Both USNI News and TheWarzone reported that the damaged U.S. Navy’s nuclear- powered attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) arrived at San Diego, California, on Sunday, December 12, 2021, after a surface transit of 6,182 miles (9,950 kilometers or 5,372 nautical miles) from Guam. Based on pictures by famous ship spotter Twitter account WarshipCam, the […]
At the Obangame Express event, which is the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, BAE Systems’ Multi-INT Analytics for Pattern Learning and Exploitation (MAPLE) as a Service, MaaS for short, was integrated with SeaVision, the U.S. Navy’s premier tool for unclassified interagency and coalition maritime data sharing. SeaVision is a maritime situational awareness tool […]
More than 1,000 guests including servicemembers, veterans, and their families witnessed as the Navy’s 69th Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer joined the fleet. The ship honors the local hero and statesman, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye. Sen. Inouye was a U.S. senator from Hawaii who served in congress from 1962 until his death in 2012. During World […]
The corvette launched is named Bani Yas (P110). The second vessel is set to be launched next year.
At the “EDEX 2021” defence material exhibition taking place in Cairo, Egypt, the configuration of Egyptian frigates classified as general purpose was presented. Yesterday, the Alexandria shipyards officially announced the start of construction work on the first frigate to be built in Egypt. The armament of the German MEKO A200 frigates is particularly impressive, consisting […]
With a newly formed defence alliance with Britain and the United States, Australia has formally embarked on a hotly contested programme to equip its naval forces with nuclear submarines. The agreement is the first to be signed publicly since the three countries announced in September the formation of a defence alliance, AUKUS, to confront strategic […]
The shocking maritime tragedy of the sinking of the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk two decades ago shocked Russia and all of humanity. The Kursk sank on 12 August 2000 at a depth of 108 metres, claiming the lives of all 118 crew members and triggering the first major international crisis of Vladimir Putin‘s presidency. The […]
A Keel-laying ceremony to launch the construction of the MILGEM class corvette – a joint of Pakistan and Turkey – for the Pakistan Navy was held in Karachi on Friday. The ceremony at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) was attended by Chief Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi, and officials from Pakistan […]
The technical launch of “Al Khor”, the third of the Al Zubarah class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The vessel will be delivered in 2022. The ceremony, held in a restricted format and in full […]