatra, Former Prime Minister of Thailand (Image: Wiki Commons) >>
The former prime minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, has been Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-11634131532018659992017-09-29T13:29:00.000+10:002017-09-29T13:29:11.560+10:00News Report: UN Chief Urges 'Swift Action' to Alleviate Suffering of Myanmar Muslims
Margaret Besheer
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for "swift action" to halt the deteriorating situation in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State, where a half million mostly Rohingya Muslims have fled to neighboring Bangladesh in the past month.
"The situation has spiraled into the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency; a humanitarian and human Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-60567696035422978822017-09-29T13:04:00.000+10:002017-09-29T13:04:01.919+10:00News Story: China’s J-20 stealth fighter jet is in service
By: Mike Yeo
MELBOURNE, Australia — China has officially commissioned the Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter into service, the country’s defense ministry has announced.
Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the country’s Ministry of National Defense, also said in a media conference on Thursday that flight tests are being conducted as scheduled. The type is currently in low rate production for China’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-70528465171658961672017-09-29T13:01:00.000+10:002017-09-29T13:01:00.174+10:00News Story: Can North Korea shoot down a US military aircraft?
North Korean KN-06 Surface-to-Air Missile System
By: Mike Yeo
MELBOURNE, Australia — At a news conference in New York on Monday, North Korea’s foreign minister accused U.S. President Donald Trump of declaring war via Twitter, and the minister threatened to shoot down U.S. Air Force bombers conducting flights near the Korean Peninsula.
Ri Yong Ho told reporters that his country “reservesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-88567395252690908772017-09-29T12:51:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:51:06.504+10:00News Story: S. Korea closely consults with U.S. on rotational deployment of strategic military assets
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's defense ministry said on Thursday that the country was closely consulting with the United States on a rotational deployment of U.S. strategic military assets near the Korean Peninsula.
Lee Jin-woo, deputy spokesman of the defense ministry, told a regular press briefing that the two allies agreed to expand the rotational deployment of U.S. strategic Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-54779136277999692202017-09-29T12:48:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:48:00.930+10:00News Story: S.Korean presidents stresses need for early transfer of wartime operational control from U.S.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday stressed a need for early transfer of wartime operational control of its forces from the United States to better tackle the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear and missile threats.
Moon said in a speech to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Armed Forces Day that Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-23455244761652329642017-09-29T12:42:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:42:08.879+10:00News Story: South Korea shows off massive weapons to celebrate Armed Forces Day
M-SAM part of the KAMD system (File Photo)
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's military on Thursday showed off massive strategic weapons at an event to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Armed Forces Day amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Key strategic weapons, including homegrown ballistic missiles, were displayed at the celebration function that was broadcast live and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-81478756116161097922017-09-29T12:25:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:25:09.418+10:00News Story: China's J-20 fighter jet put into service - spokesman
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's latest J-20 stealth fighter has been officially commissioned into military service, according to Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense on Thursday.
The flight tests are being conducted as scheduled, Wu said at a press conference.
Read the full story at Xinhua
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-6809011330763716602017-09-29T12:22:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:22:14.551+10:00News Story: ASEAN-Plus defense ministers to discuss terrorism, drug trafficking in Philippines
MANILA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and eight dialogue partners will convene in the Philippines next month to discuss fighting terrorism, drug trafficking and maritime conflicts, the Philippine defense chief said on Thursday.
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that ministers will also discuss ways to Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-27148919390700487472017-09-29T12:19:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:19:05.454+10:00News Story: Philippines tells U.S. it does not allow extrajudicial killings in anti-drug war
MANILA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have met in Washington to discuss Manila's anti-drug war, a statement issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said here Thursday.
During the meeting at the State Department in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, the statement said the Philippines does not Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-83124165431351925982017-09-29T12:14:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:14:05.722+10:00News Story: Philippine defense chief says pro-IS militants offer to surrender
MANILA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Thursday that an undermined number of the Maute extremists that laid siege to the southern Philippine city of Marawi have offered to surrender.
Lorenzana said a local official, Lanao del Sur Rep. Mauyag Papandayan, relayed to him the pro-Islamic State militants' plan to surrender and give up the fight.
TheUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-61600213835797962492017-09-29T12:10:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:10:12.933+10:00News Story: Indonesia launches guidance to tackle IS-linked group funding
JAKARTA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia launched on Wednesday a guidance to detect and cut down transfer of funds to finance terror activities of Islamic State (IS)-linked groups, contributing to regional and global fights against terrorism.
Head of Indonesia's government antiterrorism desk (BNPT) Suhardi Alius said the guidance, which is formed in a book, would lead Indonesian institutionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-91963774747463461982017-09-29T12:04:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:04:04.606+10:00News Story: China sends relief materials for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A second Chinese cargo plane carrying relief supplies for Rohingya refugees arrived in Bangladesh's southeastern Chittagong region on Thursday, after the first one arrived on Wednesday.
The relief materials included about 2,000 tents and 3,000 blankets.
An official from the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh handed over the relief materials to the Bangladeshi side Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-18155843818220469752017-09-29T12:00:00.000+10:002017-09-29T12:00:10.272+10:00News Story: China calls for patience with situation in Myanmar's Rakhine
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Thursday called for patience with the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine State.
"The question of Rakhine State is rooted in a nexus of complex historical, ethnic and religious factors. Many of the differences and antagonisms have been building up over a long time. There is no quick fix," Wu Haitao, China's deputy Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-38735095881411942062017-09-29T11:54:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:54:09.062+10:00News Story: 14 dead, unknown number missing after Rohingya boat capsizes off Bangladesh
DHAKA, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 bodies were recovered after a boat with dozens of Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal close to Bangladesh's southeastern Cox's Bazar district bordering Myanmar, a senior police official said Thursday.
The accident also left an unknown number of people missing, the police official said.
Afrozul Hoque Tutul, additional police Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-61850509665486433052017-09-29T11:49:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:49:00.505+10:00News Story: Six terrorists killed in Pakistan's Karachi
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Six suspected terrorists were killed in an encounter during a raid at the suspects' hideout, police in the Pakistani port city of Karachi said Thursday.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rao Anwar said police along with intelligence officials conducted the raid on a tip-off about the presence of the terrorists in Sachal area of Karachi, the capital of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-26836842165210073312017-09-29T11:44:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:44:00.594+10:00News Story: Afghan forces kill 74 insurgents within past 24 hours: gov't
KABUL, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Up to 74 armed militants were killed and 25 others injured in the Afghan forces operations across the war-torn country over the past 24 hours, the Afghan defense ministry said in a statement released Thursday.
"Afghan security and defense forces launched military operations in restive provinces, killing 74 insurgents including 11 Islamic State (IS) fighters and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-32341423067450352922017-09-29T11:41:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:41:24.215+10:00News Story: Suicide attack kills 12 security personnel in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A dozen security personnel were killed after a car suicide bomb targeted the police department in Maroof district of the southern Kandahar province, 450 km south of Kabul, early Thursday, police spokesman Zia Durani said.
"Terrorists organized a suicide car bomb against police department in Maroof district in the wee hours of Thursday killing 12 Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-91923089129264717912017-09-29T11:38:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:38:10.448+10:00News Story: Pakistan Can’t Be Held Responsibility For Peace - FM
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad cannot take responsibility for peace and security in Afghanistan, India’s Economic Times reported on Thursday.
Asif said effective border management with Kabul was imperative to stop the infiltration of terrorists.
Speaking at the Asia Society seminar in New York, Asif also said the US cannot succeed in Afghanistan by waging Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-34148223326576258372017-09-29T11:34:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:34:12.666+10:00News Story: (Phil) Army captures NPA camp near Batangas City
New People’s Army (NPA)
By Jaime Laude
MANILA, Philippines — Government troops captured a suspected training camp of communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels near Batangas city following last Sunday’s fighting that left one insurgent dead and scores wounded.
Maj. Gen. Rhoderick Parayno, commander of the Army’s 2nd Infantry Brigade, said troops are pursuing the NPA rebels that occupied Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1657862271175597696.post-28849193569702856622017-09-29T11:29:00.000+10:002017-09-29T11:29:03.593+10:00News Story: Vietnam, Australia hold foreign affairs, defence strategic dialogue
Sydney (VNA) – The fifth foreign affairs and defence strategic dialogue at the deputy ministerial level between Vietnam and Australia was organised in Canberra on September 27.
The event was chaired by Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy and Australia’s Deputy Secretary Defence People Rebecca Skinner and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Gary Unknownnoreply@blogger.com