Canada planning a purchase of 12 subs for around $60 billion.

So what options are on the table?
standard-freeholder.com/news/national/… Join AUKUS 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 and go nuclear ☢️

This is probably the most out their option, but with the UK, US, and Aus joining forces on new subs, is it that much of a stretch to let another Five Eyes partner into the club?

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https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1643672594984345601

Imagine the scenes if Frank Lampard comes back and wins the Champions League

.@BAES_Maritime has cut steel on the UK’s fourth Type 26 frigate HMS Birmingham and made progress on the site of its future shipbuilding hall, filling in a former wet basin. #Shipbuilding #RoyalNavy
shephardmedia.com/news/naval-war… Cutting steel for HMS Birmingham, marks the formal start of production of the second batch of Type 26 frigates, following the award of a £4.2 billion contract for five further ships to BAE Systems in November last year.

NATO's newest member will start production of a fleet of new multi-purpose frigates before the end of the year!

https://twitter.com/ShephardNews/status/1643267208150220800

The multi-role corvettes will be capable of anti-surface warfare (ASuW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and minelaying.

Finland has already selected Israel Aerospace Industries' Gabriel anti-ship missile, BAE's 57mm gun, Saab's Torped 47 lightweight torpedo and the Raytheon ESSM.

A thread of everything the UK has *officially* given to Ukraine:

A squadron of 14 Challenger 2 Tanks with armoured recovery and repair vehicles

20 battle-ready AS90 self-propelled 155mm guns and a further 12 at varying states of readiness for replenishment and spares. Several hundred armoured and protected vehicles

100,000 rounds of artillery ammunition in 2022, and 100,000 more planned for 2023

Over 10,000 anti-tank weapons, including 5,500ish NLAW, plus Javelins, Brimstones and other ATGMS

M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems and ammo

In a now-deleted web post, the Bundeswehr detailed how the German Navy must prepare for future conflicts, describing the shape of its fleet and a need for large numbers of uncrewed systems.
shephardmedia.com/news/naval-war… The report included a table detailing the German Navy's envisaged 2035+ fleet, which provides for six F127 frigates, six F126 frigates, three F125 frigates, six to nine K130 corvettes, six to nine Type 212CD submarines and up to 12 Type 332 MCMVs.

- Thread - Everything we know about Ukraine's maritime drones

Today Ukraine launched a fundraising campaign to build at least 100 multi-purpose USVs. Ukraine says the USVs will be used to 'defend the waters of our seas, stop russian ships carrying missiles from leaving the bay, protect merchant ships, and perform secret missions.'

The CTA International CT40 Cannon: proven system or cause of delays? Be it on AJAX, WCSP, or Jaguar conflicting opinions have emerged in recent weeks - full story linked below 👇

Gonna tread some old ground, and some new.
army-technology.com/features/ct40-… First the cannon: CT40 is mandated by MOD in the U.K. and DGA in France. CTA or cased telescoped armament system is made by CTA International - a consortium of BAE Systems and Nexter, with its HQ in France.