Duncan Type 45 Destroyer departs on maiden sea trials

Glasgow, United Kingdom: DUNCAN, the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has today set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her first stage of sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. 

During three weeks at sea, DUNCAN will undertake an extensive programme of trials that will include testing of her power and propulsion systems, auxiliary and domestic services.

Paul Rafferty, Type 45 Programme Director at BAE Systems, said: “This is the sixth Type 45 destroyer to embark on sea trials, but there will be no complacency in the rigour with which we will put her through her paces and prove her outstanding capabilities. Every stage in the delivery of the Type 45 destroyers brings an enormous amount of pride to those who have worked on the programme and there’s a special significance attached now that all six ships have sailed the seas.”

DUNCAN’s Commander Phil Game Royal Navy, said: “Putting to sea for the first time is a significant milestone in the early life of the ship and a tribute to the teamwork between BAE Systems, MOD and my Royal Navy personnel to get to this point”.

DUNCAN is on track to be handed over to the UK Royal Navy in the first half of next year. This follows the handover of DEFENDER, which was accepted off contract in a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base in July. DUNCAN, named after Admiral Lord Viscount Adam Duncan who commanded the Royal Navy to victory over the Dutch Fleet in the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, is affiliated with his home town of Dundee as well as Belfast.

Once handed over, DUNCAN will be based in Portsmouth where BAE Systems will continue to provide ship support alongside the MOD, Royal Navy and industry partners in the Type 45 Class Output Management Team (COM), which works as a single team to sustain the high level of availability required throughout the life of the Type 45 ships. The Type 45 COM currently provides support to all six ships in class, including the four commissioned vessels, HMS DARING, HMS DAUNTLESS, HMS DIAMOND and HMS DRAGON.

The Type 45s will provide the backbone of the UK’s naval air defences for the next 30 years and beyond. The destroyers are capable of carrying out a wide range of operations, including anti-piracy and anti-smuggling activities, disaster relief work and surveillance operations as well as high intensity war fighting.

Each destroyer will be able to engage a large number of targets simultaneously, and defend aircraft carriers or groups of ships, such as an amphibious landing force, against the strongest future threats from the air. The vessels will contribute a specialist air warfare capability to worldwide maritime and joint operations

Rusia Siap Kembangkan Sistem Pertahanan Mirip Aegis

LENSAINDONESIA.COM: Kementrian Pertahanan Rusia bermaksud mengembangkan program rudal pertahanan berbasis di laut yang mirip dengan Sistem Tempur Aegis buatan AS.

“Tugas ini telah diberikan pada industri [pertahanan],” dikutip  RIA Novosti,  Anatoly Shlemov, kepala kontrak luar negeri departemen pertahanan di Rusia Serikat Koperasi Pembangunan Kapal (United Shipbuilding Corporation), Minggu(02/09).

Dia menambahkan analog Aegis sedang dikembangkan di perusahaan berafiliasi dengan keprihatinan terbesar pertahanan Rusia memegang, PVO Almaz-Antey.

Shlemov menolak untuk menguraikan sistem senjata angkatan laut, mengutip sifat rahasia dari masalah ini.

Sistem Tempur Aegis adalah perintah dan kontrol canggih, dan sistem kontrol senjata yang menggunakan komputer dan radar yang kuat untuk melacak dan membimbing senjata untuk menghancurkan target musuh.

Pada awalnya dikembangkan oleh divisi rudal dan radar darat dari Radio Corporation of America, dan sekarang diproduksi oleh Lockheed Martin.@it/i

China building new Type 052D guided missile destroye

The Chinese Navy appears to be developing a brand new type of guided-missile destroyer (DDG) and could be producing several hulls simultaneously, a development that could further tip the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait.

Images have emerged on Chinese military Web sites in recent weeks that seem to confirm the long-rumored development of the Type 052D destroyer, which some analysts are comparing to Aegis-equipped destroyers in the US Navy. More recently, two hulls were pictured at China State Shipbuilding Corp’s Jiangnan Changxing shipyard near Shanghai earlier this month. The first “dock launch” occurred yesterday.

