EGYPT BUYS ASSAULT CARRIERS DENIED TO MOSCOW BY PARIS Cairo and Paris have concluded a contract for the former to purchase two ex-Russian amphibious assault ships that were not handed over to Moscow following its annexation of Crimea and intervention in eastern Ukraine. Full details were not at the time of going to press revealed, but both Mistral Class vessels - constructed originally in a joint Franco-Russian project - are reportedly being supplied ...
Read moreRN & USN ‘SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP’ TO GROW EVER TIGHTER The top officers in the navies of the United Kingdom and USA shared a platform in London to explain how ...
Read moreCANDIDATES FOR FUTURE RCN WARSHIP SQUARE UP Canada is starting the process of drawing up a short list of potential future frigates as it looks to move its major ...
Read moreFINNS ‘ATTACK’ SUSPECTED SUBMARINE In the wake of Sweden’s hunt for an underwater intruder in October last year Finland went a step further and actually attacked a similar ...
Read moreRUSSIA THREATENS TO TARGET DANISH WARSHIPS WITH NUKES A decision by Denmark to link its major naval units to a planned Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield for Europe provoked ...
Read moreUSA’s RUSSIAN THREAT WARNING PROVOKES MOSCOW’s ANGER Europe is facing the twin-pronged threat of Russian aggression and Islamic terrorism, according to the Chairman of the US Joint ...
Read moreLASER WEAPON TESTED IN THE GULF A shipboard laser weapon capable of shooting down drones or destroying Fast Attack Craft (FAC) has been undergoing a series of tests by ...
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