frigate
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The two countries said it was a "passing exercise" with an Indonesian frigate passing through on its return home from the Russian port city of Vladivostok.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
He inserted himself into negotiations for the Air Force One and the F-35 jet fighter programs, directed design changes to the Constellation-class frigate and championed the creation of Trump-class battleships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The upcoming frigate programme in particular is "a huge opportunity", Papperger said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Russian frigate, Neustrashimy, was also being monitored by a French military aircraft which made radio contact with the warship asking it to clarify its intentions, the BBC has been told.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
HMS Coventry'd been anchored at her usual station north of Pebble Island with the frigate HMS Broadsword.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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It is buying frigates from France, and France is buying the GlobalEye radar surveillance plane from Sweden’s Saab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
In March, it completed the acquisition of naval shipyard NVL, partly in the expectation that it would secure a German order for six naval frigates that later fell through.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Americans weren’t exactly winning anyway, but Jefferson doubled-down and sent more war frigates.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Cammell Laird, for instance, now builds the bow sections for the Type 26 frigates and transports them on barges from their Birkenhead base to Govan on the Clyde.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
They turned over a dozen frigates, well armed and fully manned—a dozen frigates!”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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