tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post7180280175101183379..comments2024-03-23T23:52:14.690+05:30Comments on DefenceNet: Defence News from Sri Lanka: LTTE aircraft spotted near AnuradhapuraDefenceNethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11553575476849786179noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-10287308218886223562007-11-16T19:41:00.000+05:302007-11-16T19:41:00.000+05:30Hold on rajarata..lets not celebrate yet.True the ...Hold on rajarata..lets not celebrate yet.True the TRO was banned.Ask yourself whats in a name.A name being just a label means nothing really.If i am right you are going to see 100's of LTTE cornershops opening up ..serving masala dosai...where the clientel are only too happy to donate to the<BR/>"cause"..in the form of "tips"..I hope the US govt will not loose its nerve in time..They need to also look into some schools that are teaching their children "EELAM".The US govt is also going to have to investigate individuals who move money in the form of assets..are a few examples.A lot more has to be done to really break the LTTE network because these guys have had 30 years to consolidate themselves.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-36749136465280527412007-11-16T03:06:00.000+05:302007-11-16T03:06:00.000+05:30Hey David Good to see ya back mate ! Where ya bee...Hey David Good to see ya back mate ! Where ya been Son ? Anyhow, fellas can ya pleeez stop revealing this Maritime Radar business ? Please, cuz, it's bad enough we have moles in the bases, but, I mentioned last week ! This radar is v. good ! But, dont reveal anything sensitive till our boys have recieved proper training ! As if on cue, Bart is right Indians are concerned ! Ya damn right we need that radar & Indian idiots dont want us to have anything sophisticated ! Well, they can kiss my candy ass all I care ! <BR/><BR/>By the way isnt that great White House banned & froze TRO here ! But, they were able to spirit out some funds before the freeze ! Idiots ! <BR/>I thank the White House for sticking with us on this one !Rajaratasurferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15877701773284721637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-69790897032473232112007-11-15T12:14:00.000+05:302007-11-15T12:14:00.000+05:30Dear David,Hope you had a nice holiday in hikka?.:...Dear David,<BR/>Hope you had a nice holiday in hikka?.:):).Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-48097149936219080392007-11-15T10:58:00.000+05:302007-11-15T10:58:00.000+05:30"cannot a sniper rifel be used to bring these zlin..."cannot a sniper rifel be used to bring these zlins down..just a thought..."<BR/><BR/>How? It's hard enough to shoot a running man, never mind a fast-moving aircraft.<BR/><BR/>"B.Raman keeps on reiterating that SLAF has Pakistani and Ukrainian pilots, is there any truth in this ? "<BR/><BR/>I don't think Raman's said this. His most recent article talks abbout PAF advisers and SSG instructors.David Blackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294360142245036352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-28224350804044194012007-11-15T09:45:00.000+05:302007-11-15T09:45:00.000+05:30Sammy,Y don't you post this on latest post of Defe...Sammy,<BR/><BR/>Y don't you post this on latest post of DefenceNet. otherwise no one will see this.B#1https://www.blogger.com/profile/02130865281526770482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-7766163513915356792007-11-15T09:28:00.000+05:302007-11-15T09:28:00.000+05:30Yesterday night (14th), around 7:20pm, a mysteriou...Yesterday night (14th), around 7:20pm, a mysterious aircraft, without any lights, started circling Ratmalana airbase. The plane flew right over my house at Gamunu Mawatha, Attidiya. Which is about 300m from the Ratmalana airbase.<BR/><BR/>The airbase sounded it's alarms and directed searchlights on this aircraft but did not open fire. Possibly because it was flying just outside the range of our AA guns, and maybe because it was flying over a residential area. The aircraft kept circling the base for some 30-40min. I did in fact see the aircraft with my own eyes, however it was too dark for me to ID the aircraft type. After the aircraft flew away, Air Force ground troops conducted a house to house search of our neighborhood.<BR/><BR/>I spoke with a couple of the soldiers I know this morning and they said it was definitely not a SLAF aircraft and that is wasn’t a training exercise. I spoke to one of my pilot friends at Katunayaka airbase and they also confirmed that this aircraft was not one of ours and that they didn’t have any idea as to the identity of this mysterious plane.Sammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01627568437397536737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-1605227478756667222007-11-15T07:51:00.000+05:302007-11-15T07:51:00.000+05:30defense net please don't reveal sensitive informat...defense net please don't reveal sensitive information about forces, it may help LTTETimes Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502516625819524917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-48940649850631383002007-11-14T23:47:00.000+05:302007-11-14T23:47:00.000+05:30"I couldn't figure out how to delete and update co..."I couldn't figure out how to delete and update comments that I posted...