Named the Fateh (Farsi for 'Conqueror'), the new submarine is Iran's first in the semi-heavy category, filling a gap between the light Ghadir class and the heavy Kilo class submarines that the country possesses. 600-tonne underwater vessel is equipped with torpedoes and naval mines in ...
US warships in Taiwan Strait. Two US Navy warships are sailing through international waters in the Taiwan Strait the first such operation since heightened tension with China over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The narrow Taiwan Strait has been a frequent source of military te...
Australia will build eight hunter killer submarines [SSNs] based on either the BritishAstuteclass or the USVirginiaclass. These will be nuclear powered but armed with conventional torpedoes and missiles, not the intercontinental ballistic missiles carried by SSBN submarines. Eight SSNs is a substantia...
In 2023, the most attractive sector in the UK’s defense market is submarines. It is followed by the military fixed wing. Three programs constitute the submarine sector. One of the programs is the Dreadnought program to replace the Royal Navy’s current Vanguard-class submarines is the largest...
Today’s 18th October 2022 Defence Current Affairs and Updates will show us the latest defense-related news about national and international current events. These current events and questions will be very helpful for your upcoming NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agni...
iii.Upcoming submarines, INS Vagir and INS Vagsheer are in the stages of manufacturing. About Indian Navy: ♦ Supreme Commander:President of India, Ramnath Kovind ♦ Chief of Indian Navy:Admiral Sunil Lanba (to be retired on May 31, 2019), Karambir Singh (Designated) ...
40,000 CroreMs. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Defence Minister, has approved a project worth INR 40,000 crore for building six advance submarines. The project will be done under the government’s strategic partnership model to reinforce the Indian Navy’s underwater force levels....
4). Though manned submarines were proposed by Bourne in 1578 and brought into service by van Drebbel in 1620, it was soon recognized that unmanned marine robots would be more appropriate for many underwater tasks. The first ROV project was launched by the U.S. Navy in 1958, with the ...
submarinesmirror-imagingnaval historyNATO and US NavyDiscussion surrounding the announcement of a new NATO Maritime Command for the North Atlantic seems to have settled on the assumption that there is again a vital €sea-line of communication€ (SLOC) between North America and Europe as there was...
The US navy’s long-standing ban on women serving in submarines comes to an end, with commanders saying that female officers would bolster the underwater fleet. Belgium passes Europe’s first ban on wearing burka in public. April 30, 2010 ...