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NAVAL NEWS FEBRUARY 2023
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According to information published by VietnamNet on February 12, 2023, a Vietnamese Navy's Ex Hamilton-class cutter and the Royal Navy's River class offshore patrol vessel HMS Spey conducted a joint exercise on the waters of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
According to a tweet published by Capt_Navy on February 12, 2023, new pictures have been released showing the Project 22160 patrol ship Serguey Kotov equipped with the Tor M2KM SAM system.
According to information published by Global Times on February 13, 2023, Chinese elements, including a destroyer from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, Chinese exhibitors, and Pakistani vessels built by China, came under the spotlight at the ongoing AMAN-23 multinational maritime exercise and the concurrent Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference (PIMEC) in Karachi, Pakistan.
According to information published by the Japanese MoD on February 12, 2023, a Chinese Navy's Type 636 hydrographic survey ship moving northward in Japan's adjacent waters south of Yakushima.
According to information published by Tass on February 13, 2023, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate trained torpedo defense in the Atlantic, the Defense Ministry said.
According to information published by Manila Bulletin on February 13, 2023, a China Coast Guard ship (CCG) directed a military-grade laser light at the Philippine Parola class patrol vessel BRP Malapascual in Ayungin Shoal, West Philippine Sea, causing temporary blindness to a Filipino coast guardian.
According to information published on its Twitter account, on February 10, 2023, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, reported that two Kalibr cruise missiles launched by Russian navy ships against Ukraine entered the airspace of Romania.
According to information published by the US DoD on February 10, 2023, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) antenna landed on the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29).
According to a PR published by Thales on February 10, 2023, Thales and Schiebel are pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence to deliver a game-changing rotary wing Uncrewed Air System (UAS) to provide a protective ‘eye in the sky’ capability for Royal Navy warships.
According to information published by Tass on February 10, 2023, the agreement between Moscow and Khartoum on the establishment of a logistic center for the Russian Navy in Sudan is in the process of ratification, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint news conference with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq Ali.
According to a PR published by BAE Systems on February 9, 2023, the company has marked the start of construction of the third Dreadnought Class submarine, Warspite, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
According to information published by the Spanish MoD on February 10, 2023, the Spanish Meteoro class OPV Audaz conducts an exercise with US Coast Guard Spencer in the Gulf of Guinea.
According to information published by the Colombian Navy on February 7, 2023, the Ex Pohang class corvette ARC Almirante Tono and the D'Entrecasteaux-class patrol ship Dumont d'Urville conducts exercise.
According to information published by the New Straits Times on January 30, 2023, the procurement of the first batch of the Maharaja Lela class frigates has been reduced from six to five vessels.
According to information published by the Pakistan MoD on February 9, 2023, the Pakistan Navy is to start officially the multinational naval exercise Aman 2023.
According to information published by Defense Studies on February 9, 2023, the fifth Sampari class Fast Attack Craft KRI Kapak successfully carried out a series of live fire tests.
According to information published by the French MFA on February 7, 2023, the French Navy's FREMM DA frigate Alsace makes a port visit in Haifa, Israel.
According to information published by the US DoD on February 8, 2023, the U.S. Navy, in partnership with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) representatives, awarded an $8.6 million foreign military sale in December 2022 to Raytheon Intelligence & Space for the procurement and delivery of a Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) unit.
According to information published by Austal on February 7, 2023, Austal Australia has successfully launched the fifth Evolved Cape class patrol boat (ECCPB) for the Royal Australian Navy.
According to information published by Daily Sabbah on February 8, 2023, Spain is sending its amphibious assault ship Juan Carlos and the Galicia class landing platform dock Galicia to Türkiye.