<BR/><BR/>any ideas?"<BR/><BR/>Tangara,<BR/>Log in with the account you used to post the comment. Scroll to the posted comment. You will notice an icon of a small recycle bin below your comment. Use that to delete. Unfortunately there is no way to edit the comments (yet).<BR/><BR/>RomeAlphaFoxtrot ,<BR/><BR/>"I thought we had Ukrainian pilots as instructors.. but do we still have them ? This guy wants to keep discrediting SLAF for their achievements!"<BR/><BR/>Yes we do have instructors from those countries. But our pilots are Sri lankans (we used to have foreign pilots but this has changed now). <BR/><BR/>Qrious,<BR/>"<BR/>What stops the Air Force deploying airmen armed with SAMS along the potential flight path, when they know the planes are airborne - at least at strategic places"<BR/><BR/>In fact units armed with SAMs have been placed around most strategic locations in Colombo. When LTTE planes tried to bomb Kolonnawa the airman stationed there had tried to target the Zlin using his MANPAD. Unfortunately it did not lock on the target. <BR/><BR/>LTTE planes take different flight paths each attempt. Therefore it is not possible to clearly distingush a route and place MANPADS near it.<BR/><BR/>nemesis,<BR/>"<BR/>DefenceNet, how many tiger AC were detected? 2 or more?"<BR/><BR/>Two were detected.<BR/><BR/>badsector,<BR/>"Can anyone do something about this sort of media programmes<BR/><BR/>are there any officials here?"<BR/><BR/>We are not officials. Any way you cannot do much about such videos as they are hosted in Servers in the US (so is DefenceNet). <BR/><BR/>goldeneagle,<BR/>"<BR/>Do you know if our airforce is going through with the F-7G jets or not?"<BR/><BR/>Well we cannot confirm this as of now. With the recent loss of some UAVs and trainers, plans may change.<BR/><BR/>And yes a Kfir takes around 20 mins to get warmed up and take off. After take off it normally reaches Jaffna in about 6 mins.DefenceNethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553575476849786179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-70452290247287205882007-11-14T23:24:00.000+05:302007-11-14T23:24:00.000+05:30So what exactly did the US give us last week? A ma...So what exactly did the US give us last week? <BR/><BR/>A maritime surveilance facility or a sophisticated land based listening post?<BR/><BR/>If it is a maritime surveillance, then why is it located Vavuniya? Shouldn't it be located close to a shore?GoldenEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097391147469779596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-9297479649346959682007-11-14T23:22:00.000+05:302007-11-14T23:22:00.000+05:30illegal.existance... i dont think the people of th...illegal.existance... i dont think the people of the east ever wants war again..they just want a leader they can rely on and who will develop their area and help them.The Hon prez seems to understand this.Srilankanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669706047196092243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-29936893662751309172007-11-14T23:10:00.000+05:302007-11-14T23:10:00.000+05:30I heard that it takes the Kfir jets about 25min to...I heard that it takes the Kfir jets about 25min to warm up its engine before it can take off. If this is true why don't we fit a few of our Kfirs with newer engines that don't take 25 min to warm up?(Maybe the engines of the newer French Mirage fighters will fit) This will be the most cost effective solution to get us jets that can get airbourne on short notice.<BR/><BR/>If this can't be done, I think we will have to replace our old beaten up F-7 jets with newer F-7G jets.<BR/><BR/>Defencenet<BR/><BR/>Do you know if our airforce is going through with the F-7G jets or not?GoldenEaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097391147469779596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-66483215193210084022007-11-14T22:50:00.000+05:302007-11-14T22:50:00.000+05:30DefenceNet,What stops the Air Force deploying airm...DefenceNet,<BR/><BR/>What stops the <B>Air Force</B> deploying <B>airmen</B> armed with <B>SAMS</B> along the <B>potential flight path</B>, when they know the planes are airborne - at least at strategic places ?Vivaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389611860445104274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-63163220901113403092007-11-14T22:26:00.000+05:302007-11-14T22:26:00.000+05:30nemesis, also remember China too wants a foothold ...nemesis, also remember China too wants a foothold in the Indian Ocean.. India is not to happy with our new Hambantota Harbour project with the Chinese...RomeoAlphaFoxtrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09636976456011332290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-5704165682682089822007-11-14T22:19:00.000+05:302007-11-14T22:19:00.000+05:30"Times Eye said..., and we need superior aircrafts...<I>"Times Eye said..., and we need superior aircrafts like F16's"</I><BR/><BR/>Who the hell do you think is going to pay for them?<BR/><BR/><I>"tangara said..., With these flyovers, LTTE was trying to achive the following."