Vietnam aims to counter China with sub deal: analysts

Vietnam's major arms deal with Russia, reported to involve the purchase of six submarines, aims to bolster claims against China over potentially resource-rich islands in the South China Sea, analysts say.

Chinese People's Liberation Army

While much of Vietnam's military hardware is antiquated, it has decided to devote substantial resources to developing an underwater fleet as concerns mount over tensions with its giant neighbour over the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos, they say.

"I think their primary rationale is to counteract the military build-up that the Chinese have had in the South China Sea," said Richard Bitzinger, a regional defence analyst with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

Vietnam and Russia signed the long-planned deal on Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to Moscow.

Details were not released but Russia's Interfax news agency reported that Vietnam had agreed to buy six Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines for about two billion dollars.

A Russian Navy officer stands on duty in a Kilo-class submarine

Vietnam's move is not surprising "given the concerns they have about the maritime environment, particularly in the South China Sea," said Peter Abigail, director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

In the latest incident, Vietnam on Tuesday delivered a diplomatic note to the Chinese embassy in Hanoi demanding China return two fishing boats and equipment seized from Vietnamese fishermen in waters around the Paracels.

Vietnam has previously reported similar cases, and fishermen earlier this year said they were seeing an increasing number of armed Chinese patrol ships in disputed waters.

Taiwan also claims the Paracels -- which China occupies -- while the Spratlys are claimed in full or part by China and Vietnam as well as the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

Graphic on the disputed Spratly islands

The sovereignty row has gone on for years. In 1988 Vietnam and China fought a brief naval battle near one of the Spratly reefs. More than 50 Vietnamese sailors died.

Two years ago a Chinese naval vessel fired at a Vietnamese fishing boat near the Spratlys, killing one sailor, reports said.

The archipelagos are considered strategic outposts with potentially vast oil and gas reserves, and rich fishing grounds.

Last week, Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Vietnam's deputy minister of defence, called the maritime tensions "a matter of concern".

That was the most forthright assessment yet by a Vietnamese defence official on the issue, said Carl Thayer, a Vietnam specialist with the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Vinh said the issue would not lead to conflict because international law provides a basis for a resolution, and Vietnam's policy is to ensure a peaceful outcome.

But Vietnam, with a long coastline and offshore oil potential, has faced a "strategic vulnerability" which it is now trying to address, Thayer said.

In Moscow, Dung confirmed only that the arms deal included submarines along with aircraft and "military equipment".

The aircraft order involved 12 Sukhoi Su-30MK2 warplanes worth more than 500 million dollars, Russia's Vedomosti newspaper reported earlier this year.

The fighters are among the world's most advanced and could provide air cover for the surface fleet, which Vietnam is seeking to enhance with new patrol craft, analysts say.

"What they're mostly trying to do is beef up their presence," Bitzinger said.

Vietnam's submarines will help to at least give it a capability of defending its maritime interests, Thayer said.

China's modernising military has prompted concern in the United States. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said US military power in the Pacific could be undermined, and a Pentagon report said China's weaponry and aircraft could enable it to carry out extended operations into the South China Sea.

While Vietnam's prime minister was signing the deal with Russia on Tuesday, his defence minister was on a rare visit to Washington where he held talks with Gates.

A Chinese embassy official in Hanoi, when asked to comment on the submarine deal, said Vietnam, Russia, and other countries in the area "must think about peace, and peace in the South China Sea." (@AFP)

Submarines' Secret History Surfaces

It was 1963 and the U.S. submarine Growler lay silent and deep beneath the black waters of the North Pacific, trying desperately to remain invisible as a Soviet sub prowled nearby.

No one made a sound in the cramped confines of the American vessel. An errant rattle or ping could tip off the Soviets, who could send the Growler, its 100 crew members and four nuclear missiles to the bottom of the sea.

"Khrushchev had vowed to sink us if he found us," recalled Robert Harmuth of Oxnard, who was aboard the Growler, one of America's first nuclear-armed submarines. "The sub tracked us for 30 minutes, but we don't think he knew what he had on his hands."

The Growler, which was just 500 miles off the Kamchatka Peninsula on the far eastern coast of the Soviet Union, dove deep, went under the Soviet sub and escaped.

"It was pretty hairy, we put our lives on the line every day," said Harmuth, 66. "It's been overlooked for years because everyone was so hush-hush about the program."

