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The Royal Australian Navy has begun its largest deployment of the year with more than a thousand sailors and officers bound for engagements across North and South East Asia.
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SEPTEMBER 2019 news
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The Royal Australian Navy has begun its largest deployment of the year with more than a thousand sailors and officers bound for engagements across North and South East Asia.
The Algerian Navy has just destroyed land targets by firing cruise missiles from two Kilo-class 636 submarines recently purchased from Russia, a Defense statement said. According to the Menadefense website, the missiles used are Club-S Kalibr.
The Russian mobile coastal defence system 'Bastion' launched the anti-ship cruise missile P-800 'Oniks' for the first time in Chukotka region, as shown in footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on Thursday.
As part of the GABIAN 19.3 High-Intensity Training, air defence destroyer Forbin engaged for the first time an Aster 30 missile against a target drone that was tracked and targeted by another vessel (FREMM Languedoc).
The Royal Navy has landed a helicopter on a Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the first time. Smooth launch to complete the day’s aviation trials. Wildcat from 815 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton makes a sideways approach to the tiny landing pad on HMS Medway.
On 29 September, the Istanbul Shipyard held the steel-cutting ceremony of the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first MILGEM corvette. The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presided over the event alongside various government, naval and industry officials from Turkey and Pakistan.
On September 28, 2019, the Indian Navy has launched its first stealth P-17A Nilgiri-class frigate INS Nilgiri at the dockyard of the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, India.
Brazilian navy has started the first sea trial of its Riachuelo submarine, a modified version of Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine. Sea trials of the new Riachuelo submarine are scheduled to be performed until the first half of 2020, while the new submarine could be commissioned in October 2020.
On 28 September 2019, INS Khanderi, the second of P75 SCORPENE®-class submarine, was commissioned by the hands of Honorable Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in presence of Chief Minister of Maharasthra Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, CMD MDL Commodore Rakesh Anand (IN Retd.) and several other dignitaries.
The Brazilian Navy announced on Sept. 16 that it was launching the bidding process for the sale of its recently retired Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier São Paulo.
The Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser of the Northern fleet called at the Turkish Aksaz naval base, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
U.S. and Bahrain armed forces participated in exercise Neon Defender 19 in Manama, Bahrain, Sept. 15-19. ND 19 is a bilateral surface and maritime security exercise between the U.S. Navy and Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) to enhance interoperability and warfighting readiness.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Navy has mounted anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of 300km on its Tondar vessels, images of the Sunday military parades in the Persian Gulf showed.
When they need to deliver the military and cargoes to hard-of-access areas, they usually engage helicopters, all-terrain vehicles, supply ships and even dog sledges. However, ground-effect vehicles will become a priority in some cases in the near future. The Army Standard online publication examined the prospects of the new transportation vehicle.
Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Sarah Rollings, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, recently acted as a signalman during a replenishment at sea aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56).
Coast Guardsmen from Alaska’s District 17, as well as Marines and sailors from California, are taking part in the largest training exercise of its kind in years. Approximately 3,000 Marines, sailors and Coast Guardsmen practised amphibious operations in Adak and Seward, as well as throughout Alaska’s coastal waters.
The project 12341 modernized small missile ship Smerch of the Russian Pacific Fleet has launched a Kh-35 anti-ship cruise missile of the Uran missile system for the first time in the phase of factory running trials in the Sea of Japan. The missile was test-fired at a sea target, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia has won two contracts worth $58 million combined in the US Navy’s efforts to repair and modernize Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarines, The USS Helena (SSN 725) and the USS Columbus (SSN 762).
The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) at Austal USA’s shipyard Mobile, Alabama, on September 20.
A launch ceremony was held for China's first amphibious assault ship, the Type 075, on Wednesday in a move that represents a new era for China's warship development, Chinese military experts said.