Slitherine

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The focus in the development of the advanced corvette Briz (Breeze) was placed on the optimization of the corvette’s seaworthiness, including through various ship stabilization means. As a result of the Krylov Center’s efforts, the corvette, with a very moderate displacement, carries extremely powerful weapons for this type of ships consisting of 24 universal vertical launchers for surface-to-surface missiles, as well as 16 vertical launchers for longer-range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and 32 - for short-range SAMs, the Zvezda TV channel reported.

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The construction of two Project 11356 frigates, initially laid at the Yantar shipyard for the Black Sea Fleet, will be completed for India, reported to TASS Igor Ponomaryov, the United Shipbuilding Corporation vice-president for defense production.

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Japan's Minister of Defense, Itsunori Onodera, visited a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) AEGIS in the Sea of Japan on on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. The Kongo-class guided missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG 176) is currently deployed to provide anti-ballistic protection against North Korea's missile threat. It is the first time that a Japanese Minister of Defense inspects a JMSDF vessel while underway at sea.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) cut a 35-ton steel plate at its Newport News Shipbuilding division to kick off advance construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). The steel plate will become part of the foundation of Enterprise, the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, and the ninth U.S. Navy ship to bear the legendary name.

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Most major European naval shipbuilding companies are closely reviewing their options for the U.S. Navy FFG(X) program. Contacted by Navy Recognition, BAE Systems (United Kingdom), Naval Group (France), Fincantieri (Italy) and Navantia (Spain) acknowledged looking at the RFI. TKMS (Germany) and Damen (Netherlands) didn't return phone calls or emails.

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ORIGINAL: Filitch

North Korea missile flew 1180 km over Japan.
https://www.facebook.com/willripleynews/photos/a.661651370522307.1073741825.130442400309876/1674437729243661/?type=3&theater

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

At this point I foresee nuclear rearmament is an inevitable 'clock of doom'.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock

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ORIGINAL: Filitch

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ORIGINAL: Dysta

At this point I foresee nuclear rearmament is an inevitable 'clock of doom'.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock

Strange... there is no Cuban Crisis in timeline

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During its Submarine Seminar 2017 held this morning, Saab Kockums announced that the A26 next generation submarine is now a family with three model range: Pelagic, Oceanic and Oceanic (Extended Range).

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The first firings of the new Sea Ceptor air defence system have been successfully conducted in a major milestone for the Royal Navy, Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin announced today. The Minister visited defence company MBDA’s site in Filton, near Bristol, meeting with local graduates, apprentices and other employees working on the Sea Ceptor system.

The new air missile defence system can intercept and destroy enemy missiles travelling at supersonic speeds and will form part of the protection for the nation’s new aircraft carriers. The first firings were conducted from Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll whilst off the coast of Scotland.

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China's first Type 901 large replenishment oiler was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) today during a ceremony held at Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited (GSI) in Guangzhou, Southern China. The 240 meters long vessel displacing 48,000 tons is named "Hulun Lake" (or Hulunhun in Chinese, with hull number 965). It was launched December 15th 2015 by GSI.

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BMT has launched VENARI®-85, a new mine countermeasure (MCM) concept design capable of clearing mines faster over a greater area and with less risk to the crew, whilst simultaneously providing broader utility to navies around the world. VENARI®-85 offers a flexible platform that is capable of a spectrum of roles which is future-proofed and able to evolve as technology advances in the unmanned and offboard systems markets take shape.

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ORIGINAL: Filitch

About Valery Babich. According his words - this is a fake.
https://www.facebook.com/andrei.frolov.73/posts/10156604993767166

"I'm not going to move to China and I was not offered any job there for aircraft carriers. All that is written about me in this article is in Wikipedia under the heading "Babich Valery Vasilyevich" and even more. And about the move to China came up with themselves. You can tell these words from me if you have access to these sources."

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British Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has unveiled an ambitious new National Shipbuilding Strategy which meets the challenge set by Sir John Parker last November and sets out plans for the first batch of Type 31e frigates.

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon explained the 1st batch will consist of 5 vessel for in service by 2023. The Type 31 will allow the Type 26 Frigates and Type 45 Destroyers to focus on maritime task groups. All shipyard across the UK will be able to bid for the Type 31 program.

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ORIGINAL: kevinkin

You can see the seismic readings in this report. Looks to be a big step forward technically. But it could also be a major miscalculation. This test may just force China's hand.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/02/north-korea-shaken-by-strong-tremor-which-could-signal-a-weapons-test-reuters.html

Kevin