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Sudan Utara Membeli Su-24 & Su-25 Jet Fighter Dari Belarusia
Sudan gets second hand Belarusian Su-24 Fencer attack planes
It looks like that the sort-of mystery surrounding the fate of a dozen Su-24 Fencer attack planes withdrawn from use by Belarus Air Force was solved.
Akram Kharief, the editor of Secret Difa 3, a blog focusing on defense topics in the Maghreb region, wrote to The Aviationist to let us know that instead of being transfered to Yemen, as initially rumored, the Russian bombers were spotted in Wadi Sayyidna Air Base near Um Dorman in Sudan, together with Belarusian personnel and crews.
As Kharief highlights in his blog post, Sudanese air forces have already recently received a batch of second hand Su-25 Frogfoot from Belarus, aircraft that are inteded to be used for COIN (Counter Insurgency) and CAS (Close Air Support) tasks across the country.
Sudanese air forces have faced a long internal conflict in the southern areas that eventually led to the independence of the South Sudan. Tension still remains in the regions of Abiye and Kordofan where, according to Kharief, a war might break out for the control of the oil worthy area.
An even worst scenario is possible:
“Sudan is also in the middle of a possible future conflict for war, especially after the sudden decision of the Ethiopian government to erect a dam across the Nile, causing the fury of Egypt, whose authorities clearly threatened the African horn’s country of military retaliation.”
Even if a war in the Horn of Africa is quite unlikely (as well as almost suicidal for Khartoum, considered the financial conditions of the country following the secession of South Sudan, which contained over 80 percent of Sudan’s oilfields), the induction of the Su-24s in the Sudanese Air Force orbat is believed to significantly boost Sudan’s firepower (provided they are in good conditions).
http://theaviationist.com/2013/08/19/sudan-su-24/
Sudan operating Su-24s
Satellite imagery and photographic evidence has confirmed that Sudan has received at least three Sukhoi Su-24 strike aircraft over the last few months.
According to the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), DigitalGlobal satellite imagery has confirmed the presence of at least three Su-24s at the Sudanese Wadi Seidna airbase, which were acquired in recent months. The SSP says technical checks and pilot proficiency are probably underway at the air base.
“As early as March 2013, one Su-24 bomber was parked in the engine testing apron in the operational area of Wadi Seidna, located 25 km northwest of Khartoum,” the SSP said. “To date, three Su-24 aircraft have been observed at Wadi Seidna, most recently on August 24, 2013”.
Meanwhile, photos have emerged of Su-24s in Sudanese Air Force markings. They were provided by the Secret Difa 3 blog, which claims that Sudan has received 12 Su-24s from Belarus that were supposedly intended to go to Yemen.
In the past Sudan has used An-24/26 transport aircraft as crude, inaccurate bombers. The arrival of the Su-24s gives the Air Force the ability to conduct precision strikes over long ranges.
Satellite Sentinel Project and Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast stated that, “The capabilities of this particular type of bomber in the hands of the Sudanese government is troubling. Khartoum has an extensive track record of targeting civilian areas with aerial bombing, and these new planes will allow future damage to be even deadlier. The Sudan government has flouted past UN restrictions on offensive aerial operations in Darfur, and undertaken sustained bombing campaigns in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, where there are no UN restrictions. With the deployment of these attack planes, life just got much more dangerous for civilians living in Sudan’s war zones.”
“The Satellite Sentinel Project will keep tracking these aircraft to ensure that they are not used in Darfur, in contravention of the UN Security Council’s directive,” said Enough Project Sudan and South Sudan Policy Analyst Akshaya Kumar.
Sudan’s Air Force has of late received a number of new aircraft from Russia and Belarus. According to the United Nations it received 15 Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack jets from Belarus in 2008 and 2009. Together with Mi-24s, these have been used in operations against suspected rebel positions in South Kordofan and Darfour.
Sudan has taken delivery of a number of Mi-24s, with 36 delivered by Russia between 2007 and 2009, according to Amnesty International. In 2011 Rosoboronexport signed a contract for the supply of 12 former Russian Air Force Mi-24s and 6 Mi-8s to Sudan. This year Sudan apparently concluded a contract for the delivery of another 12 Mi-24s and 8 or 12 Mi-8s with an option to supply six more of each, according to Russian daily Vedomosti.
Russia told the UN Register of Conventional Arms that it transferred only four attack helicopters to Sudan in 2012.
Sudan is allegedly negotiating for the supply of 18 Sukhoi Su-30K fighters stored in Belarus.