The history of America's first nuclear-armed submarines and the missiles they carried remains largely untold.

The weapons, tested and developed chiefly at Point Mugu in Ventura County, were among the most secret projects of the Cold War.

Using World War II German missile technology, more than a dozen ex-Nazi scientists and a small army of dedicated pilots and submariners, the military devised a primitive but effective sea- based nuclear deterrent that kept the Soviets off balance for years.

Black-and-white pictures of the German scientists still adorn the office wall of Max White, former pilot and base historian at Point Mugu.

There is Theodor Sterm, Wilfried Hell and Herbert Wagner. The latter designed a missile that sunk an American ship during World War II, killing 2,000 soldiers."Wagner was actually a very sweet man," said White, 86. "My wife was his secretary."

There were accidents and close calls. Missiles exploded on launch pads, planes crashed at test sites on the Channel Islands and submarines cruising close to the Soviet coast were chased by enemy ships or entangled in fishing nets.

"Almost everything we did was classified, how everything worked was classified," said 68-year-old Al Thayer of Camarillo, a former fighter pilot assigned to the Regulus program in 1955. "I went at it tooth and nail for seven years. Our tests were trying to prove a submarine could control nuclear weapons to their target and stay submerged.

Unlike the underwater-launched Polaris missiles that would follow, the Regulus was a subsonic nuclear cruise missile. It was fired from the decks of ships and submarines, then steered by remote control. The first successful flight was in 1951.

Their limited range meant submarines had to be within 500 miles of the target. Many submariners doubted they would survive long after the first launch because of their exposure on the surface for the 15 minutes it took to fire the missile.

"We didn't like to think about it, but we knew we were toast," Harmuth said. "It would have only taken minutes for them to be on top of us."

The prospective targets were coastal Soviet navy and submarine bases. Though lacking pinpoint accuracy, the missiles' nuclear payload meant they could vaporize installations even if they were a few miles off course.

"There were people in the Navy who realized that if you put an atomic weapon on a submarine, you would have the Cold War's ultimate weapon. If you could do that, your opponent would fear making a first strike against you," said Nick Spark, who recently finished a documentary entitled "Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines."

Spark said the five Regulus submarine crews have been almost totally forgotten. "From 1958 to 1964, these subs patrolled off the coast of the Soviet Union," he said. "During the Cuban Missile Crisis, they sat off the Soviet coast on full alert."

He said the process of interviewing Regulus alumni for the film proved rewarding for all involved. "Many said they couldn't wait to get the film in the mail so they could finally tell their kids what they had done," he said.

Before Regulus there was the Loon, an updated copy of the German V-1 rocket lobbed at England during World War II. The first Loon was fired in 1946 from a beach at Point Mugu and crashed just a mile offshore.

"In the time I was there, we discovered a new guidance system based on radar," said Pat Murphy, 82, a former sub commander from Santa Barbara who helped direct the Loon project. "Then the Regulus came along, which was a pilotless aircraft that flew at 30,000 feet with a range of 400 or so miles."

To minimize expenses, the 33-foot Regulus missile could be landed and reused. Pilots flying beside it would land it via remote control on San Nicolas Island or Edwards Air Force Base.

"We had to keep visual contact at all times, even in the clouds," Thayer said. "It was extremely difficult, but when it was operating correctly it was the smoothest thing going. It would go from zero to 240 mph in two seconds."

While Thayer flew overhead, life in the submarines below was claustrophobic, hot and dirty.

Harmuth, who wrote a book about life on the Regulus submarines, said it wasn't uncommon to go seven weeks without a shower. Patrols, often in rough seas, lasted up to four months and the crew couldn't even see the missiles take off.
"You couldn't watch a launch from the submarine because the boosters would suck all the air out of the area and you would suffocate," Harmuth said. "You'd hear this giant 'swoosh.' It was like being in a hot sauna, you'd be drenched in sweat."

The Regulus patrols ended in 1964, replaced by subs that carried 16 Polaris missiles with multiple nuclear warheads. It was a quantum leap in technology, solid-state electronics trumping vacuum tubes.

David Stumpf, author of "Regulus: The Forgotten Weapon," said the missile laid the groundwork for today's Tomahawk cruise missiles and modern submarines.

