In the biggest update of the year, the ever-popular naval warfare MMO World of Warships introduced stealth submarines to the game, with homing torpedoes and sonar mechanics that bring a whole new tactical element in naval battles!

Dive into high seas combat with this explosive update, build a Dutch cruiser in the new shipyard or escape into the world of anime with the “Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These” crossover.

World of Warships has unveiled the upcoming update 0.10.7, packed with new content, including the addition of Submarines to Ranked Battles, the De Zeven Shipyard, the long-awaited return of the USS Missouri, and a unique collaboration with Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, the Japanese animated series based on popular science fiction novels.

The submarines arrive in classified

Submarines completely changed the face of actual naval warfare in the 20th century, and are now set to do the same in World of Warships. Players can discover a whole new world below the surface, taking control of deadly submarines, now playable for the first time outside of testing. These delicate yet stealthy ships bring a whole new tactical element to the game, as players weigh the pros and cons of four distinct dive levels and try out acoustic homing torpedoes, enhanced by sonar mechanics.

Some battleships have been fitted with anti-submarine defense planes to blow these ships out of the water, while many destroyers and some light cruisers can send depth charges to confront them. Players can test this new class in more relaxed co-op battles, and then put them to the test in the upcoming Ranked Battles Special Season.

Dutch cruisers: part two

Early Access to Dutch Cruisers continues in 0.10.7, with the added ability to build Tier VIII ship De Zeven Provinciën in the new shipyard through 24 phases of shipbuilding. In addition, the special event “Dutch Cruisers: Part 2” offers the reward of a commemorative flag and Klaas Jenssen, a Dutch commander with enhanced skills, when a chain of combat missions is completed.

Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These

This update marks our first collaboration with a Japanese animated series based on the science fiction novels of the same name “Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These” ©, which have a deep story and overwhelming scale. Accompanied by a newly recorded custom voice for new commanders, players will be able to take charge of their fleet with Commanders, Reinhard von Lohengramm from the Galactic Empire, or Yang Wen-li from the Free Planets Alliance and more. New camouflages will also allow players to choose sides by dressing their ships in the colors of these two factions. More details will be revealed shortly.

The Return of Missouri

The USS Missouri will return to the sea soon, now at the same economic level as other Tier IX premium ships. With this update, the iconic ship that ended WWII will be available for purchase in exchange for doubloons.

India is sending four of its warships to the South China Sea for bilateral exercises with friendly countries in what observers see as New Delhi’s attempt to counter China’s growing assertiveness on maritime issues.

“The vessels of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet – INS Ranvijay, INS Shivalik, INS Kadmatt and INS Kora – are expected to carry out an overseas deployment of more than two months in Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and in the Western Pacific, ”the Indian Navy tweeted.

He said the deployment was aimed at emphasizing the operational reach, peaceful presence and solidarity with friendly countries in order to ensure good order in the maritime domain and to strengthen the existing ties between India and the countries of the Indo-Pacific.

The warships will participate in bilateral exercises with the Vietnamese People’s Navy, the Philippine Navy, the Navy of the Republic of Singapore, the Indonesian Navy and the Australian Navy and will also participate in the multilateral exercise “MALABAR 21”, the official added. Marine. Exercise Malabar will also see the participation of the US and Japanese navies off Guam. India, Japan, Australia and the United States together constitute the “Quad” that China sees as a group that wants to control its growing influence in world affairs.

The Indian Navy’s participation in naval exercises with these countries, some of which are involved in maritime disputes with China, comes at a time when the Indian military is stuck in a tense standoff with the People’s Liberation Army. (APL) in eastern Ladakh.

New Delhi has traditionally avoided deepening its engagement with China’s neighbors for fear that such a move would upset Beijing. However, the mood has changed in New Delhi after the Ladakh standoff that started in April-May last year.

Meanwhile, India’s first designed and built aircraft carrier began sea trials off the coast of Kochi today. With this, India has joined a select group of countries to achieve the capacity to build its own aircraft carriers.

Describing it as a “proud and historic day for India”, the Indian Navy said: “The Reincarnated Vikrant (IAC) sailed for her first sea trials today (Wednesday), in the 50th year of the key role of his illustrious predecessor in winning the 1971 war. “

The Native Aircraft Carrier (IAC) is the “largest and most complex warship ever designed and built in India”. Achievement, he said, was the key to India’s quest for “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.

