French frigates and cruise missiles France fired three cruises missiles from one its multimission frigates in the Syria strikes, the Pentagon said.
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The new ships would be called frigates and the older LCS would be relabeled frigates once they were retrofitted with the capabilities of the newer ships.
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A further six frigates and two submarines are on order.
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Can't the Book Review find a few more frigates out there?
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I've fought off pirate scourges and managed my own fleet of frigates.
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Contract negotiations are going on for the offshore patrol vessels and frigates.
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The frigates include radar from Thales and missiles from European maker MBDA.
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Frigates can be armed with a combination of missiles, shells and torpedoes.
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It has 1,19183 military personnel, 13 helicopters, two frigates and three patrol ships.
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The firm is also to supply the Royal Navy with a family of frigates.
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Also agreed were plans to build and supply stealth frigates for the Indian navy.
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Seeing those frigates at British bases in Asia helps the sales pitch even more.
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Turkey's navy comprises 28503 ships, mostly frigates, corvettes and coastal gunships but including 22019 submarines.
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But if we need new fighter jets, tanks, or frigates, we will do it jointly.
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Marines could someday deploy on littoral combat ships and next-generation frigates too, Berger said.
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With Moscow unable to quickly build replacement engines for the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, construction stopped.
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That deal mainly included defensive weapons systems, including two Navy frigates, missiles and amphibious assault vehicles.
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The 30-year program will see Britain build nine new frigates for the Royal Australian Navy.
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The countries also agreed on plans to build and supply stealth frigates for the Indian Navy.
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Guillou said the market for mid-size to large frigates was growing 5-7% a year.
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That has left Russia's latest frigates lacking engines here amongst a string of other supply problems.
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The previous package included two navy frigates in addition to anti-tank missiles and amphibious attack vehicles.
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The Russian Navy reportedly has installed non-lethal weaponry aboard the frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov.
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Their frigates and fighter jets occasionally face off in the contested waters of the South China Sea.
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In a Dunkirk-like moment, the Falcon returns with a fleet of private military frigates and starfighters.
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Navy's over-the-horizon requirement for littoral combat ships, future frigates Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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Other ships include Type 052B destroyer Guangzhou, Type 054A frigates Sanya and Yulin, and the supply ship Honghu.
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China is building frigates and aircraft-carriers at a pace which makes cash-strapped British planners look plodding.
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It commissioned 18 ships in 2016, including missile destroyers, corvettes and guided missile frigates, according to state media.
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Seven of the frigates are available for recommissioning at a cost of as little as $35,000 per ship.
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The United States Navy has come a long way, from its first wooden frigates to today's nuclear carriers.
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The Navy also wants to use dual-crewing to maximize the time its future frigates spend at sea.
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The Netherlands says it will upgrade four frigates with early-warning radars as a contribution to the shield.
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The navy is built for coastal operations, with shallow water diesel-electric submarines, helicopter landing ships, and frigates.
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Last year, the PLA Navy commissioned 18 ships, including missile destroyers, corvettes and guided missile frigates, the paper said.
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State media has said that the navy commissioned 18 ships, including destroyers, corvettes and guided-missile frigates in 2016.
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Normally, his gig involves sailing aboard navy frigates, but recently the brass sent him on a more unusual mission.
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One of the cooler additions to No Man's Sky since launch is the addition of capital ships and frigates.
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Each carrier's strike group will also comprise of stealth fighters, an air wing, destroyers, frigates and probably a submarine.
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Last week, Turnbull announced that 12 offshore patrol vessels and a fleet of frigates would also be built in Adelaide.
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In addition to the submarines, Australia is buying new equipment including frigates, armored personnel carriers, strike fighter jets and drones.
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But the maritime strategy relies on making a new generation of frigates, the Type 31e, that are easy to export.
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A defence official privy to the decision to remove Mercado said it concerned equipment to be purchased for those frigates.
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Frigates are at the smaller end of what are called major naval surface combatants, displacing around 2,400 to 4,100 tons.
