The Chinese navy is the largest in the world in terms of number of vessels. It is estimated that the navy has 41 destroyers across eight classes. Its most powerful destroyer class, the Type 055 or ...
A little over five years ago, in 2019, the contract award for the build of five new Type 31 frigates for the UK Royal Navy was announced, the culmination of years of competition that saw a range of ...
Steel for the U.K. Royal Navy’s first new Type 31 frigate was cut on Sept. 24, raising hopes that the service may secure a larger fleet of frontline warships in the long term. With the fall in the ...
The following post has been updated to correct the cost of the Type-31 program. The U.K. plans to pay $1.6 billion for all five hulls, not $1.6 billion for each hull. LONDON — The victory of the ...
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