Naval Articles

Turkish Aviation and Space Industry (TAI) delivered two upgraded-ANKA unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) to the Turkish Naval Forces Command, the Turkish Presidential Defense Industry (SSB) announced via Twitter."We are increasing the lookouts of our security forces in the...

This year, the U.S. Navy is scheduled to field the first acquisition program to deploy the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS – a laser weapon system with high-energy fiber lasers intended for permanent fielding...

Will the Vulcano break the supremacy of the guided missiles?The engagement types, methods, and tactics have been evolving in accordance with developing technology. Large gun systems, which dominated the naval warfare scene for decades, began to be replaced by...

OPINION: By Abhirup Sengupta, Military Aviation EnthusiastNo, for a simple fact that sea-skimming hypersonic missiles don’t exist. A missile can either be flying at hypersonic speed or a sea-skimming profile – it can’t do both at the same time.Hitting a surface...

Saab announced that it upgraded its Sea Giraffe naval radar by introducing a Hypersonic Detection Mode (HDM) to detect and track targets traveling at hypersonic speeds. Saab is not the only one to have the capacity the detecting hypersonic...

By Abhirup Sengupta, Military Aviation EnthusiastOf course, it can be intercepted. Avangard isn’t an entirely new missile but a hypersonic glide vehicle part of the Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) carried by Russian Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).So it doesn’t...

Arctic Region and its importanceThe Arctic Region (also known as the North Pole) consists of 14.5 million square kilometers: including the borders of Greenland, Norway, Canada, and Russia. The North Ice Sea, which is accepted by the International Hydrographic...

France aims to remain a global maritime-air power with an aircraft carrier that provides air power projection. "It's a combat vessel, a symbol of power, testimony to our capacity for action," French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on...

The nature of sea power is swiftly evolving and challenged by numerous geopolitical and technological advancements—China's boosting naval power and technological growths prompt conventional naval powers to establish new strategies and tactics. The maritime operation domain is becoming the...

Emerged in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review of the United Kingdom, the future replacement of thirteen Type-23 frigates has served the Royal Navy for more than two decades. The UK government places particular emphasis on this project....