Modern Navies

Lafayette class Frigate (1992)

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French Navy: 5 Frigates (F710-714), active: La Fayette, Surcouf, Courbet, Aconit, Guépratte. Bastille Day ! The Lafayette class were the last French Frigates designed in the Cold War, with a construction which started in 1990 and five completed until 2001, all active today and modernized. Their specificity was to embrace fully the stealthy characteristics we … Read more

Type 001 CNS Liaoning (16)

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Chinese PLAN Aircraft Carrier. Comp. 2011, comm. 2012, Active CNS Liaoning (16) is the sole Chinese Type 001 aircraft carrier and first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army Navy Surface Force, now considered a training ship and officially designed to familiarize the PLAN aircraft carrier operations. Her career is currently of twelve year … Read more