"I am so glad these guys were alive and could do what they did," he said. "I would like to think I had that kind of right stuff. Everyone I talked to was extremely proud of what they did and I have no doubt they would have taken a missile to the target if ordered to do so."

Source :  regulus-missile

Rusian project Summary

Submarines and underwater vehicles
 

Nuclear missile-carrying submarines

Project AV611 large submarine

Project 629A cruiser submarine

Project 658 (658M) nuclear cruiser submarine

Project 667A strategic missile-carrying submarine

Project 605 large missile-carrying submarine

Project 601 large missile-carrying submarine

Project 701 cruiser submarine

Project 667B strategic missile-carrying submarine

Project 667BD strategic missile-carrying submarine

Project 667BDR strategic missile-carrying submarine

Project 941 strategic missile-carrying submarine

Project 667BDRM strategic missile-carrying submarine

Project 955 strategic missile-carrying submarine

Cruise-missile-carrying submarines

Project 644 diesel-electric cruise-missile-carrying submarine

Project 665 cruise-missile-carrying diesel-electric submarine

Project 659 nuclear-powered cruiser submarine

Project 651 (651K, 651E) large rank 1 missile-carrying submarine

Project 675 nuclear cruiser submarine

Project 661 nuclear-powered cruiser submarine

Project 670 nuclear-powered cruise-missile-carrying submarine

Project 670M multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine

Project 949A missile-carrying cruiser submarine

Project 667AT multipurpose missile-carrying nuclear submarine

Project 885 multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine

 
Missile/torpedo-carrying submarines

Project 613 diesel-electric submarine

Project 611 large diesel-electric submarine

Project A615 small submarine

Project 641 large diesel-electric submarine

Projects 627 and 627A nuclear-powered cruiser submarines

Project 633 medium diesel-electric submarine

Project 671 nuclear-powered cruiser submarine

Project 645 nuclear-powered cruiser submarine

Projects 705 and 705K nuclear-powered cruiser submarines

Project 671RT large nuclear-powered submarine

Project 671RTM (671RTMK) large submarine

Project 641B large torpedo-carrying submarine

Project 877 large diesel-electric submarine

Project 865 small submarine

Project 685 deep-sea nuclear-powered submarine

Projects 945 and 945A multipurpose nuclear submarines

Project 971 multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine

Project 636 diesel-electric submarine

Project 690 target submarine

Project 940 rescue submarine

Triton-2 small submarine for carriage of scuba divers

Triton-1M small submarine for carriage of scuba divers

 
Underwater vehicles

Project 1825 Sever-2 deep-sea vehicle

Protey-Kh diver's tow-vehicle

Project 1832 Poisk-2 deep-sea vehicle

Project 1837K rescue underwater vehicle

Project 18270 self-contained rescue deep-sea vehicle

Project 1841 self-contained deep-sea vehicle

Project 1839 self-contained underwater working vehicle

Project 1855 rescue deep-sea vehicle

Project 1906 Poisk-6 deep-sea vehicle

Rapan small-size cable-controlled submersible vehicle

Project 16810 Rus' self-contained self-propelled deep-sea vehicle

Marina underwater three-seat vehicle

SOM-1 Skin diver towing craft

Protey-1 diver towing craft Aqua-ChS self-contained remotely controlled complex

Handling complexes of underwater vehicles

Surface ships

Aircraft-carrying ships

Project 1123 anti-submarine cruiser

Project 1143 heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser

Project 1143.4 (Admiral Gorshkov) heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser

Project 1143.5 (Admiral Kuznetsov) heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser

Cruisers

Project 68 bis light cruiser

Project 68A light cruiser

Project 58 missile-carrying cruiser

Project 1134 missile-carrying cruiser

Project 1164 missile cruiser

Project 1144 heavy missile cruiser

Project 1144.2 heavy missile cruiser

Large anti-submarine and missile ships

Project 57A large anti-submarine ship

Project 61 large anti-submarine ship

Project 61MP large missile ship

Project 1134A large anti-submarine ship

Project 1134B large anti-submarine ship

Project 1155 large anti-submarine ship

Project 1155.1 large anti-submarine ship

 
Destroyers

 Project 30 bis destroyer

Project 56 destroyer

Project 956 destroyer

 
Escort ships

Projects 50 and 50PLO escort ship

Project 35, 35M escort ship

Project 159, 159A, 159M escort ship

Project 1135 escort ship

Project 1135M escort ship

Project 1135.1 escort ship

Project 1135.2 escort ship

Project 11540 multipurpose escort ship

Project 11661 Gepard escort ship

Project 1135.6 frigate

Project 11541 Corsair escort ship (version)

