The Royal Navy’s fleet of Type 45 destroyers are breaking down because their engines cannot cope with the Persian Gulf’s warm waters. Rolls-Royce are blaming extremes of temperature in the Middle East for the repeated power outages that have left Britain’s best fighting ships without propulsion or weapons systems. Six Clyde-built Type 45 destroyers need […]

A Russian submarine – capable of carrying cruise missiles – has been intercepted by a Royal Navy destroyer in the North Sea, acording by news.sky.com. The vessel was detected by NATO forces and is now being escorted by HMS Kent. The Ministry of Defence said the Type 23 Duke class frigate will continue to shadow […]

China on Saturday urged Japan to respect China’s major interests and concerns, and not to intervene in or hype up the South China Sea issue. The call came as Chinese Admiral Sun Jianguo met with Japan’s Vice Minister of Defense for International Affairs Toru Mimura here on the sidelines of the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue. Sun, […]

Two newly built  «Gurza-M»  small armour boats for the Ukrainian Navy undergo trials. There were checked their systems and sub-assemblies in storm conditions. The material part was in good state. Small armor artillery boats are expected to be put into service in the Ukrainian Navy. The «Gurza-M» is a patrol boats will have the length of 23.7m and able to reach speeds […]

The Chinese navy will participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multinational naval exercises, said Liang Yang, the navy spokesperson, on Thursday. Attending the drill will be a missile destroyer, a missile frigate, a supply ship, a hospital ship, a submarine rescue vessel and two helicopters. As previously agreed by the Chinese and U.S. […]

Tactical Training Exercise Control Group conducts the Long Range Raid exercise at the Combat Ville training area as part of the 28-day Integrated Training Exercise held aboard three times each year. The exercise requires detailed planning and integration between ground and air combat elements. According to Sgt. Christopher McDowell, assistant engineer instructor, TTECG, the exercise […]

The two countries are talking about the building of the fifth and sixth Gepard-3.9 frigates for the VPN in Zelenodolsk, according to vietnamnet.vn. Previously on May 26, the fourth of its kind was launched at a ceremony in the Zelenodolsk shipyard. Having a displacement of approximately 2,000 tonnes, the Gepard-3.9 is able to operate for 45 […]

The UK is set to send a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to help tackle arms smuggling in Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. That reported by www.african-defense.com. He told the G7 summit in Japan the UK was ready to take an “active leadership role” in helping Libya deal with people trafficking and the […]

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has been put into service a new Independence-class littoral mission vessel developed by ST Engineering (Marine). LMV Independence is one of the eight LMVs that will replace the current Fearless-class Patrol Vessels (PVs). The new ships will be more efficient than their predecessors in areas such as speed and versatility. Speaking […]

Russian «Pytlivy» guard ship of the Black Sea Fleet left for the Mediterranean Sea. The Pytlivy guard ship of the Black Sea Fleet left Sevastopol under the command of I rank Captain Dmitry Dobrynin and laid course to the Mediterranean Sea. Crew of the guard ship is to perform tasks under the command of the permanent […]