Current Events in Europe

Kongsberg studies JSM for submarine launch (Jane's)

Russian Navy to Get Dugon Landing Ships This Year (RIA Novosti)

DCNS Lorient Shipyard Visit and FREMM Frigates Program Update with Vincent Martinot-Lagarde (Navy Recognition) Lots of pics. FREMM spec sheet (Navy Recognition)

Swedish government approves 60-aircraft Gripen E programme (Flight Global) Sweden To Order 60 Gripen Fighter Jets (DefenseNews)

Great stuff (especially from a Harpoon DB perspective) on the Royal Navy's planned Type 26 frigate: Q&A with BAE Systems on Type 26 Frigate Design Update at Euronaval 2012 (Navy Recognition) Type 26 changes again (UK Armed Forces Commentary blog) Type 26 Frigate - Global Combat Ship (Navy Recognition)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYHAEVloRQ

First Borey Class Nuclear Sub to Join Russian Navy on Sunday (RIA Novosti)

Russia postpones Mistral project to 2016 (RIA Novosti)

Commercial sale of Type 22 frigates (Defense Aerospace)

Russia to Develop Precision Conventional ICBM Option (RIA Novosti)

Russia to test 11 ICBMs in 2013 (RIA Novosti) We need more 'strategic level' scenarios, even if they do tend to end in a firestorm.

http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20121210/178055907.html (RIA Novosti)

Russia's Su-34 fleet found to have serious defects (Flight Global's DEW Line blog)

1st A400M To Be Delivered in 2nd Quarter of ’13 (DefenseNews)

Eurofighter Typhoon releases first Meteor missile (Flight Global)

U.K. Mulls Sea King Successors (Aviation Week)

From Mer et Marine (in French, but with a lot of photos): http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/le-drone-neuron-prend-son-envol

Aerotechnica upgrades 'Guideline' for an unidentified customer (Jane's) Talk about recycling.

Dutch and Belgian M class frigates (Karel Doorman) are receiving new squared mast with Seastar/Sea Watcher 100 four faces radar with some 40 Km range, for continuous detection of small naval sea crafts in asymetrical confrontations, also they will receive Gatekeeper new LLTV and IR sensors (in French): http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/un-nouveau-mat-pour-la-fregate-belge-leopold-ier

Delivery of the first FREMM frigate (Defense Aerospace)