http://lenta.ru/news/2015/03/16/delaet_sama/

Substantial news. Gremyshii and Provornii (the first two 20385 ships under construction @ Severnaya) will be delivered with domestic engines, not the German diseals.

Kolomnesky is really getting a chance to get their stuff together. Hope they make the best of it.

http://survincity.com/2012/04/kolomna-plant-sent-to-the-shipyard-diesel-diesel/
http://www.kolomnadiesel.com/eng/

1. Navigational radar station MR-212/201-1M.
http://www.gorizontrostov.ru/en/mr231-3.html
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Singapore retires two submarines, launches training centre

Not surprising:
Centurion/Sjöormen first commisioned 31 July 1968
Challenger/Sjöbjörnen firt commisioned 28 Feb 1969

Cuban shipyard to repair Venezuelan missile frigate

Northrop Grumman Redelivers Venezuelan Frigate After Extensive Modernization and Upgrades – May 17, 2002 15:22 ET | Source: Northrop Grumman Corp. –
See more at: http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2002/05/17/287380/27593/en/Northrop-Grumman-Redelivers-Venezuelan-Frigate-After-Extensive-Modernization-and-Upgrades.html#sthash.N9mb3Ehk.dpuf

Only the first pair (of 6) were refitted/upgraded by Ingalls shipbuilding over a four years period (1998–2002). Modifications included:
Fitting of Elbit NTCS 2000 combat management system
Fitting of Elta EL/M-2238 Single Face STAR 3D air/surface radar
Fitting of Northrop Grumman 21 HS-7 hull sonar
Fitting of Elisra NS-9003 ESM system
Fitting of Elisra NS-9005 ECM system
Replacement of 2 GMT A230-20M diesel engines with 2 MTU 20V 1163.

The other ships in Venezuelan service are expected to undergo an austere version of this upgrade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupo-class_frigate#Venezuelan_Navy

1. Long live wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA.20

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The Nord AS-30 ASM was developed for the Vautour, the Etendard and the Mirage.
second operational AAM, the Nord-5103 (AA-20), was in service with other fighters [besides Voutour] as well ( Mystere, Aquilon and Super Mystere).
http://www.oocities.org/zvika47.geo/arms-fr.htm

2. The Matra R.530 is a French medium to short range air-to-air missile. It was available in Infrared homing and SARH. Not to be confused with Super 530 with mono-pulse AD26 CW Doppler semi-active seeker (SARH only)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.530

3. NO. Though is could probabley work with MICA-IR version.

What an embarrassment. I really like this part of the article ” Canada’s submarines were bought second-hand from Britain for $896 million in 1998. Critics believe they’ve cost at least twice that much to fix, maintain and update to modern standards.”

Sure one had a dent in it. We knew that going into the deal. But to pull systems out of the old Oberon class and try to marry it up to the upholders. No wonder there was a fire and glitches ever since. Could we not have just left them the way they were? We actually would have gained a new capability with the Harpoon missile. And there would not be this much teething problems.

If it ain’t broke ….

At least Iran conducted an at sea test of their anti carrier technology where China has been bragging about the DF-21 ASBM and has never conducted an at sea test of their system.

What anti carrier technology? You see a few missiles launched up, but never anything coming down to hit. The rest are unstabilized MRL on fast boats. Besides, how does the survivability of the target compare to the real thing? And wasn’t the target fix in place (rather than doing 30+ kt), unescorted (without AEGIS/SM6 cover).