The Indian Navy’s guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata will be installed with the Barak 8 air defense missile system within a few months, NDTV reported.
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Category: Navy
North Korea test fires new anti-ship missile
North Korea has test-fired a new anti-ship cruise missile. The missile is designated as KN-09 and is believed to be a copy of the Russian Kh-35E.
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Photo credit: Rodong news
USN demonstrates Tomahawk maritime strike capability using existing infrastructure
(Updated with photo) The U.S. Navy has shown that the current Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile can engage moving maritime targets using the existing Tomahawk Strike Network communications infrastructure.
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No U.S. aircraft carrier to visit China this year
The Pentagon announced on Feb. 6 that it won’t be sending an aircraft carrier to China for visit this year.
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USN worried that safety checks on H-53 helicopters not carried out properly
The U.S. Navy is concern that safety checks carried out on CH-53E and MH-53E helicopters were not properly done.
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