Warships

Naval combat vessels including destroyers, frigates, and patrol ships.

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How Many Aircraft Carriers Does China Have? Liaoning to Fujian

How Many Aircraft Carriers Does China Have? Liaoning to Fujian

China has three aircraft carriers in service: the Liaoning, the Shandong and the Fujian, which was commissioned in November 2025. That gives it the second-largest...

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How Many Aircraft Carriers Does the UK Have? Queen Elizabeth Class

How Many Aircraft Carriers Does the UK Have? Queen Elizabeth Class

The United Kingdom has two aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. They are the largest warships the Royal Navy has ever...

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Type 26 vs FREMM vs Constellation, the West’s Next Frigates Compared

Type 26 vs FREMM vs Constellation, the West’s Next Frigates Compared

Type 26 vs FREMM vs Constellation is the three-way contest defining Western frigate design, with 29 Type 26-family hulls planned across three navies, 18 FREMMs...

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Germany Doubles MEKO A-200 Frigate Order as Bundestag Approves Four More Ships for €5 Billion

Germany Doubles MEKO A-200 Frigate Order as Bundestag Approves Four More Ships for €5 Billion

Germany's parliament has given the green light to a second batch of four anti-submarine warfare frigates under the MEKO A-200 DEU programme, with the Bundestag...

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US Navy Commissions Flight III Destroyer USS Ted Stevens in Alaska

US Navy Commissions Flight III Destroyer USS Ted Stevens in Alaska

The U.S. Navy has commissioned USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), its newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, in a ceremony held on October 3,...

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Japan to Transfer Five Abukuma-Class Destroyers to the Philippines

Japan to Transfer Five Abukuma-Class Destroyers to the Philippines

Japan and the Philippines have finalized the terms of a transfer that Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has called "a done deal": five of...

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Babcock International Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Babcock International Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Babcock International Group PLC is a London-headquartered engineering services and defence company that maintains Royal Navy nuclear submarines at Devonport, builds Type 31 frigates at...

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Fincantieri Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Fincantieri Company Profile, Products, Employees and Revenue

Fincantieri is an Italian state-controlled shipbuilder headquartered in Trieste that builds cruise ships, naval vessels, submarine and underwater systems, offshore vessels and ship equipment. It...