NAVAL NEWS April 2022

Navy Forces Naval Maritime Defense Security Industry


According to a PR published by Naval Group on April 11, 2022, the last of the four Argentinian offshore patrol vessel (OPV), OPV 87 A.R.A. Contraalmirante Cordero, was delivered to the Argentine Navy. The delivery and commandment handover ceremony of the last vessel of the series marks the completion of a successful program.

According to information published by Gavroche Thailande on April 9, 2022, the Royal Thai Navy will decide at the end of the month if they cancel the buy of the first Chinese Yuan-class (S26T) submarine, due to a German decision to block the exportation of MTU396 diesel engines.

According to information published by Военный Осведомитель on April 12, 2022, the Russian Navy's Project 11356R/М frigate Admiral Essen of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy destroyed a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 UAV off the coast of Crimea using the Stil-1 surface-to-air missile system.

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