Swedish corvettes to be modernized

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The government of Sweden awarded a roughly-270-million-Swedisk-kroner contract to Swedish shipbuilding and repair company Kockums in Nov 1999 to carry out a general overhaul and midlife upgrade of the Royal Swedish Navy's corvettes the 'Stockholm' and 'Malmo,' which were both constructed in the early 1980s. Kockums will also carry out a technical upgrade on the corvettes that will focus on their propulsion systems and involve the retrofitting of new gas turbines and gearing.

Sweden

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Russian nuclear cruiser to bemodernized

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Itar-Tass reported that the local government of the Arkhangelsk Region in Russia awarded a contract to Russian shipbuilding and repair company Zvezdochka on Nov 27, 1999, to modernize the Russian Navy's large nuclear- powered air-defense cruiser 'Admiral Ushakov.' The work will be done at Svezdochka's shipyard in Severodvinsk, Russia. A press release issued by a local Russian regional administration reported that at least 4 billion rubles would be required for the overhaul.

Russia

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New naval spear for SAN corvettes

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South Africa-based Kentron developed the SAHV-3 missile for the South African Navy (SAN), which is intended for the SAN's projected new corvettes. The SAHV-3, which is now called Umkhonto ('Spear'), is a 'navalized' system that includes a color infrared seeker developed for the Darter air-to-air missile. It also resembles the rounds fired by Thomson- CSF's Crotale NG and is fitted with a 23kg fragmentation warhead.

South Africa, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, Surface-to-Air Missiles

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