Operations
Italy Sends frigate Antonio Marceglia to the Gulf of Guinea for Counter-Piracy Operations
Italian Navy's FREMM Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Antonio Marceglia has departed La Spezia on September 3 for the Gulf of Guinea, where it will participate in the Operation " Gabinia " operation, a mission with a primary goal of preventing...
Indonesian Navy News
First Steel Cutting Ceremony for Indonesian OPV
The first steel cutting ceremony for a 90-meter OPV ship was held by the Indonesian Navy on Aug 26, 2021. The contract was won by the local firm PT.DRU (DAYA RADAR UTAMA) after beating three other local companies,...
Exercises
Taiwanese Navy’s Kidd class destroyers take part in missile interception drills
According to the Republic of China Navy(Taiwanese Navy), all four of Taiwan's Kidd-class destroyers recently took part in a live-fire training in waters around Taiwan that simulated the interception of incoming enemy missiles.The four destroyers of the Republic of...
Naval Articles
The Greek Naval Procurement Program: One chance to get it right
By Emil McHarsky, Lawyer, Academic and contributor at Spectrum Legal Consulting Law Blog. Legal, Software and Defence Industries.The current procurement competition for the Hellenic Navy is probably the most interesting procurement program on the planet right now, not least because the...
Operations
Hershel “Woody” Williams Joins Brazilian Navy for Inaugural Operation Guinex
The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia, Aug. 23, 2021.Guinex is the first exercise off of...
Technology/Modernization
Putin launches construction of six warships and submarines for Russian Navy
On the opening day of the Army-2021 military-technical forum and the International Army Games in the Patriot park near Moscow, six new warships were laid down at the enterprises of the United Shipbuilding Corporation on Aug 23 for the...
Naval Articles
The YJ-18 ASCM Expands China’s A2AD Strategy
History and BackgroundChina's ASCM strike capabilities have substantially improved as a result of overseas acquisitions and domestic development. The US Office of Naval Intelligence reported in April 2015 that China had deployed the YJ-18 ASCM on many People's Liberation...
Technology/Modernization
PT. Lundin launches KRI Golok 688 Trimaran for Indonesian Navy
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.According to a TNI AL statement, The construction of the Trimaran Fast...
Miscellaneous
Following Spain’s refusal, Russian Navy ships anchored off the coast of Algeria
The Russian Navy's Udaloy Class destroyer "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" and the rescue tug "Altai", which the Spanish authorities did not give permission to enter the port of Ceuta (a Spanish enclave in northern Africa), anchored 46 km off the coast...
Exercises
UKCSG-21 Conducts Live Firing Exercise in Pacific
F-35 stealth jets and warships of the UK’s Carrier Strike Group (UKCSG-21) unleashed their firepower during high-octane live firing exercises with US allies as the Indo-Pacific leg of their global deployment ramps up another notch.HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Kent,...
Latest News
NATO Ships Participate in ITA MINEX 22, Mare Aperto
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) participated in Exercise Mare Aperto-Italian Mine Warfare Exercise 22 (ITA MINEX-22) in...