On 26 March 2013, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, more commonly referred to as GRSE, launched India’s third Kamorta class ASW corvette, INS Kiltan. The third vessel was built under India’s Project-28 program. It will soon join two other Kamorta class ships at GRSE’s river side jetty to continue the fitting out process. Like many of India’s […]
On 28 March 2013, the opposition Free Syria Army’s media wing reported that the FSA had downed a plane carrying arms from Iran which was preparing to land at Damascus International Airport. The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency denied the report, saying everything was “normal.” However the screenshot above, although grainy, does appear to show that […]
On 14 March 2013, the 132 member crew of the Virginia class submarine the Minnesota (SSN 783) moved aboard the boat in preparation to set sail. Still docked near Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division, the SSN is reportedly around 96% complete and in the final stages before starting initial sea trials. Construction on the […]
Local media reports suggests the Indonesian Navy plans to enhance the monitoring of maritime traffic by establishing a Navy Primary Base in the Papua region. Fifth Primary Base Commander of Jayapura Brigade General Putu Wijamahaadi was the source of the announcement. He told the domestic press that Pupua’s Primary Base will be commanding several Navy Bases in […]
After last year’s issues with the boilers of the INS Vikramaditya, India’s experience with aircraft carriers can only be described as difficult. The latest satellite imagery from 11 February 2013 show the INS Viraat still in the drydock undergoing a refit, while India’s Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is finally on its way back to the dry […]
Substantial progress has been made on two of Iran’s domestically produced Moudge class frigates, the Jamaran-2 (77) and the Sahand. The former, constructed at Bander-e Anzali, is now preparing for sea-trials while the latter is still under construction (along with a Sina-7 missile boat) at Bander-e Abbas. The Moudge vessels are thought to be based on […]
