A spokesman for China’s Defense Ministry said late Monday that Australia’s account of the encounter last week between a Chinese destroyer and divers removing fishing nets from the propellers of an Australian navy frigate near Japan was…

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A spokesperson for the Defence Department said the frigate HMCS Montreal and the supply ship MV Asterix were re-tasked to the Red Sea to support the effort in Sudan, adding that the region was part of its sail plan.

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/trudeau-says-canada-to-conduct-airlifts-out-of-sudan-has-two-ships-off-its-coast-1.6370896

China defends buzzing American warship, Canadian frigate i…

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Chinese frigate Rizhao seen ahead of scheduled naval exercises with Russian, Chinese and South African navies, in Richards Bay, South Africa, in February.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/25/world/uk-china-peacetime-military-buildup/

Earlier last month, the frigate was escorted through British waters by the Royal Navy, and French and Spanish ships then escorted it through the Atlantic.

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Even the people who we’re supposed to be cosying up to must think we’re a joke when we send our lowly little frigate into military practice with some nuclear super powers.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/opinion/maybe-an-international-klap-is-what-sa-leaders-needed/

Fright flight: International personnel of the United Nations Mission board the French frigate ‘Lorraine’ at Port Sudan amid a ceasefire between the country’s warring generals.

Source: https://mg.co.za/africa/2023-05-02-what-countries-are-doing-to-extract-citizens-from-conflict-torn-sudan/

Kim and Shoigu later on Saturday traveled to Vladivostok, where they inspected the Admiral Shaposhnikov frigate.

Source: https://wtop.com/russia-ukraine-war-news/2023/09/north-korean-state-media-says-kim-jong-un-discussed-arms-cooperation-with-russian-defense-minister/

On the other hand, while Macron was speaking after his state visit to China, the French frigate Prairial was steaming through the Taiwan Straits while the Chinese Communist Party was flexing its muscles with an encirclement exercise of the island.

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The frigate itself had been sailing with its own radar turned off for security reasons: Other vessels in the area couldn’t see it on their own radar and could only visually see it as “a big dark shadow.”

Source: https://www.newsinenglish.no/2023/01/17/duty-officer-blamed-for-frigate-fiasco/

The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov armed with “unstoppable” nuclear capable “Tsirkon hypersonic missiles on board” can travel at the speed of Mach 9 will lead a naval task force past the UK’s coastline.

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The Russian navy brought its Admiral Gorshkov frigate, one of its navy’s flagship vessels.

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The vessel, which will be of the frigate class, is expected to arrive in the area at the end of next month, according to a from the ministry of defense in Copenhagen.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/12/29/shipping-companies-hazard-pay-red-sea-suez-canal/