DefenceTalkThe Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced warship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) was commissioned into active service Saturday, Oct. 15, at North Locust Point in Baltimore. Zumwalt, the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission destroyers, features a state-of-the-art electric propulsion system, wave-piercing tumblehome hull, stealth design, and the latest warfighting technology and weaponry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navys-most-advanced-warship-uss-zumwalt-commissions-in-baltimore-68416/

DefenceTalkThree US warships in the Red Sea detected what may have been missiles fired at them on Saturday but none hit, the US military said, amid rising tensions with Yemen’s Huthi rebels. US officials initially said that surface-to-surface missiles had been fired at the USS Mason, USS Nitze and USS Ponce off the coast of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/missiles-may-have-been-fired-at-us-warships-in-red-sea-official-68394/

DefenceTalkThe United States bombed three radar sites controlled by Huthi rebels in Yemen, the first direct US strike against the group following missile attacks against US warships last week, the Pentagon said. The strikes in Huthi-controlled territory on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, authorized by President Barack Obama, were conducted with Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-strikes-huthi-rebel-targets-in-yemen-pentagon-68368/

DefenceTalkThe Chinese and Russian navies staged a mission to seize an island on Sunday as part of an eight-day exercise in the South China Sea. As the key element of the annual drill, the navies dispatched warships, marine forces, helicopters and amphibious armored equipment for the mission. The exercise demonstrated the Chinese and Russian navies’ […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-naval-drill-ends-with-island-invasion-mission-68199/

DefenceTalkThe Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced a further £472 million for the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. It will allow the MOD to continue progressing the project’s demonstration phase, with additional investment for detailed design work, the purchase of essential equipment and setting up shore-based testing facilities. This demonstrates an enduring […]https://www.defencetalk.com/major-investment-boost-for-next-generation-royal-navy-ships-67159/

DefenceTalkIt’s an occasional but regular sighting in Istanbul. Out of the mist on the Bosphorus that divides Europe and Asia looms the hulk of a Russian warship purposefully making its way to the Mediterranean. Most likely the ship is part of Moscow’s so-called “Syria Express”, a key supply line for naval deliveries from its Black […]https://www.defencetalk.com/despite-tensions-russias-syria-express-sails-by-istanbul-66283/

DefenceTalkThe US State Department informed Congress on Wednesday of a proposed sale of two warships to Taiwan as part of a $1.8 billion arms deal already angrily denounced by China. The massive contract comes at a time of reconciliation between China and Taiwan — separated since 1949 — but also of worries by Washington that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-plans-to-sell-warships-to-taiwan-66135/

DefenceTalkMOSCOW: The Russian Defense Ministry will purchase about 200 aircraft and helicopters, up to 30 surface ships and submarines and up to 600 armored vehicles annually, Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing conference for foreign military attaches. “There are plans to purchase 70-100 aircraft, more than 120 helicopters, up to 30 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-purchase-aircraft-ships-annually-66073/

DefenceTalkTOKYO, Japan: Japan said Friday, November 13, it was monitoring waters near islands disputed with China in the East China Sea after it spotted a naval intelligence ship from the country operating in a new area for the first time. Japan’s Defense Ministry said late Thursday a P-3C patrol aircraft observed the Dongdiao-class intelligence vessel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-spots-chinese-spy-ship-in-new-area-near-disputed-isles-65835/

DefenceTalkTensions are rising in the South China Sea after a US warship traveled through disputed waters. Washington says it’s protecting freedom of navigation, but China calls the American naval maneuver a provocation. After months of observation, the United States made its move. The USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, passed within 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-china-tensions-rise-in-south-china-sea-65699/