Formidable Shield 19, an integrated missile defense exercise held off the coast of Scotland, will begin tomorrow. Taking place on the Hebrides Range, the exercise will last two weeks and… Continue reading "Live Fire Missile Defense Exercise Formidable Shield 19 Begins"
South Korea has one of the most practical needs for Ballistic Missile Defense capability in the world. To that end, the next three King Sejong the Great/DDX-III guided missile destroyers… Continue reading "South Korea to Build Three BMD Capable Destroyers"
Late last month the might of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA Navy) put on an impressive display, showing off some of their newest vessels and unveiling a brand new… Continue reading "China’s PLA Navy Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Fleet Review & a New Destroyer"
Anti-ship missiles define the modern naval battlespace. Historically there have been two schools of thought in regards to the design of anti-ship missiles (AShMs). Broadly speaking, they have been big… Continue reading "The Future Tools of Anti-Ship Warfare – are Anti-Ship Missiles Evolving?"
Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers are some of the most heavily armed ships sailing today. During the Cold War, they were emblematic of the power of the Soviet Navy. Four of these… Continue reading "Scrap or Swim: What Will Happen to the Admiral Lazarev?"
For US Navy watchers, the FFG(X) program presents a chance to return to form for the USN. The last true frigate the USN operated was the Oliver Hazard Perry class,… Continue reading "FFG(X): What Will the US Navy Choose for its New Frigate?"
The German parliament has approved the sale of six MEKO frigates to Egypt in a 2.3 billion Euro deal. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) MEKO A200 frigate design has already been… Continue reading "Germany Approves Sale of MEKO A200 Frigates to Egypt"
The Spanish government has ordered the procurement of five multi-role F-110 frigates for the Spanish Navy. The deal with the state-owned shipbuilder Navantia is expected to cost 4.31 billion Euros… Continue reading "Spain Gives Go-Ahead for Construction of Five F-110 frigates"
The US Navy is planning to back-fit a derivative of the future SPY-6 radar to its Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers. The currently fitted SPY-1 has been… Continue reading "Flight IIA Arleigh Burke destroyers to get SPY-6 radar"
The Russian Pantsir is a jamming-resistant naval close-in weapon system (CIWS) in R&D, to replace the current Kashtan CIWS. The Pantsir-M is equipped with friend or foe identification system and… Continue reading "Russia exhibits the Naval Pantsir air-defense system"