Naval Group laid the keel for the second of the twelve mine countermeasure platforms of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, the HNLMS Vlissingen, intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, June 14. The keel laying ceremony took place in Lanester, in the presence of Vice Admiral René Tas, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Commodore Harold Boekholt, Director of Projects of the Netherlands Defence Material Organisation, Lieutenant General Marc Thys, Belgian Deputy Chief of Defence and Major General Ivan De Tender, Belgian Material Resources Public Procurement
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) says it has deployed all of its new nuclear weapons displayed at the National Day military parade in 2019. On Sunday, State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe said the Chinese nuclear force has made “impressive progress” since it started developing the capabilities five years ago
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China's first stealth unmanned surface vessel (USV), completed its first autonomous sea trial which in future holds out the promise of new naval tactics such as distributed operations and swarm combat.The sea trial took place in waters near Panzhi Island in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday and ended after three hours of data collection, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday
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Poland has agreed to sell over 50 Krab 155mm self-propelled howitzers worth $650 million (PLN 2.7 billion) to Ukraine
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) awarded Saab a contract valued SEK 250 million ($25.3 million) relating to future fighter aircraft development
Russian Navy's Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov has fulfilled a cycle of Tsirkon hypersonic missile tests, confirming the new weapons readiness. "The cycle of tests of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile has been successfully fulfilled by the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, confirming the readiness of both the carrier and the new weapon," Russian Northern Fleet Commander Admiral Alexander Moiseyev was quoted as saying by government-owned
Advanced Chinese and Russian jets till date, the J-20 and Su-57 respectively, could take part in their regular joint aerial strategic patrol in the Asia-Pacific region. For the first time, China's J-16 fighter jets were seen participating in the joint patrol, government-owned China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday, showing a photo depicting two J-16s flying next to a Chinese H-6K bomber and a Russian Tu-95MS bomber
South Koreas Redback armored vehicle, manufactured by Hanwha Defense, roared through puddles, traversed unpaved roads and shifted course smoothly on Friday in its first local capability demonstration open to the press at an Army training site. The event was held at the 11th Maneuver Division in Hongcheon, 102 km east of Seoul