INS Vela, the fourth submarine in the series of six submarines of Project-75, was commissioned on 25 Nov 21 in the presence of Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff. The formal commissioning ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

The Scorpene Class submarines are being b…

SOCHI —. The first Russian-made Kornet anti-tank missile launchers will arrive in Serbia before the end of 2021, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Thursday.

“The first deliveries will be carried out before the end of the ye…

The Netherlands Coastguard will receive two new helicopters for search and rescue (SAR) in the 4th quarter of next year. The Ministry of Defense recently concluded a contract with Bristow Nederland B.V. That company will also maintain the aircraft and supply the crews.

With the agreement, the Coa…

During the past week, there has been an extra lot of marine activity in Hanö Bay. Ships from the two naval battalions have practiced air defense in everything from sunshine and calm winds to gale winds and rain. Varied weather thus, just as the activities at sea have been.

Attack aircraft and ant…

Soldiers completed firings using RBS-70 anti-aircraft missile, achieving three ‘first’: They fired for the first time as part of a deployment on a foreign mission, for the first time in Lithuania, and for the first time the RBS-70 systems destroyed an aerial target.

The firings took place at the …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) arrived in Wellington, New Zealand, Nov. 26 for a routine port visit.

This port visit is an indication of the depth of the relationship between New Zealand and the U.S. The U.S. Navy along with its networ…