Project 20380 corvette Project 1159T escort ship

 
Small missile ships and missile boats

Project 183R small missile boat

Project 205 large missile boat

Project 206MR large missile boat

Project 1241.1 large missile boat

Project 1241.1T large missile boat

Project 1234 small missile ship

Project 1234.1 small missile ship

Project 1239 air cushion missile craft

Project 903 missile-carrying ekranoplan (wing-in-ground-effect-machine)

Project 12418 missile boat

Project 1242.1 Molniya large missile boat

Project 1234.7 small missile ship

Project 1240 small missile ship

 
Motor torpedo-boats

Project 123K small motor torpedo-boat

Project 183 large motor torpedo-boat

Project 206 large torpedo boat

Project 206M large torpedo boat

Small anti-submarine ships and patrol boats

Project 204 small anti-submarine ship

Project 1124 small anti-submarine ship

Project 1124M small anti-submarine ship

Project 133.1M small anti-submarine ship

Project 1241.2 small anti-submarine ship

Project 1141 small anti-submarine ship

Project 1241PE small anti-aubmarine ahip

Project 10410 border-guard patrol ship

Project 205P border-guard patrol ship

Project 14310 Mirage patrol boat

Projects 12150 and 12150V Mongoose patrol boat

Project 14170 Terrier patrol boat

Project 14232 Mercury patrol boat

Project 12260 Yastreb patrol boat

Project 10412 Svetlyak patrol boat

Project 1400M border-guard patrol boat

Project 13987 Boyets fast patrol boat

Project 18623 Mustang-2 fast patrol boat

Project 20910 Chilim border-guard air cushion patrol boat

Project 1208 small gun-carrying ship

Project 1204 gunboat

Project 12130 river shallow border-guard boat

 
Minesweepers

Projects 254, 254K, 254A, 254M sea-going minesweeper

Project 266 sea-going minesweeper

Project 266M sea-going minesweeper

Project 12660 sea-going minesweeper

Project 1265 coastal minesweeper

Project 10750 inshore minesweeper

Project 1258 inshore minesweeper

Project 1259 (1259.2) inshore (river) minesweeper

Projects 1300, 13000 Inshore (river) minesweeper

Project 1225.5 inshore (river) driver

Project 317 mine and net barrage layer

Landing Ships

Project 1171 large landing ship

Project 1174 large landing ship

Project 775 large landing ship

Projects 771, 771A medium landing ship

Project 1232.1 air cushion small landing craft

Project 1232.2 air cushion small landing craft

Project 904 small landing wing-in-ground-effect craft (ekranoplan)

Project 1206 air cushion landing boat

Project 12061 air cushion landing boat

Project 1205 air cushion assault boat

Serna air-cavern assault/landing boat

Project 12061E air cushion assault boat

Support ships

Special-Purpose Ships

Project 887 training ship

Project 310 submarine tender

Project 304 floating workshop

Project 1833 complex supply ship

Project 1941 metering complex ship

Project 1914 metering complex ship

Project 1909 measuring complex ship

Sea launch system for launching reusable spacecraft by means of heavy wing-in ground-effect machines

 
Hydrographic Ships

Project 852 oceanographic research ship

Project 976 oceanographic research ship

Project 862 hydrographic ship

Project 16611 large hydrographic boat

Base support ships

Project 141 killector

Project 145 killector

Project 1806 physical fields measuring vessel

Project 1799 degaussing ship

Project 130 degaussing ship

 
Transports

Project 10680 sea armament transport

Project 11570 sea armament transport

Project 1595 border-guard transport

Zolotoy Rog class supply tanker

Project 1559.V naval supply tanker

Project 11510 radioactive waste transport and treatment ship

 
Rescue ships and search and rescue facilities

Project 537 rescue ship

Project 527M rescue ship

Project 1452 ocean-going rescue ship

Project 530 ship-lifting vessel

Project 714 sea-going tug

Project 712 sea-going tug

Project 745 sea-going tug

Project 535 sea-going diving vessel

Project 1893 fire-fighting ship

Project 14613 Mars fire-fighting ship

Spasatel wing-in-ground-effect machine (ekranoplan)

