2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）

2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）

Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/01 00:11
2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
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WILLIAM 　於　2003/05/02 11:28
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雄二優於魚叉立委促空軍採用 http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/ 〔記者吳明杰╱台北報導〕立法院國防委員會昨天邀請空軍總部針對「採購空射雄二飛彈可行性評估」進行報告，多位立委認為，國造「雄二Ｃ」反艦飛彈不僅性能比美國魚叉反艦飛彈優越，價格也較低廉，委員會決議要求空軍經國號戰機應配掛國產飛彈，也就是在制海上未來須配掛國造雄二反艦飛彈，但已向美採購的魚叉飛彈，今年度所編列的尾款三億多元預算，委員會也同意解凍。　中山科學院院長劉金陵中將表示，目前魚叉飛彈國際價格一枚約四千萬元，而「雄二Ｃ」先前生產每枚價格也相近，不過，未來如需再生產，每枚造價可以降到兩千五百萬元，在性能方面，「雄二Ｃ」絕對不亞於美製魚叉飛彈，在飛彈導引上，「雄二」的雙導引甚至超過魚叉的雷達單一導引，射程上也可達到與魚叉飛彈相同水準。　劉金陵說，雄二飛彈掛在經國號戰機上，系統整合不會有問題，但需要兩年整合時間，若要裝在F16戰機上，則需美國同意；他表示，過去也曾嘗試將中科院天劍二型飛彈掛在F16戰機上，但因為光是界面整合部分，美方就開價四億美元，評估不划算而作罷。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/04 14:06
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/bcc/international/news/200305/0200305040074.html 俄太空船聯合號平安降落哈薩克接回美俄太空人中廣新聞網 2003-5-04 12:00 美國太空人〔鮑爾索克斯〕及﹝白地特﹞，還有一名俄羅斯太空人，今天搭乘俄羅斯﹝聯合號 ﹞太空船，返回地球。這是美國太空總署的太空人，第一次搭乘外國太空船返回地球、降落在美國以外的地方。聯合號台北時間今天早上十點七分左右，安全降落〔哈薩克〕。他們三人去年十二月進入國際太空站，原訂三月返航，但美國〔哥倫比亞號〕太空梭今年二月一號返航時意外爆炸，三位太空人返回地球的行程因此延誤至今。由俄羅斯的〔馬蘭成科〕及美國太空人〔盧傑〕接替他們，將在國際太空站上停留六個月。

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VOR 　於　2003/05/04 17:00
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15600/index.htm U.S. Aircraft Leaving Saudi Arabian Base 美國飛機撤離沙烏地阿拉伯基地 (Source: US Air Force; issued Apr. 30, 2003) PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia --- Department of Defense officials said the combined air operations center here will be mothballed and all U.S. aircraft operating at the base will be gone by August. The decision was made by mutual agreement, said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld following a meeting with Saudi defense minister bin Sultan in Riyadh on April 29. The secretary and minister discussed the changes taking place in the region. It is now a safer region with the change of regime in Iraq, Rumsfeld said. But this does not mean an end to the Saudi-U.S. relationship, he added. The military training and exercise program will move to the fore, and in the months and years ahead, the air base could still be used temporarily for exercises. The mission of the center has already passed to Al Udeid Air Base in neighboring Qatar. All air-tasking orders began coming from Al Udeid (April 28), said Navy Rear Adm. Dave Nichols, coalition air component deputy commander. The center, air command and control center, and all services and nationalities participating in the coalition are commanded through the CAOC. The Prince Sultan center handled air sorties and targets for Operation Iraqi Freedom; the Al Udeid center handled mission planning for Operation Enduring Freedom and for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The shift increases the Al Udeid workload, but not intolerably, officials said. On its first day handling the Operation Iraqi Freedom requirement, the Al Udeid CAOC generated about 700 air missions, they said. About 100 were standby close-air-support missions, and about 400 were airlift missions. The rest were tanker and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The U.S. aircraft were at the Saudi base to enforce the U.N.-mandated Operation Southern Watch. That operation began 12 years ago at the end of the Persian Gulf War. In the beginning, U.S., British and French aircraft enforced the no-fly zone south of the 33rd parallel. France dropped out of that coalition years ago, but the U.S. and the United Kingdom pilots kept on. The necessity for that operation ended March 19 with the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. At the height of Iraq war, Prince Sultan based about 200 coalition aircraft. Officials said everything from fighters to airborne warning and control system aircraft flew from there. There are currently 100 aircraft based at Prince Sultan, and officials expect the last American plane to leave the base in August. It is unclear whether a small cadre of Americans will remain to keep the base ready in case of emergency, officials said. -ends-

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VOR 　於　2003/05/04 17:09
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15610/index.htm Test Sets World Land Speed Record (Source: US Air Force; issued Apr. 30, 2003) HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. --- A 192-pound, fully instrumented Missile Defense Agency payload traveled a little more than three miles in 6.04 seconds April 29, validating Hollomans high-speed test track hypersonic upgrades and setting a world land speed record. Air Force Materiel Command experts conducted the test in New Mexicos Tularosa Basin where Air Force officials witnessed a four-stage, rail-bound rocket sled reach Mach 8.5 or 6,416 mph. That equates to more than 31 football fields per second. The sled broke the standing world land speed record of Mach 8.1 for travel on rails, also set here in October 1982. Lt. Col. James J.J. Jolliffe, 846th Test Squadron commander, said the sled hit its target with energy equal to a car hitting a wall at 2,020 mph. The test culminated the facilitys Hypersonic Upgrade Program which began in 1998, according to Jolliffe. The program significantly increases the test track experts� ability to meet a variety of hypersonic (more than five times the speed of sound) test needs for the Department of Defense. Jolliffe said the test demonstrated improvements in rocket sled design, rail alignment, rocket propulsion and modeling and simulation. These new capabilities will be used on an upcoming missile defense warhead test program. This is the culmination of five years and $20 million, and more than doubles our chances for success in testing, Jolliffe said. The tests success is a testament to the professionalism of the contractor, civilian and military team. This is rocket science, Lt. Col. Russ Kurtz, 846th Test Squadron operations director, said to guests and media representatives attending the event. Were fighting tomorrows wars today. A detachment of AFMCs Air Armament Center, the 846th TS is the worlds premier rocket sled test facility and the track is the only hypersonic ground test facility in the world capable of achieving the speeds required for these simulations, Jolliffe said. It provides the bridge between laboratory-type experiments and full-scale flight test, and is the Defense Departments center of expertise for all ejection-seat testing. The track is also the lead facility for all supersonic (one to five times the speed of sound) tracks and has been designated as the test organization for theater missile defense hypersonic warhead lethality validation. Experts said of the more than three miles the sled traveled during the test, 11,000 feet were through a 184-inch in diameter helium tube. Helium decreases air friction and simulates upper atmospheric flight conditions. Capt. Steve Georgian, 846th TS acquisitions management chief, described the sled hitting the helium as like a jet hitting its afterburners. Thirteen rocket motors propelled the sled during the test, including two stages of single Super Roadrunner motors designed specifically for this mission. Each stage is attached to its own part of the sled, Georgian said. As one stage burns out, its sled detaches and slows down while the next stage is ignited. The final stage carries the payload to its target. This is the longest, straightest, fastest track in the world and its great to work here, said Kurtz. -ends- ------ http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15619/index.htm SINGAPORE � Pilot Training Program With Munitions, Services, And Support (Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency; issued May 1, 2003) ------- http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15604/index.htm Vought Wins Contracts For Three F-35 Tests (Source: Vought Aircraft Industries; issued Apr. 30, 2003) ------- http://www.PakAviation.com/PVA/Aero_News/Item/Aviation_News_200304300.html PAF to be enhanced says General Musharraf 30th April, 2003, PNS

