Category: Navy

French daily Le Monde reported that Saudi Arabia is keen to buy the two Mistral carriers ordered by Russia and transfer them to Egypt.

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Reuters has obtained confirmation from four sources that Tokyo is ready to donate three Beechcraft TC-90s to Philippines.

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Two U.S. Navy officials won’t comment when they were asked if the service is pursuing efforts to give the SM-6 anti-air missile an anti-ship capability.

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The Iranian crew on board a frigate trained its machine gun at a MH-60R Sea Hawk from USS Farragut in the Gulf of Aden on Jul. 25, the U.S. Navy has confirmed.

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Russia has given up on purchasing two Mistral-class warships from France, a statement from Kremlin said both leaders came to the agreement following a teleconference.

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