armée Sri-lankaise / Sri Lanka Armed Forces

surement don paki (ou financement tres avantageux) pour relancer enfin des marchés qui ne volent pas,ca serait le premier client donc

F-7GS avec PL-9C ... remarquez la propreté des locaux de cette base


Mig-27M


AB-212


Mi35P

F-7GS



F-7BS


FT-7


Kfir C2



K8


Mi35

les kfir et mig-27M etaient leur salut contre les LTTE

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Sri Lankan army personnel take part during the Victory Day parade rehearsal in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, on May 15, 2013. Sri Lanka celebrates War Heroes Week with a military parade scheduled for May 18. The parade celebrates the fourth anniversary of the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009, ending a 37-year long separatist conflict. (Xinhua/Pushpika Karunaratne)

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Sri Lankan commandos look to shed 'jack of all trades' role
By Kenneth Conboy, Ganemulla, Sri Lanka
6/11/2013
Four years since the Sri Lankan military's victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, it is still adjusting to peacetime.

The transition has arguably been hardest for the elite Commando Regiment, which IHS Jane's visited at its headquarters in Ganemulla in late May. Formed in 1977 as an anti-hijack team, it expanded over the ensuing decades and by 2009, comprised five commando regiments administered by the Commando Centre, while a Commando Brigade ostensibly wielded operational control in the field. Well beyond their original hostage rescue mandate, the commandos were being used for everything from light infantry to long-range reconnaissance.

"They had strayed far from their original roles," said Major General Chagie Gallage, their most senior officer. "I want to bring them back."

The Commando Regiment made its first adjustments to its new peacetime role in 2010 by reorganising its training programmes at the Commando Regiment Training School (CRTS) at Uva Kudaoya. The original CRTS continues to do commando selection and orientation, as well as leadership and airborne courses, while a new Commando Regiment Special Warfare Training School has been established in the extreme northwest of the country.


http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065980070&channel=defence

Kfir C2


F-7BS

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Sri Lankan Navy receives donated Australian patrol vessel



The Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) took delivery of a Bay-class patrol boat, donated by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS), at a flag-transfer ceremony in Cairns on 30 March.

An ACBPS official told IHS Jane's on 2 April that the 38 m vessel - the former ACV Corio Bay , rechristened SLNS Oshadi - will be joined by another patrol boat following a pledge made by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in November 2013 to donate the vessels to help enhance the SLN's maritime security capacity. The ACBPS has not revealed the estimated delivery date for the second vessel.

According to technical specifications provided by manufacturer Austal Ships, Bay-class vessels have a maximum range of 1,000 n miles at a top speed of 20 kt. They can carry 12 crew and two landing craft.

As part of the transfer process ACBPS Marine Unit officers spent 17 days training SLN personnel in the various aspects of managing a Bay-class vessel. "The training was comprehensive. It included activities ranging from ship's deck work and familiarisation of electronic systems and equipment on board, to undertaking operational drills," said Nigel Perry, ACBPS national director of border force capability.

The fully furbished vessel, with 284,026 n miles under its belt, will make the 4,800 n mile journey to Colombo, where it will assume maritime patrol duties in the Indian Ocean.

Under a programme announced in June 2010, Australia is replacing its Bay-class boats with larger Cape-class patrol vessels, which will provide increased crew and range capacity. Australia pledged to donate its retired boats to regional maritime agencies in the fight against smuggling.

On 14 February, IHS Jane's reported that Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison had pledged to donate two Bay-class vessels to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).

http://www.janes.com/article/36328/sri-lankan-navy-receives-donated-australian-patrol-vessel

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Sri Lanka receives second donated Australian patrol vessel

http://www.janes.com/article/38806/sri-lanka-receives-second-donated-australian-patrol-vessel

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SLAF Plane crashes in Hokandara, four dead

An Antonov-32 plane belongs to the Sri Lankan Air Force has crashed into a rubber Estate in Hokandara area in Athurugiriya around 6.20 AM this morning. Four have been confirmed dead due to the crash.

Dr. Anil Jayasinghe speaking to the official government news portal said that one causality with several burn injuries was admitted to the Sri Jayewardenapura Hospital. No residents in the area have been injured.

Sri Lanka Air force Spokesperson Wing Commander Gihan Senevirathna mentioned that there had been five crew members in the aeroplane. It was was intended to land at the Ratmalana Airport.

http://www.defence.lk

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Lanka decides to consult China


Sri Lanka will not make any decision on Chinese projects it is reviewing until it consults China, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister said on Friday, pledging that his new government would welcome Chinese investors, the Reuters news agency reported.

