Naval Technology
Analysis: Russia to begin construction of universal landing ships project 11780 in 2020 - Part 1
Russian media have recently reported the characteristics of prospective amphibious assault ships which are to be laid in the spring of 2020. They s...
Russian Navy strength insufficient to promote SSBN combat sustainability - take 2
The Russian nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles (SSBN) regularly sail for combat duty to the open ocean. The range of modern ballistic missi...
Russian Navy strength insufficient to promote SSBN combat sustainability - take 1
The Russian nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles (SSBN) regularly sail for combat duty to the open ocean. The range of modern ballistic missi...
Analysis: Russian future warships to have ceramic fabric protection
The innovative ceramic and fabric armour will replace the steel in protecting Russian warships. The first Leader-class destroyer of project 23560 i...
Russia reinforces Arctic naval group
Russia continues to build warships for the Arctic naval force. The Ivan Papanin lead patrol ice-class ship of project 23550 was floated on October ...
Russian experts assess changes in hardware supplies after 2020
The Russian armed forces are rearmed faster than planned, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said. The increase of the defence budget from 1.44 to 1.50...
Analysis: French Defense acquisitions for Naval sector in 2020
Presented Friday, September 27, in the Council of Ministers by Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, the 2020 budget for the Armies foresee...
Swedish Navy hiding warships in bunker amid growing fears of threat from Russia
Sweden’s navy HQ is returning to a vast underground cold war fortress designed to withstand a nuclear attack, in what has been seen as a defensive ...
Analysis of Anti-ship missiles and Ship-borne air defense system unveiled at Chinese military parade 2019
A variety of shore-to-ship missiles, ship-to-ship missiles, "YJ-12" and "YJ-18/18A" as well as the latest ship-borne air defence weapons "HHQ-9A" w...
Tigr-M Gaz-233114
The Tigr-M or GAZ-233114 is an improved version of the standard 4x4 light tactical vehicle Tigr GAZ-2330. The vehicle is produced by the Russian De...
Experts assess Crimean prospects for landing ship construction - take 2
The Russian Navy has long been trying to get new-generation landing ships. TASS reported in early September quoting industry sources that two unive...
These 5 Weapons Are the Backbone of Japan's Mighty Navy
The modern Japan Maritime Self Defense Force traces its roots to the Imperial Japanese Navy. Established in July 1869, the Imperial Navy was one of...
Russian Coastal artillery brigades to be armed with Pion
Coastal artillery brigades will be armed with self-propelled Pion 2S7 guns. They can hit targets in a radius of 50 km and were upgraded to destroy ...
Experts assess Crimean prospects for landing ship construction - take 1
The Russian Navy has long been trying to get new-generation landing ships. TASS reported in early September quoting industry sources that two unive...
Three types of 927 surveillance ships entered China navy in 2018 and 2019
Photographs have circulated over the past week showing what appears to be a new Chinese ocean surveillance vessel being completed in southern China...
Refueling on the sea by RFA Tidesurge Tide-class replenishment tanker of British Royal Navy
Refueling – aka a Replenishment At Sea or RAS – is among the most challenging maneuvers ships perform due to the dynamics of two vessels ploughing ...
Russian Navy's upgraded missile corvette Smerch holds fire exercise in Sea of Japan
In the Peter the Great Gulf, the crew of the modernized small missile ship "Smerch" (project 1234.1) tested the reliability of the new anti-aircraf...
Type 26 City Class new generation of multirole frigate for Royal British Navy
The Type 26 or City Class frigate will be the next generation of multirole combat ship of the Royal British Navy, able to perform a full range of m...
Russian Navy to receive new Anti-Submarine Guided Missile ASGM
The Russian Navy will receive for service an essentially new anti-submarine guided missile (ASGM). It enables killing submarines at a distance of u...
Technical review & inside Suffren Barracuda Class nuclear attack submarine French navy
“Suffren” Barracuda Class is the brand new submarine-launched ballistic missile asset of the French navy. On 10 July, Navy Recognition announced it...