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USA - Hypersonic weapon HALO sidelined

USA - Hypersonic weapon HALO sidelined

Gepostet von | 11 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

Too expensive - and not available before 2030 In mid-April, it was announced that the US Navy had unexpectedly cancelled the ambitious project for an airborne hypersonic weapon against sea targets as part of a review of its investment programmes. Launched in 2021, the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare System (HALO) project was previously considered time-critical and a priority in order to close a technological gap with Russia and China before the end of this decade. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin had already been awarded initial contracts for the development of HALO in 2023 - not least because they are already working on a similar hypersonic cruise missile solution for the US Air Force. Now...

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Ukrainian Magura drone also successful against jets

Ukrainian Magura drone also successful against jets

Gepostet von | 7 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

After Ukrainian surface drones had already managed to take out a combat helicopter before the turn of the year, two further successes followed at the beginning of May: a Su-30 Flanker fighter jet was hit first, followed shortly afterwards by a second. Images of the new Magura V7 drone, a further development of the well-known Magura platform, have been awaited for a long time - now the Ukrainian side has released them with obvious pride. The V7 is similar to the previous Magura V5 in many respects, but at around eight metres in length, it is around one and a half times larger than its predecessor. The latter was specially designed for direct hits by ramming attacks on sea targets. It was initially assumed that...

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Taiwanese submarine enters sea trials

Taiwanese submarine enters sea trials

Gepostet von | 5 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

After the launch in February 2024 and the christening of the SS-711 "Hai Kun" (Narwhal, 80 metres, 2,550 - 3,000 tonnes), not much was heard or seen of the project for a nationally developed conventional submarine, which had begun with great vigour. Technical difficulties arose at the start of the harbour acceptance tests, which delayed the publicly visible sea acceptance tests until the beginning of May this year. Seven more boats are to follow in batches of three, two and another three units by 2038. In view of Taiwan's stock of older submarines, regeneration is urgently needed: Two Dutch Zwaardvis boats from 1988 (67 metres, 2,700...

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Russian landing ship christened in Kaliningrad

Russian landing ship christened in Kaliningrad

Gepostet von | 4 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

At the end of May, the large landing ship "Vladimir Andreyev" was christened in Kaliningrad at the Yantar shipyard as type ship project 11711M in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev. It is a further development of the Ivan Gren class, known for its striking silhouette with the wide projecting carrier bow and the aft island. The new landing ship now resembles the traditional dock landing ships of the American Whidbey class (186 metres, 16,000 tonnes) or the Chinese Yuzhao class (210 metres, 20,000 tonnes), but is significantly smaller than these at 150 metres in length and around 8,000 tonnes displacement. However, as it is 20% larger overall...

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Philippines - two frigates for the South China Sea

Philippines - two frigates for the South China Sea

Gepostet von | 1 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

Philippines: Two new warships for the 127th anniversary of the Philippine Navy Two new ships were officially commissioned to mark the 127th anniversary of the Philippine Navy: The South Korean-built missile frigate "Miguel Malvar" - type ship of a planned duo - and the "Albert Majini", the eighth and first locally manufactured FAIC fast attack interdictor craft (FAIC) of the Nestor Acero class. Both units are part of the urgently needed modernisation programme "Horizon 2" - essential for the maritime security of the archipelago, which consists of over 7,000 islands. The second unit of the Malvar class, "Diego Salang", was already launched in Ulsan (South Korea) at the end of March and is expected to remain there until...

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