In recent days, announcements have followed one another around the future programs of the French Navy, both on the side of the Hotel de Brienne (the Ministry of the Armed Forces) and…
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Type 31, FDI, Gorshkov: What are the frigates worth today?
Today, the frigate is the surface combatant of excellence for the navies of the first rank, combining the versatility of their sensors with advanced weapon systems to ensure…
Read the articleWhat pressure tactics have the United States used in Greece to win the frigate market?
If you follow Meta-Defense with attention, nothing will have escaped you from the Greek adventures to try to modernize its combatant surface fleet, and in particular its frigates, in order to be ...
Read the articleUS Navy wants to sell FFG / X frigates to all allies
The US Navy seems to have realized the real potential of the FREMM design used to design its next Constellation-class frigates, since such was named the class of…
Read the articleRussian Navy tested its first naval Pantsir-M anti-aircraft system
To control the many inland seas bordering its coasts, such as the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea or the Caspian Sea, Moscow has developed a large fleet of light corvettes like ...
Read the articleThe Oceanic Patrollers of the French Navy will have a 40 mm RapidFire gun
What was so far halfway between rumor and logical deduction was confirmed today by Commander Ghislain Deleplanque in charge of the protection office ...
Read the articlePentagon doesn't want additional Israeli Iron Dome systems
According to the Israeli press, the Pentagon would have renounced the acquisition of additional Iron Dome systems to strengthen its close protection capabilities, due to an incompatibility of the Israeli system with ...
Read the articleThe French Navy will modernize its 20mm Narwhal guns, which raises questions about the evolution of its close defense capabilities
According to Naval News, the DGA would have notified on January 16 a modernization contract for the 20mm remotely operated guns of the French Navy, the Narwhal 20B of Nexter.…
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