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VOR 　於　2003/05/04 17:20
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http://www.defense-aerospace.com/afp/defense/030502185901.tvwi9v0s.html German audit office urges cutback in military plane order: report BERLIN, May 2 (AFP) - 18:59 GMT - The German audit office has asked the government to drastically cut back its order for 60 European military Airbus A400M transport aircraft, judging the cost too expensive, the daily Die Welt said in its Saturday issue. Experts estimate the yearly operating costs would reach 5.9 million euros (5.26 million dollars) per aircraft, at least double the cost of the current Franco-German Transall C160, the auditors said in a report cited by the conservative newspaper. The institution therefore asked Chancellor Gerhard Schroeders centre-left government to reexamine the order and significantly reduce the number of planes requested, Die Welt said. Berlin initially ordered 73 A400M planes but it announced in December that it was paring back its order to 60 as a result of Germanys flagging economy and the poor state of public finances. The audit office also criticised Defence Minister Peter Strucks intention to pre-finance the A400M with outside financing, a move that would add 680 million euros to the overall price tag, the newspaper said. In order to save money, auditors advised the government to delay its planned purchase of Eurofighter aircraft -- single-seater, twin-engine fighter planes being built by a pan-European consortium -- which would allow the state to finance the A400M planes itself. The A400M project is viewed as a crucial component of efforts by the European Union to strengthen its military capability and coordination. The first aircraft are expected to be delivered in 2008. Germanys participation in the Airbus project is critical and even its reduced order of 60 is still the biggest of the eight nations involved. A total of 196 planes, with four turbo-prop engines, were orginally ordered: 73 by Germany, 50 by France, 27 for Spain, 25 go to Britain, 10 to Turkey, seven to Belgium, three to Portugal and one for Luxembourg. The final amount was reduced to 180 after Portugal pulled out of the project and Berlin reduced its order to 60 aircraft. Germanys partners within the European Union and NATO have long called on Europes biggest economy to commit more of its resources to defence spending. But the country is struggling to meet euro-zone requirements to keep the public deficit below three-percent of gross domestic product in 2003 after exceeding the limit last year.

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/04 21:05
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http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305040208.html 俄羅斯太空船平安著陸 (中央社記者張弘光莫斯科四日專電)從太空返回地球的俄羅斯太空船今天上午已被尋獲；由於太空船降落時與地面控制中心失去連絡，俄羅斯搜索飛機在太空船降落四小才發現其蹤跡，目前三名太空人都確定平安，人員已經被送往哈薩克百科努太空中心。據俄羅斯廣播電台今天午間新聞指出，俄羅斯TMA-1太空船在返回地球時遭遇狂風，太空船降落時與地面控制中心失去連絡，當時情況不明一度讓各方非常緊張；在降落四小時後，搜索飛機才在離原定降落地點五百公里的地方，找到太空船。待救援直昇機趕到現場時，三名太空人俄羅斯Nikolai Budarin和美國兩位太空人Kenneth Bowersox及Donald Pettit已經自己打開太空艙在外面等待救援。按照道理他們在經過太空層因為地心引力改變因素會全身無力，他們三人的情況讓前往救援的醫生大為放心。目前他們三人已經被送往哈薩克太空中心，稍晚將搭專機到莫斯科市郊加加林太空人訓練中心做進一步身體檢查。

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VOR 　於　2003/05/06 13:38
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http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15624/index.htm Ceremony Ends Operation Northern Watch (Source: US Air Force; issued May 2, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15629/index.htm Air Force Preparing For Next Contingency (Source: US Air Force; issued May 2, 2003) USAF To Refocus On People, Training (May 5) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15638/index.htm German - U.S. VECTOR Program Concludes with World𠏋 First Thrust-Vectored Automatic Landings; 24蚊ngle Of Attack Achieved in ESTOL Mode (Source: EADS Military Aircraft; issued May 5, 2003) PATUXENT RIVER / MUNICH, Germany --- The world𠏋 first thrust-vectored automatic landing was the highlight of three years of joint testing between the partners U.S. Navy, the German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement, EADS Military Aircraft and Boeing Aerospace from April 2000 to April 2003 within the VECTOR 䫿STOL (Extremely Short Take-Off and Landing) to the ground� phase. With German project test pilot R㥣iger Kn鞿fel at the controls and after thorough proofs of the technological functionality and simulated landings at safety altitude � the X-31 technology demonstrator performed this record-breaking maneuver on April 22 at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. A week of intense test flying and 11 flights later, his U.S. counterpart, Marine Corps Major Cody Allee achieved the history-making final flight on April 29: an automated 䫿STOL to the ground� landing at 24� angle of attack and 121 knots landing speed, which is a 31 per cent reduction from the X-31 normal landing speed of 175 knots. Another big ESTOL advantage became evident for the spectators of this unique moment: Whilst the test aircraft normally requires 8,000 feet to stop after conventional landings, Allee needed after the ESTOL touch-down just 1,700 feet to slow the X-31 down for a complete taxiing circle in the middle of the runway. For the eye-witnesses, such a landing gave a real dramatic picture when the aircraft came in with its nose pointing well above its direction of flight. More importantly than the high angle of attack � up to twice its typical twelve degrees � was that the tail of the X-31 experimental aircraft was lower than the landing gear, requiring the aircraft to 鬴e-rotate� and drop onto its wheels when the thrust-vectoring vanes of the engine were just two feet above the runway. The two VECTOR project pilots, R㥣iger Kn鞿fel and Cody Allee described the ESTOL landing approach as 懀ime-critical. If the aircraft derotates early and drops too far, the landing gear could fail�, Kn鞿fel said. 㶏f the aircraft derotates too late or too low, the tail could strike the runway with disastrous consequences.� The solution was to automate the entire landing approach, requiring the pilot to fly into an invisible engagement box in the sky, then watch via a video camera in the belly of the airplane as it flies itself to its remarkable touchdown with a system accuracy within two centimeters. With this sensational success the VECTOR team reported the mission fully accomplished. Both program managers, Jennifer Young from the U.S. side and Michael Jost from EADS, were extremely satisfied with the results achieved. 𨧻 don㦙 know how many times we heard that the ESTOL technique just couldn㦙 be done�, said Young. 孏he cards were stacked against us for so long, and it was only the sheer determination and passion of everyone on the team that got us through.� Jost added: 𨯗t the beginning of the program, the technology was looked on very critically, because a lot of experts in Germany and the U.S. didn㦙 believe it was possible. It put great pressure on the team to prove that it works and to convince the non-believers.� After completion of the 䫿STOL to the ground� flight tests within the given budget and timeframe, the program now enters the envisaged final leg of data analysis and reporting. This stage will ensure that the attained know how and technologies of thrust-vectored ESTOL can be used by the X-31 partners in Germany and the USA for future applications. One of the many potential ESTOL benefits for manned or unmanned air vehicles is the increase in the in-service lifetime of the airframes due to the reduction of the landing cycle impact. Others are the dramatically improved short-field performance on runways, roads or aircraft carriers, reduced wind-over-deck requirements for aircraft carrier operations, and increased bring-back weights without the current necessity to jettison external stores prior to landing. In particular the German X-31 partners EADS and BWB will profit from the EADS-developed Flush Air Data System (FADS) for future military applications. FADS is a revolutionary miniature nose-mounted sensor which measures the local pressures deriving from airspeed, altitude, sideslip and angle of attack. Thanks to its technical features and the proven reliability and accuracy during the ESTOL to the ground test phase, FADS is able to replace the contemporary pitot/vane measurement devices for military aircraft and other air vehicles. One of the great FADS advantages for airborne military platforms lies in a significant reduction of the radar signature, compared to conventional systems. -ends-

