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OPV order for Lürssen

OPV order for Lürssen

Gepostet von | 29 Jan 2021 | , | 0

Well-known shipbuilders such as Damen and Fincantieri can be found on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, supplying - as most recently to Pakistan - inexpensively manufactured medium-sized platforms. At the beginning of November, Lürssen was able to secure a not exactly large, but important order there. Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov signed a contract worth half a billion euros with the Bremen-based shipbuilding company for the construction of two "Modular Multipurpose Patrol Vessels" (MMPV). The ships, which will be based on the OPV-90 design and weigh around 2000 tonnes, are to be built at the MTG Dolphin shipyard in Varna with delivery dates of 2025 and 2026. However, details of armament and equipment were not yet available. As...

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With rockets and grenades

With rockets and grenades

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

The Dutch Navy has been using the Goalkeeper close-range defence system since the early 1990s. What was state-of-the-art at the time is no longer state of the art today. It is only thanks to a modernisation programme that the systems installed on various ships can still be kept in service. Goalkeeper is a so-called Close-in Weapon System (CIWS), which is used for defence against various airborne threats at close range. These include anti-ship missiles, but also small targets on the surface of the water. In the meantime, drones have also been added to the targets against which defence was to be established at the time. In recent years, the missiles to be defended against have been increasingly...

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