Pictures Of The Day: Vertical Landing

1- Vertical Landing

An AV-8B harrier jet performs a vertical landing on the flight deck of the USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, June 14, 2013. The Boxer is conducting amphibious squadron and marine expeditionary unit integrated training. The jet is part of the air combat element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mark El-Rayes.

2- Enemy Spotted

A Trooper with B Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, communicates enemy positions to higher headquarters during a June 15, Situational Training Exercise at Fort Irwin, Calif. The exercise was part of the Decisive Action Rotational Exercise aimed at preparing warriors from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division for future conflicts. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Erik A. Thurman

3- Spartan Brigade Jump

Paratroopers jump from a C-17 Globemaster III over Malamute Drop Zone, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson during the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division's Operation Spartan Reach, a mass tactical airborne training event across Alaska from Monday through Wednesday. This is the largest airborne training mission in the history of the Spartan Brigade, dropping more than 1,400 paratroopers, in addition to heavy equipment including two 105 mm howitzers at the Donnelly Drop Zone near Fort Greely, and JBER's Malamute Drop Zone using five C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, and one C-130 Hercules aircraft. Operation Spartan Reach is designed to simulate a brigade-level airborne seizure of key terrain to enable the follow-on movement of forces into hostile territory. U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher

4- PLA's Arty spotter UAVs

According the Chinese edition of the same report, those An-209 tactical UAVs are organic to artillery regiments for reconnaissance and target positioning purposes.

Training for key operators of new-type UAV concludes

A 30-day training for the key operators of the new-type reconnaissance UAV concluded successfully recently. The reconnaissance UAVs have been used in the artillery troops in recent years. They are new-type information weapons used for battlefield reconnaissance and surveillance, targeting and damage assessment. They have the characteristics of a large range of mobility, multiple reconnaissance means, high positioning accuracy and fast response. (China Military Online/Wu Sulin)

Pictures of the day: Philippines' new missile-armed warship

Philippine Navy's Spokesman Lt. Commander Gregory Fabic Said That In Due Course BRP Gregorio del Pilar And BRP Ramon Alcaraz Could Gain An Anti-submarine & Surface-to-surface Missiles Warfare Capability - a First For The PN...Photo Courtesy, Jbongsky30

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EAST CHINA SEA (JUNE 19, 2013) Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) shield their faces from jet exhaust as an AV-8B Harrier jet aircraft assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 513 lands on the ship's flight deck. The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group is conducting joint force operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Edward Guttierrez III)

KINGS BAY, Ga. (June 17, 2013) The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) returns to homeport at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay following one year of at sea operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ashley Hedrick)

U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers provide security after unloading from a CH-53E Supper Stallion helcopter during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad in Afghanistan's Helmand province, June 6, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye

US Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs (the leftmost of the trio atop the wing), checks out a B-2 bomber at Whitman Air Force Base in Missouri, June 18. DoD photo / D. Myles Cullen

At 8:30 on June 18, Tonnerre (L9014) amphibious assault helicopter carrier of the French Navy has docked at Baria-Secere Port, Phu My Town, Tan Thanh District, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Vietnam. The Tonnerre, headed by Colonel Jean-François Querat, stayed at the port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau nearby instead of visiting Ho Chi Minh City because it is too big to be accommodated by the city’s port.

China on Wednesday successfully conducted taking-off and landing exercises of J-15 fighter jets on the country's first aircraft, the Liaoning.This is the second time the country has conducted such training after a first jet landing exercise passed successfully on the deck in November last year. Jet exercises from aircraft carrier.[Photo/navy.81.cn]