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/07 17:07
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305040005.html 俄赤塔地區發生直昇機失事造成十二人死亡 (中央社記者張弘光莫斯科三日專電)俄羅斯一架撲滅森林火災的直昇機今天在中俄邊界赤塔州失事造成十二人死亡，其中包括四名俄國媒體記者，據警方調查失事原因是駕駛員操作失當引起。據此間媒體引述塔斯社消息指出，該直昇機是前往俄羅斯與中國邊界撲救當地森林火災，在赤塔附近失事墜毀，造成十二人機員全部罹難慘劇，其中有四名媒體記者，其中兩人電視台記者，兩人是報紙媒體記者。赤塔位於俄中邊界，也是莫斯科北京鐵路交通必經之處，最近俄羅斯計劃在當地計劃鋪設石油管道前往俄羅斯遠東地區出海，而成為俄羅斯各方注目焦點。 http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305050004.html 俄國失事直昇機因消防管與螺旋槳碰撞墜毀 (中央社記者張弘光莫斯科四日專電)據俄羅斯緊急狀況部調查發現，昨天在赤塔地區失事的直昇機是前往當地撲救森林火災，但因駕駛員操作不慎，造成使機上消防管與螺旋槳碰撞而墜毀。據報導，俄羅斯西伯利亞東部與遠東地區發生森林火災，燃燒面積已經達七萬公頃。目前俄羅斯政府已經動員一萬三千人在當地救火，因為氣候乾燥，又有大風助長火勢，搶救情況不太樂觀。赤塔地區今天為失事M-26直昇機上十二名死亡人員舉行追悼儀式，據俄國緊急狀況部初步研判失事原因，主要是機上噴灑滅火原料的管子與螺旋槳碰撞造成失事。搶救人員已經在現場找到黑盒子，失事原因還要進一步確認。據緊急狀況部表示，今年春天俄羅斯歐洲地區發生水災，西伯利亞東部赤塔地區與遠東的哈巴羅斯克州地區，則因為氣候乾燥發生森林火災，很多草原、農田遭到波及，燃燒面積已經達七萬公頃以上。失事直昇機是前往執行滅火任務而墜毀。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/08 17:10
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/china/news/200305/200305080154.html 港報稱中國大陸神舟五號年底如期發射（中央社台北八日電）香港文匯報引述北京航天界人士指出，中國大陸載人航天工程第五次飛行準備工作正常進行，神舟五號年底發射計畫不變。北京航天界人士並稱，中國大陸今年還有七次發射計畫，包括資源一號遙感衛星、北斗衛星、雙星探測衛星等，其他五顆衛星型號都是新的，目前尚未披露。據指出，今年中國大陸計畫發射八顆衛星和一艘太空船，為確保萬無一失，試驗隊密切關注駐地附近的SARS疫情，將根據實際情況進行封閉或半封閉式管理，盡可能避免人員、進出物資與可能的傳染源接觸，並有專門高層人員負責預防工作。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/09 19:21
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/culture/news/200305/200305090222.html 日成功發射太空探測機將帶回小行星岩石標本（中央社記者張芳明東京九日專電）日本今天成功地發射全球首架小行星探測機「 Muses C 」，預定四年後帶回三億公里外的一顆位於火星和木星之間的小行星的岩石標本，若順利達成任務，將是繼一九六九年美國在阿波羅計畫下成功地帶回月亮上的岩石之後再一次人類的創舉。日本文部科學省太空科學研究所在日本時間今天下午一點二十九分由位於鹿兒島縣的太空空間觀測所發射搭載小行星探測機的 M5 巨型固體燃料火箭 5 號，升空約十分鐘後，探測機在大約四百九十公里的高空中成功地脫離火箭，順利地開始單獨的四年漫長太空旅程，目標是帶回小行星的岩石標本，研究行星誕生的狀態。「 Muses C 」探測機高兩公尺，長一公尺，寬兩公尺，總重量約五百公斤，在漫長的太空旅程使用的並非液體燃料而是全世界首次使用的「離子引擎（IonEngine）」，這項探測的總費用約一百九十五億日圓（約一億六千萬美元）。日本曾於二ＯＯＯ年二月發射搭載Ｘ線天文衛星的M5火箭4號失敗，這是三年來又一次發射這種巨型火箭。「 Muses C 」探測機預定先以約一年的時間環繞太陽，然後利用接近地球的引力而加速奔向位於火星與木星之間，以橢圓形軌道環繞火星與地球之間，長約五百公尺，寬約三百公尺的小行星「 1998SF36 」，預定二ＯＯ五年六月接近這顆巨大岩石，然後降落探測機器人，利用金屬球撞擊小行星表面來收集反彈的岩石作為標本，預定二ＯＯ七年六月帶回日本。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/09 22:55
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305090476.html 泰迄未同意國泰航空租用空軍機場停置客機 (中央社記者郭芳贄曼谷九日專電)泰國政府迄未同意香港的國泰航空公司租用軍方的烏達拋空軍機場；因香港受到嚴重急性呼吸道症候群 (SARS)猖獗的影響，以致航班銳減，機坪上停放的民航飛機已經客滿，國泰航空準備把四十架客機移往泰國停放。著名觀光勝地芭達海濱附近的春武里省烏達拋空軍機場服務部主任吳農迪 (UNODIT MOOSIKANAN)指出，國泰航空在日前提出這項申請，可是美國、泰國和新加坡每年的金眼鏡蛇軍事演習即將在本月內開始，大批美國軍機將使用這個機場，因此無法允許國泰航空之租用。他證實，軍方已經把國泰航空這項申請呈送內閣討論，迄未獲回覆。這位空軍官員表示，烏達拋空軍基地每日有來自十五個國家的包機抵達，載來外國觀光客至少三百人，大多來自美國、俄羅斯等包機。

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VOR 　於　2003/05/10 16:21
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15680/index.htm Raytheon Wins $63M For B-2 Radar Upgrade (Source: Raytheon Company; issued May 6, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15674/index.htm Northrop To Produce Smart Bomb Rack Assembly For B-2 The new assembly will allow the B-2 to carry as many as 80 independently targeted, GPS-guided weapons, compared with its current capacity of 16. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15676/index.htm C-17 Modification Marks Partnership (Source: US Air Force; issued May 6, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15692/index.htm Guard, Reserve Leaders Address Retention (Source: US Air Force; issued May 8, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15699/index.htm Boeing Simulates Launch of New Weapon for RAAF F-111 (Source: Boeing Co.; issued May 7, 2003) Boeing Simulates Launch Of RAAF AGM-142E (May 9) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15671/index.htm Northrop Wins Contract For Illuminator Laser (Source: Northrop Grumman Corp.; issued May 6, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15717/index.htm Lockheed/Spectrum Astro Partnership To Build GPS III (Source: Lockheed Martin; issued May 7, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15723/index.htm India Launches GSLV-2 Rocket (May 9)

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VOR 　於　2003/05/10 16:43
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=45856991 India: Missile Astra successfully test-fired