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India is sending a naval task force to the South China Sea this month to expand security ties with friendly countries, officials said, signaling plans to play a larger role in regional efforts to counter the China. The Indian military has traditionally been wary of opposing China, but the mood has grown following clashes between troops on the disputed land border last year. The government has since moved closer to the United States in its efforts to push back China. Four ships, including a guided-missile destroyer and a guided-missile frigate, will be deployed for a two-month period in Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and the Western Pacific, the navy said in a statement on Wednesday. . “The deployment of Indian Navy ships aims to emphasize the operational reach, peaceful presence and solidarity with friendly countries to ensure good order in the maritime domain …” the navy said. The South China Sea has emerged as one of many hot spots in the difficult relationship between China and the United States, with Washington rejecting what it calls Beijing’s illegal territorial claims in the resource-rich waters. In June, a US aircraft carrier group led by USS Ronald Reagan entered the South China Sea on a routine mission and a British aircraft carrier group is scheduled to undertake exercises in the Philippine Sea. this month. As part of their deployment, the Indian ships will participate in annual joint warfare exercises involving the United States, Japan and Australia off Guam, the navy said. The four countries form the Quad, an informal group that the administration of US President Joe Biden promotes as a way to counter an authoritarian China. “These maritime initiatives strengthen synergy and coordination between the Indian Navy and friendly countries, based on common maritime interests and a commitment to freedom of navigation at sea,” the Indian Navy said in its statement. China has in the past criticized multilateral military maneuvers as destabilizing for the region. Associated Australian Press

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NEW DELHI, Aug.4 (Reuters) – India is sending a naval task force to the South China Sea this month to expand security ties with friendly countries, officials said on Wednesday, signaling plans to play a greater role in regional efforts to counter China.

The Indian military has traditionally been wary of opposing China, but the mood has grown following clashes between troops on the disputed land border last year. The government has since moved closer to the United States in its efforts to push back China.

Four ships, including a guided-missile destroyer and a guided-missile frigate, will be deployed for a two-month period in Southeast Asia, the South China Sea and the Western Pacific, the navy said in a statement.

“The deployment of Indian Navy ships aims to emphasize the operational reach, peaceful presence and solidarity with friendly countries to ensure good order in the maritime domain …” the navy said.

The South China Sea has emerged as one of many hotspots in China’s difficult relationship with the United States, with Washington rejecting what it calls Beijing’s illegal territorial claims in the resource-rich waters.

In June, a US aircraft carrier group led by USS Ronald Reagan entered the South China Sea on a routine mission and a British aircraft carrier group is scheduled to undertake exercises in the Philippine Sea this this month.

As part of their deployment, the Indian ships will participate in annual joint warfare exercises involving the United States, Japan and Australia off Guam, the navy said.

The four countries form the Quad, an informal group that the administration of US President Joe Biden promotes as a way to counter an authoritarian China.

“These maritime initiatives strengthen synergy and coordination between the Indian Navy and friendly countries, based on common maritime interests and a commitment to freedom of navigation at sea,” the Indian Navy said in its statement.

China has in the past criticized multilateral military maneuvers as destabilizing for the region.

Reporting by Sanjeev Miglani; Editing by Kim Coghill

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SEOUL: North Korea criticized Britain on Tuesday (August 3rd) for its plan to permanently deploy two warships in the Asia-Pacific region this year, calling it a “provocation”.

The plan comes as London steps up its engagement in Asia after expressing growing concern in recent months over China’s territorial ambitions in the region, including Taiwan.

The lone Asian state said news of the plan coincided with the passage of the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth and its escort ships through seas in which China rivaled the United States and Japan for influence.

A North Korean official criticized comments by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace suggesting that the North and China were trying to isolate Japan and South Korea and threatening freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region.

READ: No decision on joint US exercises, but South Korea says exercises shouldn’t create tension with the North

“It is a kind of provocation against us that Britain, which is escalating the situation by pushing its warships into distant Asia-Pacific, uses our ‘threat’ as an excuse,” the official said in a statement on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. website.

“This will only lead to strong resistance from local countries and tensions in the already sensitive regional situation.”

The British Embassy in Seoul could not be reached immediately for comment.

• As the US military focuses on competition from the great powers, special operators are rethinking their role.
• Navy SEALs in particular are seriously considering how they can support regular forces in the Navy.
• “It’s a race for relevance,” Admiral Hugh Howard, chief of Naval Special Warfare Command, said in June.
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Earlier this year, operators of the Navy SEALs and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen worked with conventional Navy forces as part of the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group final certification exercise prior to its deployment.

During the exercise, Navy Special Operators were the eyes and ears of the Carrier Strike Group, assisting in horizon targeting, strategic reconnaissance and close air support.

As great power competition with China and Russia intensifies, Naval Special Warfare looks for ways to remain relevant after two decades of counterterrorism operations.

“It’s a race for relevance and presentation that makes the fleet more survivable and deadlier,” said Admiral Hugh Howard, Commanding Officer of Naval Special Warfare Command, at the WEST 2021 conference in late June.

Howard provided an overview of how the SEALs and Special Boat Teams seek to be an asset in both “gray area” competition and potential conflict.

“We are the naval commandos of the Navy. That’s who we are, and we understand our roots” and are able “to develop new concepts on how we can contribute,” Howard said.

