Vietnam S-300PMU1
Certified: no more a virgin ✅
First footage of the Russian-made S-300PMU1 air-defense missile system of the Vietnamese Air Defence - Air Force Service live-firing its 48N6E long-range surface-to-air missiles. Theoretically speaking, the S-300PMU1 with its 48N6E missiles can engage targets with a range of 150km and a target speed of up to 2800m/s (nearly Mach 8.5), enough to make it the most powerful surface-to-air missile system ever commissioned by an ASEAN country until this moment.
Vietnam bought around two batteries of S-300PMU1 in 2008 as its strategic air-defense armaments, expected to provide effective countermeasures against precious and expensive targets such as strategic bombers, electronic warfare aircraft, AEW&C/AWACS aircraft, and major airlifters. By that, the Vietnamese will avoid using these big, heavy-warheaded, and expensive missiles against minor and cheap targets such as UAVs, some cruise missiles, and not-too-significant jetfighter targets. Also talking about the big missiles, there are hints that Vietnam may have already bought the 48N6E2 interceptors of the extended-range S-300PMU2 version, bringing the intercepting range of the system close to 200km with considerable improvement in its anti-ballistic capability. However, this information is largely not confirmatory; instead, we will continue to be happy with what we already have (officially).
(c) Vietnam Television (VTV)
-gaeul-
Marine One bay thử ở Nội Bài
Viet fishing boat spotting Chinese warplanes
Here we go again...with another random Vietnamese fishing boat "detecting" the Chinese JH-7A fighter-bombers flying low & harassing the Taiwanese side.
Vietnam really doesn't need AEW&C for some certain reasons...🐧
P/s: the red flag with a single yellow star of Vietnam 🇻🇳 appeared at the last second, in case you guys need verification.
(c) stolen
-wonyo-
Vietnamese anti-ship missile VCM-01
A VCM-01 test fire in the 2017/2018 period.
This is a 4-5 years old video but for some reason, it was just widely shared in recent days. This video has the best perspective of all videos recording the VCM-01 test fires, and it clearly shows the first phase of the missile since the launch, and when the missile ejects its booster and enters the cruise mode with its turbojet engine.
And yeh, still no official announcement from the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence or the Viettel Aerospace Institute yet, except a confirmation from a Viettel Group's 2021 Summarizing video mentioning that VCM-01 has successfully completed its trial stage (?!)
@AnnQuann
-wonyoung-
Vietnamese S-125-VT ("VT" for Viettel)
Live-fire trial of the Vietnamese S-125-VT air-defense missile system.
(c) Hội Hóng Tin Quân Sự
#tatcalataiNK