anti-air warfare

https://www.twz.com/air/hunt-for-anti-radiation-missile-that-can-down-enemy-radar-planes-kicked-off-by-navy

Agreed that the most likely next step after a blockade is an amphibious assault. Which is why 7th Fleet and SUBPAC are keeping a close eye on what's going on. Declaring a blockade would probably very quickly result in SUBPAC declaring unrestricted submarine warfare.

Ideally yes, but historically than hasn't always been the case, cf HMS Jervis Bay vs Admiral Scheer, and MV Ondina and HMIS Bengal vs Hokoku and Aikoku Maru. And while the operations in the Bab el Mandeb technically aren't convoy operations the Western warships there have often been acting...

I tried to locate any data or graphical representations of how the Mk2 Sea Dart (the one that was planned for Type 43 destroyer) could look, but apparently without success. Are there any? What where the differences with the original missile and how should it have looked, especially if adopted...

In the past, most people considered Sea Slug Mk1 a subsonic missile. but I noticed that the speed of it has been modified (about Mach 1.3) on the littilewars webpage. Could anyone provide me a more detailed explanation? For example, how do those fire reports describe it's speed?

Today, Fincantieri has officially handed over, at Muggiano shipyard, the amphibious vessel LPD “Al Fulk” to the Ministry of Defence of Qatar as the completion of a significant naval program for the Qatari Navy. This unit, equipped with a large flight deck that can host NH90 helicopters, a...

As many may be aware in the mid 60s the British were in a joint project with the Dutch to develop an advanced radar known as the Type 988 Broomstick, which was to be fitted to the Type 82 DLG and CVA01 carrier. When CVA01 was cancelled so too was British participation in the Type 988 project...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/09/25/dutch-navy-to-buy-armed-sidekick-ships-for-its-air-defense-frigates/ This really feels like a mini arsenal ship concept, wouldn't be surprised if they try to get this ship to be completely unmanned ( they are already mostly there with a...

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADP010844.pdf Note that the mention of 'battleships' in the paper is likely a reference to the Arsenal Ship concept which was in vogue at the time. Incidentally, this paper was part of a larger NATO sponsored report called the Concepts de systemes pour la...

The saga of the Royal Navy's carriers after 1966 has been the main focus of interest here, but the workhorse of the RN then as now was the frigate. By the 1970s the RN had plans to replace its Type 12 Leander class frigates with the larger all missile armed Type 22. Leanders were designed...

View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1816784858573664586 https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/advanced-weapons/cannon-based-air-defense Appears to be using XM913, 50mmx228mm

The Norwegian Navy seems to be circling in on a few options for their new multirole frigates to replace the Nansen class. View: https://twitter.com/JUitdeketting/status/1814370088583086517?t=vNTJSQAK8fIzGqBC2yZnkw&s=19

I noticed that Heemskerck-class frigates have two 2D radars: LW-08 and DA-05/08. So this type of frigates don't need a dedicated height-finding radar or a 3D radar? How do they get the altitude of engaging targets?

Does anybody have any info on these or any on Chinese ABM developements? All I have are these two photos and their names. Thanks.

Perhaps the most ambitious NATO programme of the 1980s was an attempt to design a common escort ship platform for NATO navies: NATO Frigate 90. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/nfr-90-and-other-pre-horizon-aaw-projects.923/ The project foundered as it became too expensive and failed to...

The GW96A class Missile Cruiser was cancelled by the Royal Navy in 1957, but, I do not seem able to find any ‘definitive’ statement about who/why the decision was made. I appreciate that in reality they were harking back to a previous era as modern Frigates had an adequate cruising range and...

Saw this in an article as I was looking for some information on the Reformers of the 1970s-1980s: "Hart and Lind have long made public their dismay with America's supercarriers, which, they argue at length, are vulnerable, too expensive to deploy in the numbers needed, and carry the wrong kind...

Just bought the 1968/9 and 1969/70 Jane's Fighting Ships and found two interesting West German naval projects which were planned for the 1970s but were different from the final vessels. The first is for 16 missile equipped fast patrol boats. These would carry the Tartar missile system in...

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/x80zhw/3500_x_2100the_proposed_but_never_built_cl154/ Incidentally the basis of the computer game World of Warships' Austin-class cruiser. If they had been built, they would have likely received the CLAA hull Hull classification symbol from...

Wiki has quite a good summary of the abortive attempt in the 1980s to design a common escort ship for NATO navies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFR-90 The thread about the Kidds for the RN reminded me of this programme. It ought to have been possible to design a ship flexible enough to...