Back to the future

A US Navy SEAL passes an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter over an oil and gas rig July 28, 2011.

US Navy / M 3 Adam Henderson

Prior to the Global War on Terrorism, SEAL platoons regularly deployed aboard “Big Navy” ships, typically aircraft carriers, for six-month deployments. If a crisis erupted anywhere in the world, the aircraft carrier and its SEAL contingent would deploy there.

Although tough on morale, these deployments have made naval special warfare relevant to the navy in day-to-day operations.

As the fight against terrorism slows down, Naval Special Warfare once again seeks to be of service to the Big Navy by excelling in missions that set it apart from the rest of the United States special operations community – namely, maritime special operations. underwater and on the surface, Howard says.

“It’s about making it harder to target our adversaries, undermining their confidence, creating the conditions early in the no-go zones… to attack the enemy,” Howard said. “It really is a return to the future.”

As far as the underwater sector is concerned, SEAL teams have a major advantage in the form of the SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) capacity.

These mini-submarines are difficult to detect, allowing SEAL operators to clandestinely approach enemy ports and coasts to attack enemy ships or insert and extract a small team to conduct reconnaissance or conduct ambushes or raids. SDVs can be launched from regular submarines, surface ships, and even helicopters.

A SEAL delivery vehicle team prepares to launch a SEAL delivery vehicle from the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Philadelphia.

US Navy Photo by Chief Photographer Andrew McKaskle

Naval Special Warfare is also capable in the lateral domain. Special Boat Teams operate a fleet of small special operations surface craft that can stealthily maneuver near enemy shores, inserting or extracting special operations teams, conducting strategic reconnaissance or direct action raids, and ambushes.

Naval special warfare must “establish the conditions to undermine the confidence of the adversary” and provide civilian leaders with diplomatic leverage and flexible response options in times of crisis or conflict, Howard said last month. “We need to be inside our opponents in a way that makes it difficult to target them and extends the range of long-range joint fire.”

China has 18 of the 25 largest megalopolises (over 10 million inhabitants) in the world, many of which are located near coastal areas or rivers.

These megalopolises are home to critical telecommunications nodes that could be targets for special Navy operators. The Russian coasts would also be ideal environments for special naval operations.

Naval Special Warfare capabilities can also increase fleet survivability by disrupting or tracking enemy targeting capabilities, such as anti-ship missiles and radar.

“If we plan to be successful in tackling the anti-access / anti-denial capabilities of nation states, we must rely on [special-operations forces] and advanced technologies to understand where they are, what they do and how to best develop near and remote kill-chain techniques, ”Herm Hasken, Partner and Senior Operations Consultant at MarkPoint Technologies with extensive experience special operations and intelligence community, mentioned.

New technologies for new challenges

The Navy SEALs, one with an AN / PAQ-1 laser target designator, right, the other with an M14 rifle, take up a defensive position during an amphibious demonstration in 1988.

National Museum of the United States Navy

Naval Special Warfare is also investing in new technology and equipment, including unmanned air and sea systems, artificial intelligence and electronic warfare. These investments aim to increase the survivability of commandos and platforms, but also to increase their lethality.

The SEALs and Special Boat Teams are not the only ones pursuing such technologies.

The US National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 allowed the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), of which Naval Special Warfare is a part, to authorize electronic warfare and cyber warfare activities to support missions.

So now US special operations units are looking to better take advantage of these new capabilities and authorities and include them in their missions.

One such effort is the Hyper-Enabled Operator initiative, which aims to give commandos better access to battlefield data analytics and improve their situational awareness to enable them to make better and better decisions. faster.

The HEO initiative also seeks to increase the ability of commandos to understand what is happening around them without harming their cognitive load or their electronic profile.

A member of Naval Special Warfare Group 2 is conducting military diving operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Oct. 11, 2018.

US Navy / Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jayme Pastoric

Passive reconnaissance systems would also give commandos the ability to better operate in contested and crowded environments while maintaining tactical situational awareness and collecting data without announcing their presence.

“If I was a commander tasked with setting up a SEAL team to conduct covert operations in maritime areas, I would send demands to SOCOM for a combination of passive reconnaissance and situational awareness capabilities that do not result in adverse reactions. scrutiny from the team, ”said Hasken, who spent time at the National Security Agency as SOCOM’s chief cryptologist.

Most of the main adversaries are “prolific” surveillance states that use commercial vessels, buoys or even man-made islands to watch in and near their territory, Hasken added.

“At one point or another, SOF teams will encounter the personnel and internal security capabilities of an adversary country, even in open water areas,” Hasken said.

In a conflict with Russia or China, the US military will not necessarily benefit from the military superiority it has had against terrorists and insurgents.

As the US military prepares for such a conflict, SEALs and Special Boat Teams are looking for ways to remain assets for the Navy in the face of new threats. Their capacities for strategic reconnaissance and direct action mean that they will always be very useful.

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