For some years now, the Iranian naval forces have had a number of unusual units at their disposal. The converted merchant ships are intended for the use of drones. For over ten years, rumours have been circulating on social media that Iran was planning to acquire its own aircraft carriers. At the beginning of 2014, these rumours seemed to become reality when satellite images...
The transit of a Russian submarine from the Mediterranean took an unusually long time. It turned into a communications drama for no good reason. The redeployment of the Russian submarine NOWOROSSIJSK from the Mediterranean in October 2025 attracted unusual attention in the media, security policy circles and political commentary. According to everything that optical reconnaissance, Russian shipyard signals and movement data...
The Littoral Combat Ships were once planned as an all-purpose weapon. Following the failure of the concept and a reorganisation, the last units will be commissioned this year. On 15 November 2025, the nineteenth and last ship of the INDEPENDENCE class, the PIERRE, was ceremoniously commissioned. The fifteenth and penultimate...
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