According to China military watchers, as many as 10 Type 052D DDGs could be under construction. If true, this would be a departure from past practice for Chinese shipbuilders, which usually develop one or two hulls and launch a series of tests before entering mass production. Analysts have speculated that Chinese engineers may have become confident enough in the subsystems used on the new destroyer to risk accelerated development.

At 160m long and 18m wide, the Type 052D is slightly larger than its predecessor, the Type 052C, and is believed to weigh just over 6,000 tonnes. Reports indicate the vessel will use a Type 346 Active Phased Array Radar System and a Type 518 L-band long-range radar.

Meanwhile, the main 100mm gun on the Type 052C, which has reportedly been unreliable, appears to have been replaced by a new PJ-38 130mm gun. The vessel also comes with a helicopter-landing platform and close-in weapon systems.

According to China Military News, the new destroyer comes with two 32-unit vertical launch systems capable of launching HQ-9B air-defense missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles. The original YJ-62 missile launchers used on the Type 052C do not appear to be present on the new DDG. It has been speculated that the Type 052D could be equipped with a navalized version of the DH-10 land-attack cruise missile.

Defense analysts believe the Type 052D could enter service in 2014.

In related developments, China’s first aircraft carrier, the retrofitted ex-Varyag, left Dalian Port in Liaoning Province yesterday and embarked on its 10th sea trial yesterday. The carrier, which has yet to be christened but is likely to be named after a Chinese province, is expected to enter service later this year

Lowongan TNI: Para Sarjana Ditantang Jadi Perwira TNI

JAKARTA, (PRLM).- Tentara Nasional Indonesia kembali membuka kesempatan kepada putra-putri Indonesia lulusan perguruan tinggi untuk bergabung menjadi seorang Perwira TNI melalui pendidikan pertama Perwira Prajurit Karier TNI.

“Alokasi Perwira Prajurit Karier TNI yang dibutuhkan bagi lulusan perguruan tinggi sebanyak 128 orang, terdiri dari 109 pria dan 19 wanita. Materi seleksi meliputi administrasi, kesehatan, kesamaptaan jasmani, psikologi dan mental ideologi,” kata Kadispenum Puspen TNI, Kolonel Cpl Ir. Minulyo Suprapto di Jakarta, Selasa (28/8).

Menurut Minulyo, pendaftaran dimulai dari tanggal 15 Agustus sampai 30 September 2012, dengan sejumlah persyaratan seperti pendidikan terakhir serendah-rendahnya D3 sesuai kebutuhan angkatan, umur 26 tahun bagi yang berijazah D3, 30 tahun bagi S1, dan 32 tahun untuk S1 Profesi pada saat pembukaan pendidikan pertama.

Selain itu, dibutuhkan IPK untuk program studi akreditasi ‘A’ minimal 2,80 untuk S1 (umum maupun profesi), dan minimal 2,70 untuk program Diploma Tiga, serta IPK untuk program studi Akreditasi ‘B’ ditambah 0,20, kecuali Perguruan Tinggi binaan Kemhan.

Adapun yang berasal dari Perguruan Tinggi binaan Kemhan yaitu UPN Veteran, Universitas Suryadarma, STT Adisucipto, Universitas Ahmad Yani dan Universitas Hang Tuah, persyaratan IPK tidak kurang dari 2,80, status belum pernah menikah dan sanggup tidak menikah selama mengikuti pendidikan pertama, kecuali untuk pendaftar berprofesi dokter diperbolehkan sudah menikah, atau bagi profesi dokter wanita belum mempunyai anak dan sanggup tidak mempunyai anak/hamil selama dalam pendidikan pertama.

“Tidak kehilangan hak untuk menjadi prajurit berdasarkan putusan pengadilan yang telah memperoleh kekuatan hukum tetap serta sehat jasmani, rohani dan bebas narkoba,” terang Minulyo. (kominfo/A-26).***

Sumber: Pikiran Rakyat