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Australia's proposed frigates will use Aegis combat systems, produced by Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with SAAB Australia technology, Turnbull said.
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"We have been making and sinking replicas of US destroyers, frigates, and warships for long years," he told Iranian media.
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Earlier this month, two decommissioned Type 053H3 class frigates — the Jiaxing and the Lianyungang — were given to the Bangladeshi Navy.
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In the past decade, China has commissioned more than 0003 of its most advanced Type 054A frigates, according to IISS.
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While the JMSDF has no aircraft carriers, their destroyers and frigates are modern and equipped with the Aegis combat system.
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For example, the defense minister Stuart Andrew said in October four of the frigates will spend all of 2900 in port.
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Separately, BAE Systems, Fincantieri and Navantia have been shortlisted as preferred bidders for the construction of nine frigates, the government said.
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Britain is building patrol vessels and new Type 26 frigates at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard on the Clyde river in Glasgow.
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Two Vietnamese frigates made port calls to Manila in 2014 and a Philippine warship may do the same in Vietnam this June.
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Russia, which leases a naval base in Syria&aposs south, has used submarines and frigates to launch missiles on targets in Syria.
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Last week, the Chinese navy deployed two missile frigates to a U.S. Navy warship that sailed near the China-claimed Spratly Islands.
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The military said it had deployed the frigates and a submarine to the eastern Mediterranean to "guarantee the security of oil transportation".
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The deal, which will also see Naval Group renovate two existing Romanian frigates, ensures the delivery of the first ships in 2022.
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The Stennis joined nine other naval ships including a Japanese helicopter carrier and Indian frigates in seas off the Okinawan island chain.
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And the Royal Navy's ambitious building programme got a boost when Australia said it would buy British for a new range of frigates.
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The company also has a good order book for its nuclear submarines and is making eight Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy.
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BAE Systems, the world's fourth-biggest defence company, won a contract to build nine Type 26 Hunter class frigates for the Australian navy.
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In fact, the number of South Korea large surface ships -- frigates and destroyers -- outnumbers North Korea's fleet 23 to 3, according to globalfirepower.com.
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The two frigates, Soobrazitelny and Boiky, and support vessels, Paradoks and Kola, were believed to be returning from operations in the Middle East.
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That's a global trend that makes mass-producing "frigates" to perform maritime security operations and other low-end missions more costly than ever.
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The Russian military announced the departure of the Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Makarov frigates for Syria, but three other warships have followed unannounced.
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The Russian military announced the departure of the Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Makarov frigates for Syria, but three other warships have followed unannounced.
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Once all of the LCSes and frigates have been built, they will comprise nearly 20163% of the Navy's current 276-ship battle fleet.
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The 100,000-ton Stennis joined nine other naval ships including a Japanese helicopter carrier and Indian frigates in seas off the Okinawan island chain.
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Since Trump's trip to the Kingdom last year, little economic activity has taken place beyond Lockheed's work on four frigates the Saudis have ordered.
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The new Australian ships will begin entering service in the late 2020s replacing eight Anzac class frigates, which have been in service since 1996.
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Australia in October announced its new frigates would be fitted with long-range anti-missile defence systems to counter the threat of rogue nations.
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In 2018, China launched 21 warships, including five Type 054A frigates, four Type 056 corvettes and a ballistic missile submarine, Chinese news portal Sina.
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Backing this up is China's rapid production of frigates, another small type of warship, and the arming and expansion of the country's coast guard.
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The Admiral Grigorovich is the first in the class of six frigates commissioned by the Russian navy in 2010 for its Black Sea Fleet.
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"Chinese submarine development and the building of destroyers and frigates are likely more expensive and more consequential for the overall military balance," he said.
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The unfinished husks of three guided-missile frigates that have languished for three years at a Baltic shipyard show that is easier said than done.
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Taiwan's American-made frigates would eventually be blown out of the water, but not before their potent torpedoes might inflict serious damage on Chinese ships.
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You could always expand your fleet with a bunch of Solo cup frigates, and require players to take a shot whenever they take a hit.
