Falaj-2 Class

Qatar is expected to sign a letter of agreement with Italy on Thursday for the planned purchase of four corvettes, a support vessel and two missile boats from Italian shipyard Fincantieri. The deal would be worth almost €5 billion, or $5.6 billion, a source knowledgeable of the deal told Defense News, and include missiles supplied by MBDA as well […]

Increased threat of maritime conflict involving Arabian Gulf nations has heightened concern among regional navies, which helped spur the recent formation of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) maritime security force. Threats to regional waters over the past year have extended from the Strait of Hormuz further south to the Bab Al Mandab gateway in Yemen […]