In a striking episode off the coast of the Red Sea, the German missile frigate Hessen engaged a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone under the mistaken belief it was an enemy UAV.
The F126 frigate programme is the largest shipbuilding project in the history of the German Navy.
A steel-cutting ceremony held on June 29 in Papenburg marked the official start of construction for the first of two Type 707 replenishment tankers for the German Navy.
The German Navy (Deutsche Marine) has christened the second ship in the second batch of K130 corvettes, the Emden.