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/10 17:03
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/china/news/200305/200305100148.html 傳中國大陸神舟五號太空船發射時間確定（中央社台北十日電）香港文匯報引述北京消息透露，中國大陸神舟五號太空船的發射計畫並未因SARS取消，預計發射時間將在今年冬季之前、十月一日之後。據指出，神舟四號去年底發射時，天寒地凍，甚至因氣溫太低而推遲一天發射。神舟五號避開冬季發射，並考慮到太空人進入基地前的訓練、入艙、返回時的安全。報導說，運載神舟五號太空船的長征二號F火箭，預計九月從北京運往酒泉衛星發射基地。長二F火箭推力約六百噸，是目前中國大陸起飛推力最大的火箭。由於有太空人加入，發射場工作流程將比前四艘神舟太空船多七天。

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VOR 　於　2003/05/10 17:21
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.janes.com/defence/air_forces/news/jdw/jdw030506_2_n.shtml Antonov favourite to win NATO heavy-lift contract By Henry Ivanov, JDW Special Correspondent, Moscow. Additional reporting by Luke Hill, NATO and EU Affairs Correspondent, Brussels

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/10 23:50
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/afp/international/news/200305/20030510043502.html 烏克蘭運輸機在剛果民主共和國發生離奇意外（法新社莫斯科九日電）據俄羅斯消息社報導，在剛果民主共和國上空發生離奇意外的飛機是屬於烏克蘭國防部所有。這架飛機在飛行途中機門爆開，機上大約一百六十名乘客墜地喪生。該通訊社引述外交人士說，這架伊留申｜七六型運輸機的機組員也是烏克蘭人，他們簽了合約在當地工作。這架飛機今晚從首都金夏沙市飛往東南部城市盧本巴希，在飛行中途，貨艙門突然開啟，機上大約一百六十人由二千二百公尺高空墜落地面。金夏沙的軍方消息人士說，大約有四十名乘客生還。俄羅斯機師在事件發生後，將飛機折返，降落金夏沙機場。機上乘客包括剛果共和國的快速干預警察部隊成員和他們的眷屬。 http://news.yam.com/photo_news/afp/images/200305/M20030510043502.jpg

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VOR 　於　2003/05/12 15:47
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/2003/05/12/international/cdn/3983530.html 中央日報 2003年05月12日印度再試射空對空飛彈美聯社．印度新德里訊　印度新聞信託社報導，印度十一日再度試射一枚本土研發的空對空「武器」（Astra）飛彈，這是印度在三天內第二度試射此新型飛彈。報導說，這枚飛彈係在東部濱海的奧里薩省昌迪普飛彈試射場進行試射。　這枚飛彈的射程為二十五到四十公里，係由印度防衛研究發展機構（ＤＲＤＯ）研發的。「武器」飛彈於五月九日進行首次試射。　在十一日試射飛彈的前一天，到訪的美國副國務卿阿米塔吉甫就敵對的印度和巴基坦兩國正針對長期以來的克什米爾紛爭逐步邁向恢復對話，表達審慎樂觀態度。　巴基斯坦外交部發言人阿邁德汗不願針對印度最新試射飛彈行動發表評論。　印度新聞信託社引述未具名的印度防衛研究發展機構科學家報導說，十一日的飛彈試射係技術展示，目的在微調「武器」飛彈的制導系統。

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VOR 　於　2003/05/12 15:58
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
果然–射程短是因為這是地面發射測試 http://www.defense-aerospace.com/afp/defense/030512072854.26v1i4ow.html India test fires air-to-air missile for the third time BHUBANESWAR, India, May 12 (AFP) - 07:28 GMT - India test-fired its first domestically developed air-to-air missile for the third time in four days on Monday from a site in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said. The Astra is powered by solid propellant and can strike targets between 25 to 40 kilometres (15 to 25 miles) away, beyond the usual visual range. The 3.8 metre high prototype was test-fired from a special fixed launcher on Sunday. The missile also was fired from a fixed launcher during its debut test on Friday.

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VOR 　於　2003/05/12 16:05
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/afp/defense/030508195057.70rriqn1.html Russia to launch 10 military satellites by end of the year MOSCOW, May 8 (AFP) - 19:50 GMT - Russia is to launch 10 military satellites by the end of 2003, ITAR-TASS news agency cited the defence ministry as saying on Thursday. Russia has already launched two military satellites this year. The satellites, which will have a lifespan of seven to 10 years, will be launched from cosmodromes in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan in central Asia and the northern Russian region of Arkhangelsk, the ministry said. The Russian military intends over the next few years to move activities from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to its cosmodrome in Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk, where it hopes to develop the ambitious Angara rocket project. Currently almost three quarters of Russias military satellites are launched from Baikonur, which is leased by Kazakhstan to Russia for 115 million dollars (100 million euros) a year. ------- http://www.defense-aerospace.com/afp/defense/030508093050.rux9n4gu.html Indian opposition blasts government over fighter jet crashes

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/13 18:50
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305130336.html 南韓一架F-5E軍機墜毀慶北醴泉飛行員罹難（中央社記者姜遠珍漢城十三日專電）隸屬於南韓空軍第十六戰鬥飛行團的一架F-5E軍機，於今天下午一點左右，於進行空中戰鬥支援飛行訓練途中，因左翼引擎熄火，在緊急迫降途中墜毀於慶尚北道醴泉郡，三十歲的飛行員金尚勳上尉殉機罹難。南韓空軍當局今天宣佈，韓國空軍官校四十四期畢業，於一九九九年晉升上尉的肇事軍機飛行員金尚勳，今天下午為進行空中戰鬥支援飛行訓練，於慶北醴泉機場駕機起飛後，即發現戰機左翼引擎熄火（flame-out）現象，擔任南韓空軍第十六戰鬥飛行團二○二大隊編隊長的金上尉，以無線通信向管制塔台報告了「機體異常」狀態後，即將機首轉向機場跑道，準備採取緊急迫降措施。由於情狀緊迫，管制塔台曾連續三度命令金尚勳上尉「緊急彈跳逃生」，但，金尚勳基於附近村落有一百多戶人家，以及當時的飛行高度僅為八百呎，過度低於「緊急彈跳」的最低高度兩千呎，因而採取了欲保住軍機的緊急迫降措施，就在快接近跑道的一剎那，因墜毀爆炸而殉機。空軍當局強調，空軍健兒在接受飛行訓練時，最被教官們所強調的就是：當面臨墜機的危急關頭時，務必致力降低地面上的損失。因此，金尚勳上尉飛行員頗有可能是為了保護咫尺內的村落居民，而放棄彈跳逃生的機會，採取緊急迫降的措施，卻不幸罹難，實可謂一項捨身取義的壯舉。基於今天的F-5E軍機墜毀事故，南韓空軍當局已下達了在調查出正確肇事原因之前，所有軍機暫時停止飛行的命令，唯屬於緊急待命編隊及擔任哨戒飛行任務的軍機則除外。據悉，這架墜毀的F-5E軍機是一九七六年七月，由美國無償支援南韓空軍的高齡戰機之一。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/14 13:55
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305140118.html 報告稱伊戰期間聯軍出動四萬一千多架次飛機（中央社記者鍾行憲台北十四日電）根據美國中央指揮部空軍軍官蒐集的詳細資料，美國與聯盟國家飛機在歷時四週的伊拉克衝突期間出動了四萬一千多架次飛機，並且投擲將近三萬枚炸彈和三千一百萬張傳單。美國「國防新聞」週刊十三日在網路報導，「伊拉克自由行動」的龐大機群包括美國陸海空三軍與陸戰隊，以及英國、澳大利亞和加拿大三軍出動的一千八百架軍機。它們執行的任務消耗了加油機提供的四億一千七百萬磅噴射機燃料，伊拉克衝突期間的空勤任務成本為九億一千七百萬美元。「國防新聞」指出，這些數字只是十六頁的「伊拉克自由行動相關數字」新報告所列統計資料的一部分，根據的是中央指揮部空勤指揮官莫斯利中將在沙烏地阿拉伯舒爾坦空軍基地的參謀人員蒐集的資料，涵蓋三月十九日至四月十八日的空中活動。週刊取得這份未列為機密文件的四月三十日報告的一份拷貝。根據這份報告，聯軍飛機攻擊了五十個具時間敏感性的目標，其中包括針對海珊總統進行的兩次廣受報導的空中攻擊。聯軍此一行動是以敵人領袖、恐怖分子和大規模毀滅性武器為攻擊目標。在開戰初期的「震撼」集中轟炸行動之後，聯軍繼續依賴精確導引武器。報告指出，聯軍總共在伊拉克投下一萬九千九百四十八枚衛星和雷射導引炸彈，比同時使用的九千二百五十一枚無導引炸彈多出一倍以上。報告又說，莫斯利中將督導了一百十六次針對伊拉克指揮、管制、通訊、電腦和情報目標（其中包括十處新聞設施）的電腦攻擊。此一行動是空勤指揮官首度協調太空作業。根據這份報告，揭開「伊拉克自由行動」序幕的空中武力活動包括ＥＡ -6 Ｂ「暗巡者」飛機執行心戰任務、六架Ｕ -2 偵察機進行偵察、「全球老鷹」無人空中載具執行攻擊協調與偵測任務、四架「掠奪者」無人空中載具在此同時部署、Ｆ十四「雄貓」戰機投擲聯合直接攻擊炸彈、Ｆ / Ａ -18 Ｅ / Ｆ「超級大黃蜂」為其他飛機加油、美軍由一架空軍Ｃ十七跳傘降落、一艘神盾驅逐艦進行彈道飛彈防禦、一架Ｂ -1 Ｂ轟炸機使用移動目標指示器蒐集情報、進行偵察。

