Naval forces from Australia, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. joined together in multilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021 to conduct naval training in the eastern Indian Ocean, Oct. 15-18.
The Russian-Chinese joint exercise Maritime Interaction 2021 took place October 14-17 in the Sea of Japan.
The improved project 11711 landing ship tanks (project 11711) can carry a reinforced marine battalion of 500 men…
The Ivan Papanin-class (Project 23550) multirole icebreaking patrol ships can be armed with Kalibr-K (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) cruise missiles…
The French Navy’s first upgraded La Fayette-class frigate, “Courbet”, was handed over to the French defense procurement agency (DGA) on 13 September 2021 following sea trials. Meanwhile, upgrade work on a second frigate, first-in-class ship La Fayette, started on 4 October 2021.
Maritime forces from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States began Phase II of Exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Bay of Bengal, Oct. 11.
The French Navy signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship Dupuy de Lôme (A759) conducted a rare transis through the Taiwan Strait. This information was provided by French minister of the armed forces, Florency Parly, during a hearing at the French Senate.
South Korean company LIG Nex1 started research and development (R&D) on a new passive sonobuoy in August 2021…
The flagship of the French Navy (Marine Nationale), aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, went back to sea in late September following a three-month long maintenance period.
A Russian Navy Caspian Flotilla surface action group has fired Kalibr-NK (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) cruise missiles against coastal targets during an exercise
