Todays PIX!! Tuesday March 18th, 2008

[soutikghosh]

I think this will be quite a decent event concerning this Pictures&Videos Forum.

edit: And of course: Great pics. Thank you, guys.

Any hi-res of these two pics.

[bd popeye]

Any hi-res of these two pics.

Nope..I got those pics from a US Newspaper. They do not have Hi-res..

I suggest you search Ge**y Images and purchase them there.

[rssmps]

Nice start Popeye, I was starting up a pics thread when I saw yours, glad I checked! Those Hornet pics are bad man!

is it just me or is the dude on the left wearing his helmet backwards?

[He219]

Placards placed by protest against Chinese actions in Tibet hang on terracotta warriors inside the Terracotta Army exhibition room at the British Museum, London, Tuesday March 18, 2008. A week of protests against Chinese rule in Tibet culminated in violence Friday when Tibetans attacked ethnic Chinese and torched their shops in Lhasa, the region's capital. Officials there said 16 people died in the violence, but exiled Tibetans said as many as 80 people may have been killed

Chinese soldiers check IDs of residents in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa Tuesday, March 18, 2008.

A neighborhood in Lhasa is seen littered with debris after clashes between Tibetans and Chinese forces in this photo taken in Lhasa, China, Monday March 17, 2008.

People walk past a Chinese store burnt during riots in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa Tuesday, March 18, 2008.

Destroyed computers are seen lying in an Internet cafe in Lhasa, China, Monday, March 17, 2008. Ever since the Tibetans took to the streets to protest against China, the Chinese government has been increasingly cracking down on means of sending out word to the world as to what is happening there.

In this photo released by the Free Tibet Campaign, Chinese police vehicles burn outside a government building in Maqu county, China's Gansu province, Monday, March 17, 2008. In Gansu province's Maqu county, thousands of monks and ordinary Tibetans clashed with police Monday in various locations, police and a Tibet rights group said.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures as he speaks to the media in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The Dalai Lama who promotes non-violence threatened Tuesday to step down as leader of Tibet's government in exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control

In this photo released by Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, Tibetans gather around the bodies of Tibetans who were shot dead during demonstrations on Sunday, March 16, 2008, in Abu County, in Sichuan province, China. The bodies were brought into a monastery by Tibetan protesters for prayers.

In this photo released Sunday, March 16, 2008, Tibetans donate money towards the prayers for the bodies of the Tibetans who were shot dead by Chinese soldiers during a demonstration at Kirti Monastery in Sichuan province, China. The bodies were brought into the monastery by Tibetan protesters for prayers

Armed police officers walk off after checking a bus at a toll gate 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Ma'erkang, a Tibetan area in China's Sichuan province Tuesday March 18, 2008

Police officers question a Tibetan monk after making him get off a bus at a toll gate 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Ma'erkang, a Tibetan area in China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Police questioned Tibetan passengers on buses and refused entry to journalists trying to enter the area. Clashes between monks and police were reported near Ma'erkang Sunday with unconfirmed reports that as many as seven were killed

Armed police officers patrol at the main square of the city Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in Chengdu, China. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denounced supporters of the Dalai Lama as separatists and instigators of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, where authorities pressed ahead Tuesday with efforts to round up protesters.

Protesters walk past a sculpture with the Olympic rings outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Tibetans called on IOC President Jacques Rogge to speak up about the Tibet crackdown and asked for the withdrawal of the torch relay in Tibet.

Demonstrators hold placards and Tibetan flags outside the International Olympic Committee, IOC, headquarters, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Tibetans call on IOC President Jacques Rogge to speak up about the Tibet crackdown and ask for the withdraw of the torch relay in Tibet.

[bd popeye]

He219..Thanks for posting those Chinese PIX. Excellent.

No matter what the PLA policy is they will turn on their own citizens if so ordered. I guess it was a matter of civil insurection.

[bd popeye]

I just went to a free Tibet wesite and found these GRAPHIC PHOTOS of some of the victims of the CARNAGE... Alledgelly perpertrated by PLA (Chinese Army)forces.

