In mid-August, the fifth Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate (project 22350, 135 metres, 5,400 tonnes) was christened "Admiral Amelko" and launched at the Severnaya-Verf (Northen Shipyard) in Saint Petersburg in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev. While the "Amelko" and the...
Hooray for old technology that could still be repaired with steel tools! After almost three decades out of service in the roadstead and another decade in the shipyard for refurbishment, the nuclear cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" (Kirov-class type ship, 250 metres, 27,000 tonnes), which was laid down in Saint Petersburg in 1983,...
Romania is negotiating with Turkey on the purchase of the "Akhisar" type ship of the Hisar class (100 metres, 2,300 tonnes), which is currently being equipped and was developed from the Milgem corvette as a simple and lightly armed OPV for surveillance tasks - not least for export. Robust and practical.
...The Canadian defence initiative "Our North - Strong and Free" includes the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), on the basis of which up to twelve submarines are to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy to replace the Victoria class from the mid-1930s. A year ago, the Canadian Procurement Agency launched a request for information to...
When weapons or supply facilities go up in flames in Sana'a or a Yemeni harbour city controlled by Huhti militias, the media usually only talk about Israeli retaliatory strikes. They follow drone and rocket attacks, which only rarely reach Israel's borders or pass through Eilat's air defence system unchallenged. The fact that these strikes...
After Lithuania, Sweden is now also buying from the Finnish boatyard Marine Alutech. As announced by the Swedish procurement authority Försvarets Materielverk (FMV), a contract has been signed for the replacement procurement of 20 operational boats with a value of almost 12 million euros. The new builds, based on the Watercat M9, will replace the boats that...
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