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The country's goal is for the Type 001A and Liaoning to sail with accompanying warships and frigates to fight as a coherent unit, Koh explained.
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The diameter and shape of the holes were consistent with those made by heavy and medium machine guns, the kind typically found aboard navy frigates.
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The result was a smaller, more mobile navy with less resources for aging capital ships and more for submarines, guided-missile destroyers and advanced frigates.
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Two naval frigates are already nearby in Algeria and a submarine is off Libya, a Turkish reporter and analyst, Mete Sohtaoglu, posted Saturday on Twitter.
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BAE Systems, Fincantieri and Navantia have been shortlisted as preferred bidders for the construction of nine frigates that will be built in Adelaide, he said.
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In January, Saudi Arabia said one of its frigates was damaged in a suicide boat attack by the Houthis off the Yemeni port of Hodeidah.
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Other times, Chinese frigates linger for days within the screen of U.S. ships and planes that protect the Reagan - Washington's only carrier based outside America.
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Paint gleaming and brass fittings buffed to a hospital shine, there were frigates from near-allies such as Russia, and destroyers from almost-foes like India.
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So in the last three decades the navy has reduced the number of submarines, frigates and destroyers by more than half, according to Ministry of Defense.
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The Royal Navy began refitting its frigates with these weapons a little over a decade ago as part of the littoral Defensive Anti-Surface Warfare upgrade.
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A typical carrier strike group might tie up four or five frigates and destroyers; the Royal Navy only has 19 such ships, the French even fewer.
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Since the $110 billion package was first announced 18 months ago, some Saudi payments, like those to Lockheed Martin, for its frigates have begun to flow.
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The government has committed to keeping up a fleet of at least 19 frigates and destroyers with the aiming of growing the fleet in the 2030s.
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Backed by the firepower of Chinese naval frigates, they have driven away thousands of Filipino fishermen who depended on the rich waters around the Spratly Islands.
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Russia has in the past fired Kalibr cruise missiles from frigates and submarines stationed in the Mediterranean Sea at militant targets to support Syrian army offensives.
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Work on the frigates is set to begin in 2020, with BAE Systems, Navantia and Fincantieri all competing for the A$35 billion ($27.39 billion) contract.
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The Chinese carrier Shandong sailed north through the Strait, the Taiwan ministry said in a short statement, adding that the carrier group was accompanied by frigates.
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On December 226th its navy duly dispatched an impressive-looking carrier battle-group with three escorting destroyers, a couple of frigates, a corvette and a refuelling ship.
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Terns, frigates and farcelas - including the Manutara, the symbolic bird in ancestral Rapa Nui rituals - now "adorn" their nests not with algae or stones, but with garbage.
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In Somalia pirates still scour the oceans, looking for unprotected ships, so the frigates and private guards will be needed as long as chaos reigns on land.
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The MoD added that two Russian frigates, Soobrazitelny and Boiky, and support vessels, Paradoks and Kola, were believed to be returning from operations in the Middle East.
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Carriers will also have to be cocooned with destroyers and frigates, which will absorb most of the resources of smaller navies, like those of Britain and France.
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Frigates do many of the same missions as destroyers and cruisers but are smaller and less equipped and therefore generally do those missions in lower-threat areas.
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When you see multiplayer, and you see the scale of it, and you see we've got unlimited base building and you can command a set of frigates.
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But since the seizure of Crimea Russia has put the fleet on steroids, adding half a dozen new submarines, three frigates and a slew of missile-toting boats.
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This included an air defense frigate, three multi-mission frigates, Mirage 2000 jets, Rafale, AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) and support and supply assistance, the source said.
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When one of the frigates returns after a mission, I discover that none of my crew are able to make repairs, so I have to do it myself.
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Today, the Navy has around 80 destroyers and cruiser ships and Clark suggests there's a greater need to build smaller surface combatants like patrol ships, missile craft and frigates.