WARNING!! EXTREMELY GRAPHIC IMAGES!!! You have been Warned!!

http://www.tchrd.org/press/2008/pr20080318c.html

[DanteXavier]

Isn't this an F/A-18F? It says F/A-18E in the caption.

[He219]

A Palestinian is detained by Israeli soldiers during an operation in the West Bank village of Al-Zababedah, some 10 kilometers south of the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, March, 18, 2008. The Israeli army said it arrested 23 Palestinians during overnight military operations in the West Bank.

Russian troops are seen near truck-mounted Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missiles as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Nuclear missiles and tanks will once again roll across Red Square during Russia's May 9 Victory Day parade, a top general said Wednesday _ a revival of a Cold War tradition that once evoked feelings of pride in the U.S.S.R. and unease in the West.

Russian soldiers ride atop armored personnel carriers, foreground, and infantry fighting vehicles, background, as they rehearse for the Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square, at a training field in the town of Alabino outside Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Russia celebrates the Red Army's victory over the Nazis on May 9.

A Kosovo Serb waves a Spanish flag at Spanish KFOR soldiers in military vehicle in the northern Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Serb demonstrators killed a Police officer from Ukraine on Monday after attacked international peacekeepers with rocks, grenades and Molotov cocktails as U.N. police removed protesters from inside the courthouse. The two sides traded gunfire in clashes that wounded more than 60 U.N. and NATO forces and 70 protesters.

Serb protesters throw stones and other missiles at French NATO peacekeeping troops, at right, during clashes in the Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Monday, March 17, 2008. U.N. special police stormed a U.N. courthouse in Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday, evicting Serb demonstrators who have occupied the building since last week to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence. Thousands of stone-hurling Serbs later surrounded the courthouse in Serb-dominated Kosovska Mitrovica and clashed with riot police backed up by NATO troops, who used tear gas and stun grenades.

A U.N. vehicle burns, as French NATO peacekeeping troops, background, are seen during clashes in the Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Monday, March 17, 2008.

NATO's commander in Kosovo, Lt. Gen Xavier Bout de Marnhac gestures after a press conference in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The United Nations in Kosovo slammed Tuesday Serbia's officials for encouraging what they said were "orchestrated" violent clashes with international forces that left a Ukrainian policeman dead and dozens injured. Larry Rossin, the second in charge of the U.N. mission in Kosovo said Serbia's authorities failed to use their influence upon Kosovo's Serbs to avoid clashes.

Head of the U.N. police Larry Wilson, right, Larry Rossin, the second in charge of the U.N. mission in Kosovo, centre, and NATO's commander in Kosovo, Lt. Gen Xavier Bout de Marnhac, attend a press conference in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. The United Nations in Kosovo slammed Serbia's officials for encouraging what they said were "orchestrated" violent clashes with international forces that left a Ukrainian policeman dead and dozens injured. Larry Rossin, the second in charge of the U.N. mission in Kosovo said Serbia's authorities failed to use their influence upon Kosovo's Serbs to avoid clashes

Members of the special U.N. police unit protect the U.N. court compound during clashes in the Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Monday, March 17, 2008.

Members of Kosovo's U.N. police force and NATO peacekeepers arrest a Serb civilian in front of a U.N. courthouse, in the Serb-dominated part of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Monday, March 17, 2008. U.N. special police stormed a U.N. courthouse in Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday, evicting Serb demonstrators who have occupied the building since last week to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence. Thousands of stone-hurling Serbs later surrounded the courthouse in Serb-dominated Kosovska Mitrovica and clashed with riot police backed up by NATO troops, who used tear gas and stun grenades.

Nepalese police officers baton charge Tibetan protesters demonstrating in front of the UN office in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 17, 2008. Police used bamboo batons to disperse about 100 Tibetan protesters and Buddhist monks in Katmandu on Monday, arresting around 30 in the latest crackdown on pro-Tibet demonstrations in neighboring Nepal

War veterans stand during a military tribute to the 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in the World War I, in a solemn ceremony, Monday March 17, 2008 at Les Invalides in Paris. France earlier honored its last World War I veteran, who died last week.

