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US Navy Patrol Coastal Ships Conducts Live Fire Exercise with MK-60 Griffin Missiles in Persian Gulf The U.S. Navy performed new missile tests near the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. The exercise demonstrated the U.S. Navy’s capacity to target and destroy adversary small missile boats...

Source: https://navalpost.com/the-multilayer-ship-defense-of-gerald-r-ford/ U.S. Navy photo Qualification trials for the combat systems of the ship are critical to ensuring the warship is capable of defending itself against a variety of threats such as drones and missiles. Thus, what defense...

Source: https://navalpost.com/taigei-class-submarines/ JS Taigei launch ceremony (Wiki image) Japan’s newest submarine, stealthier and can stay submerged longer than comparable foreign submarines, was launched at a Kobe shipyard. On October 14, 2020, Defense Minister Kishi paid a visit to...

Last November, the French Navy received the first of six Suffren-class or Barracuda nuclear assault submarines (SSN) from Naval Group to replace Cold War-era Rubis-class submarines. The submarine is scheduled to enter service with the French Navy in late 2021. Six Suffren Class submarines will...

Source: https://navalpost.com/joint-sea-2021-exercise-chian-russia/ Joint Sea-2021, a joint naval exercise between China and Russia, has begun with a ceremony on October 14 in waters near Russia’s Peter the Great Bay. The warships participating from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army...

Source: https://navalpost.com/uss-freedom-lcs-1-decommissions/ Capt. Larry Repass, commanding officer of Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) delivers remarks during Freedom’s decommissioning ceremony. Freedom was decommissioned after more than 10 years of service...

Source: https://navalpost.com/underwater-explosions-damage/ By Raymond McConoly - September 26, 2021 Torpedo breaks the ship Since a dense medium surrounds the water, an underwater explosion has a different character than a regular explosion. When an underwater explosion occurs, a cavity of...

Source: https://navalpost.com/chinese-and-singaporean-navies-conduct-joint-exercise-in-the-south-china-sea/ RSS Supreme On Wednesday (Sep 22), the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy conducted joint maritime drills with the Republic of Singapore Navy in waters near Singapore, to...

Source: https://navalpost.com/australia-confirms-missile-procurements/ RAN image Several new types of air and surface-launched long-range strike missiles will be acquired by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for use by the Royal Australian Air Force and Royal Australian Navy, according to a...

ASFAT, the industry entity of the Turkish Ministry of Defense, has released a promotional video for the PN MILGEM (Babur-class) corvette, which it is currently building for Pakistan.

Source: https://navalpost.com/hswms-gotland-vs-uss-ronald-reagan/ The USS Ronald Reagan, a newly built $6.2 billion aircraft carrier, was hunted in 2005 by a Swedish submarine. Fortunately, it didn’t happen in actual combat. Still, it was simulated as part of a war game. A carrier task force...

Source: https://navalpost.com/visby-class-corvette-ghost-ship-of-the-baltics/ Saab photo The Visby class is the Swedish Navy’s third corvette class, following the Göteborg and Stockholm classes. The ship’s design places a premium on low visibility, a small radar cross-section, and an...

The ship NB 546 AL-JUBAIL, the first of five corvettes that Navantia builds for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has begun its sea trials in the waters of the Bay of Cádiz in order to check the correct operation of all its systems, Navantia announced. Sea trials are carried out before...

INS Kolkata steams in the North Arabian Sea during Malabar 2020. (US Navy photo) The Kolkata-class and Visakhapatnam-class destroyers are the Indian Navy’s most proficient surface combatants today. Therefore, they will retain these designations until the Project 18-class destroyers are launched...

Source: https://navalpost.com/the-u-s-works-on-sinking-warships-with-jdam/ An airborne test conducted as part of the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration on Aug. 26, 2021, was supported by three F-15E Strike Eagles carrying JDAM from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron of...

Source: https://navalpost.com/the-greek-frigate-procurement-program/ Damen Sigma 11515 Frigate for Hellenic Navy By Emil McHarsky, Lawyer, Academic and contributor at Spectrum Legal Consulting Law Blog. Legal, Software and Defence Industries. The current procurement competition for the...

Source: https://navalpost.com/pt-lundin-launches-kri-golok-688-trimaran-for-indonesian-navy/ KRI Golok 688 The Republic of Indonesia Warship (KRI) Golok-688, built by PT. Lundin Industry was launched today with a ceremony held at the shipyard in Pantai Cacalan, Jawa Timur. Kri Golok 688...