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USA: Two submarine keels in a fortnight

USA: Two submarine keels in a fortnight

Gepostet von | 12 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Some do Christmas shopping - others lay the keels of two Virginia-class attack submarines in the space of 14 days! At the end of November, Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Hampton Roads, Virginia, performed the ceremonial keel authentication for the 27th Virginia-class attack submarine. SSN 800 is to bear the name "USS Arkansas" in future. Further north-east, 700 kilometres away, at the Electric Boat Division (GDEB) of General Dynamics Corporation in Quonset Point/Rhode Island, construction of the "USS Arizona" (SSN 803), the 30th boat in the Virginia class, began in the same way at the beginning of December. Teamwork The two specialised shipyards are cooperating on the modular...

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Saudi Arabia puts warships from Europe into service - and orders more from Navantia

Saudi Arabia puts warships from Europe into service - and orders more from Navantia

Gepostet von | 6 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Navantia handed over "HAIL", the third of five Avante 2200 corvettes ordered in 2018, to the Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) on the second Sunday of Advent 2022. In addition to construction, the contract, which was valued at 1.8 billion euros at the time, includes logistical support and training - including the provision of training and instruction facilities for the ships' weapon deployment and platform control systems. Support during the entire life cycle and the provision of various services for the maintenance of the ships at the Jeddah naval base were also envisaged. The trade press described the deal as the largest order in the history of Spanish state-owned shipyards with a foreign customer. The five...

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Israeli Navy: C-Dome, the navalised Iron Dome is ready for use

Israeli Navy: C-Dome, the navalised Iron Dome is ready for use

Gepostet von | 19 Nov 2022 | , , | 0

The Israeli navy has completed the integration of the C-Dome short-range defence weapon system with a successful interception test. In February of this year, the first shots were fired from on board the corvette "Magen", the Sa'ar 6-class ship. In the current test, an aerial target was engaged by the C-Dome system on board the second corvette to enter service, the "Oz", in a realistic scenario. C-Dome C-Dome is a navalised Iron Dome. Up to ten C-Dome interceptors can be preloaded in the vertical launch container. Iron Dome is known to be able to intercept up to six approaching objects, including missiles, aircraft, drones and artillery shells, within a radius of seven kilometres.

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Russian Navy: Test of the doomsday torpedo?

Russian Navy: Test of the doomsday torpedo?

Gepostet von | 15 Nov 2022 | , , , | 0

According to reports from the American television channel CNN, the Russian navy is preparing to launch the "doomsday torpedo" Poseidon, as the Pentagon refers to the Russian nuclear torpedo. At the beginning of November, US sources identified the departure of the carrier submarine "Belgorod" and its subsequent return to its home base. As no test attempts are said to have been recognisable, the agencies assume that technical difficulties occurred. The recording of such tests has been observed since the beginning of October (MFonline reported). Underwater weapons systems A direct link between the tests and the apocalyptic threats of the Russian President, as repeatedly expressed during the "special operation" in Ukraine, is...

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Russian training ship on the northern route back in the Baltic Sea

Russian training ship on the northern route back in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 10 Nov 2022 | , , | 0

On 29 October 2022, the Russian Navy training ship RFS Smolniy (300) returned to the Baltic Sea from a training voyage lasting several months in the Far East via the Northern Sea Route. The ship, which displaces 7,270 tonnes and is 138 metres long, left Kronstadt on 1 August 2022 and reached Vladivostok on 15 September 2022. The distance covered during the project was approximately 15,000 nautical miles. Ports visited during the training voyage included Baltiysk, Severomorsk, the Solovetsky Islands and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. The unit, which is part of the Russian Navy's Project 887, is equipped with two 76mm twin guns, two AK-230 30mm loose-in twin guns and two RBU-2500 sub-hunting depth charge launchers...

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