Boulder Police and SWAT stand outside Boulder Community Hospital on Monday March 17,2008 in Boulder, Co. A man in a wheelchair at a hospital who claimed his oxygen tank had a detonator was shot and injured by police after a five-hour standoff Monday. Terrance Baughman, 32, was shot in the chest and taken to surgery, said Boulder Community Hospital spokesman Rich Sheehan. His condition wasn't known, and it wasn't clear why he was at the hospital in the first place. He had once been a patient there

SWAT team members cover the entrance as a man claiming to have a bomb is inside the Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colo. on Monday March 17, 2008. A man who had been sitting in a wheelchair and claimed his oxygen tank had a detonator was shot by police in the chest after a five-hour standoff at a Boulder hospital Monday.

SWAT team members line up behind Kalispell Police Department's armored vehicles as they shoot irritant gas into the home of Robert Dean Kowalski Monday March 17, 2008, about 5 miles east of Kalispell, Montana. Kowalski, who is charged with deliberate homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend, left the home peacefully shortly after the gas was shot into the home. Flathead County sheriff's deputies on Monday afternoon were surrounding the house of an armed 46-year-old Creston man suspected of killing his girlfriend. Robert Kowalski's roommate called 911 at about 11 a.m. Sunday to report that Kowalski told him he shot his girlfriend and was feeling suicidal.

South African Police seen as they take part in a joint hijacking exercise with the South African air force in anticipation of the 2010 Soccer World Cup at Ysterplaat, South Africa, Monday, March. 17, 2008.

[Fireball Sanchez]

Great pics all! OK, I don't know if these pics have been posted before and I know that they are from a little while ago, Don't let that get your goat they are great pics so enjoy. Man that is some bad medicine going down in China....

Get it? " get your goat?" goat... get it........nevermind .....

U.S. Army Capt. Brian Smith, left, and Spc. Steven Mraz, both from the 64th Medical Detachment, inoculate baby goats as a Ghanaian man observes during Africa Partnership Station (APS) in Accra, Ghana, March 12, 2008. The APS initiative is scheduled to support more than 20 humanitarian assistance projects in addition to hosting information exchanges and training with partner nations during its seven-month deployment. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Campbell, U.S. Navy.

U.S. Army Soldiers rush through a door during a cordon and search operation in Rubaidah, Iraq, March 12, 2008. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet, U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Army Soldiers run to UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters after conducting a search for weapons caches in Albu Issa, Iraq, March 12, 2008. The Soldiers are from 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. DoD photo by Spc. Luke Thornberry, U.S. Army.

A U.S. Army Soldier from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division uses a pile of dead branches for cover as he scans for enemy personnel during a patrol through a village southeast of Salman Pak, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2008. The Soldiers are working with sheiks in the area to improve security after Al-Qaeda members had recently occupied the are. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston)

A U.S. Army Soldier from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division scans for enemy personnel during a patrol through a village southeast of Salman Pak, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2008. The Soldiers are working with sheiks in the area to improve security after Al-Qaeda members had recently occupied the are. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston)

Sgt. Ramon Wells, Police Transition Team 3, coordinates casualty evacuations through his radio after insurgent role players attacked and wounded two civilians during the Advisor Training Group military readiness exercise at Combat Center Range 220A March 7, 2008. Wells, a Yonkers, N.Y., native, is originally assigned to 2nd Marine Division at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.

A Marine working with Iraqi Army role players shares a cooperative handshake with an Iraqi sheikh role player during the Advisor Training Group military readiness exercise at Combat Center Range 220A March 7, 2008. The Marines and sailors of the advisor teams worked hand-in-hand with Iraqi Army and Police role players to establish a security plan for the new school being built at the range.

