The Armada is not entirely wrong when it says that the continued operation of a flying fixed-wing component on the carrier "Juan Carlos I" (and thus the carrier itself) can only be guaranteed by the purchase of a certain number of American Lockheed Martin F-35B 5th generation short/vertical take-off and landing (STOVL) jets. The...
For its special forces, the city-state has acquired a few mini-submarines that only a few countries have and about which little is reported in the media. These are the so-called CCUs (Combatant Craft Underwater), which can reach high speeds above water with a crew of two and six divers and are capable of...
The existing mutual defence pact between the USA and South Korea restricts Seoul's ability to use nuclear technology for defence purposes. The Trump administration has now agreed an amendment to this treaty with the South Korean government and wants to make the previously closely guarded technology for nuclear-powered submarines available to South Korea. The US President thus authorised the request...
Just a few days after the official commissioning of the strategic nuclear submarine "Kniaz Posharsky" by President Vladimir Putin in Severodvinsk at the end of July, a message from Kiev has raised eyebrows: Access to the submarine's data network had been hacked and sensitive data and information had been intercepted. The Borey-class boats (project 955A, 170 metres, 20,000...
Severodvinsk, 1 November 2025 - The nuclear-powered submarine "Khabarovsk" (project 09851) has been launched at the Sevmash production association's shipyard. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, it is the first series-produced carrier of the autonomous nuclear torpedo "Poseidon". Unlike the "Belgorod", which was built as a one-off conversion, the "Khabarovsk" marks the beginning...
International Conference on Maritime Security and Defence 25 November 2025 - Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg Under the motto "Turning point? It's all about Procurement!", the MS&D Conference 2025 brings together leading representatives from the navy, politics, industry and science to discuss current security policy challenges and new procurement strategies. In...
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.
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