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VOR 　於　2003/05/15 14:31
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/features/data/fe298/index.htm Indias Big Leap In Space (Source: Indian Press Information Bureau; issued May 13, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15756/index.htm Northrop, Boeing, Raytheon Team For E-10A (May 13) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15760/index.htm FMS: Canada Wants 97 Amraam Missiles (May 13) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15765/index.htm Troubled F/A-22 Headed for Budget Cuts (Project On Government Oversight, POGO; issued May 12, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15769/index.htm USAF Details Foreign Deployment Process (May 14) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15784/index.htm Boeing Delivers Upgraded Canadian CF-18 (May 14) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15786/index.htm Tankers, EW, JSF Are Top New Aussie Projects (May 14)

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VOR 　於　2003/05/15 14:38
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
無網址 More than 10 Su-27S Fighters to Be Upgraded for Air Force at Komsomolsk-on-Amur The Komsomol’sk-on-Amur Aviation Production Association is upgrading 10 - 12 Su-27S fighters from the Russian air force ranks before the end of the year. “Upgrade of several Su-27S tactical aviation line fighters is continuing at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation production association. It is planned that 10 - 12 fighters will be upgraded before the end of this year. These aircraft will receive the designation Su-27SM,” a source at the Sukhoy military industrial complex reported to Interfax-AVN on Monday. He noted that this work is taking place in accordance with an air force technical task within the framework of a state defense order. “An upgraded radar will be installed on the upgraded fighters which allows the use of television guided missiles with the aid of prior target designation from the radar set and bombing in poor weather conditions and at night. The airplane is equipped with a new reconnaissance system. All this has allowed an appreciable increase in the Su-27 fighter’s combat effectiveness,” the source said. According to him, it is planned in the future to upgrade the whole fleet of Su-27 fighters. 12.05.03, Interfax-Avn

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VOR 　於　2003/05/15 14:39
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
無網址 Bench Tests of First Aircraft Radar with Active Phased Array Antenna Start in 2004 The Fazotron-NIIR Corporation plans to start bench tests in 2004 of the first aircraft radar with an active phased array antenna (BRLS with AFAR), the general director and general designer of the corporation, Anatoliy Kanashchenkov, reported to Interfax-AVN on Thursday ((8 May 2003)). “As early as the second quarter 2003, the first of several elements for the active phased array antenna should be manufactured,” A. Kanashchenkov said. According to him, new principles based on solid-state technology are being used in the BRLS with AFAR being developed by the corporation. “As of today, we already have prospective power amplifier and approximately half the solid-state integrated analogue circuits, said A. Kanashchenkov. He reported that the enterprise is participating in a competition for the creation of the aircraft radar for the future Russian fifth generation fighter. “The document about the conclusion of the competition for the creation of the aircraft radar for the future Russian fighter still has not been signed. But independent of the results of the competition, Fazotron-NIIR will continue work on the development of a future BRLS with AFAR - such work has been underway at the enterprise over the last 7 years, A. Kanashchenkov said. Answering an Interfax-AVN question, he reported that “the future BRLS with AFAR will be more expensive than a BRLS with a passive phased array antenna. At the same time, A. Kanashchenkov noted that the improvement of the technology for manufacturing a BRLS with AFAR over time will allow appreciably reducing expenses and lead to a lowering of the price for the complex. “As early as after the manufacture and tests of the first 5 - 10 BRLS with AFAR the technology of their assembly will be improved and the cost lowered significantly, A. Kanashchenkov said. 08.05.03, Interfax-AVN

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VOR 　於　2003/05/18 01:50
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15802/index.htm Boeing Tests Critical Components for Advanced Rocket Engine http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15807/index.htm Harris To Provide Anti-Jam GPS For Boeings JDAM http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15810/index.htm CF-18 Modernization: Acceptance of the First Phase I Modernized Aircraft (Source: Canadian Department of National Defence; issued May 14, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15811/index.htm Defence Minister Accepts First Phase I Modernized CF-18 Hornet (Source: Canadian Department of National Defence; issued May 14, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15827/index.htm Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Revolutionary Strike Weapons Guidance System (Source: Lockheed Martin; issued May 15, 2003) ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated a new, precision seekerless strike weapon system at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. resulting in the direct hit of a point target obscured by clouds. The new system promises to revolutionize the United States next-generation strike weapons, beginning with the U.S. Air Forces new Small Diameter Bomb. The highly maneuverable 1,000-pound weapon demonstrated by Lockheed Martin is a network-centric system that can target threats without a seeker. The weapon was developed with company research and development funds to demonstrate accuracy of a precision navigation technique, PNAV (patent pending), and the effectiveness of a long-range, low-cost munition. The test vehicle verified a rigorous engineering process that merged innovative navigation, communications, and weapon technology to provide affordable precision strike. The result was extended standoff range, end-game maneuvering performance, and increased accuracy. The all-weather, precision standoff weapon uses an inexpensive wing set to provide maneuvering Gs and energy to interdict evasive targets. PNAV results in a near-zero navigation Circular Error Probability (CEP). This test demonstrated the ability to use a low-cost, two-way data link that provides continuous corrections to the current GPS system, said Randy Bigum, vice president of Strike Weapons at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. The result was a direct hit without the use of an end-game seeker. PNAV is envisioned as a candidate weapons data link that can provide weapon tracking and status, and vastly improved accuracy to a host of weapons. As the corporate center for strike weapon systems, including the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD), and Low Cost Autonomous Attack System (LOCAAS), Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control plans to employ PNAV in future strike weapons. PNAV is also a key ingredient in Lockheed Martins system design for its Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). PNAV enables the Lockheed Martin SDB to achieve a system CEP much less than four meters, including target location error, with a low-cost, seekerless configuration. This successful flight test of a PNAV-based weapon significantly reduces SDBs risk in meeting its required accuracy. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control develops, manufactures and integrates world-class air defense, fire support, strike weapon, naval munition, combat vision, anti-armor and advanced product solutions and systems for U.S. and international armed forces. Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems products and services. -ends-

