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Russian Navy to Decommission Delta IV-class Nuclear Submarine in 2022

April 29, 2021 @ 08:03 AM

The Russian Navy will decommission a 36-year-old Delta IV (Project 667BDRM Delfin) strategic nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine next year. "In 2022, the Yekaterinburg submarine will be withdrawn from the Northern Fleets combat structure and sent for disposal," a source in the domestic defense industry was quoted as saying by state-owned
France Test-fires M51 Nuclear Ballistic Missile

April 28, 2021 @ 03:54 PM

The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) successfully conducted a test firing of an M51 nuclear strategic ballistic missile without a warhead from the Landes site of DGA Missile Tests today. Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, expresses her great satisfaction after the success, a DGA release said
U.S. Navy Orders Saab Shipboard Air Traffic Radars

April 27, 2021 @ 06:13 AM

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Chinese Navy Many Have 4 New Type 09IV Nuclear Attack Submarines

April 27, 2021 @ 05:11 AM

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army –Navy (PLAN) which christened its Type 09IV nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine as “Changzheng-18” last Friday may have three more such vessels. Media reports of the vessels launch ceremony featured a scene in which three other Type 09IVs could be seen in the background, state-affiliated media, Global Times reported
China Launches Nuclear Sub, Destroyer, Landing Ship On Same Day

April 25, 2021 @ 05:50 AM

The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy commissioned three new warships – a Type 09IV nuclear-powered strategic ballistic missile submarine, a 10,000-ton Type 055 large destroyer, and its first Type 075 amphibious assault ship – on Friday. The commissioning ceremony coincided with the service's 72nd founding anniversary
Russia’s Sarmat ICBM to Achieve Combat Duty in 2022

April 21, 2021 @ 02:13 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the first regiment equipped with Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) will achieve combat duty next year. Putin was addressing the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Wednesday
Royal Navy’s 5th Astute-Class Attack Submarine Launched

April 21, 2021 @ 06:37 AM

BAE Systems launched HMS Anson, the fifth of seven Astute-class attack submarine being built for the Royal Navy at Barrow-in-Furness site in Cumbria. The 7,400-tonne nuclear-powered submarine, officially named at a ceremony in December, emerged from the Devonshire Dock Hall and entered the water for the first time Monday
Tests of Russia’s Hypersonic Missile to get over in 2021

April 20, 2021 @ 02:06 PM

Russia will complete testing its Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic missile this year. "This year, it is planned to complete the tests of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile
Iran Achieves 60% Uranium Enrichment

April 17, 2021 @ 09:12 AM

Iran has produced first batch of Uranium enriched to a purity level of 60% at Shahid Ahmadi Roshan nuclear facility. Production of 60% enriched uranium is currently 9 grams per hour
Ukraine to Consider Nuclear Weapons if denied NATO Entry

April 16, 2021 @ 07:06 AM

Ukraine may consider building nuclear weapons to defend itself against Russia if it is not accepted into NATO, its Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said yesterday. About 90,000 Russian military personnel have been transferred near the borders with Ukraine, Donbas and in Crimea, the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014

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