Xavier Vavasseur

Naval reporter, @navalnewscom founder and chief editor, @FloridaTech alumni. Interest in Defense⚔️, Navy⚓, F1🏎️, Sci-Fi👽. Born in 🇼🇫

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

🧵My embark experience aboard @Warship_78 via COD...
I had the rare chance to spend a few hours (which felt like a few minutes!) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford yesterday. The "newest and most advanced US Navy carrier" as I was told repeatedly👍. Here is how it went & what I saw ⤵️

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

The @ItalianNavy ’s PPA ITS Thaon di Revel has boarded the EU-sanctioned Shadow Fleet tanker Toa Payoh in the central Mediterranean during an Operation @EUNAVFOR_MED IRINI mission 🇮🇹
https://t.co/JLloNA3hYU

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

The Dutch MoD has commissioned Dutch Naval Design to develop 12m uncrewed surface vessels carrying Thales FLASH dipping sonar for the new ASW frigates 🇳🇱
https://t.co/jCKWctG3qA

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

@navalnewscom Wow @D__Mitch @AlexLuck9

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Rheinmetall unveils the GMF140, a next-gen 6,000-tonne frigate featuring AEGIS, 64 VLS cells, and advanced ASW, targeting North American naval projects 🇩🇪
https://t.co/B1URG0fnWk

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

Russia’s Sevmash shipyard has floated out the Yasen-M-class nuclear-powered submarine Ulyanovsk 🇷🇺
https://t.co/OtSXvr3zIS

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

Was this set to be carrier capable ?

[Sir Humphrey @pinstripedline]

A very recently released Archives file containing official MOD concept design imagery from 1999 of the crewed 'Future Offensive Air System' design.

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

@D__Mitch Stay safe!

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

EXCLUSIVE: The top U.S. general in Europe has privately warned the Pentagon that he needs more naval forces if he is to continue protecting Israel from incoming ballistic missiles.

Destroyer deployments and maintenance are at issue after months of war with Iran, officials say.

[Guy Plopsky @GuyPlopsky]

"Japan’s JASDF has begun flight testing the air-launched variant of the Upgraded Type 12 anti-ship missile on an F-2 fighter, boasting a 1,000 km stand-off range."

https://t.co/cHWxFjN3OV

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

South Korea’s DAPA has officially signed the main contract with Hanwha Ocean for the detailed design and construction of the first-in-class KDDX destroyer, targeting delivery to the ROK Navy by 2032 🇰🇷
https://t.co/92du4e9dSg

[因幡のよっちゃん（稲葉義泰 Yoshihiro Inaba） @japanesepatrio6]

Japan Tests New Air-Launched Upgraded Type 12 Missile (1,000 km Range) | Naval News

Here is my latest article for Naval News, about Japanese new long range ASM which has been spotted yesterday for the first time🚀 https://t.co/IXyjCUHLMf

[因幡のよっちゃん（稲葉義泰 Yoshihiro Inaba） @japanesepatrio6]

Japan Tests New Air-Launched Upgraded Type 12 Missile (1,000 km Range) | Naval News
昨日初めてF-2に搭載された状態が確認された12式地対艦誘導弾（能力向上型）（空発型）について、Naval Newsで記事を書かせて頂きました。

お写真は@306Z33 様にご提供頂きました。 https://t.co/IXyjCUHdWH

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

ZMU-05N at Eurosatory

[Naval Analyses @D__Mitch]

Another RWS from the 🇵🇱 Polish defence industry. This is the ZMU-05N, a lightweight 200kg naval remote weapon station (RWS) armed with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun. Its compact design resembles Leonardo’s LIONFISH 12.7 Top.

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

Japan’s JASDF has begun flight testing the air-launched variant of the Upgraded Type 12 anti-ship missile on an F-2 fighter, boasting a 1,000 km stand-off range 🇯🇵
Story by @japanesepatrio6 📸 by @306Z33
https://t.co/z5br7v2ExW

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

OKI to supply OQQ-25 towed sonars for Australia’s ‘Upgraded Mogami’ Frigates 🇯🇵🇦🇺
https://t.co/X9VKHBpQVQ

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

The first and second MRCV seen fitting out at ST Engineering's Benoi shipyard in Singapore.
ST Engineering picture.

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

@306Z33 @japanesepatrio6

[Xavier Vavasseur @xaviervav]

@navalnewscom @TakahashiKosuke FYI @AlexLuck9 @alessionaval @japanesepatrio6 @ryankakiuchan @TsoJueiHsu @FS_Lafayette

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[BREAKING] 🚨 Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced on July 30 that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) had conducted its first live-fire test of a Tomahawk cruise missile aboard the Aegis guided-missile destroyer JS Chokai (DDG-176) 🇯🇵🚀
By @TakahashiKosuke
https://t.co/dJG6581DQl

[Naval News @navalnewscom]

After its recent successes in selling licenses for the Arrowhead 140 frigate design to Indonesia, Babcock is seeking to exploit further opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region 🇬🇧
By @combatpaparazzi
https://t.co/S52zKVsBsz