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A military official said the ship performed a drill and confirmed two Chinese frigates shadowed the McCain near Mischief Reef, with the ships never getting closer than 1,000 yards.
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Press reports suggest the armed forces are short of some 300 fighter jets, at least a dozen submarines, over 1,000 combat helicopters, seven frigates and perhaps 3,000 artillery guns.
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"Now you are so hopeless that, when one of your tankers wants to move in the region, you have to bring your frigates because you are scared," Rouhani added.
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BAE Systems PLC has won a A$35 billion (19.66 billion pounds) contest to deliver anti-submarine warfare frigates for the Australian navy, the Australian government said on Thursday.
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Bartels said the German navy had only nine frigates available, compared to 15 that had been planned, and they were more frequently in maintenance because of their increasing age.
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It is also acquiring three frigates from South Korea, air defense radars from Israel, armored vehicles, a long-range patrol aircraft and assault rifles and grenade launchers from Russia.
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He pointed out early criticisms of platforms such as the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, Spruance-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers that went on to have long Navy careers.
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After China's provocation in the Natunas, Indonesia says it will send marines, special forces, an army battalion, three frigates, a new radar system, drones and five F-16 fighter jets.
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Last month, the Obama administration angered Beijing when it authorized a $1.83 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, including two frigates, anti-tank missiles, amphibious assault vehicles and other equipment.
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Shoigu said the Russian Navy would also get two advanced new frigates armed with cruise missiles and a new type of air defence missile system by the end of 2020.
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However, it cannot land on Germany's older F123 frigates, which prompted the navy to abandon its goal of having a single helicopter when it first kicked off the NH90 program.
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The Russian Navy in currently reliant on corvettes for most of its missions due to complications with larger ships, but is slowly trying to add more frigates to the fleet.
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Russia deployed several warships to the Mediterranean this summer, including the Admiral Grigorovich, Admiral Essen and Pytlivy frigates, along with landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov and the Vishny Volochek missile corvette.
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The Navy's most recent frigates were the Oliver Hazard Perry class, or FFG-7 — 51 of which entered service between 1977 and 1989 and were decommissioned between 1994 and 2015.
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Boiko Borisov said he did not want to see frigates sailing past the tourist resorts, at a joint press conference with President Rosen Plevneliev who described Bulgaria as a peaceful country.
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Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of space and military industries, said two frigates could be built in India and two in Russia, RIA news agency reported.
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The best Chinese destroyers, frigates, fast attack craft and submarines are armed with anti-ship missiles that in most cases far outrange and outperform those on U.S. warships, these officers say.
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The 100,000 ton Stennis, which carries F-18 fighter jets, joined nine other naval ships including a Japanese helicopter carrier and Indian frigates in seas off the Japanese Okinawan island chain.
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He circumvented arms embargoes with creative ruses, such as buying warplanes as, purportedly, film props, and cannily found leaky frigates and rusty tanks in places where they were no longer needed.
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The MKS-180 ships are to be the first to be outfitted with the new missiles, and they will become standard equipment on German and Norwegian frigates in the longer term.
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Russia has deployed several frigates to the Mediterranean via the Bosphorus, part of what a Russian newspaper on Tuesday called Moscow's largest naval buildup since it entered the Syrian conflict in 2015.
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In the early 2000s Sofia planned to buy four new corvette ships for its navy, but scrapped the plan due to financial constraints and instead bought two second-hand frigates from Belgium.
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Hoffman, who frequently came in contact with Iranians while commanding frigates and cruisers in the Middle East, said the Royal Navy frigate was armed with guns ideal for targeting the Iranian gunboats.
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Karachi Shipyard (KS&EW) will buy four corvettes made under Turkey's MILGEM warship program, aimed at designing and building locally a fleet of multipurpose corvettes and frigates that will replace older ships.
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The latest agreement includes building warships, frigates, corvettes and related items in Saudi Arabia through a majority SAMI-owned joint venture with the French firm, SAMI Chief Executive Andreas Schwer told reporters.
