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Naval Articles

Why U.S Marine Corps has Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) with Naval Strike Missile?

The Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle armed with Naval Strike Missile, is currently under development for the U.S. Marine Corps. This initiative is part of a larger plan to reconstruct the service. The...

NATO Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Network Centric Warfare and Formidable Shield Exercise

The proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to NATO populations, territory, and forces. Moreover, many countries in NATO's proximity have ballistic missiles or are trying to develop or acquire them. NATO BMD aims to provide full coverage...

Are the Borei Class Submarines Backbone of the Russian Deterrence?

The Russian Federation inherited a large submarine force from the Soviet Union. Since the end of the Second World War, this force had served as the core of the Soviet Navy. With the development of nuclear propulsion and nuclear-armed...

Is DF-21D ASBM a real Aircraft Carrier killer?

DF-21D ASBM is the cornerstone of the Chinese A2/AD strategyChina’s naval modernization effort, which forms part of a broader Chinese military modernization effort, has transformed China’s navy into a much more modern and capable force. As a result, China’s...

Ethiopia’s ambitions to have a naval power

Ethiopia is a landlocked country, so it will need to have enough capabilities & resources to lease an abroad military base in East/Horn of Africa countries to revive the Navy again.To look up the background: Following the Ethiopian Civil War...

Chinese Navy is more dangerous with YJ-18 missile

People's Liberation Army Navy's surface warfare capabilities is getting more dangerous for the U.S. Navy with the YJ-18Taiwan crisis occurred between the USA and China in 1996, proving that the Chinese naval power needed to be modernized since...

LRASM will be the Backbone of the “Distributed Lethality” Doctrine

The U.S. has been trying to find alternative solutions to maintain its superiority against China's increasing naval power. Producing new technology-guided missiles that will help the U.S. Navy and air force possess their firepower against Chinese elements is at...

Why are warships universally gray? Why are submarines painted black?

WarshipsThe gray color reduces the contrast of the ships with the horizon and reduces the vertical patterns in the ship's appearance. It is the universal color of combatant and auxiliary surface ships, in contrast to the dark gray or...

Operation Morvarid: The Story of How Iran Damaged Iraq’s Navy in 1 Day with Joint Operation

On September 22, 1980, Saddam Hussein launched an invasion of Iran, intending to take advantage of Iran's instability due to the Iranian Revolution. Despite the destructive effect of the Revolution, the service that had been renamed the Islamic Republic...

How the U.S. Navy can defeat Iran’s swarm attacks?

On May 10, 2021, a group of 13 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers near U.S. naval vessels transiting the...

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