Naval

Credits: Peak Liu China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned its second aircraft carrier into active frontline service – the Type 001A Class warship ‘Shandong.’ Shandong was commissioned at the Yulin Naval Base, on China’s Hainan Island. China’s military watchers had been waiting for weeks for the commissioning ceremony. …

On Dec. 4, 2019, Iranian state news agency has released a satellite image shows U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transited the Strait of Hormuz escorted by 20 Iranian Revolutionary Guard small craft. According to media reports, a group of twenty Iranian Revolutionary Guard small craft ‘harassed’ …

The US Navy has christened its newest Gerald R Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79) during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division. The christening ceremony of the Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F Kennedy was attended by more than 20,000 members. CVN 79 is …

USS New York (LPD-21) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the state of New York. The USS New York was built using 24 tonnes of scrap steel from the World Trade Centre, which collapsed during the …

The Royal Navy has seen 16 different classes of aircraft carriers take to the sea since 1918, with between one and 10 ships commissioned for each class. The Queen Elizabeth class is a class of two aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy. The lead ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, …

The flagship of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet, the Slava Class missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, has carried out air defence and anti-submarine drills in the Mediterranean Sea as part of a long-distance deployment to the region. The cruiser is one of three of its class in service, and other than …

Sao Paulo at sea, seen from a Bell 206 Jet Ranger – Credits: Rob Schleiffert – Sao Paulo at sea According to Airway1, the Brazilian state-controlled company Empresa Gerencial de Projetos Navais (EMGEPRON) intends to issue a tender on 27 September to sell the hull of former Brazilian Navy aircraft carrier NAe São …

As we have reported earlier U.S. Navy USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Carrier Suffered Major Electrical Malfunction ahead of an expected deployment this fall. The carrier is supposed to go out for a second deployment, after operating in U.S. 6th Fleet and U.S. 2nd Fleet from April to December last …

A twitter account affiliated with Hezbollah posted a photo of a new missile, which he says is capable of destroying all military battleships. According to Israeli media, which is circulating the image, the missile is the same as the one that struck the INS Hanit during the 2006 Second Lebanon …

According to Russian state-run news agency, TASS report Russia Building First Two Universal Landing Ships In Crimean Shipyard Russia’s two first helicopter carrier warships will be laid at a shipyard in Crimea in the spring of 2020, according to two anonymous sources. “Two LHDs with a displacement of up to …