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On March 29th at the Riva Trigoso (Genoa) Fincantieri launched frigate “Carabiniere”, the fourth in a series of 10 FREMM - European Multi-Mission Frigates, commissioned from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy under the international cooperation between Italy and France, with the coordination of OCCAR, the joint organization for European cooperation in the field of armaments.

The ship was christened “Carabiniere” to celebrate the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding of this famous Italian force.

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On the 27th February 2014 in La Spezia shipyard, the third Italian frigate, named after the World War II Italian hero “Carlo Margottini”, was delivered by OCCAR to the Italian Navy.

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The Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) has received into service the first Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI)/AgustaWestland (AW) T129 ATAK combat helicopters, TAI announced on 22 April.

The company did not say how many were delivered, but nine early-delivery, basic-configuration T129A helicopters were ordered by the TLFC ahead of the main batch of 50 T129B platforms, and it was this number that was seen on TAI's flightline ahead of the handover ceremony.

This handover of the first domestically built variant of the AW A129 Mangusta marks an important milestone in a programme that has been dogged by delays. The handover was scheduled to be handed over in mid-2013, but this was put back due to technical issues discovered during acceptance tests.

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FORBIN said:

Some ( seems 4 ) Turkish G/Perry class frigate are armed now with 32 ESSM ( 4 ESSM missiles per MK-41 cell through the use of MK25 Quadpack canisters, total of 8 cells ) as Autralian Perry, one significant update this doubles the number of surface-air missiles.

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navyreco said:

A good pic of F125 in the water

She looks "massive" for a Frigate

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