Ramlaen Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Quote The exercises of Vietnamese Navy to seize the island in the Spratly archipelago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted March 9, 2017 Report Share Posted March 9, 2017 Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 Japan's Izumo helicopter destroyer to exercise in South China Sea, political hi-jinx set to ensue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Admiral Kuznetsov repair and modernisation will start in May of this year and will end somewhere in 2019. Quote Heavy aircraft carrying cruiser of Project 11435 "Admiral of the Soviet Union Fleet Kuznetsov" at the facility of the "35 SRZ" branch of JSC "TsS Zvezdochka", 03/09/2016 Also, Quote "Admiralteyskie Verfi" is preparing to launch a large diesel-electric submarine of Project 06361 for the Navy of Algeria. The submarine has not yet been given a name. This is the first submarine for the Navy of Algeria, built under the contract of 2014 for two submarines worth $ 1.2 billion. In the group "Russian Submarines" in the social network Vkontakte already posted pictures of the submarine. Zyklon and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U-47 Posted March 16, 2017 Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 I have a question: My friend and I searched all the videos of Mig29K( the current one, not the old 1980s one)'s take off, but we never saw the carrier (no matter Kuznetsov or INS Vikramaditya) rasied its jet blast deflector, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted March 17, 2017 Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Edited April 4, 2017 by Ramlaen original video was taken down Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 2nd Japanse Izumo class Flattop commissioned. JS Kaga. http://www.janes.com/article/68963/japanese-navy-commissions-second-izumo-class-helicopter-carrier Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Belesarius said: 2nd Japanse Izumo class Flattop commissioned. JS Kaga. http://www.janes.com/article/68963/japanese-navy-commissions-second-izumo-class-helicopter-carrier Curious. Although they're calling it a helicopter carrier, I wonder if it can accept any VTOL F-35s or even old fashioned Harriers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Donward said: Curious. Although they're calling it a helicopter carrier, I wonder if it can accept any VTOL F-35s or even old fashioned Harriers? I'd think a strike version of a V-22 could make for interesting capability. And possibly a gunship version of the FVL-L or FVL-M program might be interesting. Dunno if the deck is engineered to take the heat of the F-35s blast. They had to do major work to the last US baby flattop due to that issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted March 24, 2017 Report Share Posted March 24, 2017 F-35s don't seem to currently be planned or possible. Flight deck does not have heat protection for vertical take-offs, there isn't room to carry many of the fighters at all, and people think that a ski jump is somewhat necessary (for heavier loads). Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 China could launch its second carrier by sometime next month. The design is expected to be a retread of the Liaoning/Varyag with modest improvements. Carrier #3 is expected to be a new design. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted April 4, 2017 Report Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) Edited April 9, 2017 by Ramlaen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 http://www.navsea.navy.mil/Portals/103/Documents/Exhibits/SAS2017/Smith-DDG1000.pdf?ver=2017-04-04-144453-383 The Michael Monsoor was 92% complete and the Lyndon B. Johnson was 59% complete as of March 10. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Tests of the Turkish anti-ship missile Atmaca Quote The Atmaca rocket is subsonic and is equipped with a turbojet engine, as well as a solid-fuel start accelerator. Externally and in size, the Turkish missile is similar to the American Harpoon, and is launched from a similar four-container launcher. According to the materials of the Turkish press, the first marine test of the Atmaca is planned for 2017, and the beginning of a small-scale production is very optimistically announced for 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mighty_Zuk Posted April 20, 2017 Report Share Posted April 20, 2017 Supposedly a Gabriel V missile launcher on a Sa'ar 5 corvette. This has been a rather interesting development given that Israel doesn't officially release any information about it (while defense oriented analytical websites do), but maintains in active service very old blocks of Harpoon that are nearing obsolescence, which lends many to believe that they're being replaced by non-Harpoon missiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 http://www.janes.com/article/69703/first-egyptian-type-209-sub-arrives-in-Alexandria Egypt has their first Type 209 Diesel Electric sub, arrived from Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Launch look a lot similar to Yakhont missile launching procedure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Iranian Nasir AShM Quote The Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces of Iran handed over to the naval forces of the Guard Corps of the Islamic Revolution a party of new anti-ship missiles Nasir. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xlucine Posted May 3, 2017 Report Share Posted May 3, 2017 Big black floaty thing that is not very good at floating: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 There are 13 Freedom and 13 Independence LCS built, under construction or on order. After which the plan was to build an enlarged 'frigate' version. It looks like the current options for the 'frigate' has been expanded. Quote Wisconsin’s Marinette Marine, which currently builds the 3,500-ton Freedom variant of the LCS, may instead offer an Americanized version of the FREMM, a 6,000 to 6,700-ton frigate built for the French and Italian navies by Marinette’s parent company, Fincantieri. If so, Marinette would probably part ways with its current prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, and contract directly with the Navy. Maine’s Bath Iron Works (owned by General Dynamics) will probably revive a previous partnership with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, whose 5,900-ton F-100 family has the same Aegis radar and air defense system as American destroyers. That makes it the most sophisticated but also probably the most expensive contender, unless they deliberately downsize the radar to cut cost. Mississippi’s Ingalls — whose parent company, HII, also owns Virginia’s massive Newport News — is dusting off proposals to militarize its Legend-class Coast Guard National Security Cutter as a 4,675-ton Patrol Frigate, the smallest and likely the cheapest competitor. Offering the only alternative to LCS that’s invented in America, Ingalls has a definite edge. Alabama’s Austal, which builds the 3,100-ton Independence variant of LCS, specializes in building lightweight, high-speed aluminum ships, leaving them with little option but to offer an upgraded Independence. Austal says that hull is still large enough to accommodate high-end equipment like Vertical Launch Systems. I rate the Legend as the most likely choice, with the F-100 being favored if radar is a primary factor (especially if the SPY-1 can be replaced with a SPY-6). Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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