Project 320 hospital ship

Submariner life-saving outfit (SSP)

SVV-86 ventilated diving outfit

SLVI-71 lightweight diving outfit

SVU-3 multipurpose diving outfit

SVU-4 multipurpose diving outfit

Unrealized projects Submarines

Project 632 mine laying submarine

Project 648 large transport/mine laying submarine

Project 664 large transport-landing/mine laying submarine

Project 717 large landing-transport/mine laying submarine

Project 748 transport/landing nuclear submarine

 
Surface ships

Project 23 battleship

Project 1231 small submergible missile ship

Project 82 heavy cruiser

Project 1143.7 heavy aircraft-carrying Cruiser

New projects and technologies

Project 31511 Steregushchy border-guard patrol ship

Project 11511 Novik border-guard patrol ship

Project 31513U Berkut small missile ship

Projects 23505 Sokol-Patrul and 23506 Sokol-Perekhvat border-guard patrol boats

Project 12300 Scorpio gun-missile boat

Corvettes, versions XXI-1, XXI-2, XXI-3, XXI-4

Patrol boat

Escort ship

Corvette

SDK-1700 medium landing ship

Gepard-3.2 escort ship (a version of Project 11661 escort ship)

Gepard-3.9 escort ship (a version of Project 11661 escort ship)

Gepard-5.1 ocean-going escort ship (a version of Project 11661 escort ship)

Gepard-5.3 escort ship (a version of Project 11661 escort ship)

Shelf air-cavern transport/landing boat

Project 11711E large landing ship

Diesel-electric submarines of Amur type

Multipurpose non-nuclear submarines P-130, P-170, Piranha-T, P-650 and P-750

Underwater drilling complex

Complex of underwater technical facilities to recover gas and condensate at arctic deep-sea field

Complex of floating means used to bury marine pipelines and perform bed-deepening operations

Wave-proof forms of seaborne Objects brief

Characteristics of ship armament

Ballistic missiles

Cruise missiles

Air defense missile weapons

Artillery

Anti-submarine weapons

Torpedo weapons

Aircraft and helicopters

Laboratory facilities, centers and testing ranges

Experimental and laboratory facilities of Academician A.N. Krylov Central

Research Institute Research and Testing Range at the 1st Central Research Institute of the RF MoD

Special Design Bureau of Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Testing Facilities of Engineering Research and Production Association

Technical Systems Safety Research Center AT RF MOD

RF navy combat forces training center

Enterprises and Organizations of the Navy and industry

Navy shipbuilding department 1st Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

