During the Second World War, corvettes were vessels of limited tonnage, 1000 tons for the very prolific Flower class of the Royal Navy, intended to escort the…
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The Chinese Navy takes delivery of its 72nd and last Type 056 corvette
The Chinese Navy announced that it had admitted the 72nd Type 056 corvette to service a few days ago. The Nanyang, hull number 619, is a corvette ...
Read the articleThe United States is stepping up demonstrations of force against China
Clearly, the Trump Administration has no intention of keeping a low profile on the international stage until Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20. Indeed, in quick succession, ...
Read the articleNigeria receives new Chinese VT4 tanks and SH5 self-propelled guns
To say that China is deploying treasures of diplomacy in Africa to establish itself as the central partner of African states would still be an understatement. If part of the diplomatic effort ...
Read the articleChinese naval ambitions are revealed
On the occasion of the launch of the 19th and 20th Type 052D destroyers, and the sixtieth Type 056 corvette since 2012, several official comments from the Chinese authorities allow us to better understand ...
Read the articleChina launches its 58eme Corvette Type 056 since 2012
According to the EastPendulum blog, specializing in the analysis of Chinese Defense, a new type 056 corvette was launched on Thursday March 7, by the nearby Huangpu shipyards ...
Read the articleRussian and Chinese anti-submarine capabilities gain strength against the US Navy
If the visible power of the US Navy rests on its 10 super nuclear aircraft carriers, and the hundred cruisers and destroyers that accompany them, it is above all the fifty submarines ...
Read the articleThe Chinese Navy maintains its growth effort
The performance of the Chinese naval defense industry is well established today, if not with some irreducible believers that Chinese buildings are only pale copies of their Western and Russian counterparts.
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