Plymouth/UK: Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin's journey around the world, a group of researchers has followed in his footsteps. They set off from the southern English port city on 15 August 2023 on a two-year sea voyage on the Dutch three-masted topsail schooner "Oosterschelde" (built in 1917, 50 metres long). The DARWIN200 expedition will cover four continents, discovering the local wildlife and...
The steel for the first of three planned "Miecznik" class frigates for the Polish Navy was cut in Gdansk on 16 August 2023. The ships are being built by a consortium with Remontowa Shipbuilding SA based on the "Arrowhead 140" design by Babcock International. Babcock, Thales UK and MBDA UK are the...
Iranian news agencies are reporting that the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been armed with long-range drones and missiles. Armament The Iranian state news agency IRNA reported that various types of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with a range of 300 to 1,000 kilometres have been added to the armament of the Revolutionary Guards. This is Iran's response...
US Marine Corps soldiers train for a possible scenario - protecting merchant ships from Iranian aggression in the Strait of Hormuz. Current Situation The Strait of Hormuz is a vital sea lane and has an enormous impact on maritime trade around the world. Approximately 25 % of the...
On 8 August 2023, the Romanian Ministry of Defence announced the cancellation of its corvette decision made in 2019. The then successful Naval Group and the partner company had not met the deadline for signing the contract, it said. The first corvette was originally expected by 2022 and the entire programme was to be completed within seven years.
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Abeking & Rasmussen delivers after just three years In 2020, the Indonesian Navy signed a contract for the construction of two minehunting vessels. The three units have now been delivered on time. The "KRI Pulau Fani - 731" and the "KRI Pulau Fanildo - 732" (construction numbers 6508 and 6509) are currently being...
In April 2023, the presidents of South Korea and the United States agreed that a US Navy submarine equipped with nuclear weapons would visit South Korea again. This is part of a bilateral agreement on improving the "regular visibility" of US strategic assets on the Korean peninsula and a response to repeated threats and the ongoing nuclear proliferation in the...
From a report on the Bundeswehr portal The German Navy's naval battalion is also involved in the large-scale multinational manoeuvre "Talisman Sabre" from 22 July to 4 August. Australia has hosted this largest joint training activity of its defence forces with the US military every two years since 2005. Talisman Sabre 2023 is now the tenth and...
US President Joe Biden has nominated Admiral Lisa Franchetti to succeed Admiral Michael Gilday as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO - Chief of Staff U.S. Navy), who has been in office since August 2019. If the decision is confirmed, she would be the first woman to head a branch of the US military as Commander-in-Chief and also the first female to hold the position of...
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