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US Navy - New construction frigate "Constellation"

US Navy - New construction frigate "Constellation"

Gepostet von | 26 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

Keel laying ceremonies are actually completely overrated as a material new start for ships. However, one must be reported here: The keel laying of the first US frigate of the Constellation class at Fincantieri Marinette Marine on the Menominee River in Green Bay/Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. After the less successful designs of the Zumwalt destroyers and the Littoral Combat Ships, the US Navy has high hopes for the basic design of the CONSTELLATION, which originated in Europe. As a frigate, it is now set to become a reliable workhorse again, as the Arleigh Burke class currently is among the destroyers. Smaller than the destroyers, however, the CONSTELLATION is intended to be a multi-purpose frigate that...

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US Navy: EloKa weapons against helicopters on the ground

US Navy: EloKa weapons against helicopters on the ground

Gepostet von | 25 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

An inconspicuous photo gave it away: As can be seen from the launch symbol under the pilot's cockpit, US Navy pilots destroyed a grounded Mil Mi-24 Hind combat helicopter belonging to the Huthi militia towards the end of February 2024 - and, as was later revealed, using an AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), which normally targets enemy radar pulses. Detached from a Boeing EA-18G Growler as a long-range weapon, this FK can also be aimed at fixed target coordinates. The Growlers used for electronic warfare were embarked on board the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier in the Mediterranean at the beginning of the year. Even though the...

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US Navy: Ballistic Missile Defence for Israel

US Navy: Ballistic Missile Defence for Israel

Gepostet von | 23 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

During the massive Iranian attack on Israel on the night of 13 to 14 April 2024 with around 170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles and 30 cruise missiles, it was not only the Israeli Iron Dome air defence system that proved its effectiveness. Allies and neighbouring states have also intervened to support the fight. These included the two US destroyers ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51) and CARNEY (DDG 64), which operated long-range ballistic missile defence (BMD) in the eastern Mediterranean for the first time. The CARNEY had already been deployed for a month as one of the US reinforcements for Operation Prosperity Guardian in the...

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Spain: New-build F-110 frigate ahead of schedule

Spain: New-build F-110 frigate ahead of schedule

Gepostet von | 17 Sep 2024 | , , | 2

Since April 2019, the state-owned Navantia shipyard has had a contract with the Spanish Navy for the construction of five F-110 multi-purpose frigates - first delivery in 2028, worth around 4.4 billion euros. Special new features of this type of ship are the block production in 33 hull sections introduced for the first time at Navantia and a land-based "digital twin", which each ship will receive in the sense of modern system management. Shipbuilding work on the type ship, the Almirante Bonifaz (F-111), began at Navantia in Ferrol in 2022 and is now allowing a critical look at the schedule. As expected, delays and delivery bottlenecks are usually explained verbosely and flowerily. Not so...

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Senegal: New patrol boats for Dakar at last

Senegal: New patrol boats for Dakar at last

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

Walo, Niani and Cayor are Senegal's three newly built OPV 58S for Maritime Defence and State Action at Sea missions along its 300 kilometres of coastline. Piriou Group, a privately owned shipyard group based on the south coast of French Brittany, has delivered these three 62-metre multi-purpose vessels to the West African coastal state fully equipped and has once again proven itself to be a competent manufacturer of small but well-equipped guard boats. Just over four years have passed since the contract was signed until all three boats and their trained crews were transferred to Dakar within the last nine months. Equipped with Marte sea target FK, Simbad/Mistral air defence and...

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