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Pentagon budget 2015: US Navy funds EM railgun demonstration plus laser weapon development
The USN's JHSV USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) departs Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story on 16 January 2014 for its first deployment in support of operations in the Mediterranean. The navy is funding an at-sea demonstration of the EM railgun on board a JHSV in 2016. Source: US NavyItalian Navy receives third FREMM frigate
The Italian Navy's third FREMM frigate, the anti-submarine warfare variant Carlo Margottini, pictured during its first sea trials. Source: Luca PeruzziIndonesia targets 2018 completion of indigenous submarine
A Type 209 Chang Bogo conventional submarine. Source: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche WerftFrance wasted EUR200 million on Anglo-French carrier studies
France wasted EUR214 million on work to launch a joint aircraft carrier programme with the United Kingdom, the French court of auditors has found. Source: DCNS
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Blast at Indonesian Navy arsenal in Jakarta kills one, injures more than 80
An explosion at an Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) ammunition warehouse on 5 March killed a logistics sergeant and injured more than 80 others. The blast occurred in a warehouse belonging to a TNI-AL amphibious forces unit on an island off the port of Tanjung Priok. Images carried by Indonesian newspapers
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Damen Schelde reveals design of new Vietnamese Sigma-class corvettes
Netherlands-based shipyard Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS) revealed the latest iteration of the SIGMA 9814 corvette being acquired by the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) during the Vietship 2014 exhibition in Hanoi. The model displayed by DSNS has evolved from a previous design iteration in a
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Indian Navy to commission 200th indigenous Goa Shipyard vessel
The Indian Navy will formally commission the Saryu-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) INS Sumedha on 7 March, according to Indian newspaper reports. Sumedha , built under the Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) programme, is the 200th vessel to be indigenously produced by state-owned naval
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Pentagon budget 2015: Submarines continue to reign supreme in USN's shipbuilding funds request
The US Navy (USN) will continue to fund the acquisition of two Virginia-class fast attack submarines per year from fiscal year 2015 (FY 2015) through FY 2019 while it ramps up design work on the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine replacement programme. In FY 2015 the navy is requesting USD5.88
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Pentagon budget 2015: US Navy committed to Ford-class carriers
Funds have been set aside to continue construction of the first two Ford-class aircraft carriers in the US Navy's (USN's) fiscal year 2015 (FY 2015) shipbuilding budget request, while USN budgeteers, as expected, have deferred to FY 2016 a decision that will impact an in-service Nimitz-class carrier
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Marchons, marchons!
On the back of successful interventions in Libya and Mali, and with a major shake-up of the country's armed forces launched by the military programming law of December 2013, France has emerged again as a willing and decisive wielder of its military power. Nick de Larrinaga looks at what the future holds for French defence capabilities -
More than just piracy .... Maritime security risks (and responses) off West Africa
The international community's developing focus on and understanding of maritime security has been defined by Somali piracy. Maritime criminality is, however, also a significant problem on the other side of the African continent. Dr Lee Willett considers the West African maritime security situation and how it differs from the east
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Germany receives final ASGARD-upgraded Tiger helos
The Germany Army has received the last of 12 Airbus Tiger attack helicopters that have been upgraded to Afghanistan Stabilisation German Army Rapid Deployment (ASGARD) standard, Airbus Group announced on 6 March. The last of three batches of four helicopters was handed over to 36 Combat Helicopter
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Ethiopia's AMISOM deployment indicates Chinese armour procurement
The Ethiopian National Defence Force's (ENDF's) contribution of troops to African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has highlighted the extent to which Chinese products are increasingly dominating its inventory of armoured vehicles. Over 4,000 ENDF troops officially joined AMISOM on 22 January. Three
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Notes: Only military icebreakers are shown in this section. Other icebreakers come under civilian management and are now used predominantly for commercial purposes. Civilian ships include the nuclear powered 50 Let Pobeda, Taymyr, Vaygach, Rossiya, S Soyuz, Yamal, all of which are operated by the
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Khobi class (Project 437M) class
Fleetlist Comment: All based in the Baltic. Used for the transport of all forms of liquids.
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Lama (Type 323/323B) class
Fleetlist Comment: Built 1968 at Nikolayev. The engines are sited aft to allow for a very large and high hangar or hold amidships for carrying missiles or weapons' spares for submarines, surface ships and missile craft. This is about 12 ft high above the main deck. There are doors at the forward
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Luza (Project 1541) class
Fleetlist Comment: Built in the 1960s at Kolpino as a Project 1541 special products (for example missile fuel) tanker. Having been reported to have been converted (Project 1852) to a salvage vessel, capable of operating a Poisk submersible, it appears now to have reverted to its original role.