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On its way to Sri Lanka, the 248 meter (814 ft) ship was shadowed by Chinese frigates in the South China Sea and carried out naval drills in the Philippines and Indonesia.
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Shortly after, Mr. Putin announced a program to modernize the fleet, which received six new submarines, as well as several frigates and some smaller vessels; plans are underway for even more ships.
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The Liaoning carrier and its flotilla of escorting frigates and destroyers were apparently on their way back to base in northeastern China from the South China Sea following training exercises, the agency reported.
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The Admiral Essen and Admiral Grigorovich frigates, along with the Krasnodar submarine, fired the cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea, the Defense Ministry said in a statement posted to state news agency RIA.
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Rear Admiral Mitko Petev, commander of the Bulgarian Navy - which also has three Belgian frigates - said the patrol boats would be equipped with weaponry for air and underwater combat and helicopter landing platforms.
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Military sources quoted in media reports said Mercado's removal was connected to controversy that had surfaced over the procurement of two frigates from South Korea, which are due to be delivered by 2020.
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"Today, European nations are producing 'frigates' that just recently you or I would call 'destroyers,' based on size and, somewhat, on capability," said Steve Wills, an analyst and retired naval officer with CNA.
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The program aims to get five new frigates for £1.25 billion, a low number that the Royal Navy hopes will be able to boost its fleet numbers while keeping the costs under control.
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It said the list included several improvements for Puma armored personnel carriers, a maintenance contract for NH90 helicopters, radar technology for the Eurofighter, telecommunication facilities for frigates and new uniforms and protective equipment.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine senators began a public inquiry on Monday into the $300 million purchase of two navy frigates, to determine whether President Rodrigo Duterte's closest aide had interfered in the procurement process.
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The decision to fit the frigates - also a cornerstone of Australia's plan to counter an expected rise in submarine activity in the region - suggests Canberra will use the ships in a dual capacity.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's Thales said on Thursday it had been selected to provide the mission systems of Britain's five next generation frigates, a program worth more than a billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in total.
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PARIS (Reuters) - France's Thales said on Thursday it had been selected to provide the mission systems of Britain's five next generation frigates, a program worth more than a billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in total.
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Only eight of the 137 crew aboard the Helge Ingstad were injured, but the multimillion-dollar ship was one of Norway's five capital Nansen-class frigates and was one of Norway's most advanced warships.
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A retired US Navy captain with a great deal of experience dealing with the Iranians said the 30 mm guns on the Royal Navy's frigates are the "perfect weapon" for dealing with their gunboats.
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The Obama administration notified Congress a year ago of a $1.83 billion arms sale package for Taiwan, including two frigates, antitank missiles, amphibious assault vehicles and other equipment, drawing an angry response from China.
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Cambodia denied reports last November that Beijing had been lobbying the Southeast Asian country since 2017 for a naval base that could host frigates, destroyers and other vessels of China's People's Liberation Army Navy.
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The multimission frigates are some of the newest in the French naval fleet and are armed with the MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval) cruise missile, with 16 launch tubes for them on each ship.
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"Recent events in our region have proven that Australia's future frigates must be equipped to defend Australia from the threat of medium- and long-range missile attacks," Turnbull said in a speech in Sydney.
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Russia&aposs state-run TASS news agency reported without official confirmation last March that one of the Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates would likely test-launch the Zircon before the end of 2019.
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Sometimes the two navies nearly came to blows, as during the "Black Sea bumping incident" of 1988, when two Soviet frigates deliberately collided with an American cruiser and destroyer skirting close to the Crimean Peninsula.
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It was announced recently that a new generation of British frigates would take eight years to construct, a timetable that was dismissed as an excessively "leisurely build" by Save the Royal Navy, a campaigning website.
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Shadowed by Chinese frigates A US defense official said the plan was for the destroyer to sail within 6 nautical miles of Mischief Reef, one of the artificial islands built by China in the Spratlys.
