Category: Defence Industry

Source: Business Insider By Tom Demerly The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army Navy and the Chinese micro-blogging, social-media outlet Sina Weibo are rocking the web with a new motivational video of Chinese naval air and sea power that is a pure adrenaline fix. You could say it’s the Chinese “Top Gun” but even better. The soundtrack… Continue reading CHINA’S NEW VIDEO OF ITS NAVAL-AVIATION FORCES BLOWS “TOP GUN” AWAY

Source: Navy Recognition The Russian Navy will increase the number of warships with precision weapons in blue waters, Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Korolev said. “The fleet will be armed with precision weapon carriers. Their share in blue-water forces will increase,” he said. There will be a gradual transition to the construction of bigger displacement ships. “It… Continue reading RUSSIAN NAVY TO INCREASE PRECISION WEAPONS AND BLUE WATERS VESSELS

Source:Defense News By: Joe Gould Senate defense appropriators have advanced a proposed $675 billion Pentagon spending measure for 2019, touting its heavy investment in innovation and research to maintain America’s military edge. Hewing to the bipartisan, two-year budget deal, the spending bill includes $607.1 billion in base budget funding and $67.9 billion in the war… Continue reading WILL $95B FOR R&D MAKE ITS WAY TO THE FINAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL?

Source: Defence Blog Russia has plans to revive project of development of super-power nuclear torpedoes, Shamil Aliyev, one of Russia’s leading specialist said in an interview with the RIA Novosti news agency. According to the RIA Novosti, citing the to scientist, in Russia revise the idea of academician Andrei Sakharov to create a super-powerful torpedo… Continue reading RUSSIA TO REVIVE THE SOVIET PROJECT OF A GIANT TORPEDO

Source: UK Defence Journal By George Allison Members of Flying Control and flight deck handlers from HMS Queen Elizabeth recently crossed the Atlantic to see live F-35B jets in action. Their carrier is due to conduct flying trials with the state-of-the-art aircraft in the late summer/early autumn off the eastern seaboard of the USA. Preparations… Continue reading HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH PREPARES FOR FIRST F-35 DECK LANDINGS

Source: The National Interest By David Axe So what was Seawolf doing under the ice? Most likely simply training … for fighting under ice. For a submarine crew, going to the Arctic “gives us the opportunity to test our combat systems, our navigation systems, our communication systems and just what it’s like to operate in… Continue reading SEAWOLF THE SECRET SUBMARINE THE US NAVY DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT

Source: Defence Blog The Azerbaijan Air Force (AzAF) has ordered Turkey-made SOM medium-range, all-weather air-to-surface standoff cruise missiles. According to the “Azeri Defence”, the recently received SOM cruise missiles developed by Turkey’s Roketsan will make its maiden public appearance in parades in Baku on 26 June. SOM is an air-to-surface missile to be used against… Continue reading Azerbaijan received Turkish high precision cruise missiles

Source: Naval Today The Italian Navy’s LSS logistic support ship Vulcano was launched in a June 22 ceremony at Fincantieri’s Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The ceremony was attended by Italian Minister of Defence, Elisabetta Trenta, the Chief of Defense, General Claudio Graziano, and the Chief of the Navy, Admiral Valter Girardelli. Work on the ship… Continue reading FINCANTIERI LAUNCHES ITALIAN NAVY LOGISTIC SUPPORT SHIP “VULCANO”

Source: Popular Mechanics By Kyle Mizokami The sub design was discovered by open source intelligence Twitter account Intellipus and published online by researcher and author H.I. Sutton, author of the Covert Shores submarine blog and World Submarines: Covert Shores Recognition Guide. A mockup of the design was featured in a 2000 magazine article written by… Continue reading THIS IS THE ADVANCED ATTACK SUBMARINE THE US NAVY NEVER BUILT

Source: Naval Today HSwMS Gotland, the lead boat in the Swedish Navy’s Gotland-class of air-independent propulsion submarines has completed her mid-life upgrade, the company in charge of the overhaul announced. According to submarine builder Saab, HSwMS Gotland is relaunched and ready to start her sea trials. he company hosted a relaunch ceremony in Karlskrona on… Continue reading SWEDISH AIP SUBMARINE HSWMS GOTLAND COMPLETES MID-LIFE UPGRADE