Russia delays delivery of the second trio of Talwar-class stealth frigates, said Indian defense minister A.K. Antony in the interview to Rajya Sabha. Delivery date of three Russian frigates Tag (“Saber”), Tarkash (“Quiver”), and Trikand (“Bow”) built for Indian Navy will be postponed for 12-14 month
Summer training period at Pacific Fleet (PF) is at its height. Large-scale exercise of PF Primorsk Flotilla had finished few days ago. The crews performed about one hundred various drills. Several tactic exercises with different strike and antisubmarine groups of PF Primorsk Flotilla were conducted
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit headed by large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev in the nearest days will leave Vladivostok and head for the Horn of Africa to secure commercial shipping in that region. This is going to be the sixth PF task unit dispatched to fight piracy. Pacific mariners will shift Norther
Sailors are being encouraged to sign up for a four-month exchange with the Royal Australian and New Zealand Navies in 2012. Each year a few dozen British sailors head to Australia and New Zealand for sun, sea, surf and, er, ships… and Aussies and Kiwis head in the opposite direction for sea and ship
Iran declared three large military projects had been completed. The presentation of new achievements was associated with Iranian Defense Industry Day and attended by the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and defense minister Ahmad Vahidi. Presentation of missile Ghader (stands for “mighty”), torpedo Ajd
Irish Navy’s patrol ship L.E. Roisin on Aug 24 arrived in St. Petersburg paying an official visit. Members of Irish delegation met with Leningrad Naval Base command. The guests were invited on board museum cruiser Avrora where they were welcomed by deputy base commander Capt 1 rank Oleg Dovganiuk an
Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center was visited by Vietnamese military delegation headed by Navy Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Hien. The parties discussed issues of prospective deliveries of spare parts for after-sale service of Russian/Soviet naval equipment operated by Vietnamese Navy, report
JSC Tactical Missile Arms for the first time presented a new development at the MAKS-2011 International Aviation and Space Salon closed in the last week. The know-how is active/passive target seeker for the company’s most popular product – versatile antiship missile Kh-35UE (3M-24UE) of Uran-E/ME mi
THE last working shipyard on the Tyne has completed its part in building Britain’s biggest warship ahead of schedule… (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, August 25, 2011;
Inspecting Novorossiysk Naval base in Aug 22-23, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky checked readiness of Black Sea Fleet (BSF) surface ship divisions for tactical and headquarter exercises, reported RIA Novosti citing a spokesman for Russian Navy. “The commander personally che
HMS Somerset honed the skills of her boarding teams when HMS Sabre turned ‘bad guys’ off Gibraltar. The frigate was forced to board the fast patrol craft when she played the part of an awkward merchant ship. Somerset is heading east of Suez to conduct maritime security operations – clamping down on
Russian defense ministry confirmed its intention to agree upon contracts under state defense order in the nearest time, said deputy finance minister and member of military industrial commission Anton Siluanov at the press conference after the Russian Government session. “Defense ministry confirmed w
