Naval

Credits: Fred Wellman A Russian Navy’s Cruiser Moskva warship that was damaged by an explosion has sunk, Russia’s defence ministry has said. The flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet, the Project 1164 Slava class cruiser Moskva, suffered heavy damage while sailing in the Black Sea yesterday, with its …

Credits: First Sea Lord / Twitter On 1 May 2021, the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group departed Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) on her first maiden deployment. The group, spearheaded by Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has achieved Initial Operating Capability, meaning all elements, from fighter …

Indonesian navy KRI Nanggala 402 Submarine. (photos from Indonesian navy) Indonesia’s Navy submarine with 53 people on board went missing during a military exercise north of the resort island of Bali. The country’s military chief, Hadi Tjahjanto, said on Wednesday that the KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a training …

Multiple U.S. Navy guided missile destroyers sailing off the coast of southern California reportedly encountered a mysterious fleet of drones in 2019. Over the course of four nights in 2019, several unidentified drones swarmed U.S. Navy destroyers off the coast of California. During the evening encounters, as many as six …

The U.S. Navy has set a new record for aircraft recovery by retrieving an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from the bottom of the sea off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, from a depth of 19,075 feet. The details of the impressive feat were revealed last night by Naval Sea Systems Command …

The Type 002 aircraft carrier in 2017 – GG001213 – Own work A new report revealed, citing sources close to the country’s military claims China’s next aircraft carrier is likely to be nuclear powered. The South China Morning Post quoted a person close to the Chinese navy as saying that shipbuilders “are …

Pakistan Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion – Credits: Asuspine Pakistan’s Navy has selected the Brazilian Embraer Lineage 1000 jetliner to replace its P-3C Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft. According to Defense News, the Outgoing naval chief Adm. Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi announced that the Navy would replace its P-3C Orion fleet …

The RoKN unveiled on 3 January a revised conceptual design for its future light aircraft carrier featuring a twin-island arrangement. (RoKN) on 3 January, The Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) unveiled a revised conceptual design for its future next-generation light aircraft carrier. The RoKN pointed out, however, that the latest …

F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates the ability to launch from a ski-jump ramp – Credits: Boeing Defense Boeing and the US Navy have successfully demonstrated the ability of the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft to launch from a ski-jump ramp. The ski-jump test was carried out at the Naval Air Station …

A glider-type unmanned undersea vehicle recovered off the coast of Indonesia’s Selayar Islands in December 2020 Via Twitter An Indonesian fisherman recently catches what appears to be a Chinese underwater drone. According to the report from an Indonesian outlet, detik News on Dec. 20, 2020, the drone was found by …