President Maithripala Sirisena has unnerved China with his re-examination of certain projects that China has invested in, including a $1.5 billion “port city” project in Colombo.

India, which lost out to China in infrastructure development on the Indian Ocean island, was in particular worried about the security threat posed by Chinese ownership of land, aggravated by the docking of Chinese submarines in Colombo last year.

Last week, Sri Lanka said it would reconsider the outright transfer of a parcel of land to China under the port city deal signed by the previous government, amid concern it could be used for by the Chinese navy.

Speaking in Beijing after meeting his Chinese counterpart, Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said he did not discuss the port issue directly, and the government was not only looking into Chinese projects.

“Anything relating to Chinese investment will be shared and discussed with the government of China before we take any final decision,” Samaraweera told a news conference, citing what he told his Chinese counterpart.

Sri Lanka will always welcome Chinese investment and it would now be an even safer place in which to invest, he said.

“We are trying to ensure that there is a level playing field for all investors and a conducive environment for investment based on the restoration of the rule of law, democracy, good governance and transparency,” Samaraweera said.

“All proposals in future will be considered totally on merit.”

Samaraweera is in China to prepared for an expected visit by Sirisena next month.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China remained a good partner of Sri Lanka.

“China is willing to continue being a trustworthy and reliable development partner … and will also keep doing its best to provide assistance for Sri Lanka’s social and economic development,” Wang said.

India had grown increasingly wary of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s pursuit of closer ties with China, which became a key supporter of the island’s economy after its 26-year-civil war ended in 2009.

China has built a seaport and airport in the south of the country, raising fears it is seeking influence in a country with which India has traditionally had deep ties.

India’s concern grew after the Rajapaksa government allowed the Chinese submarines to dock.

http://colombogazette.com

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Sri Lanka Signs Memorandum For Eight Pakistani-made JF-17 Thunders
Jan 6, 2016



Sri Lanka has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan on Tuesday to purchase at least 8 JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.

The deal was signed during a visit to Sri Lanka by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif this week, confirming earlier rumors about an imminent deal.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) which already flies several other Chinese-made Shenyang F-7 fighter jets – is currently looking to upgrade its fighter capabilities. At present these rely on the Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir.

The Thunders is expected to replace SLAF’s obsolete MiG-23 and MiG-27 fighter jets.

The JF-17 Thunder is the result of a joint program by Pakistan and China. In the latter, the same aircraft is designated Chengdu FC-1.

economictimes.indiatimes.com




http://defence-blog.com/news/sri-lanka-signs-memorandum-for-eight-pakistani-made-jf-17-thunders.html

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Bell 206 helicopter of Sri Lanka Air Force crash landed upon takeoff
May 25, 2016




Bell 206 helicopter was damaged during takeoff in Hingurakgoda Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Camp, Air Force Spokesman Group Captain Chandima Alwis said.

The spokesman said the chopper flown by a trainee pilot during a training session had tilted to a side during takeoff.

The pilot was not injured but the chopper was damaged in the incident.

The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- or twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army’s Light Observation Helicopter program, it was not selected by the Army. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger.

http://defence-blog.com/news/bell-206-helicopter-of-sri-lanka-air-force-crash-landed-upon-takeoff.html

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Sri Lanka approves new fighter jets purchase plan
Sri Lanka's Cabinet has approved a proposal to purchase new fighter aircraft, the first major plan to buy military hardware since the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended in 2009. "The idea is to buy eight multi-role fighter aircraft with associated weapons on a government-to-government basis," government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne told reporters.

http://worlddefencenews.blogspot.com/

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As Combat Aircraft Fleet Atrophies, Sri Lanka Seeks New Fighters
(Source: Forecast International; posted August 19, 2016)
by Dan Darling
A single Israeli-built Kfir fighter was purchased in 1995. That lone aircraft represents all that remains of Sri Lanka’s operational jet fighter fleet. After a 26-year war against Tamil Tiger insurgents and a failed $400 million bid last summer to purchase eight JF-17s from Pakistan (the failure stemming in part from Indian diplomatic intervention against the deal), Sri Lanka’s Air Force finds itself in a desperate situation as it seeks to protect the national airspace and claims to the offshore exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

In light of the situation, the government of President Maithripala Sirisena has green-lighted a Defense Ministry project to acquire 8-12 fighters. The Defense Ministry will reach out to aircraft manufacturers and government agents regarding a possible commercial buy or a government-to-government deal.

