Turkey will protect its aid ships for Gaza: PM

Turkey’s naval forces would escort Turkey’s humanitarian aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, the Anatolia news agency reported late Thursday. “We have humanitarian aid to be sent there. And our humanitarian aid will not be attacked anymore like it happened to Mavi Marmara,” he told the Al Jazeera [...]

Japanese coast guard to reinforce border patrol

The Japanese Coast Guard will beef up border patrols following the intrusion of two Chinese ships into Japanese waters, NHK reported. Two Chinese vessels were spotted near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday. The islands are also claimed by China. A collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese patrol vessels [...]

Russia signs contract for two French warships

Russia Friday signed a long-awaited contract with France worth over a billion euros to buy two French Mistral-class warships that has alarmed ex-Soviet neighbors and the United States. Russia’s Rosoboronexport military corporation and DCNS, the warships’ French maker, signed the contract on the sidelines of the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum, the biggest annual economic gathering [...]

Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2012 Shipbuilding Plan

Since 2006, CBO has performed an independent analysis of the Navy’s annual long-term shipbuilding plan at the request of the House Armed Services Committee. The latest in that series, a CBO report released today summarizes the ship inventory goals and purchases described in the Navy’s 2012 plan and assesses their implications for the Navy’s funding [...]

Russia Signs Contract for Two Mistral-Class Amphibious Ships

DCNS today signed a contract with Russian defence export agency Rosoboronexport under the Franco-Russian intergovernmental agreement of 25 January for the supply of four Mistral/BPC-type force projection & command vessels. The contract signed today calls for two Mistral/BPC ships and associated services including initial logistics, training, and the transfer of technologies. It was signed at [...]

Russia signs $1.7 bln deal for 2 French warships

Russia and France signed on Friday a $1.7 billion (1.2 bln euro) contract on two French-built Mistral class amphibious assault ships for the Russian Navy. The deal was signed in St. Petersburg by Anatoly Isaikin, director of Russia’s Rosoboronexport state-controlled arms exporter, and Patrick Boissier, president and CEO of France’s DCNS shipbuilder, who are contracted [...]

Russian warship joins NATO drills in North Atlantic

Russia’s Admiral Chabanenko destroyer from the Northern Fleet will make a port call at the U.S. naval base of Norfolk on Monday in preparation for joint naval drills with NATO warships. Admiral Chabanenko, an Udaloy II class destroyer, and rescue tug Shakhter will take part in the FRUKUS 2011 exercises, which will be held on [...]

NATO Defends Airstrikes on Libyan Navy Vessels

NATO has defended its decision to bomb eight docked Libyan warships following fears over Gadhafi’s increasing reliance on the navy. NATO asserted that its ongoing airstrikes have successfully weakened Gadhafi’s regime. NATO has defended its airstrikes on eight docked warships belonging to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s navy after the vessels were bombed in the night [...]

Indian Navy’s Warships -Blue Water Navy -Part 7

Indian Navy's Warships -Blue Water Navy -Part 7

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