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Energetic growth of Taiwanese underwater capabilities

Energetic growth of Taiwanese underwater capabilities

Gepostet von | 8 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

The submarine component of the Taiwanese navy currently consists of two boats from the Dutch Zwaardvis-class replica programme from the 1980s, not counting the two American Guppy-class boats from the Second World War era. Following the decision in 2014 to launch its own four-year development programme for six conventional 1,500-tonne Hai Kun-class (Narwhal) boats in the face of insufficient offers from the USA and Italy, the CSBC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) in Kaohsiung (south-west coast) set up the necessary infrastructure. The newly elected President Tsai Ing-wen commissioned the construction of the prototype back in 2016. This was derived from the previous...

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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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Russian ships in the Mediterranean - strategic shift from Syria to Libya

Russian ships in the Mediterranean - strategic shift from Syria to Libya

Gepostet von | 4 Jan 2025 | , , , | 0

The sinking of the "Ursa Major" on 23 December 2024 attracted international attention. The Russian cargo ship sank after an explosion in the engine room in international waters in the Mediterranean between Spain and Algeria. The cause remains unclear, but Moscow claims to be the victim of a terrorist attack. We look at the current movements of the Russian fleet in relation to the Middle-East-North-Africa (MENA) region, particularly Syria and Libya, and raise questions about Moscow's strategic reorientation in the Mediterranean. Ship movements into the Mediterranean The role of the "Ursa Major" and its escorts: The "Ursa Major", formerly known as the "Sparta III", was en route from St....

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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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