Petty Officer 2nd Class David Tinoco, a corpsman with Police Transition Team 3, teaches an Iraqi Police role player how to properly fasten a tourniquet during the Advisor Training Group military readiness exercise at Combat Center Range 220A March 7, 2008. Part of the team’s role as an advisor group is to properly train the Iraqi Army and Police how to operate independently. Tinoco, a San José, Calif., native, is originally assigned to Beaufort Naval Hospital at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, question an Iraqi role player caught with bomb-making materials during a vehicle control point exercise here Feb. 23. VCPs are one of several operations Marines performed as part of their 30-day predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Stewart, a rifleman with 4th Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, documents evidence of bomb-making materials during a vehicle control point exercise here, Feb. 23. The company’s goal during this predeployment training exercise involved denying the enemy freedom of movement to protect the training city of Wadi al Sahara.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a vehicle control point exercise outside the fictional city of Wadi al Sahara, Feb. 23. VCPs are one of several operations Marines performed as part of their 30-day predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, participates in the Deliberate Assault Course here Feb. 14. The company used a combined arms package with artillery, mortars, air assaults, tanks and Assault Amphibian Vehicles to deliver infantry linemen into a targeted area of buildings. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chris Lyttle)

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, participates in the Deliberate Assault Course here Feb. 14. The company used a combined arms package with artillery, mortars, air assaults, tanks and Assault Amphibian Vehicles to deliver infantry linemen into a targeted area of buildings.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines from Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, carry a mock casualty for medical evacuation during the Motorized Operations Course here, Feb. 11. The course is a part of predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – A Marine with Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, guards a dismounted patrol during the Motorized Operations Course here, Feb. 11. The course is a part of predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines from Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, engage a long-distanced target during the Motorized Operations Course here, Feb. 11. During the exercise, combat instructors, or Coyotes, tested the Marines ability to deny mock enemies freedom of action.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Mobile Assault Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, prepares to go on a patrol during the Motorized Operations Course here, Feb. 11. The course is a part of predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Combat instructors, or Coyotes, observe live test fire at dawn on Range 400, Feb. 10. Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, completed a company-level exercise of fire, movement and suppression.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – A combat instructor, or Coyote, looks off in the distance as combat engineers with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, breach a pathway on Range 400, Feb. 10. This company-level training is a portion of the predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, practiced fire and movement exercises, or squad rushes, here Jan. 31. The battalion began their 30-day training evolution, Mojave Viper, in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Iraq in March.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, perform fire and movement on Range 410A Feb. 7 during their predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper. The company practiced suppressive fire, gathering intelligence and casualty evacuation.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – A Marine from Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, consults with a combat instructor, or Coyote, during a fire and movement exercise on Range 410A Feb. 7. The company completed fire and maneuvering objectives as a workup to Range 400 during predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, perform fire and movement on Range 410A Feb. 7 during their predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper. The company practiced suppressive fire, gathering intelligence and casualty evacuation.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, fire a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon, or SMAW, on range 410A Feb. 7. The company completed fire and maneuvering objectives as a workup to Range 400 during predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, secure an objective and treat a mock casualty on Range 400, Feb. 10. The company worked to secure several objectives and complete the range during predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, take cover while enforcing heavy fire suppression on Range 400, Feb. 10. This company-level training is a portion of the predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, take cover while enforcing heavy fire suppression on Range 400, Feb. 10. This company-level training is a portion of the predeployment exercise known as Mojave Viper.

MARINE AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – A Marine from Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, calls for medical assistance in a trench on Range 410A Feb. 7. The company completed fire and maneuvering objectives as a workup to Range 400 during predeployment exercise Mojave Viper.

[Saturn5]

hi !

other pix of the new french destroyer Forbin (taken in Toulon yesterday, photos from meretmarine.com)


(torpedoes launcher)

This is definitely not a torpedo launcher. It looks like the Sadral close in SAM system based on Matra Mistral.

[Ronguild]

X2.
It can be part of the new anti torpedo barrier (the SLAT).

[Mat_fr]

no that's not the Tetral.. (pix below). No mistral missiles yet on the Forbin.



but my fault, it's the SLAT, not a torpedo launcher.
BTW, where are these Mu90 launchers ?

mat

[RevengeSeeker]

Do I spot a Mcdonalds Police?

[Whitcomb]

It seems to me that if the PLA is cracking down on the amount of information in and out of Tibet, they have either done things they don't want the world to know about, or they are planning something big.

[RevengeSeeker]

It seems to me that if the PLA is cracking down on the amount of information in and out of Tibet, they have either done things they don't want the world to know about, or they are planning something big.

Olympics? I just think they don't want the Olympics to get canceled. Big lost for them.