Dimitris Mitsopoulos (D-Mitch) ⚓️ Analyst of naval ships, weapons & fleets ⚓️ Editorial contributor @JanesINTEL, @navalnewscom & @warshipworld
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UPDATE: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (#JMSDF) by Feb 1, 2023! Graph #1 depicts all active helicopter destroyers/light aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers, frigates, fast attack missile craft and naval aviation. 🇯🇵💪🏻
Details and HR image at navalanalyses.com/2019/01/fl…
The first warships built for the @HellenicNavy since the 1930s were six Nasty-class (Improved Tjeld) torpedo boats, built in Lindesnes, Norway, in 1966–67 and delivered in 1967.
Four remained in service until the late 1980s, when they were converted into coastal patrol vessels. The refit included removing their torpedo launchers, replacing one of the 40 mm guns with a 20 mm gun, and installing new engines and sensors.
Remarkably, they served until 2021 (one) and 2026 (three), when they were replaced by Island-class patrol vessels.
Photos via DDR | forums.airbase.ru.
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China’s New Trimaran Submarine: 16 Missiles And An Unconventional Design 🇨🇳
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Yet again—this time thanks to pioneering research by Rear Admiral Philip Yu, @USNavy (Ret.) & Benjamin Rosen—the @NavalWarCollege/@ChinaMaritime Studies Institute (CMSI) offers insights available nowhere else in the #OpenSource world!
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This penetrating deep dive surfaces pressing questions:
⚓ What is the cost of #China #Navy reliance on Dual Command Structure (Commanding Officer-Political Commissar) decision-making & Party Committee Meetings?
⚓ Particularly during time-sensitive or wartime submarine operations?
⚓ With all the communications/bandwidth challenges that operating submerged (& *hopefully* undetected) entails?
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🇮🇱🤝🇬🇷 JOINT NAVAL EXERCISE: The Israeli Navy and Hellenic Navy conducted a joint exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, led by the commanders of both navies.
During the exercise, forces practiced identifying and neutralizing maritime threats, sailing as a joint task force, and sinking a hostile vessel using missile fire.
The exercise strengthens operational cooperation between Israel and Greece, enhancing joint capabilities to address emerging threats and maintain security and freedom of navigation in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Greek surface and special operations craft validated their new Rafael-made missile systems, while a coordinated submarine torpedo strike sent the decommissioned frigate Bouboulina to the bottom of the Cretan Sea 🇬🇷
By @D__Mitch
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Under a recent FMS program, MSI Defense announced it successfully integrated 20mm LIONFISH weapon systems onto ex-USCG cutters bound for the Hellenic Navy 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇬🇷
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Stark’s Vanta-12 USV 👇
This is what NATO innovation looks like
From drones in the air to uncrewed vessels at sea, NATO Allies, partners and industry came together to test the technologies shaping the future of naval operations
ALT An Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) developed by STARK operates at speed during maritime trials at REPMUS 2026. The exercise brought NATO Allies, partners and industry together in Portugal to test the latest unmanned and autonomous technologies in a real-world maritime environment. From drones and robotic vessels to AI and advanced sensors, REPMUS 2026 helped NATO explore how emerging technologies could be integrated into future operations.
🇪🇬 Egyptian warships fitted with newly installed, unidentified antennas while entering Souda Bay, Greece, in September 2026. Photos by D173457Q Brian.
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"Ghost Shark has teeth now." - @PatConroy1, Australia's Minister for Defence Industry.
The @ausgov and @Australian_Navy confirmed the payloads that our Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous submarine carries: sea mines, logistics caches, and air-launched effects for ISR and strike.
Ghost Sharks are rolling off the production line. Payload testing is active.
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Norwegian media reporting today that Britain will buy up to 6 of the naval version of the Norwegian standardised multirole vessels. These will be used to replace River batch 1 OPVs and Hunt class minehunters. Will be able to support drones. nordicdefencesector.com/en/a…
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Indonesian Navy #TNIAL Van Speijk/Leander-class frigate, KRI Oswald Siahaan (354), and Fatahillah-class frigate, KRI Fatahillah (361), both built by 🇳🇱, currently undergoing MRO at @PTPAL_INDONESIA shipyard
📸PAL
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Το πρώτο Ελληνικό αυτόνομο υποβρύχιο όχημα στη Euronaval 2026!
Η MARESCO θα εκπροσωπήσει τη χώρα μας παρουσιάζοντας το MAR-01 μία εξελιγμένη αυτόνομη υποβρύχια πλατφόρμα πολλαπλών αποστολών.
Καλή επιτυχία στη MARESCO και σε όλες τις 🇬🇷 εταιρείες που θα παρεβρεθούν.
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The Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyers appear to have received a new C-UAS system for self protection against drones. Images released recently by the UK MoD show HMS Dauntless (D33) sporting two mystery containers that are likely acting as interceptor drone launchers 🇬🇧
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The Hellenic Navy is currently testing several @Saronic Corsair autonomous unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and has submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) to the United States for the procurement of at least 30 vessels to expand its unmanned maritime capabilities 🇬🇷🇺🇸
By @D__Mitch
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S-fregat Bouboulina, ex-Pieter Florisz, wordt tot zinken gebracht. Het schip was sinds 2002 in Griekse dienst en is richting Kreta gesleept voor de ondergang. Meer in dit gratis artikel: marineschepen.nl/nieuws/S-fr…
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The F127 frigate/destroyer/cruiser design seems to have completely changed... 🤔
Via the new dedicated F127 Tkms website f127.tkmsgroup.com/
Corsair USV of @Saronic during trials with the Hellenic Navy in Greece.
Στα εγκαίνια της Διακλαδικής Σχολής Μη Επανδρωμένων, αλλά και των Αυτονόμων Συστημάτων Θάλασσας. Ένα περαιτέρω βήμα, που δημιουργεί τεράστιες δυνατότητες για το Πολεμικό Ναυτικό μας στο Αρχιπέλαγος, με τα Αυτόνομα Συστήματα τα οποία μπορούν να προσφέρουν απεριόριστες δυνατότητες στην επιτήρηση και αναγνώριση, στην προστασία των λιμένων, στον ναρκοπόλεμο και στην ασφάλεια των υποδομών.
Αυτό το νέο Πολεμικό Ναυτικό με τις σύγχρονες πλατφόρμες, θα μπορεί να προστατεύει όχι μόνο την κυριαρχία και τα κυριαρχικά δικαιώματα, αλλά και τα ενεργειακά και επικοινωνιακά δίκτυα στον βυθό, τα οποία είναι επίσης απαραίτητα για την ασφάλεια της Πατρίδας.
(από τον χαιρετισμό μου στην τελετή των εγκαινίων του Κέντρου Διακλαδικής Εκπαίδευσης Μη Επανδρωμένων και Αυτόνομων Θαλάσσιων Συστημάτων στο Κέντρο Εκπαίδευσης ΠΑΛΑΣΚΑΣ του ΠΝ)
#HellenicNavy
Former 🇬🇷 Hellenic Navy frigate F463 Bouboulina (2001–2013) is being towed to Souda, Crete, possibly to serve as a target during an exercise. Before entering #HellenicNavy service, she served with the 🇳🇱 Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Pieter Florisz (F826), the last Kortenaer-class frigate, commissioned in 1983. Photo by Pantelis Fyssas.
