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As of 23 March 2012 the Counter-Piracy force of the European Union (EUNAVFOR) which normally includes between 4 and 7 warships patrolling the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa will be joined by two new warships of the French navy; Frigate FS GEORGES LEYGUES and Amphibious Assault Ship FS DIXMUDE. FS GEORGES LEYGUES, named […]

Con l’arrivo nel porto di Aksaz (Turchia), martedì 17 luglio scorso, la fregata italiana Espero ha terminato la sua partecipazione all’Operazione #NATO Sea Guardian #MissioniMilitari #opSeaGuardian @ItalianNavy

Alle 7 e 20 di martedì 17 maggio nave Luigi Rizzo ha mollato gli ormeggi dalla banchina dello stabilimento Fincantieri di Muggiano (La Spezia) per iniziare la sua prima uscita in mare. L'attività fa parte del programma di prove tecniche in navigazione che permetterà di portare a completamento la fase di allestimento dell'unità, che sarà consegnata alla Marina nei primi mesi del 2017.

U.S. defense contractor Raytheon has received a $9.6 million contract for work on the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Takanami-class destroyers. The contract was awarded to Raytheon by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command under the foreign military sales program and will see the company deliver launcher control processors to Japan. The processors are likely being […]

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91) will shortly leave for the Indian Ocean for exercises and to potentially join the air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Quoting an unnamed French defense ministry source, news wire Reuters reported the 42,000-ton nuclear carrier would deploy shortly for exercises in the Indian Ocean and when asked if the ship would be joining the anti-ISIS fight the source said, “It’s a military tool. It’s purpose is to be used.” On Tuesday, a French maritime news site — Mer et Marine — reported a de Gaulle led battle

Assegnato a BAE Systems dal Ministero della Difesa britannico il contratto per lo sviluppo della nuova classe di SSN che sostituiranno gli Astute nella Royal Navy

One of the most obvious contenders for the UK's future light frigate is an offering from BMT, the Venator-110.

Founded in the mid-1800s as a response to Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War, St. Petersburg’s Baltic Shipyard was to become the heart of Russia’s shipbuilding industry, producing the warships that made the Russian navy one of the world’s most powerful. In time the shipyard also became a center of the submarine industry.

The Admiral Grigorovich class (Фрегаты проекта 11356Р/М) is the latest class of frigates ordered by the Russian Navy for the Black Sea Fleet. Six ships (two batches of three ships) have been ordere…

MANILA — The Philippines is set to buy two Maestrale-class frigates from Italy, a defense official said Wednesday, as the Asian nation races...

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Vittorio Veneto and Littorio This is the first in a series of five articles on the battleships built under the provision of the Washington and London Naval Treaty limitations in the 1930s. I am not…

(part three of a three-part series)