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In-depth Look At Istanbul-class Frigates (TCG Istanbul)
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Europe
Turkey Launches Istambul-Class Frigates “TCG Istanbul”
Istanbul Shipyard today launched the lead ship of the I-class frigates, the future TCG Istanbul (pennant number: F-515). The ceremony hosted VIP guests including President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ministry of Defence Hulusi Akar, […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
China To Launch Third Aircraft Carrier In Late 2021
China’s third aircraft carrier, expected to be very different from the previous two with much larger displacement and featuring new catapults, could be launched in 2021 and enter naval service around 2025, media reports predicted […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
RAAF P-8 Poseidon And US Navy Take Part In An Exercise
RAAF P-8A Poseidons are taking part in an anti-submarine warfare exercise alongside forces from the US, Japan, Canada, India and New Zealand in Guam. The 125 hours of in-flight training will culminate in a mission […]
Europe
Russian Navy’s Captain Caught Stealing Propellers Of His Ship Worth $530,000
A former Russian Navy commander is under investigation for stealing from his own ship. The unnamed naval officer is accused of helping orchestrate the theft of two huge, 13-ton brass propellers from the guided missile […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
RAN Formally Accepts HMAS Supply Into Service
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has formally accepted the first of two Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ships on order for the service from Spanish shipbuilder Navantia. The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra announced […]
Americas
HII Started Building Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has begun fabrication of the US Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129). The fabrication work was officially started on 7 January and represents […]
Middle East
Egyptian Navy Takes Delivery of First Domestically Built Corvette
The Egyptian Navy has taken delivery of the corvette Port Said (ENS 976) — the first warship 100% built in Egypt. Port Said is the second Gowind 2500 corvette ordered by the Egyptian Navy and […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
RoK Navy’s Released First Photo Of Envisioned Aircraft Carrier
South Korea’s Navy has shared images of the country’s first aircraft carrier. The unnamed ship, which will carry the vertical takeoff and landing version of the F-35B, will take to the seas sometime in the 2030s. The […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Indian DRDO Tests Air-deployable Container For Indian Navy
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the Indian Navy conducted the successful maiden test trial of ‘SAHAYAK-NG’ India’s first indigenously designed and developed Air Dropped Container from IL 38SD aircraft (Indian Navy) off […]