</I><BR/><BR/>Or they actually couldn't carry out their intended mission due to the AA fire. Remember Katunayake? Sometime around May, LTTE air craft were spotted approaching KAB. They tuned back due to heavy fire from the ground, and haven't tried to attack Colombo since.<BR/><BR/><I>"I am no fan of desicrating LTTE cemetries in North and East.."</I><BR/><BR/>Are suggesting we leave all the LTTE cemeteries intact with all their flags flying and boasting how this dead guy became a martyr of Tamil Eelam while fighting the terrorist Sri Lankan state?<BR/><BR/>If we want to keep hold of the East for the rest of this "war", along with mass development of the whole area, we need to make sure the people there accept that they are part of Sri Lanka and that that is not going to change. Convincing them that the LTTE is not coming back is a big part of that.Illegal.existencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16607233043045287352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-51657333914910383972007-11-14T22:14:00.000+05:302007-11-14T22:14:00.000+05:30good posts guys,India keep a hold on us by not let...good posts guys,<BR/><BR/><BR/>India keep a hold on us by not letting the Tigers be crushed. It’s very clear to any one.<BR/><BR/>And a "listening post" typically would only have SIGINT equipment and multi spectrum Jammers, voice loggers and crypto people to de code intercepts.<BR/><BR/>not radar to detect "ground targets" and that is why i think what makes India jittery...they don’t want their Nuke test data to fall to US and the Indian Maritime dominance to be challenged! <BR/><BR/><BR/>Tangara, alpharomeofoxtrot,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Don’t for get use of Sea mines and the talk that the tigers might have got a midget sub!<BR/>We must protect are naval assets.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777902112139093143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-27324049026396291052007-11-14T22:02:00.000+05:302007-11-14T22:02:00.000+05:30DefenceNet and others,B.Raman keeps on reiterating...DefenceNet and others,<BR/><BR/>B.Raman keeps on reiterating that SLAF has Pakistani and Ukrainian pilots, is there any truth in this ? <BR/><BR/>I thought we had Ukrainian pilots as instructors.. but do we still have them ? This guy wants to keep discrediting SLAF for their achievements!RomeoAlphaFoxtrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09636976456011332290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-50079024778700432852007-11-14T21:50:00.000+05:302007-11-14T21:50:00.000+05:30tangara mate, do u think they would go for air and...tangara mate, do u think they would go for air and sea attack on colombo harbour or trinco ?<BR/><BR/>While our gunners are bz targetting the zlins, there could be suicide boats and frogmen attacking when the attention is on the sky... They want another publicity show an attack from their "navy" and airforce!<BR/><BR/>And I think all this hype on a possible attack on Colombo Harbour is just psy ops thing by the LTTE. With all the attention, they focus somewhere else. They attack us where we least expect them to attack.. the question is <B>where ???? </B>RomeoAlphaFoxtrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09636976456011332290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-61311707674485707272007-11-14T21:32:00.000+05:302007-11-14T21:32:00.000+05:30"Indian help is next to useless!"I'm afraid Indian..."Indian help is next to useless!"<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid Indian "help" is worse than useless, it's actually a liability.Bart Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932266506380189669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-48521623107931270822007-11-14T21:30:00.000+05:302007-11-14T21:30:00.000+05:30I'm confused! How can a maritime radar locate grou...I'm confused! How can a maritime radar locate ground base targets?<BR/><BR/>Also now the American donation makes sense. They are sharing nuclear technology with India and by giving us the radar that is linked to satellite (as this report suggest) they could keep an eye on India. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, we shouldn't complain. Indian help is next to useless!<BR/><BR/>AresAreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822661959046144092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-26012405376828740092007-11-14T21:29:00.000+05:302007-11-14T21:29:00.000+05:30"this incident shows that India wants this war to ..."this incident shows that India wants this war to continue in controlled manner..."