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As part of the expansion, Australia committed to a continuous naval shipbuilding program to build nine new frigates and 12 offshore patrol vessels, as well as acquire 12 new submarines, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
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The government plans to increase defense spending by nearly A$30 billion ($23.52 billion) by 2022, with the manufacture of a fleet of frigates, armored personnel carriers and submarines to be concentrated in South Australia.
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The Navy plans for design and construction of the first ship to take until 2026 but expects construction to increase rapidly thereafter, with the 10th arriving by 2030, eventually producing 20 of the new frigates.
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PARIS, Feb 6 (Reuters) - France's Thales said on Thursday it had been selected to provide the mission systems of Britain's five next generation frigates, a programme worth more than a billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in total.
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Designed to remain at sea for far longer than the German armed forces' existing fleet, the new F125 frigates need extensive servicing only once every two years, compared to once every nine months for their predecessors.
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What is curious is what Mr Corbyn has not suggested: scrapping the Vanguard replacements and building in their place more Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarines and additional frigates and destroyers that the navy actually needs.
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The Appraisal Ever since the Dutch arrived in Manhattan with their tools and trinkets, and the British followed not long after with redcoats and frigates, gentrification has been a fact of life in New York City.
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The Financial Times noted that the sale, which it called "the world's biggest naval defense contract in a decade," could help drive down unit costs for Britain's fleet of the frigates and entice other foreign buyers.
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Over the weekend, the US Navy sent six guided missile frigates and destroyers out to sea from Naval Station Mayport in Florida, in the hope they can safely ride out the storm from a considerable distance.
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Hong Kong-based military analyst Song Zhongping said the PLA also needed to handle the practical challenge of retiring its older warships, such as the Type 051 destroyer, older Type 053 frigates and Type 037 corvettes.
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As Judie Dempsey of the Carnegie Europe think tank rightly points out, European countries have designs for 17 different main battle tanks, 20 different fighter planes, 29 different destroyers or frigates and 20 different torpedo systems.
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Rear Admiral Li Xiaoyan, the first captain of China&aposs only active aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was a pilot with no experience on carrier-borne aircraft, though he did have experience on a destroyer and frigates.
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The Obama administration's last arms sale to Taiwan, in 2015, was relatively modest — consisting of antitank missiles, two frigates and surveillance gear, worth $1.8 billion in total — but it still provoked a bitter denunciation from Beijing.
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The National Audit Office review found that the department had understated forecast costs related to the purchase of five Type 31e frigates not included in the plan, while the cost of nuclear-related projects continues to grow.
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Tuesday's live-fire SINKEX exercise in the Pacific also saw missiles launched from other US Navy aircraft, bombs dropped from US Air Force B-52 bombers, and Harpoon missiles launched two stealth frigates from the Singapore Navy.
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ON BOARD FRIGATE BARBAROS (Reuters) - Turkey's military conducted the second day of its largest naval exercise in its history on Thursday, carrying out drills with frigates, corvettes and submarines in the Black Sea, Aegean and eastern Mediterranean.
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LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Britain will buy five new frigates as part of a new shipbuilding strategy aimed at boosting the navy and exports following decades of decline in the sector, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
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For example, the Type 21 frigate, which ran about £28 million in 1978 — a cost of about £165 today, or $205 million today — would barely scratch the surface of paying for ships that are considered frigates today.
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The formation comprised three guided missile destroyers, three frigates, one supply ship, plus J-15 fighter jets and several ship-borne helicopters, according to a report by the Japanese news agency Kyodo, citing the nation's defence ministry.
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Koh said as well as the destroyers, frigates and submarines that would ordinarily support a carrier, the flotilla appeared to include a large oiler for re-supply as well as smaller corvettes and possibly fast attack catamarans.
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Earmarked for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the frigates fell victim to sanctions imposed by Ukraine in 212 after Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, prompting Kiev to ban the sale of the Ukrainian-made engines needed to propel them.
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The Asia Times, citing unidentified diplomatic sources and analysts, reported on Thursday that Beijing had been lobbying Cambodia since 2017 for the naval base, which could host frigates, destroyers and other vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
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Australia said in 0003 it would boost defense spending by A$30 billion by 2021, purchasing frigates, armored personnel carriers, strike fighter jets, drones and a fleet of new submarines - many of which would be built at home.
