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Protection of maritime infrastructure: first ship arrives at Royal Navy

Protection of maritime infrastructure: first ship arrives at Royal Navy

Gepostet von | 23 Jan 2023 | , , , | 0

The first of two ships intended for this task arrived in Birkenhead near Liverpool on Thursday, 19 January 2023. "Topaz Tangaroa" is to be repainted and refitted for military use at the Cammell Laird shipyard. In six months' time, she will be painted grey and put into service with the Fleet Auxiliary of the Royal Navy. Priority: protecting maritime infrastructure Following the sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the programme one of his priorities. Instead of a new national flagship (to replace the Royal Yacht "Britannia"), he accelerated the programme to...

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Russia: Marine fireworks at the turn of the year

Russia: Marine fireworks at the turn of the year

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

The Russian Federation Navy's traditional Christmas fireworks display - but one that was probably necessary to mark the end of the calendar year - with keel layings, launches and commissioning was set off just in time on 29 December by President Vladimir Putin via video conference from his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, 15 kilometres west of Moscow: The minesweeper "Anatoly Shlemov" (Pacific Fleet), the corvette "Grad" (Baltic Fleet) and the strategic nuclear submarine K-553 "Generalissimo Suvorov", the sixth of the eight nuclear-tipped "Borey" class (Pacific Fleet), each with 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles (Bulava 30 / SS-NX-32), were put into service and handed over to the navy. Balm for the soul Previously promised...

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Russia: Third multi-purpose frigate "Gorshkov" class in the Baltic Sea

Russia: Third multi-purpose frigate "Gorshkov" class in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 13 Jan 2023 | , , , | 0

The multi-purpose frigates of the "Admiral Gorshkov" class (project 22350, 135 metres, 4,500 tonnes) were to be built in 2014 in a series of fifteen units and quickly replace various specialised, but also expensive and complex old-build frigates. This was the time of the launch and christening of the second platform with the name "Admiral Kasatonov" - the "Admiral Gorshkov" took another two years to enter service. However, it was also the year in which the keel was laid at the Severnaya Verf in St. Petersburg for construction number three, the "Admiral Golovko", which is now undergoing functional trials in the Baltic Sea after being fitted out until November. Originally, the...

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Russian "Yasen" class attack submarines with hypersonic weapons from 2026

Russian "Yasen" class attack submarines with hypersonic weapons from 2026

Gepostet von | 12 Jan 2023 | , , , | 1

The "Yasen" class (Project 885/885M, 133 metres, 12,000 tonnes submerged) is the benchmark for Russia's nuclear-powered attack submarines. The type boat K-560 "Severodvinsk" has been on its keel for 30 years, but the subsequently modified M-boats only followed a good 15 years later. Construction numbers 2 and 3, K-561 "Kazan" and K-573 "Novosibirsk", are already in service with the Northern Fleet - the following three boats, K-571 "Krasnoyarsk", K-564 "Arkhangelsk" and "Perm", are to be assigned to the Pacific Fleet, with K-571 currently undergoing its functional trials with the Northern Fleet. The boats have four launch modules on both sides, each of which can be equipped with four 3M55/3M54...

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India: Decision made in favour of 26 Dassault Rafale M

India: Decision made in favour of 26 Dassault Rafale M

Gepostet von | 11 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

Boeing had strengthened the landing gear and made other changes to the F/A-18 E/F, which is actually only capable of catapult take-off, in order to meet India's demand for ski-jump-capable carrier aircraft for the Indian home-built "Vikrant", and even demonstrated the modified Super Hornets on site at the "Hansa" naval air base in Goa in western India - but none of this helped: At the turn of the year, India decided against the Super Hornet and in favour of the French Dassault Rafale M. An act of state This decision is to be officially announced during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to India in March to mark the anniversary of 25 years of strategic cooperation...

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