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Taiwanese Coast Guard Intercepts Chinese dredging vessels, Detains 10
June 5, 2020 @ 10:45 AMThe Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration (CGA) has intercepted Chinese dredging vessels operating in the nations territorial waters near Penghu and detained 10 crew members. A coast guard patrol discovered more than 20 dredging vessels in an area known as the Formosa Banks, 46 nautical miles (85km) southwest of Penghu Countys Cimei islet at about 5am on Wednesday, Taipei Times reported Friday
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Franco-Italian Naviris Bags OCCAR R&T Contract, to Upgrade Horizon Frigates
June 5, 2020 @ 05:24 AMNaviris, a 50/50 owned joint venture by Fincantieri and Naval Group has revealed it will undertake Mid-Life Upgrade of Horizon-class of air-defense destroyers. The company revealed its plans on Thursday when it
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S. Korea to Develop Close-in Weapon System for Warships
May 27, 2020 @ 10:22 AMSouth Koreas Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved a 350 billion-won ($283.51 million) project to build close-in weapon system (CIWS) for the Navys warships
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Germany's Thyssenkrupp to Acquire Oceana shipyard in Brazil
May 26, 2020 @ 10:06 AMGermanys Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has signed a contract to acquire the Oceana shipyard in Brazil (Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina). The seller is Aliança S
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Philippine Navy to get first S.Korean Jose-Rizal Frigate next week
May 19, 2020 @ 07:04 AMThe Philippine Navy will take the delivery of first of the two ordered Jose Rizal-class frigates built by South Koreas Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). Vice Admiral Giovanni Bacordo announced on May 15 that the boat will set sail from Ulsan shipyard in South Korea on May 18 and will arrive in Subic Bay in the Philippines by May 23
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KONGSBERG’s MCT-30 Turret Selected for US Marine Corps ACV Program
May 13, 2020 @ 05:01 PMGerman firm AS KONGSBERG has been selected by BAE Systems to design and manufacture the remote Medium Caliber Turret (MCT) for the United States Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) -30 program. KONGSBERG will deliver up to 150 MCTs in a phased program as part of this contract
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Iranian Vessel Exploded Due to Failed Mine-laying, Not Hit by Missile
May 12, 2020 @ 11:20 AMThe Iranian Navys “Konarak” ship caught fire in Jask port near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday while it was laying mines and not after being struck by a missile. “The Navys Konarak warship sank after a mine it laid exploded, and not due to a hit by a missile launched from the Jamaran frigate,” a high-ranking source in the Iranian Armed Forces Staff Command was quoted as saying by Kuwait-based
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Iranian Vessel Sinks During Anti-Ship Missile Testing, 19 Dead
May 11, 2020 @ 08:36 AMThe Iranian Navys “Konarak” logistics vessel sank after reportedly being hit by a new anti-ship missile fired prematurely from a frigate during tests conducted near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. The “friendly fire” has left 19 sailors dead and 15 more wounded
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China's PLA Replaces Two Artillery Guns with Vehicle-mounted 155mm Howitzer
May 8, 2020 @ 06:46 AMThe Chinese PLA has started receiving the new PLC 181 155mm vehicle-mounted, air transportable howitzer in mass numbers to replace legacy PL-66 152-mm guns and Type 59-1 130-mm towed cannons. The howitzers were delivered to the PLA Eastern Theatre Command in batches,
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China’s Liaoning Completes Exercise in South China Sea
May 2, 2020 @ 07:38 AMThe Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navys Liaoning aircraft carrier returned to Qingdao naval port in Shandong Province, from the South China Sea (SCS) following the completion of month-long exercises. The Liaoning aircraft carrier task group returned on April 30 after wrapping up the comprehensive back-to-back attack-defense mock battles, Xinhua reported Friday
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