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Russian Karakurt class - progress is being made

Russian Karakurt class - progress is being made

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

At the end of August, the Russian Navy in Dagestan on the Caspian Sea commissioned the fifth boat of the Karakurt class (project 22800, small missile ship), the "Amur", equipped with eight Kalibr cruise missiles. The "Amur" is already equipped with the navalised Pantsir-M air defence system, a six-barrel 30mm calibre rotary cannon with eight FK 57E6 short-range anti-aircraft missiles (reload: 32). The keel was laid seven years ago at the Zelenodolsky shipyard near Kazan in Tatarstan, deep in the centre of Russia. The programme is running slowly due to problems with the production of the propulsion systems, admitted the commander, Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev, during his visit to the Caspian Flotilla - but things are progressing! Construction number 1...

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Russian submarines pushed out of the Black Sea

Russian submarines pushed out of the Black Sea

Gepostet von | 6 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

At the beginning of the war against Ukraine, the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation had six conventional submarines of the Varshavyanka class (Project 636.3, Improved Kilo). Two boats ("Novorossiysk", "Krasnodar") were transferred to the Mediterranean before the start of the war and have not yet been able to return to the Black Sea, while "Rostov-on-Don" was presumably irreparably damaged by a Ukrainian Storm Shadow FK in dry dock in Sevastopol in September 2023. According to Ukrainian sources, the three remaining submarines are now believed to be in the Sea of Azov, where they cannot be located by Ukraine. Out of range of Ukrainian drones, they are deploying their weapons load of 4 to 8 Kalibr land-based cruise missiles from there against...

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IRAN - New combat catamaran for the Revolutionary Guards

IRAN - New combat catamaran for the Revolutionary Guards

Gepostet von | 3 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

Amid tense anticipation of a retaliatory response to the assassination of the leader of the Islamist Hamas movement in Tehran by Israel, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Division General Hosein Salami, announced on the nearby portal Tasnim that he had just handed over more than 2,600 new missiles, drones and other equipment to his elite maritime units of the IRGC-N (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, responsible for maritime operations in the Persian Gulf). These weapons are even more capable, longer-range, more explosive and less susceptible to jamming and interception than all previous systems. Allegedly, only 210 weapons were on display at the show, and there is also unusually little visual material available for such a...

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What's going on with China's new submarines?

What's going on with China's new submarines?

Gepostet von | 2 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

Not only does the virus come from Wuhan, deep in the interior of the country, but a considerable number of ship designs are also being built in the shipyards on the Yangtze River. Following a launch in May, which took place without publicity, satellite images of a submarine construction previously unknown in the navy of the Chinese PLA were discovered there in July. China is extremely secretive when it comes to submarines. It is known that the conventional Yuan class (type 039A/C, 77 metres, 3,600 tonnes) has been and will be increasingly put into service in three variants and a total of 20 units from 2010. In addition, this type is also being built in Wuhan as the Hangor class in an export version for Pakistan.

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On an educational journey

On an educational journey

Gepostet von | 1 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

When it returns next year, the frigate Baden-Württemberg will have been operating away from home for a year and a half. The experience gained during this time will further advance the F 125 project. With its first deployment on the Unifil mission between October 2023 and April 2024 and the current Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD), the frigate Baden-Württemberg is once again in the headlines. Since the beginning of May 2024, the F 125 class ship has been completing one of the rare circumnavigations of the globe by German naval vessels together with the task force provider Frankfurt am Main. By sailing through the Taiwan Strait in mid-September, the unit also made an impact in terms of foreign policy. The prerequisite for...

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