Canberra is late in publishing the 2015 Defense White Paper by two months, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews didn’t want to confirm the new date but promised to deliver a “credible, fully-costed White Paper and doing so in a considered and methodical manner.”
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By U.S. Navy photo by Journalist Seaman Ryan C. McGinley [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The sixth Incheon-class frigate for the South Korean Navy was launched on Aug. 11. The 2,300-ton frigate is named Gwangju.
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A Project 667BDRM Delfin-class ballistic missile submarine (NATO: Delta-IV) has been relaunched at Zvezdochka shipyard after having docked there since 1999 for repairs.
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MTU has been awarded a £68M contract to supply all the Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy with new four new diesel generators. The electrical power generated from the new generators will be channeled thru an upgraded distribution system.
Photo: L(Phot) Gaz Weatherston/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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The integration of modified Longbow Hellfire missiles on U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is proceeding smoothly with the sea going branch announcing successful test firings in June.
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Russian Defense Ministry’s Eastern Military District said the Russian Pacific Fleet has successfully tested the Bal coastal anti-ship missile system in the Sea of Japan.
A senior Russian Navy officer told RIA Novosti that plans are underway to build a fleet of ground effect vehicle aka ekranoplan starting from 2020.
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A Swedish ocean exploring company has come across the wreckage of an unidentified submarine off Sweden’s eastern coast.
Russian Navy Krivak-class missile frigate Ladny tried to fire a SS-N-14 missile during Navy Day celebrations in Crimea’s Sevastopol.
A PLAN Type 052C destroyer, Jinan, is in Mumbai, India for a port call. The warship is on its way to Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy patrol and will sail for Salalah in Oman on Jul. 24.
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By U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Manda M. Emery [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
