Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Heavier Australian AFVs mean bigger landing craft needed
Australia’s move towards heavier armoured vehicles means that the Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will need new landing craft to move these assets from ship to shore.
The Boxer 8x8 is replacing the ASLAV, either the Hanwha AS21 Redback or Rheinmetall KF41 Lynx will succeed the M113AS4 ...
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Royal Jordanian Naval Force to receive two patrol boats
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PREMIUM: Iran’s new warship dismissed as ‘vanity project’
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RAM Systems awarded modification for Rolling Airframe Missile delivery to German Navy
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PREMIUM: Might the mysterious Type 32 ‘frigate’ really be the UK’s MCM replacement?
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