India requires 26 state-of-the-art multi-role fighter jets for the flying component of the new nationally built aircraft carrier "Vikrant" (Project 71) - but these jets should be able to ski-jump! The carrier is designed for STOBAR, i.e. equipped with a 14° ramp for "short take off and arrested recovery". The preferred aircraft types Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet...
The launch, which was expected a fortnight ago, has now taken place (Marineforum online reported). On Friday, China launched its third and most modern aircraft carrier in the dry dock of the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai. The ship was christened "Fujian", a southeastern coastal province, hull number 18. The ceremony was broadcast by the state television station, Chinese media reported...
The state news agency TASS has announced that the final conversions and repairs to the "Admiral Kuznetsov" will take until September of this year. The aircraft carrier "Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov" (project 1143.5), classified as a heavy flight deck cruiser, is considered the flagship of the Russian Federation Navy. But in reality, the...
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the launch of the latest Chinese aircraft carrier is being prepared. According to US analysts, '003' could be launched "in the coming weeks or even days". Satellite images from 31 May show that the dry dock at the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai, where the ship is being built, is...
Just a few weeks ago, HMS Prince of Wales returned to its British home port of Portsmouth from the Cold Response 2022 Arctic manoeuvre, where it had exercised with NATO units from various nations and was in command of the Joint Expeditionary Force. Now the "Queen Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier has returned from the Arctic before the weekend...
In mid-April, the Marine Nationale published a video about France's future aircraft carrier, the "Porte-avions de nouvelle génération" (PA-NG), which is set to replace the current "Charles de Gaulle" in 2038. Larger (305 metres, 75,000 tonnes), more powerful (30 next-generation fighters, electromagnetic launch catapult), nuclear-powered with two reactors - the dream of every navy. Public relations...
Six Boeing EA-18 Growler electronic warfare fighter aircraft - including the 120 man/woman support component of the 134th Electronic Attack Squadron at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island - will be deployed to Spangdahlem in the southern Eifel region of Germany this week. The task of the specialists stationed in Washington State on the west coast of the USA is to...
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With its expansionist ambitions, China is turning more and more nations against itself and fuelling fear in the region. This leads to the formation of security co-operations. China's aggressive expansionist policy is increasingly turning the Indo-Pacific region into the theatre of a global political conflict that is primarily maritime in nature. In the South China Sea, from which China has been...
Die "Harry S Truman" zeigte Präsenz im Rahmen der NATO Übung im Mittelmeer, trotz oder weil es die Spannungen zwischen Russland und der Ukraine gibt. Der US-Admiral, der die Flugzeugträgerkampfgruppe Harry S. Truman führt, wollte laut der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters nicht preisgeben, was nach dem Ende der Übungen in der Adria...
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