Moscow: Against the backdrop of tensions developed with the western countries along with the US on issues concerning Ukraine & Syria, Russia has begun stressing on beefing up its preparedness in defense. There are signs of this strategy being followed through this year as well. The Russian navy is going to adopt an increasingly aggressive […]
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Adelaide: Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull and the French Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian sign an ambitious 37 billion dollar contract. As per the contract, France is to provide 12 state-of-the-art’ stealth submarines’ to Australia. The ‘Shortfin Barracuda’ submarines are to be built by the French shipbuilding company DCNS and the entire construction is to […]
Read More »A guided–missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. The NATO standard designation for these vessels is DDG. wikipedia
Read More »Sonar (originally an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels. Two types of technology share the name “sonar”: passive sonar is essentially listening for […]
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New Delhi : Indian agencies have gained success in indigenously developing four ‘Sonar Systems‘ that can issue warnings of any threat in the seas. On Friday, these indigenously made in India ‘Sonar Systems’ were inducted in the Indian Naval fleet. Due to the concurrent addition of four different types of systems to the naval fleet, […]
Read More »The BrahMos is a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between the Russian Federation’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia and India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace.
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Beijing : While the military activities in the ‘South China Sea’ are on the increase, a small nuclear plant will soon be operational in one of the islands in this region, as announced by China. China claims that this nuclear plant is being developed to supply electricity to residential and military buildings in the artificial islands […]
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Hanoi : The Vietnam President Tran Dai Kuang has warned that if a war breaks out in the ‘South China Sea’ in near future, no country or group of countries will win in the war. At the same time, the Vietnamese President made it clear that Vietnam will not abandon its rights over the ‘South […]
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Tokyo : Amidst the growing tension with China and North Korea, Japan has shown signs of speeding up its military capabilities. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Government has proposed a military budget of $50 billion to the Parliament which includes fighter jets, drones, Anti- Ship missile system, Chinook helicopters and Air to ship missiles. […]
Read More »The Scorpène-class submarines are a class of diesel-electric attack submarines jointly developed by the French DCN and the Spanish company Navantia and now by DCNS. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP).
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