The procurement comes at a crucial time for the Sri Lankan Air Force. With the 200,000-strong Sri Lanka Army generally receiving the bulk of military spending on an annual basis, the core of the Air Force’s fighter fleet has been degraded to the point of complete obsolescence.

The Air Force fighter inventory includes seven Israel Aerospace Industries Kfir C2 and C7 variants, but only the aforementioned one is flyable. In addition, there are seven Chinese-built Chengdu F-7 Airguards (the Airguard is a derivative of the Russian MiG-21) that were purchased in 1991 and are referred to in Sri Lankan service as “Skybolts.” All of these are now out of service and were to have been replaced under the aborted JF-17 procurement plan. Finally, there are the seven MiG-27s transferred to Sri Lanka from Ukrainian Air Force surplus in 2000 that are inoperable.

How many of these mothballed and obsolete aircraft could be upgraded and returned to operational service remains in question. Moreover, it seems unlikely that the funding put into such work would be worth the cost when factored against the need to revisit a new fighter buy down the line.

The most likely avenue appears to be a procurement of fighters sourced from Russia or China, both of which have been staunch allies of Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka: un Tamoul à la tête de la marine, une première depuis 1970


Colombo, 18 août 2017 (AFP) -

Le président du Sri Lanka a nommé vendredi un officier appartenant à la minorité tamoule au poste de chef de la marine, une première depuis qu'une guerre civile a éclaté sur l'île il y a 45 ans.

"Le contre-amiral Travis Sinniah, qui a servi la marine du Sri Lanka avec une loyauté immense depuis des décennies, a pris aujourd'hui ses fonctions de chef de la marine", a déclaré le président Maithripala Sirisena sur Twitter.

Le contre-amiral Travis Sinniah est le premier Tamoul à diriger une branche de l'armée sri-lankaise depuis 1970 bien que la population du Sri Lanka compte environ 15% de Tamouls.

En 1972, l'organisation séparatiste des Tigres de libération de l'Eelam tamoul (LTTE) avait pris les armes pour obtenir la création d'un nouvel Etat pour cette minorité ethnique, provoquant une sanglante guerre civile jusqu'en mai 2009 lorsqu'ils ont été écrasés par une offensive militaire.

M. Sinniah a joué un rôle clé lors de cette guerre civile, capturant plus d'une dizaine de rebelles des Tigres tamouls alors qu'ils essayaient de fuir l'île en octobre 1987.

Le nouveau commandant de la marine est également crédité de destruction d'arsenaux appartenant aux Tigres et de coupure de leurs approvisionnements avant les batailles finales de 2009.

La guerre civile au Sri Lanka a coûté la vie à plus de 100.000 personnes entre 1972 et 2009, selon les estimations des Nations unies.

http://www.marine-oceans.com/actualites-afp/15072-sri-lanka-un-tamoul-a-la-tete-de-la-marine-une-premiere-depuis-1970

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Sri Lankan navy receives former PLAN frigate

Gabriel Dominguez, London - Jane's Defence Weekly

10 June 2019


The SLN was formally handed over an ex-PLAN Jiangwei I-class frigate in a ceremony held on 5 June in Shanghai.
Source: Sri Lanka Navy


The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has formally received a former Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Jiangwei I (Type 053 H2G)-class frigate.

The service said in a statement that it officially took over the refurbished 111.7 m-long and 12.4 m-wide vessel on 5 June in a ceremony held at the Shanghai Zhonghua shipyard in China that was attended by the Chief of Staff of the SLN, Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna.

The vessel, which has a full-load displacement of 2,286 tonnes and a crew of 110 (including 18 officers), will be used for "patrol and surveillance missions in the deep seas around Sri Lanka, providing the maritime security and assistance to search-and-rescue operations", according to the SLN.

The ship, which was first commissioned by the PLAN in 1994 under the name Tongling (542), now bears pennant number P 625. It is scheduled to sail to Sri Lanka on 14 June and is expected to reach the island country by the end of the month.

The move comes only a few weeks after China agreed to provide aid worth USD14 million to Sri Lanka to procure Chinese-made counter-insurgency equipment. The funding - pledged on 14 May during Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena's visit to Beijing - is intended to boost the capability of Sri Lanka's security forces, the president's media division said.

