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Royal Canadian Navy Test-Fires Harpoon Block II Missile Against Ground Target quote:
The HMCS Vancouver became the first combat surface ship of the Royal Canadian Navy to fire a Harpoon Block II missile against a ground target. The launch took place at a United States Navy firing range, during a Joint Littoral Training Exercise (JoLTEX) between the two navies. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3832 Indian Navy conducted test of its K-4 submarine launched ballistic missile quote:
The Indian Navy conducted the test of its K-4 submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from submarine ballistic missile submarine (SBBN) INS Arihant in the Bay of Bengal. The 111-metre-long INS Arihant has four vertical launch tubes and has the capability of carrying 6 torpedoes of 533 mm and 12 B-05 (K-15) missiles or 4 K-4 missiles. Powered by an 85 MW capacity nuclear reactor with enriched uranium fuel, this submarine can achieve surface speeds of 12 knots to 15 knots, and submerged speeds of up to 24 knots, carrying a crew of 95. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3828 Russian Navy Black Sea & Baltic Fleet to receive 2 Project 20360M Armament Support Ships by 2020 quote:
The Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk in central Russia will build two Project 20360M armament support ships for the Russian Defense Ministry before 2020, shipyard spokeswoman Tatyana Gerasimova told TASS on Friday. "Two Project 20360M armament support ships have received factory numbers No. 01551 and 01552. They are expected to be delivered to the customer in 2019 and 2020, respectively," the spokeswoman said. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3825 Vympel Shipyard in Central Russia to Complete, Upgrade 2 Unfinished Molniya-class Missile Boats quote:
The Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk in central Russia will complete, repair and upgrade two Project 12418 Molniya-class missile boats for the Russian Navy, the shipyard’s press office said on Friday. "The Vympel Shipyard has signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry to upgrade and repair two Project 12418 Molniya-class missile boats," the press office said. The two missile boats, originally laid in 1991-1992 at the shipyard "Vympel" were export Project 12421 with the "Mosquito" antiship missile system. Export customers were never found and since the mid-1990s, the two boats are in an unfinished form (and never launched in the water) at the shipyard. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3827 Russian Large Amphibious Assault Ship Ivan Gren to Start Shipbuilders Sea Trials in Late April quote:
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren being built at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in west Russia for the Navy will start undergoing shipbuilders sea trials in late April, shipyard chief shipbuilder Igor Leonov said on Monday. "Perhaps, the most complex order, the large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren, is coming close to one of the most important stages of its construction. It will start undergoing shipbuilders sea trials in late April," the shipyard’s newspaper quoted Leonov as saying. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3829 Raytheon's SeaRAM System Bringing Enhanced Improvements to Ships Layered Self-Defense quote:
Last month , the US Navy successfully tested the SeaRAM weapon system from an Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) destroyer for the first time. During DIMDEX 2016 maritime defense exhibition held in Qatar last week, Navy Recognition sat down with the Program Director at Raytheon to learn more about SeaRAM. ... Talking about the specific case of USS Porter, the Raytheon Program Manager said "We removed the Phalanx system and installed the SeaRAM system with Block II missiles. It gives us some enhanced improvements in terms of the layered defense. Phalanx is traditionally a close in, last layer of defense system and RAM extends that capability in terms of ship self defense". Finally Gerard Hueber (Rear Admiral, USN, Retired), VP of Business Development for Naval and Area Mission Defense at Raytheon concluded by telling us "There has been a number of forums where senior US Navy leadership have addressed the SeaRAM capability as a defensive solution that contributes to the Navy's warfighting initiative of distributed lethality. The Navy has advertised opportunities across the force from combatants to logistics and auxiliary ships that the SeaRAM capability would add to the warfighting readiness of the fleet". http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3830
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