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.ph...ace&Itemid=107
It looks like that the sort-of mystery surrounding the fate of a dozen Su-24 Fencer attack planes withdrawn from use by Belarus Air Force was solved.
Akram Kharief, the editor of Secret Difa 3, a blog focusing on defense topics in the Maghreb region, wrote to The Aviationist to let us know that instead of being transfered to Yemen, as initially rumored, the Russian bombers were spotted in Wadi Sayyidna Air Base near Um Dorman in Sudan, together with Belarusian personnel and crews.
As Kharief highlights in his blog post, Sudanese air forces have already recently received a batch of second hand Su-25 Frogfoot from Belarus, aircraft that are inteded to be used for COIN (Counter Insurgency) and CAS (Close Air Support) tasks across the country.
Sudanese air forces have faced a long internal conflict in the southern areas that eventually led to the independence of the South Sudan. Tension still remains in the regions of Abiye and Kordofan where, according to Kharief, a war might break out for the control of the oil worthy area.
An even worst scenario is possible:
“Sudan is also in the middle of a possible future conflict for war, especially after the sudden decision of the Ethiopian government to erect a dam across the Nile, causing the fury of Egypt, whose authorities clearly threatened the African horn’s country of military retaliation.”
Even if a war in the Horn of Africa is quite unlikely (as well as almost suicidal for Khartoum, considered the financial conditions of the country following the secession of South Sudan, which contained over 80 percent of Sudan’s oilfields), the induction of the Su-24s in the Sudanese Air Force orbat is believed to significantly boost Sudan’s firepower (provided they are in good conditions).
http://theaviationist.com/2013/08/19/sudan-su-24/
Sudan operating Su-24s
Satellite imagery and photographic evidence has confirmed that Sudan has received at least three Sukhoi Su-24 strike aircraft over the last few months.
According to the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), DigitalGlobal satellite imagery has confirmed the presence of at least three Su-24s at the Sudanese Wadi Seidna airbase, which were acquired in recent months. The SSP says technical checks and pilot proficiency are probably underway at the air base.
“As early as March 2013, one Su-24 bomber was parked in the engine testing apron in the operational area of Wadi Seidna, located 25 km northwest of Khartoum,” the SSP said. “To date, three Su-24 aircraft have been observed at Wadi Seidna, most recently on August 24, 2013”.
Meanwhile, photos have emerged of Su-24s in Sudanese Air Force markings. They were provided by the Secret Difa 3 blog, which claims that Sudan has received 12 Su-24s from Belarus that were supposedly intended to go to Yemen.
In the past Sudan has used An-24/26 transport aircraft as crude, inaccurate bombers. The arrival of the Su-24s gives the Air Force the ability to conduct precision strikes over long ranges.
Satellite Sentinel Project and Enough Project Co-Founder John Prendergast stated that, “The capabilities of this particular type of bomber in the hands of the Sudanese government is troubling. Khartoum has an extensive track record of targeting civilian areas with aerial bombing, and these new planes will allow future damage to be even deadlier. The Sudan government has flouted past UN restrictions on offensive aerial operations in Darfur, and undertaken sustained bombing campaigns in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, where there are no UN restrictions. With the deployment of these attack planes, life just got much more dangerous for civilians living in Sudan’s war zones.”
“The Satellite Sentinel Project will keep tracking these aircraft to ensure that they are not used in Darfur, in contravention of the UN Security Council’s directive,” said Enough Project Sudan and South Sudan Policy Analyst Akshaya Kumar.
Sudan’s Air Force has of late received a number of new aircraft from Russia and Belarus. According to the United Nations it received 15 Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack jets from Belarus in 2008 and 2009. Together with Mi-24s, these have been used in operations against suspected rebel positions in South Kordofan and Darfour.
Sudan has taken delivery of a number of Mi-24s, with 36 delivered by Russia between 2007 and 2009, according to Amnesty International. In 2011 Rosoboronexport signed a contract for the supply of 12 former Russian Air Force Mi-24s and 6 Mi-8s to Sudan. This year Sudan apparently concluded a contract for the delivery of another 12 Mi-24s and 8 or 12 Mi-8s with an option to supply six more of each, according to Russian daily Vedomosti.
Russia told the UN Register of Conventional Arms that it transferred only four attack helicopters to Sudan in 2012.
Sudan is allegedly negotiating for the supply of 18 Sukhoi Su-30K fighters stored in Belarus.
http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.ph...ace&Itemid=107
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