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VOR 　於　2003/05/18 01:51
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/data/communiques/data/2003May15831/index.htm Air Force Negotiates Extra Raptor (Source: US Air Force; issued May 15, 2003) http://www.defense-aerospace.com/afp/defense/030516134540.fwjv280u.html Austria says Eurofighter purchase to total 1.9 billion euros VIENNA, May 16 (AFP) - 13:45 GMT - Austrias defense minister confirmed Friday that Vienna would follow through with the purchase of 18 Eurofighter airforce jets, despite political opposition and controversy over the multi-billion price tag.

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VOR 　於　2003/05/18 01:57
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無網址 London Times May 12, 2003 RAF Chiefs Face Struggle To Avoid Cuts On New Jets By Michael Evans, Defence Editor RAF chiefs are facing a battle to save the ?8 billion Euro-fighter aircraft programme from cutbacks. The first of the new aircraft, which is intended to be Britains all-purpose combat jet for the next 20 years, is due to be handed to the RAF by the end of next month, at least four years behind schedule. The Government is contractually committed to buying a first tranche of 55 Eurofighters from the four-nation European consortium, which has been developing the aircraft since the 1980s. But the plan at present is to commit to three tranches, totalling 232 fighters. RAF officers insist that the figure of 232 was worked out carefully on the basis of agreed strategic requirements for the future. However, after the lessons already being learnt from the war in Iraq, there are some senior figures in the Ministry of Defence who believe it is no longer necessary to buy so many. The first person to cast doubt on the need for 232 Eurofighters was Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, the former Chief of the Defence Staff, who retired earlier this month. He said the Eurofighter programme would need to be reviewed as part of a general assessment of weapons designed for the Cold War. The first tranche of Eurofighters will all be air defence versions, replacing the Tornado F3, which took part in the war against Iraq. Close air support for troops on the ground was the way forward for future wars, defence sources said, and this would mean a reduced requirement for air defence aircraft. The MoD is intending to publish its assessment of the Iraq war in the autumn. An MoD source said: Were focusing on the effect a weapon system has, not on the number of weapon platforms.

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WILLIAM 　於　2003/05/20 12:32
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蘇愷30 大馬要買18架 http://udn.com/NEWS/WORLD/WOR3/1334999.shtml 編譯陳世欽／綜合吉隆坡十九日外電報導馬來西亞國防部長那吉今天表示，大馬已經原則同意向俄羅斯採購十八架總值約九億美元的蘇愷三十型噴射戰鬥機。那吉在會晤俄國國防部長艾凡諾夫後舉行記者會聲稱：「我們很高興的在此宣布，馬來西亞已經同意採購十八架Su-30MK噴射戰機。這是我國軍備現代化計畫的一環。我國需要戰機，尤其是多功能戰機。」他又說，大馬與俄國可能今年內簽署這筆軍購合約，預定二○○六年中交機。那吉指出，這批蘇愷戰機將根據大馬的需求予以「適度改裝」，包括增加「適當的武器系統」，因此將更名為Su│30MKM。他說：「兩國已進行有關財務與技術方面的磋商，並已達成某種共識。」艾凡諾夫昨天抵達大馬訪問三天，預定明天轉往美國。他是歷來第一位訪問大馬的俄國國防部長。俄國總統普亭預定今年十月前訪問大馬。【2003/05/20 聯合報】

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VOR 　於　2003/05/21 16:49
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
無網址 Copyright 2003 Defense & Foreign Affairs/International Strategic Studies Association Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily May 16, 2003 Friday Vol. XXI, No. 77 India Exploring Establishing Aerospace Command From GIS Station New Delhi. The Indian Air Force (IAF) in April 2003 began initial preparation to create a national-level Aerospace Command as part of the modernization into operational commands -- as opposed to regionally-focused sectors for each service -- of the Indian defense structure. Strategic Forces Command has now been put in place to handle Indian military nuclear assets. It is understood that Aerospace Command would control critical strategic assets, including space assets such as communications and reconnaissance satellites, integrating with terrestrial communications networks, as well as airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft to provide real-time situational awareness. It was unclear from Indian sources whether the Aerospace Command would also control anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems, or whether this would come under Strategic Forces Command, which controls offensive nuclear assets. However, it was clear that Aerospace Command would provide essential aspects of the proposed Indian ABM capability. One IAF officer was quoted as saying: As the US has shown in the Iraq and Afghanistan operations, its doctrine is centered around domination through aerospace power. The US Air Force is now fully integrated with space systems and called an expeditionary force. This is where the future lies. The IAF was closely studying the impact of smart weapons, used by Coalition forces during the Iraq operations, and the linkage between such weapons and space-based assets such as navigational satellites. The US Bush Administration had, in January 2002, approved the export to Israel of two key components of the Aerospace Commands mission: three Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Phalcon AWACS aircraft and the IAI Arrow-2 ABM system. However, the White House asked, at the same time, that contract signing on the deals be delayed. In 2001, Israel had supplied the Green Pine early-warning radar to India; this was an integral part of the Arrow-2 ABM system. The Phalcons had not been delivered by May 2003; indeed, it would have been surprising if this had occurred because contract negotiations were still underway in early 2002, and the substantial systems would take some time to create. Initially, it had been supposed that the IAF would take delivery of the Phalcons built-for, but not delivered to, the Peoples Liberation Army-Air Force of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). However, this was ruled out on political as well as technical grounds, and Israel was negotiating the compensation of the PRC for these aircraft, which were not delivered because of a US embargo on some US content. India had taken on lease a Beriev A-50 AWACS [NATO codename Mainstay ] from Russia on an experimental basis in 2000, but had returned it after a month of tests. India and Israel had, by late 2001, signed defense deals worth $2-billion. In July 2001, IAI signed an agreement considered a watershed in the relations between the two countries. IAI agreed to provide Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) with technological support apart from its production lines. The agreement ensured Israeli supply of sophisticated radar systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and upgrading of Indian aircrafts with avionics system. India had already acquired the Barak naval surface-to-surface missiles in a deal worth $280-million. A project to upgrade Barak missiles to double its range was later concluded. Israel has also been supplying UAVs worth $300-million; and the Green Pine radar system deal was worth $250-million. It is an integral part of the Arrow-2 anti-ballistic missile system recently developed by Israel. These are apart from the several upgrade projects which Israel agreed to undertake on Indian tanks, helicopters and aircraft. Significantly, details of the Indian Phalcon project have been kept quiet. The PRCs Phalcons were built around Russian Ilyushin Il-76 airframes, and -- given that the IAF is a major user of Il-76s -- the IAF Phalcons would also use Il-76 airframes from IAF inventory. Logically, despite the fact that the Chinese Phalcons would not be delivered (but were based on PLAAF-supplied airframes), some of the systems of the PLAAF aircraft could be used on the IAF aircraft, leaving the bare PLAAF airframes to be returned to China. Some estimates have said that 2010 would be a logical in-service date for the IAF Phalcons, but this could probably be accelerated. The subject of the Phalcons arose during an early-May 2003 meeting between Indian defense officials and a visiting group of US Congressmen. India expressed deep concern over the delayed delivery, according to some reports from New Delhi. The US State Dept. has, however, consistently delayed approvals on the Phalcon project, delaying eventual delivery. This was because of State Dept. sensitivities to pressure from the PRC and Pakistan, both of which lack comparable capabilities (indeed, the PRC has strenuously made the point that the US stopped Israel selling Phalcon technology to the PRC and had now approved it for its rival, India). The four US Congressmen, all members of the Indian Caucus, met with Defence Minister George Fernandes. During that same meeting the question of India buying Czech Aero Vodochody Akciova L-159 Albatros Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT) was on the agenda. The aircraft have a substantial number of US components, such as the 28.0-kN (6,300 lb. st) AlliedSignal/ITEC F124-GA-100 non-afterburning turbofan, and the US strongly supported an Indian purchase of the aircraft. Significantly, the US push for a sale of Czech L-159s to the IAF muddies the already confused negotiations by the IAF for 66 BAE Systems Hawk 100 series trainers. [See Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily, March 13, 2002: BAE Back in the Running for Hawk Sale to India. ] As well, it furthers US interests in the Czech Republic, where the US still hopes to overturn Czech intentions to acquire 24 Saab-BAE Gripen fighters. The US Boeing Company, through its Boeing Czech Republic subsidiary, owns 35.29 percent of Aero Vodochodny. The resumption of negotiations between the IAF and BAE had been a turning point in a program which had been underway since the late 1970s, when India proposed local design and construction of a new Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT). The indigenous AJT program was scrapped and negotiations began for license construction of a foreign design, with the main contenders being the Hawk and the AMD AlphaJet . In the Autumn of 1993, the Government finally gave approval for the purchase of 80 aircraft, at a cost of US$1.1-billion. The IAF requirement was for 150 AJTs to replace all its aging Kirans../AirWeapons/HJT16.htm and Hunter T.66s. Cost escalations over the years have cut the numbers down to some 66 aircraft. The Indian Government reportedly succeeded in bringing down the price to below UK GBP 1-billion (appr. US$1.5-billion) for the 66 AJTs and secured agreement that 42 of the Hawks would be built by its Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) in Bangalore under a BAE joint venture. There is strong pressure on the IAF to consider the L-159, quite apart from the direct US content. The aircraft also has virtually all Israeli sub-systems and avionics, and the growing closeness between the Israeli and Indian defense and aerospace communities makes this an attractive feature of the aircraft, quite apart from the fact that it is more reasonably priced than the Hawk 100 . But despite the BAE Systems and L-159 pressures, IAF sources indicated that the Russian MiG-AT, the MiG Advanced Trainer, still seemed the favored candidate for the AJT program, given the fact that MiG would enter into an even more advantageous local-production/license agreement with HAL than either BAE or Aero Vodochody would allow; and the price of the MiG-AT was lower than either the Hawk 100 or L-159, while being a newer aircraft design.

