Category: Marines from all over the world

India and Vietnam against Chinese advance

India and Vietnam against Chinese advance

Posted by | 22 Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

In order to contain China's advance in the Indo-Pacific zone, India handed over the Kirpan, an FK corvette of the Khukri class (91 m, 1500 tonnes), to the Vietnamese navy. This was preceded by a USD 100 million loan, which Vietnam used to buy twelve high-speed coast guard boats in India, and a mutual agreement on the exchange of personnel and the joint use of military logistics and infrastructure. These are both fundamentally new aspects of Southeast Asian integration in the region. Chinese units are increasingly appearing off Vietnam's coast to back up unlawful territorial claims. In the Indian hinterland, Chinese troops are deployed in the Kashmir region and in the neighbouring countries of Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, large-scale Chinese port construction...

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Paraguay's historic navy and the comeback of the CAÑONERO

Paraguay's historic navy and the comeback of the CAÑONERO

Posted by | 21 Sep 2023 | , , | 0

Paraguay - The country, which is only accessible via the Rio Paraguay and is cut off from the open sea, has a very small but illustrious navy. The units are all quite old. The headlines are therefore usually only made by the traditional ship of the Paraguayans, the HUMAITÁ, a 70-metre-long, 850-tonne gunboat that has been moored firmly on the banks of the Bahía de Asunción since December. That is why, as the commander of the Paraguayan navy assured us, it cannot really run aground and possibly sink as the navy's pride and joy, despite its heavy list. Whipped up by the storm and...

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India signs contracts for Rafale-M, submarines and domestic production

India signs contracts for Rafale-M, submarines and domestic production

Posted by | 19 Sep 2023 | , , | 0

In mid-July - on the French bank holidays - Defence Minister Rajnath Singh signed three decision proposals from the Indian Defence Acquisition Council: firstly, the purchase and equipping of 26 Dassault Rafale-M carrier-capable combat aircraft for the nationally built Vikrant carrier; secondly, the purchase, licensed construction and equipping of three further French Scorpène conventional submarines; and thirdly, the order to manufacture all the innards and integrable systems for these weapons platforms nationally in India. A skilful move, even before there had been any talk of German submarines - at least in India. And yes, about the price, which is based on the market value of similar products from other nations...

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Handover of the French-Italian fleet supplier JACQUES CHEVALLIER

Handover of the French-Italian fleet supplier JACQUES CHEVALLIER

Posted by | 14 Sep 2023 | , , | 1

Toulon was the venue for a team event: OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d'Armement, European Armaments Agency), DGA (Direction Générale de l'Armement, Paris Armaments Office) and the Marine Nationale handed over the first French-Italian naval supply vessel JACQUES CHEVALLIER from one to the other. With a length of 194 metres and a displacement of 31,000 tonnes, the Bâtiment Ravitailleur de Forces is a showcase project: with its electric propulsion, it can reach 10 knots, with exhaust plume 20 knots - and behind the bridge, two Mistral Simbad-RC launchers are installed for the first time on a French unit for short-range defence, each equipped with two anti-aircraft and sea-target FKs. The construction programme...

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China's Renhai class: Presentation of the Xianyang super destroyer

China's Renhai class: Presentation of the Xianyang super destroyer

Posted by | 12 Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

With the hull number 108, the Xianyang, the eighth destroyer of the Renhai class (type 055), was officially presented to the public two months ago at the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) in the northern Chinese harbour complex of Dalian. A video praising the beauty and strength of this super destroyer - or FK cruiser - also serves this purpose. Not without good reason, as the 180-metre-long ships, which displace more than 12,000 tonnes and have two vertical launch silos for a total of 112 missiles of all Chinese designs, are among the most powerful and largest combat ships in the world. This makes them even more powerful than the FK cruisers of the American Ticonderoga class, especially as they will soon be...

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