China has also agreed to provide Sri Lanka's police force with 150 vehicles. The donations were pledged less than a month after Sri Lanka endured a series of suicide bombings, which killed more than 250 people.

The funding pledge is the latest that China has offered Sri Lanka to support defence equipment purchases. In 2016 China offered USD18 million to procure Chinese military equipment and also agreed to provide the Jiangwei I-class frigate that was handed over on 5 June.

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China offers patrol boat to Sri Lanka

A vessel taken over from China in a bid to enhance operational capabilities of Sri Lanka Navy arrived on 8 July in Colombo. The official taking over ceremony of ship ‘P625’ was held on June 5 in China, at the Shanghai Dockyard, Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya reports in the Daily Mirror.



Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal de Silva flanked by senior officers paid an inspection visit onboard and supervised the functional cum operational aspects of the vessel. Built in 1994, the ship is 112 meters in length and 12.4 meters in width. It boasts a displacement capacity of 2,300 tonnes.

“A crew of 18 officers and 92 sailors perform duties in the ship. After the ship is included in the SLN fleet, she will be utilised for patrol and surveillance missions in the deep sea surrounding Mother Lanka. The ship will also be used for search and rescue operations to provide security and assistance to naval and fisheries communities,” the Navy said. Navy said the ship was scheduled to receive its auspicious commissioning in the near future.

Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Cheng Xueyuan, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Piyal de Silva, Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenna, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director-General Operations Rear Admiral Niraja Attygalle, Commander Western Naval Area Rear Admiral Sumith Weerasinghe, Military, Naval and Air Attaché of the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka, Senior Colonel Xu Jianwei and a host of senior officers from the Naval Headquarters and Western Naval Command were present on this occasion.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/july/7270-china-offers-patrol-boat-to-sri-lanka.html

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Sri Lanka commissions ex-Chinese navy frigate

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - Jane's Navy International

23 August 2019


Seen here is Parakramabahu before it was commissioned. Source: Sri Lanka Navy

Key Points
•The Sri Lanka Navy has commissioned an ex-People's Liberation Army Navy frigate
•The vessel will be operated as an offshore patrol vessel and deployed mainly for maritime patrol duties

The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has commissioned a frigate that was formerly in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

The vessel, which has been renamed SLNS Parakramabahu (P625), was commissioned on 22 August in Colombo in the presence of the Sri Lankan and Chinese governments and military leaders. It was previously in service with the PLAN as the Jiangwei I (Type 053 H2G)-class frigate, Tongling (542).

The warship was handed over to Sri Lanka in June 2019, with the vessel arriving in Colombo the following month. It has an overall length of 111.7 m, an overall beam of 12.4 m, and displaces 2,286 tonnes at full load.

An official video of Parakramabahu 's commissioning ceremony indicates that the vessel has been handed over to Sri Lanka with its primary weapon, a twin 100 mm naval gun system, intact.

The video also confirms the presence of two Type 76A 37 mm cannon turrets in the forward section just ahead of the bridge, with two further turrets each on the port and starboard sides.

Seemingly absent, however, are missile launcher systems, or close-in weapon system (CIWS) turrets.

When contacted via a phone call by Jane's on 23 August, the SLN's media co-ordinating office in Colombo declined to comment on these systems, citing confidentiality regulations.

https://www.janes.com/article/90624/sri-lanka-commissions-ex-chinese-navy-frigate

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China-built Sri Lankan Y-12 Plane Crashes, Four Killed

10:46 AM, January 3, 2020


A Sri Lankan Air Force Y-12 plane crashed in Uva Province, on Friday (image: tweeted by @ahalyasenevi)


A Chinese-built Y-12 turboprop plane belonging to the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) crashed in the hilly region of Haputale in Uva Province, around 200km from the capital city of Colombo, on Friday.

Sri Lanka Air Force spokesperson Group Captain Gihan Seneviratne said that the service has appointed a special investigation team to find the reasons behind the crash of the surveillance vehicle.

The aircraft had taken off from the southern airbase of Wirawila and was heading to Ratmalana, south of Colombo, when it crashed, spokesman Chandana Wickramasinghe said.

“We are still investigating the cause of the crash,” Wickramasinghe said.

Two pilots and two other crewmembers were on board the plane which was on an observation mission.

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/26111/China_built_Sri_Lankan_Y_12_Plane_Crashes__Four_Killed#.Xg-WqqbbLIV