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John Fedup

John Fedup

The Bunker Group
Well it seems some people in NK’s ship building industry will be departing for the here after shortly. Perhaps this is a solution for the idiots responsible for the Constellation C-F in the US.

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Aftermath Of Disastrous North Korean Frigate Launch Seen In Satellite Image

In a rare move, North Korea has admitted to the accident and Kim Jong Un is demanding severe punishment for those responsible. Kim Jong Un was on hand to watch the embarrassing incident unfold in the port city of Chongjin.
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koxinga

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Destroying a brand new, multi-million dollar warship in front of your Commander-in-Chief is career ending, anywhere.

'Cept this is case, it might well be hard labour for the rest of their lives if they are lucky.
 
John Fedup

John Fedup

The Bunker Group
koxinga said:
Destroying a brand new, multi-million dollar warship in front of your Commander-in-Chief is career ending, anywhere.

'Cept this is case, it might well be hard labour for the rest of their lives if they are lucky.
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I recall the execution of a general (and possibly he was a relative) being shot by an anti aircraft gun. Guessing Kim will want something similar or even more intense to intimidate his flock.
 
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koxinga

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IIRC, it didn't happen. He later resurfaced in photos. NK is a brutal regime but I tend to be skeptical of the more outlandish claims.
 
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kato

The Bunker Group
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koxinga said:
I tend to be skeptical of the more outlandish claims.
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On a general note, every time you see those more outlandish claims, it's Chosun Ilbo who "first publishes them". That's a far-right South Korean newspaper notorious for its anti-North stance.
 
Ananda

Ananda

The Bunker Group
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MADEX 2025: Hanwha positions Frigate 4000 for Thai navy requirements

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has introduced a new counter-drone-optimised product known as the Frigate 4000 and is positioning it in anticipation of the Royal...
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According to Jane's this Frigate 4000 is being prepare for Thai follow on order. Thai Navy building program somewhat lag behind the neighbours. Even Philippines now already have four new Light Frigate from ROK.
 
Sandhi Yudha

Sandhi Yudha

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Some naval news from North Europe.
The Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet) has 5 large frigates in its fleet, and it plans to replace them with 6 new frigates in the coming years.
The shipyards which built the last frigates, Svendborg Skibsværft and Odense Staalskibsværft, do not exist anymore, but still Denmark plans to build the new frigates as much as possible in Denmark.

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'Denemarken wil zes nieuwe fregatten'

25 kleinere nieuwe marineschepen in eigen land
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For almost 20 years, the Visbyklasse corvettes sail around without an air defence system, but at last starting in 2026, these ships will receive the Sea Ceptor. The new Sea Ceptor will be integrated with the 9LV CMS.
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Vanaf 2026 luchtverdediging voor Zweedse stealth-korvetten

Visbyklasse krijgt Sea Ceptor.
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Ananda

Ananda

The Bunker Group

Video from HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industry), it is Korean, but we can interprete the video content. They are talking on HHI present products (domestic and export), also the vision on the near future. With both HHI and Hanwha Ocean, we can see DPRK new Destroyer has no chance in open ocean. Shown why they are using on litoral environment to survive.
 
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kato

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76mmGuns said:
I was wondering how China maintains it's large sub fleet given it's under 30 yo people are not any less connected to the internet and online games than any other nation's. Any ideas?
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Manning-wise relative to population the PLAN is only half the size that Navies in e.g. Commonwealth countries typically are (one quarter compared to the USA). Meaning they have a significantly larger recruitment pool and proportionally to industry/business recruitment less competition.
 
Ananda

Ananda

The Bunker Group
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Danish Chief of Defence recommends abandoning frigate upgrade - Naval News

The Danish Chief of Defence has recommended to abandon the ongoing repair and planned upgrade of the Danish Navy's Iver Huitfeldt-class air defence frigates.
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The Danish defense ministry seems still don't manage to sort out whats the problem on Missiles systems softwares. This seems put them on problematic investment calculation to pursue systems upgrade. Thus choices to downgrade Iver Class from AAW dedicated Frigates to Patrol Frigates.

UK, Polish and Indonesian Arrowhead 140 base Frigates are all base from Iver class. I don't know if Danish situation reflect on their Frigates progress. I suspect should be minimal as they opted to different missiles systems. However still interesting to follow.
 
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swerve

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Iver Huitfeldt class uses the Danish Terma C-Flex combat management system. It's also used by some other Danish navy ships, & ships in other countries, but I think they haven't had the same problems, perhaps because they don't use the elements which failed. The problems seem to be specific to C-Flex Combat. Other C-Flex users have C-Flex Patrol, AFAIK. According to Terma, C-Flex is modular, & I imagine that the frigates have additional modules, & the problem may be in them - or one of them, or an interface.

Arrowhead 140 frigates don't use C-Flex. Type 31 & the Polish frigates have the Thales Nederland Tacticos CMS, which is in many ships, in many navies. Reports online say that the Indonesian frigates have the Turkish Havelsan ADVENT CMS . Chile's just signed a contract to fit it two old ex-Dutch Karel Doorman frigates, & it's in Pakistan's Turkish-designed Babur-class corvettes/light frigates.
 
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