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South Korea continues frigate programme with the FFX-IV

South Korea continues frigate programme with the FFX-IV

Gepostet von | 27 May 2025 | , , | 0

Seoul is continuing the renewal of its frigate fleet with determination. After six units of the Incheon class (115 metres, 3,200 tonnes) have been in service for ten years as FFX-I and the FFX-II with a new silhouette as Daegu class (122 metres, 3,600 tonnes) have proven themselves with eight units delivered in the last five years, six units of the FFX-III Chungnam class are now under construction at three South Korean shipyards (129 metres, 4,300 tonnes) - the type ship of this class is about to enter service. However, as there is still a 30-year-old partial stock of three KDX-I destroyers, seven Ulsan frigates and 16 Pohang corvettes in the...

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Russia's Pacific Fleet minehunters

Russia's Pacific Fleet minehunters

Gepostet von | 22 May 2025 | , , | 0

Pacific Fleet minesweepers Yakov Balyaev and Pyotr Ilyichev have carried out a minehunting exercise in Avacha Bay on the east coast of Kamchatka using the Skanda unmanned surface drone. The two Alexandrit-class boats (project 12700) were built at a shipyard in St Petersburg. With a length of 62 metres and a displacement of 900 tonnes, they currently have the largest fibreglass composite hulls in the world - a construction method originally developed by the German company Siemens. The ships, which entered service in 2020 and 2022, tested both their on-board systems and the latest Russian surface and underwater drones for mine hunting during the exercise. The class includes...

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Great Britain: Four destroyers receive DragonFire laser weapons

Great Britain: Four destroyers receive DragonFire laser weapons

Gepostet von | 20 May 2025 | , , | 0

The kingdom intends to spend almost 3 billion euros on upgrading the weaponry of its Type 45 destroyers (Daring class) - not only to give the fleet more firepower in the short term, but also to visibly come closer to the 2.5% target for defence spending. Not just one, but four of the ships are to be equipped with the DragonFire LDEW (Laser Directed Energy Weapon) laser weapon system by 2027, which is currently only available as a demonstrator. In addition to the advantage of unlimited availability on board (as long as enough electrical energy can be generated), the laser weapon also offers a price advantage: a laser shot costing well under a hundred euros is equivalent to...

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Lithuania - small multi-purpose combat boats for the Baltic States

Lithuania - small multi-purpose combat boats for the Baltic States

Gepostet von | 19 May 2025 | , , | 0

Lithuania procures Jehu-class combat boats - NATO cooperation in the Baltic region strengthens maritime security To strengthen regional maritime security, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania have signed a technical agreement in 2024: the "Common Future Multipurpose Attack Craft" (CFMAC). This joint procurement programme for small combat boats is also open to other NATO members with comparable equipment requirements. Finland already deploys a fleet of twelve boats of this type as the Jehu class. At the beginning of April, Vilnius, together with the Finnish shipyard Marine Alutech, announced that Lithuania had now ordered two of these multi-purpose boats. The units, which are based on the Watercat M18 model, are intended for the Lithuanian Navy and will be assigned to the coastal defence battalion...

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Royal Navy - Type 23 frigates secure the aircraft carriers

Royal Navy - Type 23 frigates secure the aircraft carriers

Gepostet von | 15 May 2025 | , , | 0

TAPS - these are the Royal Navy's Towed Array Patrol Ships, which usually traverse the waters of the North Atlantic for two months at a time. Their task: to protect the strategic submarines of the Vanguard class from potential underwater threats - recognised with the help of their highly sensitive towed array sonars. The six remaining Duke-class submarine frigates "Somerset", "Richmond", "Portland", "St Albans", "Sutherland" and "Kent" (Type 23, 133 metres, 4,300 tonnes) are deployed. They take it in turns to depart from their home port of Devonport/Plymouth and take over the permanent watch for the SSBNs. These patrols form the basis of the British deterrent policy - CASD (Continuous At Sea Deterrent) - but remain in...

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