40th State Research Institute of Rescue Work, Diving and Deep-Sea Operations

Source :  U must Know

Current Naval Shipbuilding 2009

Navy	Country of Build	Type	Class/Design	Delivery
European Navies
Bulgaria	France	Corvette	Gowind
Bulgaria	France	Corvette	Gowind
Denmark	Denmark	Frigate	Ivar Huitfeldt	2012
Denmark	Denmark	Frigate	Ivar Huitfeldt	2012
Denmark	Denmark	Frigate	Ivar Huitfeldt	2013
Finland	Italy	MCM Ship	MCMV 2010	2010
Finland	Italy	MCM Ship	MCMV 2010	2011
Finland	Italy	MCM Ship	MCMV 2010	2012
France	France	Missile Sub	Le Triomphant	2010
France	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2016
France	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2018
France	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2020
France	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2022
France	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2024
France	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2026
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2011
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2011
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2011
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2011
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2012
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2012
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2012
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2012
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2013
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2013
France	France	Frigate	FREMM	2013
France	France	Command Ship	Mistral	2011
Germany	Germany	Attack Sub	Type 212A	2012
Germany	Germany	Attack Sub	Type 212A	2013
Germany	Germany	Corvette	Klasse 130	2009
Germany	Germany	Corvette	Klasse 130	2009
Germany	Germany	Corvette	Klasse 130	2009
Germany	Germany	Frigate	F-125	2014
Germany	Germany	Frigate	F-125	2015
Germany	Germany	Frigate	F-125	2016
Germany	Germany	Frigate	F-125	2017
Germany	Germany	Replenishment Ship	Type 702	2016
Greece	Greece	Attack Sub	Type 214	2009
Greece	Greece	Attack Sub	Type 214	2010
Greece	Greece	Attack Sub	Type 214	2011
Italy	Italy	Attack Sub	Type 212A	2015
Italy	Italy	Attack Sub	Type 212A	2016
Italy	Italy	Frigate	FREMM	2012
Italy	Italy	Frigate	FREMM	2013
Italy	Italy	Frigate	FREMM	2014
Italy	Italy	Frigate	FREMM	2015
Italy	Italy	Frigate	FREMM	2016
Italy	Italy	Frigate	FREMM	2017
Netherlands	Netherlands	OPV	Holland	2011
Netherlands	Netherlands	OPV	Holland	2012
Netherlands	Netherlands	OPV	Holland	2012
Netherlands	Netherlands	OPV	Holland	2013
Norway	Spain	Frigate	Fridtjof Nansen	2009
Norway	Spain	Frigate	Fridtjof Nansen	2010
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2009
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2010
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2011
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2012
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2013
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2014
Poland	Poland	Frigate	MEKO A100	2015
Portugal	Germany	Attack Sub	Type 214	2009
Portugal	Germany	Attack Sub	Type 214	2010
Portugal	Portugal	Patrol Vessel	Viano do Castela	2010
Portugal	Portugal	Patrol Vessel	Viano do Castela	2010
Portugal	Portugal	Patrol Vessel	Viano do Castela	2011
Portugal	Portugal	Patrol Vessel	Viano do Castela	2011
Portugal	Portugal	Patrol Vessel	Viano do Castela	2012
Portugal	Portugal	Patrol Vessel	Viano do Castela	2012
Spain	Spain	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2011
Spain	Spain	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2012
Spain	Spain	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2013
Spain	Spain	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2014
Spain	Spain	Assault Ship	Juan Carlos I	2009
Spain	Spain	Frigate	F-100	2012
Spain	Spain	Frigate	F-100	2013
Spain	Spain	Patrol Vessel	BPC-47	2009
Spain	Spain	Patrol Vessel	BPC-47	2009
Spain	Spain	Patrol Vessel	BPC-47	2010
Spain	Spain	Patrol Vessel	BPC-47	2010
Spain	Spain	Replenishment Ship	Enlarged Patino	2009
Spain	Spain	Hydrographic Ship	Modified BPC-47	2015
Spain	Spain	EW Support Ship	Modified BPC-47	2015
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2011
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2011
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2012
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2012
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2013
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2013
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2014
Turkey	Turkey	Corvette	Milgem	2014
Turkey	Turkey	Frigate	Improved Milgem	2015
Turkey	Turkey	Frigate	Improved Milgem	2015
Turkey	Turkey	Frigate	Improved Milgem	2016
Turkey	Turkey	Frigate	Improved Milgem	2016
Turkey	Turkey	Attack Sub	AIP Design	2015
Turkey	Turkey	Attack Sub	AIP Design	2016
Turkey	Turkey	Attack Sub	AIP Design	2017
Turkey	Turkey	Attack Sub	AIP Design	2018
Turkey	Turkey	Attack Sub	AIP Design	2019
Turkey	Turkey	Attack Sub	AIP Design	2020
