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Six NATO warships arrive in Estonia
Six NATO warships belonging to two of the alliance's standing maritime Immediate Reaction Forces arrived in Tallinn on a planned port visit on Friday.
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Turkish company showcases newest guided missile frigate at IDEF 2017
Turkey's STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. has unveiled a conceptual design for a new generation ofĀ guided missile frigateĀ at the International Defence Industry...
Russia’s Navy to take delivery of large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren
The Russian Navy is expected to take delivery of the first Ivan Gren large amphibious assault ship of project 11711, inĀ the second half of...
US Marines conduct FARP operations at WTI 2-17
US Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 conducted forward arming and refueling point operations (FARP) as part of Assault Support Training...
US biggest nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine arrives in South Korea
The USS Michigan guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea for what a US defense official described as a show of force amid tensions between...
Russian Pacific Fleet to receive new 636.3-project diesel-electric submarines in 2019
The Volkhov and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 636.3-project diesel-electric submarines will be introduced in the Pacific Fleet in 2019.
The third-generation submarines are fitted with a complex of...
Russian Bereg coastal artillery complexes conducted firing against a naval target
In accordance to the combat training plan, a tactic exercise with the separate missile-artillery brigade of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Fleet...
Aselsan to showcase new light torpedo at IDEF’17
Turkish defense contractor AselsanĀ announced that it will be demonstrating its newĀ light torpedo atĀ IDEF'17 13th International Defence Industry Fair.
The light torpedo developed by Turkish defense...
Russia unveils updated version of BMD-4M2 airborne assault vehicle
The joint stock company āKurganmashzavod, one of the leaders of the Russian military industrial complex,Ā has displayed the new version ofĀ BMD-4 airborne combat vehicle...
Expert: Third China-made aircraft carrier could be nuclear-powered
As China's second aircraft carrier, and the country's first domestically built carrier, approaches its launch, experts predict that the third China-made carrier will see...
Chinese frigate rescues Panamanian ship from pirates in Gulf of Aden
The Chinese navy rescued a Panamanian merchant ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, the second time it has helped...
North Korea displays its mobile coastal defence missile systems
North Korea has displayed version of theĀ mobile coastal defence missile systemsĀ integrated onto all-terrain trackedĀ vehicles during a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang.
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North Korea unveils submarine-based missiles during military parade in the center of Pyongyang
North KoreaĀ has displayed the new Pukguksong-1 submarine-launched ballistic missiles for the first time on Saturday ahead of a massive military parade in the capital,...
U.S. Marines conducted aviation delivered ground refueling for VMFA-121ās F-35B Lightning II aircraft in Japan
U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 conducted aviation delivered ground refueling with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 at Marine...
Huge Russian torpedo found on beach in Lithuania
A four-metre long (12-foot) Russia-made torpedo was found on the Curonian Spit on the Baltic Sea coast, near the border with the Russian Federation.
The...
China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier nears launch
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier is being outfitted with equipment and the work is progressing smoothly, Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian said on...
Japan concerned that Russia deployed coastal missile complexes in the Kunashiri Islands
On March 29, the Sankei newspaper received from its own source the photos of a new military base that Russia is building on the...
Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new tanker arrives in UK for customisation work
The first of the newest support ships for the Royal Navy, RFA Tidespring, has arrived in Cornwall for customisation, helping to sustain 300 UKĀ jobs.
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