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French Navy Boosts ‘First Rank’ Surface Ship Availability and Sea Days
The French Navy has built the availability of its ‘first rank’ destroyer and frigate force up to 80% according to navy Chief ...
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Bergamini class Ship Secrets REVEALED
The Bergamini-class frigates, part of the FREMM (Fregata Europea Multi-Missione) program, represent a collaboration between ...
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Italian Navy Deploys Marceglia FREMM Frigate to the Indo-Pacific
The Italian Navy's Bergamini-class frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F-597) departed from La Spezia on January 20, 2025, en ...
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A High-Low Naval Portfolio: Maximize Strategic Returns with Balanced Force Design
Much like constructing an investment portfolio, developing a balanced naval force involves spreading risk and resources across complementary assets. While large, heavily armed, and exquisitely ...
Chinese Navy Commissions First Type 054B Frigate
China’s first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, was commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on Wednesday. The ship class, referred to by the U.S. and NATO as the Jiangkai III class, ...
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Extinction of the classical multi-purpose surface combatant
Likewise, the US Navy began with a simple concept for its future Constellation-class frigates, based on the European FREMM design. However, this has barrelled into a much larger and exquisite ...
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China’s navy commissions new-generation frigate as competition rises with US and others
China’s navy has commissioned a new-generation frigate as competition rises with the US and other regional powers, saying the ship will “play a vital role in enhancing the overall combat ...
The Aviationist19d
French Navy Atlantique 2s Make Rare Visit to Indonesia as Charles de Gaulle CSG Participates in Host of Indo-Pacific Exercises
Reports have identified the ships as an Aquitaine-class FREMM ASW frigate, an air-defense FREMM frigate (possibly the Alsace), a Horizon-class air defense destroyer, a Suffren-class nuclear ...
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Spanish F-110 frigate’s new SPY-7 radar achieves successful track, keeping launch on schedule
Lockheed Martin and Spain’s national shipbuilder, Navantia, have achieved the first live track for the Spanish F-110 multi-mission frigate’s AN/SPY-7(V)2 radar. The tracking was run at Lockheed Martin ...
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Norway, France vow closer defense ties as Naval Group eyes frigate biz
The agreement comes as France’s Naval Group eyes a multibillion-dollar acquisition of frigates by the Royal Norwegian Navy. Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram Gram welcomed his French ...
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From frigates to submarine: India's warship trifecta takes to the seas
These include INS Nilgiri, the first stealth frigate from the Project 17A series; INS Surat, the last stealth destroyer from the Project 15B series; and INS Vaghsheer, the final submarine under ...
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India’s navy launches submarine, warships to guard against China’s presence in Indian Ocean
(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Indian naval officers takes pictures after the commissioning ceremony of a submarine, a destroyer and a frigate built at a state-run shipyard in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan.