Russia demonstrated the land attack capability of its K-300P Bastion-P mobile coastal defense missile system by firing the P-800 Oniks supersonic anti-ship missiles at targets in Syria.
Category: Navy
Russian MiG-29K crashes in Mediterranean
A Russian Navy MiG-29K has crashed as it was approaching to land on carrier Admiral Kuznetsov on Nov. 14. Several reports indicate the jet was a MiG-29KUB/R.
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It’s not that difficult to spot the Admiral Kuznetsov battle group from space
Landsat 8 satellite captured the location of the Russian Navy carrier battle group in the Mediterranean on Nov. 8. The carrier’s smoke plume was visible from space.
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Royal Navy will be withdrawing Harpoon from service in 2018
The Royal Navy will be left without any anti-ship missile strike capability from 2018 to 2020 as it has decided to withdraw the Harpoon in 2018 and retire the helicopter-launched Sea Skua missile early next year.
Photo: Royal Navy/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Royal Thai Navy inducts five EC645T2s into service
The Royal Thai Navy has inducted five Airbus Helicopters EC645T2s into service during a ceremony on Nov. 10.
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Photos: Royal Thai Navy
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