Taiwan conducted trials of its longest range ship-to-ship missile within a month of China, the Ottawa Citizen.com informs citing a report. Therefore, the conducting of trials marks bringing of Taiwan’s first aircraft carrier into service. The missile can reach a range of 400 kilometers, tripling the speed of sound, The United Daily News reports. The [...]
Nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk successfully performed test launch of a new cruise missile and hit sea target during the… Source: Russian Navy, November 9 2012; Image: Millitary
Russian Navy is going to hold experimental tests of the unmanned helicopter air reconnaissance system… Source: Russian Navy, October 30, 2012
Trials of upgraded antisubmarine helicopter Ka-27M started at Northern Fleet (NF), said Capt 1 Rank Vadim Serga, the fleet’s press secretary… Source: Russian Navy, October 17,2012; Image: mil
India has carried out tests of upgraded BrahMos supersonic antiship cruise missile, writes Izvestiya… Source: Russian Navy, October 11,2012; Image: belfecenter
Russia will resume non-nuclear explosion tests at the Matochkin Shar Range on the Novaya Zemlya islands… Source: Russian Navy, October 08, 2012; Image: Flot
New destroyer HMS Diamond tested her mettle against two of the fastest jet fighters in the world when she played cat and mouse with US Air Force F15 Strike Eagles. The Type 45 warship came under mock attack from the American jets during a mine warfare exercise in the Gulf, when Diamond was called upon [...]
Six countries participated in a helicopter live-fire exercise in the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 25, during UNITAS, an annual multinational exercise that involves naval forces from 13 partner nations to promote interoperability and cooperation with each other and is hosted by U.S. 4th Fleet. Participants included aviators and sailors from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, United Kingdom [...]
Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a mass casualty drill to test emergency response capabilities, Sept. 3. The drill was an all-hands effort designed to see how well medical personnel from Bonhomme Richard and the 31st MEU work together to [...]
HMS Dragon has successfully tested her Sea Viper weapon system by knocking a target out of the sky at the Outer Hebrides missile range off Scotland. The firing exercise took place in almost perfect conditions on a rare hazy summer’s afternoon off the west coast. It marks the start of an intense work-up period [...]