<BR/><BR/>True say. I think anyone who spends sometime analysing the past and present will come to the same conclusion. India is NOT interested in its neighbours settling their problems. India is interested in keeping conflict going in neighbouring countries so that she can dominate the area and exert her influence. India has far more leverage over Sri Lanka because of this LTTE issue. If the LTTE were defeated, that leverage over Sri Lanka automatically disappears. India is worried over US and Chinese and Pak influence in Sri Lanka. Once this LTTE menace is done with, I hope the SL government ends this continual kowtowing to India. What I find amusing is how they accuse Pakistan and Bangladesh of "cross border terrorism." Geez, I wonder who fucking started it?Bart Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932266506380189669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-56293069066044190872007-11-14T21:16:00.000+05:302007-11-14T21:16:00.000+05:30Fucking Indians, they are responsible for starting...Fucking Indians, they are responsible for starting this war at the first place.....this incident shows that India wants this war to continue in controlled manner... its the only way that India can keep the grip on the region...... Once we thwart LTTE India will be our biggest threat......Who are they to decide, what we need for our national security?Times Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05502516625819524917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-45269025620123052842007-11-14T20:38:00.000+05:302007-11-14T20:38:00.000+05:30The dickheads give Sri Lanka shoddy radars and the...The dickheads give Sri Lanka shoddy radars and then complain when Sri Lanka gets better ones. Typical Indian behaviour. Arm, train and finance the LTTE, then refuse to arm the SL forces, then bitch and whine when SL goes elsewhere.<BR/><BR/><BR/>US spy radar worries India <BR/><BR/>TIMES NOW has learnt that Indian government is deeply concerned about a new US maritime spy facility in north eastern Sri Lanka.<BR/><BR/>Based out of the Vavuniya region in Sri Lanka, this facility was recently presented to the Sri Lankan Navy by the Americans. It is meant to aid the Sri Lankan government's fight against the LTTE as part of the global war on terror, but New Delhi is worried that this listening post can also be used to spy on key strategic installations in southern India - like the Thumba rocket launch station near Thiruvananthapuram, the Kalpakkam nuclear station in Tamil Nadu and the naval dockyard in Vishakapatnam to name but a few. <BR/><BR/>The Sri Lankan army has so far largely depended on Indian radar systems, but this new US listening post linked to satellites is a cause for concern because it gives Washington new spying facilities right on India's doorstep.<BR/><BR/>The sophisticated US maritime surveiilance facility was presented to the Sri Lankan government only last week, as part of the US National Security Act that allows the US government to aid countries fighting terror. <BR/><BR/>But the facility also virtually gives Washington a vital new strategic listening post in the region.<BR/><BR/>It is believed that Union Finance minister P Chidambaram who visited Colombo earlier this week to attend a lecture, also raised this issue among others with the Sri Lankan government.<BR/><BR/>Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi is also believed to have raised this issue with the Centre.<BR/><BR/>It is also believed that the Sri Lankan Air Force managed to pinpoint and kill the LTTE chief political negotiator Thamilselvan in an air raid last week, only after it received specific intelligence about his whereabouts from this US listening post.<BR/><BR/>At the time the Sri Lankan defence secretary had warned the LTTE that Thamilselvan's killing was a warning that the Sri Lankan Army now had the wherewithal to target its individual leaders - which is why and New Delhi is worried that such sophisticated US facilities right on India's southern doorstep will give Washington a major spying facility over Indian strategic assets. <BR/><BR/>http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=4277Bart Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932266506380189669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-59403745071189591952007-11-14T20:35:00.000+05:302007-11-14T20:35:00.000+05:30Until ltte hold onto these planes...it gives them ...Until ltte hold onto these planes...it gives them a a huge moral booster and a nice carrot for the tamil diaspora to pump in more funds...<BR/>It's about time SLDF really take measure of things and figure out a way to lure these zlins in an take em out... Obviously what we have already can't get the job done and the Zlins also won't just go away...<BR/>It's a huge problem we have to tackle and it's about time they started to do something about it...<BR/>Even if it takes a dedicate interceptor... they have no choice but to do it cos Zlins will continue their job until we shoot em off our skiesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186351038561364738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-41162242530205554382007-11-14T19:44:00.000+05:302007-11-14T19:44:00.000+05:30There is a mole in the SLAF hanger itself who info...There is a mole in the SLAF hanger itself who informs LTTE when SLAF scramble to take off.onecountryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04005700239191795369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079007316930841006.post-89285852153966621962007-11-14T19:00:00.000+05:302007-11-14T19:00:00.000+05:30tangara,LTTE has no right to build cemetries at th...tangara,<BR/><BR/>LTTE has no right to build cemetries at their will. So are you and I. We can't just build a cemetry in public property of our choice without permission from the government. Therefore, any such cemetry or monument shall be removed immediately.Sam Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809036198381030982noreply@blogger.com