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Lockheed Martin has confirmed Sweden's Visby class corvettes will use three-cell Extensible Launching System (ExLS) launchers to fire their forthcoming Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMM).
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Sweden’s Stealthy Visby Corvettes Getting Mk 41 Based Vertical Launch Systems For Air Defense Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

Iran has developed a reputation for launching some unconventional naval vessels, some of them downright bizarre — at least when compared with their equivalents elsewhere in the world. Its latest offering, the Zagros, is very much in keeping with this trend: a surveillance ship based on a corvette hull, an unorthodox approach for a type of vessel that’s normally converted from a commercial hull.
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Iran Unveils New Spy Ship Based On Corvette Hull

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

A new photo has emerged of China’s mysterious stealthy Chinese corvette or light frigate, an intriguing design, with apparent low-observable features, which you can read more about here. In fact, the latest photo raises more questions than it answers, in particular the presumed HQ-10 surface-to-air missile launcher at the rear of the vessel apparently being something else entirely.
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Our Best Look At China’s Stealthy Experimental Corvette

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

A missile is launched from the Sa'ar 6-class corvette during the series of live-fire tests of the naval version of its Iron Dome missile-defense system, called "C-Dome"at sea on February 21, 2022.
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Israel’s Ship-Based Iron Dome Just Got Its First Combat Kill

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 9, 2024

Eliat Sa'ar 6 drone attack.
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Israel’s Most Advanced Warship Nearly Struck By Long-Range Attack Drone (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 1, 2024

MBDA will supply CAMM for the Swedish Navy’s five Visby class corvettes, which will deploy them from MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defense system.
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Sweden’s Stealth Visby Corvettes To Get New Air Defense Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 18, 2023

The Russian missile corvette Askold was badly damaged in a Ukrainian cruise missile attack.
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Russian Warship Seen Badly Damaged By Ukrainian Cruise Missile

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 6, 2023

Israel has deployed missile corvettes to the Red Sea as a protection against Houthi missile and drone launches.
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Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Sa’ar 5 Corvettes Moved To Red Sea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 1, 2023

North Korea corvette nuclear armed
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“Strategic” Cruise Missile Tested From North Korea’s New Corvette

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 21, 2023

THAI CORVETTE TOPSHOT
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Thai Warship Sinks After Power Loss In Heavy Storm, Dozens Still Missing (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

Shahid Soleimani stealth corvette IRGCN
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What We Know About Iran’s Newly Unveiled Catamaran Warship

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Sep 7, 2022

ARab Israel Air Defense network
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Israel-Arab Air Defense Alliance A Real Possibility Due To Iran Threat

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

TOR RUSSIAN CORVETTE BLACK SEA SHIP
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Ground-Based Tor SAM System Seen Strapped To Russian Black Sea Warship

By Howard Altman, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 7, 2022

The Curious Case Of Russia’s ‘Back From The Dead’ Warship That Ukraine Supposedly Struck
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The Curious Case Of Russia’s ‘Back From The Dead’ Warship That Ukraine Supposedly Struck

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 17, 2022

Israeli Warships Fire Missiles At Gaza While Hamas Takes Aim At Offshore Oil Platforms
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Israeli Warships Fire Missiles At Gaza While Hamas Takes Aim At Offshore Oil Platforms

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 17, 2021

Israeli Corvette Emerges With A Double Load Of Iron Dome Missiles As Potential Threats Grow
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Israeli Corvette Emerges With A Double Load Of Iron Dome Missiles As Potential Threats Grow

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jan 19, 2021