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This coming week, it will be exactly 22019 years since the Frigate Warren was anchored off Providence, R.I. Warren was the first of the 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress after we declared our independence from England.
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There is still a lot of criticism in Australia over the decision by the government to award a contract of over 23 billion euros for 9 frigates to BAE Systems and not to Fincantieri, Il Sole 24 Ore said.
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The army already feels more vulnerable than the other services because its urgent need for a new mechanised infantry vehicle can be more easily cut or postponed than "big ticket" items such as the navy's new Type 26 frigates.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's much-delayed new frigates, built by ThyssenKrupp and Luerssen for at least 650 million euros ($710 million) apiece, are overweight and float with a persistent list to starboard, according to a confidential report seen by Reuters.
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WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it had authorized the sale of two surplus U.S. Navy frigates to Taiwan for $190 million, subject to congressional approval, amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.
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He said he expects China to build around 20 of the high-end Type 055s and augment them with smaller Type 054 frigates and aircraft carriers in service or under construction to field four carrier battle groups by 2030.
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On Saturday, as F-18 Super Hornet jet fighters roared from the decks of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier during routine drills deep in the South China Sea, two Chinese frigates maintained a constant line-of-sight vigil.
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Streets usually filled with holiday-makers hoping to try their luck on the roulette wheels or surfers seeking to ride the Atlantic waves are now patrolled by police with assault rifles, while helicopters zoom overhead and frigates patrol the coast.
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The Liaoning carrier's J-15 fighter jets practiced air confrontations and air refueling in the Yellow Sea late last week before the ship and its flotilla of escorting frigates and destroyers headed into the open Pacific beyond Taiwan and Okinawa.
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In 2015, the Navy laid up the last of its 1980s-vintage Perry-class frigates, tough but lightly-armed vessels that spent their later years patrolling the Caribbean for drug smugglers or supporting Special Operations Forces off the coast of Africa.
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"There were some policy differences between the defense department and the navy over the 18 billion pesos ($358 million) acquisition of two brand-new frigates from South Korea," the military official said, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
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Last June, at an annual gathering of military bigwigs in Singapore, France's defence minister joshed her British counterpart by pointing out that the previous year both had vied to send more frigates to the Shangri-La Dialogue than the other.
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When Australia signed a $26 billion deal in June to buy nine British-designed -- albeit Australian-built -- anti-submarine warfare frigates, the Financial Times called it "a coup" for giant defense contractor BAE as Britain prepares to exit the European Union.
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B-52 bombers from the US Air Forces' Expeditionary 69th Bomb Squadron also dropped ordnance during the exercise, and the Republic of Singapore multirole stealth frigates RSS Formidable and RSS Intrepid fired surface-to-surface Harpoon missiles at the Ford.
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In short, rather than zipping across the universe in just one ship, players can now own a Star Destroyer-type capital ship, which can recruit several smaller Firefly-style frigates that players can send on missions for money and resources.
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It's an anachronistic little part of the game (the frigate can manage voyages across the galaxy but not replace its own damn spark plugs?), but it's fun to land on frigates to get a sense of how big they are.
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Japan is planning to speed up its warship building program that will make two frigates a year to patrol the perimeters of the East China Sea north of Taiwan, an area that both Japan and China claim island ownership, reports Reuters.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to accelerate a warship building program to make two frigates a year to patrol the fringes of the East China Sea, where it disputes island ownership with China, three people with knowledge of the plan said.
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You can build up, basically, a fleet or an armada of like up to 2150 frigates that ride along beside your freighter, and you can send them off on missions, a little bit like you would assassins in Assassins Creed.
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That seemed bad news for Lockheed, as the Navy contemplates the future of the LCS program -- to whom it should award the final batch of LCS contracts, and whom it should hire to build the "frigates" that will succeed the LCSes.
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