U.K.	U.K.	Aircraft Carrier	CVF	2014
U.K.	U.K.	Aircraft Carrier	CVF	2016
U.K.	U.K.	Attack Sub	Astute	2009
U.K.	U.K.	Attack Sub	Astute	2010
U.K.	U.K.	Attack Sub	Astute	2011
U.K.	U.K.	Destroyer	Type 45	2011
U.K.	U.K.	Destroyer	Type 45	2011
U.K.	U.K.	Destroyer	Type 45	2012
U.K.	U.K.	Destroyer	Type 45	2012
U.K.	U.K.	Destroyer	Type 45	2013
Asian and Australasian Navies
Australia	Australia	Frigate	Navantia F-100	2014
Australia	Australia	Frigate	Navantia F-100	2016
Australia	Australia	Frigate	Navantia F-100	2017
Australia	Spain	Assault Ship	Navantia BPE variant	2013
Australia	Spain	Assault Ship	Navantia BPE variant	2015
India	India	Aircraft Carrier	Vikrant	2012
India	India	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2012
India	India	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2013
India	India	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2014
India	India	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2015
India	India	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2016
India	India	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2017
India	India	Missile Sub	Arihant	2013
India	India	Missile Sub	Arihant	2014
India	India	Missile Sub	Arihant	2015
India	India	Destroyer	Bangalore	2010
India	India	Destroyer	Bangalore	2011
India	India	Destroyer	Bangalore	2012
India	Russia	Frigate	Talwar	2012
India	Russia	Frigate	Talwar	2013
India	Russia	Frigate	Talwar	2013
India	India	Frigate	Shivalik	2008
India	India	Frigate	Shivalik	2009
India	India	Corvette	Project 28	2009
India	India	Corvette	Project 28	2010
India	India	Corvette	Project 28	2011
India	India	Corvette	Project 28	2012
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2009
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2010
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2011
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2011
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2012
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2012
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2013
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2013
India	India	Patrol Vessel	Saryu	2014
India	Italy	Fleet Oiler		2010
India	Italy	Fleet Oiler		2011
Indonesia	Indonesia	Assault Ship	Tanjung Dalpele	2009
Indonesia	Indonesia	Assault Ship	Tanjung Dalpele	2010
Japan	Japan	Attack Sub	Soryu	2010
Japan	Japan	Attack Sub	Soryu	2011
Japan	Japan	Attack Sub	Soryu	2012
Japan	Japan	Destroyer	Hyuga	2011
Malaysia	France	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2009
Malaysia	Spain	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2009
Malaysia	Malaysia	Patrol Vessel	MEKO A100	2009
Malaysia	Malaysia	Patrol Vessel	MEKO A100	2010
Malaysia	Malaysia	Patrol Vessel	MEKO A100	2011
Malaysia	Malaysia	Patrol Vessel	MEKO A100	2012
Malaysia	Malaysia	Patrol Vessel	MEKO A100	2013
Malaysia	UK/Malaysia	Frigate	Improved Lekiu
Malaysia	UK/Malaysia	Frigate	Improved Lekiu
Pakistan	China	Frigate	F-22P	2011
Pakistan	China	Frigate	F-22P	2012
Pakistan	Pakistan	Frigate	F-22P	2013
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2009
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2009
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2010
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2011
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2012
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2013
South Korea	South Korea	Attack Sub	Type 214	2014
South Korea	South Korea	Destroyer	KDX-III	2010
South Korea	South Korea	Destroyer	KDX-III	2011
Thailand	Thailand	Corvette	Pattani	2012
Vietnam	Russia	Frigate	Gepard	2011
Vietnam	Russia	Frigate	Gepard	2012
Vietnam	Russia	Attack Sub	Improved Kilo	2010
Vietnam	Russia	Attack Sub	Improved Kilo	2010
Vietnam	Russia	Attack Sub	Improved Kilo	2011
Vietnam	Russia	Attack Sub	Improved Kilo	2011
Vietnam	Russia	Attack Sub	Improved Kilo	2012
Vietnam	Russia	Attack Sub	Improved Kilo	2012
Middle Eastern and African Navies
Iraq	Italy	Patrol Vessel	Diciotti	2009
Iraq	Italy	Patrol Vessel	Diciotti	2009
Iraq	Italy	Patrol Vessel	Diciotti	2009
Morocco	France	Frigate	FREMM	2013
Morocco	Netherlands	Corvette	Diponegoro	2013
Morocco	Netherlands	Corvette	Diponegoro	2014
Morocco	Netherlands	Corvette	Diponegoro	2015
Oman	U.K.	Patrol Vessel	Qahir	2010
Oman	U.K.	Patrol Vessel	Qahir	2011
Oman	U.K.	Patrol Vessel	Qahir	2011
North, Central and South American Navies
Brazil	France	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2014
Brazil	France	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2015
Brazil	France	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2016
Brazil	France	Attack Sub	Scorpene	2017
Brazil	France	Attack Sub	Barracuda	2018
Brazil	France	Patrol Vessel	Macae	2009
Brazil	France	Patrol Vessel	Macae	2010
Brazil	France	Patrol Vessel	Macae	2011
Brazil	France	Patrol Vessel	Macae	2011
Brazil	France	Patrol Vessel	Macae	2012
Brazil	France	Patrol Vessel	Macae	2012
Trinidad	U.K.	Patrol Vessel		2011
Trinidad	U.K.	Patrol Vessel		2012
Trinidad	U.K.	Patrol Vessel		2012 Source shipbuildinghistory