The first Russian drone attack in Ukrainian waters on 28 August 2025 was preceded by a Ukrainian drone attack on a Buyan-M FK corvette in the Sea of Azov. This attack was carried out in a coordinated manner with a first drone against the sensors in the mast and a second drone directly against the superstructure. As a result, the ship was heavily...
The Armada is not entirely wrong when it says that the continued operation of a flying fixed-wing component on the carrier "Juan Carlos I" (and thus the carrier itself) can only be guaranteed by the purchase of a certain number of American Lockheed Martin F-35B 5th generation short/vertical take-off and landing (STOVL) jets. The...
For its special forces, the city-state has acquired a few mini-submarines that only a few countries have and about which little is reported in the media. These are the so-called CCUs (Combatant Craft Underwater), which can reach high speeds above water with a crew of two and six divers and are capable of...
Just a few days after the official commissioning of the strategic nuclear submarine "Kniaz Posharsky" by President Vladimir Putin in Severodvinsk at the end of July, a message from Kiev has raised eyebrows: Access to the submarine's data network had been hacked and sensitive data and information had been intercepted. The Borey-class boats (project 955A, 170 metres, 20,000...
In mid-August, the fifth Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate (project 22350, 135 metres, 5,400 tonnes) was christened "Admiral Amelko" and launched at the Severnaya-Verf (Northen Shipyard) in Saint Petersburg in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev. While the "Amelko" and the...
Hooray for old technology that could still be repaired with steel tools! After almost three decades out of service in the roadstead and another decade in the shipyard for refurbishment, the nuclear cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" (Kirov-class type ship, 250 metres, 27,000 tonnes), which was laid down in Saint Petersburg in 1983,...
Romania is negotiating with Turkey on the purchase of the "Akhisar" type ship of the Hisar class (100 metres, 2,300 tonnes), which is currently being equipped and was developed from the Milgem corvette as a simple and lightly armed OPV for surveillance tasks - not least for export. Robust and practical.
...The Canadian defence initiative "Our North - Strong and Free" includes the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), on the basis of which up to twelve submarines are to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy to replace the Victoria class from the mid-1930s. A year ago, the Canadian Procurement Agency launched a request for information to...
When weapons or supply facilities go up in flames in Sana'a or a Yemeni harbour city controlled by Huhti militias, the media usually only talk about Israeli retaliatory strikes. They follow drone and rocket attacks, which only rarely reach Israel's borders or pass through Eilat's air defence system unchallenged. The fact that these strikes...
If you really want to know how brutal China's navy and coast guard are against Philippine patrol boats and supply units in waters that are rightfully theirs (Spratly Islands, Scarborough Reef), then watch this video! The pincer attack by the Chinese coast guard boat CCG 3104 (ex-corvette Jiangdao class, Type 056, 89 metres, 1,300...
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