The Israeli Navy sunk its decommissioned Sa’ar 4 missile boat INS Atmaut with two Harpoon anti-ship missiles this week during an exercise.
Category: Navy
Embargoes have forced RSK-MiG to deliver MiG-29Ks to India in substandard configuration
Indian and Russian specialists in Goa are busy working on upgrading the Indian Navy’s MiG-29K fleet to its final configuration due to embargoes placed by Ukraine and Western nations.
GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for family of late Capt. Jeff Kuss
The sister-in-law of the late Blue Angels 6 Capt. Jeff Kuss has started a GoFundMe page to help raise funds for his family.
WASHINGTON (June 3, 2016) File photo of Captain Jeff Kuss, U.S. Marine Corps. Capt. Kuss died during a practice flight, when the F/A-18C Hornet he was piloting crashed approximately two miles from the runway at the Smyrna, Tenn., Airport, June 2, 2016. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)
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AN/SPY-6(V) delivered to USN for live target testing
Raytheon has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar array to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii in preparation for first radar light-off in early July.
Photo: Raytheon
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Canberra-class LHDs to be protected by Phalanx CIWS
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decided that its two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships will eventually be fitted with the Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS).
By PO2 Jeffrey Troutman (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2695922/rimpac-2016) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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