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VOR 　於　2003/05/21 17:04
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
Flanker 交易細節 http://www.avia.ru/english/articles/doc135.shtml Malaysias Air Force Buys 18 Su-30 Jets Tuesday, May. 20, 2003 The Moscow Times In what may well be the defense event of the year, Russia on Monday secured a $900 million contract to deliver 18 Su-30MKM fighter jets to Malaysia. This contract is very significant for Russia. We are gaining a foothold in this market, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Russia and Malaysia are building longer term military and technical cooperation because the contract envisions the technical servicing of the jets as well as their further upgrade, Ivanov was quoted by Interfax as saying. Malaysian Defense Minister Najib Abdul Razak said the first planes will be delivered in mid-2006. This is a result of our modernization program, he was quoted by Reuters as saying. There is a need for combat aircraft, especially multi-role combat aircraft. The jets will be built by Irkut Corp. at its plant in Irkutsk. The plant is now fulfilling a $1.8 billion contract signed in 1996 to deliver Su-30 fighters to India. When Malaysia started negotiations for the jets before the 1997 Asian financial crisis, it also was looking to buy up to 18 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters. But that deal is now uncertain due to Malaysias opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Malaysian industry sources told The Associated Press. Najib refused to comment on the Super Hornets deal Monday. The Malaysian defense minister said Kuala Lumpur may pay for the Russian jets in part with commodities such as palm oil. A source familiar with negotiations said Monday that more than half of the $900 million price tag will be paid in cash. Mondays agreement echoes a $600 million deal Malaysia clinched in 1994 for 18 MiG-29 fighters. The jets were paid for in part with palm oil, said Konstantin Makiyenko, the deputy head of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies think tank. It was a symbolic deal for Russia at the time, and hopefully this one will be as well, Makiyenko said. Arms exports plunged to a post-Soviet low of $1.7 billion in 1994, but the sale to Malaysia opened the door to more orders the following year, Makiyenko said. Last year, Russia hit a post-Soviet high of $4.8 billion in arms exports. So far, the Malaysian deal marks the defense event of this year, Makiyenko said. After Mondays deal is fulfilled, Malaysias air force will consist mostly of Russian aircraft, he said. In the past two years, Kuala Lumpur has purchased other defense equipment from Russia such as Metis anti-tank missiles and shoulder-fired Igla anti-aircraft missile systems, he said. The predominately Muslim country is also thought to be looking at Buk-M1 short-range air defense systems and Mi-17 helicopters. Neighboring Indonesia signed a contract last month for four Su-30s and options for eight more. Malaysia has asked the Russian avionics on the 18 new jets be replaced with French-made systems, Reuters quoted defense sources as saying. The Russian avionics contain some Israeli-made components. Irkut first vice president Sergei Tsivilyov refused to comment on the avionics package Monday. Irkut was formerly known by the acronym IAPO Tsivilyov said the Su-30MKMs will be primarily based on the Su-30MKI version that Irkut is building for India. The deal will be a serious step toward expanding our market presence, he said in a telephone interview. The contract also will help fill a gap left when Irkut completes Indias order next year. It will support us a lot in the midterm, Tsivilyov said. Without the Malaysian contract, Irkut already had an exports portfolio worth more than $3 billion. But with state arms procurement expected to almost double to 200 billion rubles ($6.5 billion) next year, the company also is positioning itself to handle upgrades for the Russian air force, Tsivilyov said. In addition, Irkut is diversifying into civilian aviation, assembling the Be-200 amphibious aircraft and developing the multipurpose MTA transport plane with India. To finance these programs, Irkut plans to become the first Russian defense company to float its shares on international markets next year. Irkut is planning to raise $100 million with an initial public offering in London. It also wants to issue a $100 million eurobond in the second half of 2004. To this end, PricewaterhouseCoopers has audited the companys finances to U.S. generally accepted accounting standards for 2000 and 2001. Majority-owned by its management, Irkut is one of a handful of major defense enterprises in which the government, with 14.7 percent, does not own a blocking stake.

