On China’s Navy Day, a series of promotional videos were released. Aircraft carriers, large destroyers, and submarines—one after another—were shown. However, one ship slipped…
The United States Navy desperately needs new hulls. To arrest the collapse of its surface fleet numbers, the Pentagon is converting the Coast Guard's…
From the sudden cancellation of Gearing and Sumner class hulls at the close of World War II to the futuristic stealth concepts of the…
The U.S. Navy's/Marines newest amphibious ship, the McClung-class Medium Landing Ship (LSM), is being hailed as a revolution for Force Design 2030. But is…
The sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena on 4 March 2026 marked one of the most significant naval incidents in the expanding conflict…
The Chi Yang-class frigate is a class of guided missile frigates operated by the Republic of China Navy (Taiwan), originally built as the U.S.…
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In the shadow of frigates and nuclear submarines, three French ships play a vital role in France's strategic power: the Monge, the Dupuy de…
Today, the biggest news comes from Russia. Here, Russian naval power is facing one of its most dramatic setbacks of the war, signaling another…
On the morning of March 4, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that a U.S. submarine had sunk an Iranian frigate in the…
We discuss the sinking of the Iranian frigate Dena by the USS Charlotte off the coast of Sri Lanka and the impact this is…
Today, there are important updates from Iran. Here, high-ranking members of the Iranian government and key naval assets were targeted by precise US-Israeli strikes,…
U.S. Navy submarine unleashes a historic Mark 48 torpedo strike, sinking Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean—the first combat torpedo kill since…
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted Israel's Ben Gurion airport and an air force base in the area with “heavy Khorramshahr-4 missiles”The Iran…
According to reports, a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine engaged an Iranian Moudge-class Frigate, the IRIS Dena, using a Mk 48 heavy torpedo, which…
The Iranian Moudge-class frigate IRIS Dena was sunk in the Indian Ocean by a US Navy attack submarine. The vessel was transiting international waters…
The OSINT Report | Special Intelligence Brief | March 4, 2026On March 4, 2026, the rules of naval warfare changed. For the first time…
Four Russian ships were hit by drones in an attack on Novorossiysk. This included the Admiral Grigorovich class frigate the Admiral Essen. An Alexandrit-class…
IRAN (DAY 6): The sixth day of the war against Iran’s Revolutionary Guards is underway as Israel and the United States add more firepower.…
IRIS Dena was a modern Moudge class frigate of the Iranian navy - but in March 2026 she was hunted down and destroyed at…
Reports this week suggest Iran’s navy is suffering significant losses at sea, including a frigate struck near Bandar-Abbas and another reportedly sunk by a…
American airstrikes on Iranian ports have destroyed at least a dozen Iranian warships including the IRIS Makran which is their largest warship, Alvand-class frigates,…
The Istanbul-class frigate (also referred to as the İstif-class under Türkiye’s MİLGEM (Milli Gemi – “National Ship”) programme) is a modern, multirole surface combatant…
