Japan Conducted Close-in Recon During 1st Sino-Russian Joint Sea Patrol: China
China has claimed that Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) sent aircraft and vessels to follow Chinese-Russian naval flotilla and gather intelligence during their first ever joint sea patrol held over the past week. The China-Russia joint warship flotilla featuring 10 warships and six carrier-based helicopters carried out the first joint maritime...
China Commissions First 10,000-ton Patrol Vessel
China inducted the first 10,000-ton class maritime patrol vessel Haixun 09 on Saturday. Haixun 09 has the capabilities of cross-sea safety patrols and emergency search and rescue efforts in complex ocean environments
S. Korean Destroyer Upgraded with Anti-Sub Capability
The South Korean Navys 3,200-ton Gwanggaeto destroyer has been upgraded with anti-submarine warfare capabilities as part of the services modernization efforts. Gwanggaeto was sent for upgrade in April 2020
Ineffective Training Identified as Causal Factor in Bonhomme Richard’s Fire Damage
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Austal Launches First Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boat for Australian Navy
Austal has launched the first of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) ordered by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). “Austal has launched the first of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats to be constructed for the Australian Navy in Henderson, Western Australia,” the company announced on its official Twitter account Tuesday...
Chinese Navy Practices Cross-Sea Troop Transport with Asia’s Largest Ro-Ro Passenger Ship...
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held an integrated military-civilian cross-sea troop maneuvering exercise using Asias largest civilian ferry with a displacement of 45,000 tons. The ship, Chinese Rejuvenation ferry, set out from an undisclosed port on Thursday night and arrived on Friday morning at the destination port, which is set near railways, with temporary train platforms established
U.S. Denies its Warship Prevented from Entering Russian - Chinese Exercise Zone...
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U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Dock Landing Ship Completes Ten-Year Forward Deployment to Japan...
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Naval Group Wins Design Contract for French Navy’s Future Ocean Patrol Vessels...
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) awarded Naval Group a contract for the preliminary and detailed design of the Ocean Patrol Vessel program. The contract was awarded to the company on 5 October 2021, the company said in a statement today
Naval Group Delivers Third of 4 Multi-mission Patrol Vessel to Argentina
The Argentine Navy has taken delivery of the fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) A.R
French, Italian Navies Test Coordinated Maritime Presence Concept
The French Navys High Seas Patroller (PHM) Commandant Ducuing and the Italian frigate Marceglia were both deployed to the Gulf o Guinea to test the Coordinated Maritime Presence (CMP) concept first launched in 2020. Eight complex exercises were carried out in around ten hours of cooperation, demonstrating the very good level of interoperability of the two European navies, the French defense ministry said in a statement
Latvia to Procure 42 ASCOD IFVs from Spain's General Dynamics Land Systems
Philippines' Marcos Offers to Return U.S. Missiles If China Stops Harassing its...
Airbus Launches SpainSat NG Satellites to Increase Spain's Communications Capacity Ten Folds
Italy to Procure 380 KF51 Panther Tanks, 1,050 IFVs
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U