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VOR 　於　2003/05/21 17:17
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
無網址 London Financial Times May 14, 2003 Pg. 2 US Threat To British Fighter By Mark Odell Britain will have to cede control over crucial modifications to its new generation of F-35 fighter to the Pentagon if the US Congress continues to refuse to lift restrictions on technology transfer, the chairman of BAe Systems said yesterday. The warning from Sir Richard Evans follows moves by US legislators to reject a request by the Bush administration to grant a waiver to the UK as well as Australia. The move would have allowed a flow of technology transfer from the US to its two closest allies and the decision has angered British military officials after the role the armed forces played in Iraq. The waiver, which has taken three years to draw up, is designed to assist co-operation between British and US companies on defence programmes. The construction of 150 F-35s will form one of the mainstays of Britains air power for decades to come and constitutes the largest joint programme with the US. They will replace the ageing Harrier fleet. British companies, led by BAe, have been heavily involved in the design of the F-35 since its inception, when the government agreed to pay Pounds 1.4bn towards the aircrafts development costs. Despite unprecedented co-operation the MoD has been denied access to key parts of the F-35s design, including source codes for software that controls all aspects of the aircrafts flight control and weapons systems. We absolutely must address this issue, said Sir Richard. The lack of codes would leave the British armed services without any autonomy to adapt the aircraft to their own operational requirements and would prevent Britain from performing big upgrades on the aircraft independently of the US.

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VOR 　於　2003/05/21 17:22
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無網址 Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah) May 10, 2003, Saturday Pg. B08 U.S. hands over F-16 jet to Italians By Larry WeistDeseret News staff writer HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- During a brief ceremony Friday, an Italian air force major general was handed a certificate of ownership for an F-16, akin to a set of car keys, as the U.S. Air Force turned the first of 34 rebuilt fighters over to the Italians. Maj. Gen. Tommaso Ferro, representing the Italian contingent at the ceremony, walked around the plane admiring it like a buyer admires a new car and was treated to a cockpit view of the Fighting Falcon. Someone else will fly the plane to Italy as Ferro returns to his job as the Italian Embassys air and defense cooperation attache in Washington, D.C. The 34 F-16s, brought to Hill Air Force Base from the Air Forces storage area near Tucson, Ariz., are being leased for five years with an additional five-year option. The total package, including maintenance and training, is valued at $777 million, said Michael Kelly of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a contractor for the program, called Peace Caesar. Selected from more than 300 retired F-16s stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., the Peace Caesar F-16s have been undergoing a complete nose-to-tail overhaul since being trucked to Hill last year. The refurbishment includes updating and repairing all components to the latest configuration. Also, the planes are getting new engines and new structural components. The aircraft are the Air Defense Fighter versions, which the Air Force has used for air defense of the continental United States since the early 1990s. In August 2002, pilot training began for the Italians at the Air National Guards F-16 training wing in Tucson. Some 100 Italian Air Force maintenance officers, instructors and technicians are receiving F-16 maintenance training at Lockheed Martins Fort Worth, Texas, facility. The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are providing other types of logistics support as part of the Peace Caesar program, including supply chain management and engineering technical services. Kelly said Lockheed Martin has 60 engineers and technicians already in Italy. The Italian Air Force has been flying F-104s, a plane the United States first flew in the 1950s through the Vietnam war and hasnt flown for nearly 20 years. The Italians will fly the F-16s for the next five to 10 years until a new plane, the Eurofighter, is available. The Italian Air Force had been leasing Tornados from the British. Maj. Gen. Scott C. Bergren, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, said Fridays ceremony was the third foreign military sales F-16 delivery ceremony at the Ogden ALC. Our ability to produce first-rate aircraft improves every time.

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/21 22:24
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http://tw.news.yahoo.com/2003/05/21/international/bcc/4002354.html 日本自衛隊飛機發生意外　四人死亡日本自衛隊一架飛機發生意外，飛機起火燃燒，機上四人死亡。這起意外發生在台北時間今天早上十點二十五分左右，發生在東京西部七百公里的巖國基地，這架自衛隊飛機在日本海完成訓練飛行之後，返回基地進行起降訓練時，發生意外，飛機碰觸地面，滑出跑道，機身斷裂，起火燃燒，機上四人送醫不治死亡。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/26 18:03
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305260083.html 駐韓美軍新部署智慧型JDAM炸彈增強戰力（中央社記者姜遠珍漢城二十六日專電）據瞭解，駐韓美軍最近部署了可經由全球衛星定位系統（GPS）予以衛星導引，進行精確轟炸的全天候智慧型JDAM炸彈，以替代過去的傳統炸彈，大幅增強了駐韓美軍的戰力。美軍軍事刊物「太平洋星條旗報」於二十四日報導指出，美軍從去年開始著手將駐韓美軍第七空軍所擁有的非導引自由投擲的傳統炸彈，予以更換部署為曾在阿富汗和伊拉克戰役中大顯神威的被精確導引的聯合直接攻擊（JDAM）智慧型炸彈。據瞭解，JDAM是由飛機發射後，根據全球衛星定位系統的衛星導引，精確攻擊隱藏於雲、霧等遮蔽目標的全天候智慧型炸彈。每枚價格為二至三萬美元，僅為舊型戰斧巡航導彈的五十分之一，在此次伊拉克戰役中，曾被美軍大批的投擲於伊拉克疆土上。該報指稱，如果在舊型非導引傳統炸彈裝置JDAM設備後，就成為可全天候打擊目標的精確導引武器。「太平洋星條旗報」引述駐韓美軍第七空軍司令史密斯中將的話說，如果擁有JDAM或具備JDAM發射能力，就可以對短程空中支援和切斷機動軍事攻擊等方面採取更有效的措施。

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Luke-Skywalker 　於　2003/05/26 18:38
Re:2003 年 5 月國際新聞（空軍）
http://news.yam.com/cna/international/news/200305/200305260266.html 日本九月將再發射兩顆偵察衛星（中央社記者張芳明東京二十六日專電）日本繼三月底發射兩顆以蒐集軍事情報為主的偵察衛星之後，九月將再次發射兩顆偵察衛星，由各兩顆光學衛星與雷達衛星組成的四顆一套的這組衛星系統將於明年三月左右開始全面運作，主要是偵察與監視北韓的軍事動向。「讀賣新聞」今天報導，日本政府今天內定方針，將於九月十日發射各一顆光學衛星和雷達衛星，它們將和三月二十八日已經發射的各一顆光學衛星和雷達衛星配套而成為完整的一套偵察系統，這將是日本首次發射偵察衛星蒐集軍事情報。這一套偵察系統的每顆衛星在高度約五百公里的高空以南北方向每日環繞地球約十五圈，可對地球上的任何地區每天最少攝影一次，四顆衛星每天可對地球上的任何地區至少拍攝四次。兩顆光學衛星各搭載望超高鏡和數位相機，若是彩色攝影可識別地面上五公尺大小的物體，黑白攝影則可識別一公尺的物體，不受電磁波和天候影響的雷達衛星利用地面上物體的反射而形成的畫面，其解像度是南北方向一公尺，東西方向三公尺。報導指出，三月發射的兩顆偵察衛星迄今未出現任何問題，將於二十七日起開始正式全面拍攝照片傳送給位於北海道、茨城縣和鹿兒島的三處接收站，然後由位於東京的內閣衛星情報中心進行照片的分析。北韓於一九九八年八月發射「大浦洞導彈」飛越日本上空，對日本造成極大的震撼，同年十二月，日本決定首次自行發射偵察衛星，對北韓展開監視。這套衛星系統也將蒐集其他國家的軍事動向及觀測地震和火山爆發的大規模天災等。

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