At the end of March, the third destroyer of the third construction batch of the Arleigh Burke class (Flight III) was christened "Jeremiah Denton" (DDG 129) at Huntington Ingalls (Newport News Shipbuilding) - in memory of a Navy Cross-winning veteran of the Vietnam War, who later also served as a senator from the US state of Alabama in...
The deployment of the "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75), which began in autumn 2024, has not been under a good star so far. A serious incident occurred in the Red Sea in mid-December: an F/A-18F Super Hornet from its own fighter wing was accidentally hit by the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga cruiser from its own carrier strike group.
Pyongyang describes the "Choe Hyon" as a destroyer, although with a displacement of 5,000 tonnes and moderate armament it could be classified more as a multi-purpose frigate. The recognisable vertical launch silo with 32 small, 12 medium and 20 large bays suggests a broadband FK armament including cruise missiles, although the additional 10 expand even more...
The coast guard vessel "Jambelí" (MP 56) was handed over to the Armada del Ecuador in South Korea at the beginning of April. The former Korea Coast Guard Salvage Ship "Tae Pyung Yang I" (105 metres, 4,400 tonnes) was handed over to Ecuador in 2024 by bilateral agreement and subsequently dismantled in South Korea as an OPV. So it can - immediately...
The coast guard vessel "Jambelí" (MP 56) was handed over to the Armada del Ecuador in South Korea at the beginning of April. The former Korea Coast Guard Salvage Ship "Tae Pyung Yang I" (105 metres, 4,400 tonnes) was handed over to Ecuador in 2024 by bilateral agreement and subsequently dismantled in South Korea as an OPV. So it can - immediately...
China and the "Internet Kill Switch" - repair aid or targeted threat? Back in March, news from China caused quite a stir: The South China Morning Post reported on a new, powerful device for cutting underwater cables. The compact "Deep Sea Cable Cutting Device" was developed by Chinese military research institutes - it...
Copenhagen - at whose gates and in whose bays Russian ships of the dubious Shadow Fleet and the civil-military Syria/Mediterranean Express parade - reaches into the state coffers and releases funds for an equipment programme for the Royal Navy. Their equipment inevitably ages and increasingly proves to be no longer up to scratch.
China's new Type 054B Luohe frigate - more modern, heavier and capable of air defence China's new Type 054B Luohe frigate was ceremoniously commissioned in Quingdao at Yuchi Bay Naval Base at the end of January 2025. At around 5,000 tonnes, it is larger and more powerful than the previous 30 units of the standard frigate type...
After Singapore presented its autonomous MARSEC platform for controlling the waterways off the coast of the city state at the beginning of the year, the island state of Taiwan, which is threatened by mainland China, has now also made its unmanned combat system for the defence of the Taiwan Strait and national waters public. Similar to the system successfully used by Ukraine, the...
Seoul is continuing the renewal of its frigate fleet with determination. After six units of the Incheon-class (115 metres, 3,200 tonnes) have been in service for ten years as the FFX-I and the FFX-II with a new silhouette as the Daegu-class (122 metres, 3,600 tonnes) with eight units delivered in the last five years, the...
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