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Russian 'Stealth Destroyer' Just a Sales Gimmick? By Jeremy A. Kaplan Russia plans to begin constructing a new generation of "stealth" destroyers in 2012 that will form the backbone of the combat power of Russia's surface fleet, Russian newspaper Pravda reported. But since much of Russia's income comes from arms sales and exports, that new stealth technology might be simply hype designed to sell boats, Thomas Fedyszyn, director of the Europe-Russia Studies Group at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. said. "They're trying to sell this to India, Vietnam, Indonesia … as marketers, they would per force be...

Navy eyes dozen new stealth destroyers Published: 10 October, 2011, 14:16 The Russian Navy is to deploy 14 to 16 new destroyer-class multipurpose warships over the next two decades. The desired vessel will be a natural naval killer of all sorts of targets from submarines to enemy missiles. Production of the first ship of the new series may begin as early as in 2012, a source in the defense industry told Izvestia newspaper. The military want a versatile tool capable to engage surface fleets, submarines and aerial targets, including missiles. “It will be a universal warship, which will be able...

The Return of the Zumwalt Guided-Missile Destroyers Mackenzie Eaglen October 3, 2011 at 12:25 pm Artist rendering of the Zumwalt class destroyer The U.S. Navy has approved contracts to finish building the hulls of the second and third ships of the Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers being constructed at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine. The $1.8 billion contract will also fund systems integration of the DDG-1001 Michael Monsoor and DDG-1002. The second ship of the class is named after the late Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor, who received the Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life for his...

China Boosts Destroyer Prowess May 9, 2011 By David Axe Enhancements to the Chinese Navy's destroyer capabilities are a step closer to achieving blue-water goals. With the impending entry into service of China's first aircraft carrier, the upgraded Russian Varyag, renamed Shi Lang, one US analyst explains how the Chinese might employ the vessel. The expert, a respected naval officer whose ideas are widely discussed, spoke on condition of anonymity. According to the officer, Shi Lang could represent the major vehicle for the second phase of a two-step process for the People's Liberation Army Navy. The process would see the...

Royal Navy welcomes new destroyer Monday, May 09, 2011 HMS Diamond – the third of the Royal Navy’s new formidable Type 45 air-defence destroyers – has today been formally commissioned into the fleet.. She is one of six multi-role vessels being built for the Royal Navy which will provide air defence using the Sea Viper missile system. She can embark 60 troops and their equipment, supported by a modern medical facility that can deliver a surgical capability. She could also carry up to 700 people to support a civilian evacuation. Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, said: "The Type 45 programme...

Engaged in a frenzied firefight and outnumbered by the Taliban, Navy Lt. Michael Murphy made a desperate decision as he and three fellow SEALs fought for their lives on a rocky mountainside in Afghanistan's Kunar Province in 2005. In a last-ditch effort to save his team, Murphy pulled out his satellite phone, walked into a clearing to get reception and called for reinforcements as a fusillade of bullets ricocheted around him. One of the bullets hit him, but he finished the call and even signed off, "Thank you." Then he continued the battle.... A warship bearing the name of the...

ROK(South Korea) Navy's 3rd and last KD3 class Aegis destroyer ROKS Ryu,Sung-Yong(DDG-993) has been launched today at Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan city. KD3 class Aegis destroyer has been equipped with 128 VLS cells: 80 Mk41 VLS cells for SM-2 Block 3A/3B, 48 KVLS(Korean VLS) cells for 32 Sky Dragon Land Attack Cruise Missiles and 16 Red Shark ASROC. photos by KDNphotos by kidlmy from KDNCapt. Lee, Sang-Gap, DDG-993 first KD3 class Aegis destoyer ROKS Sejong The Great(DDG-991) photo by ROKNphoto by Shin, In-Kyun from KDNphotos by Jager from KODEF ROKS Sejong The Great video

When someone says they don’t think President Barack Obama is actually a Christian, the expectation would be that they think he’s secretly a Muslim. Not Bill Maher. On tonight’s Real Time, in the process of arguing that Obama’s not really a centrist politically, Maher also revealed that he doesn’t think Obama’s actually Christian, either, but rather a secular humanist. The belief Maher apparently holds – that Obama isn’t actually a Christian, but merely pretends to be one to keep up appearances for the sake of his political career – strikes us as one of the most cynical things anyone could...

'Iran navy to build new destroyers' An Iranian destroyer (file photo) Iranian Navy's Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Gholam-Reza Khadem Bigham says the navy aims to build new destroyers with state-of-the-art design and defense systems. “The assembly line for the production of missile-launching frigates with advanced systems and modern features have been set up,” IRNA quoted Rear Admiral Bigham as saying on Friday. He hailed the country's first domestically-build and developed guided missile destroyer Jamaran and said, “The military capabilities … need to meet our defense requirements to protect the Islamic Republic's interests against aerial, surface and sub-surface threats.” Last February,...

India to Construct Additional Stealth Destroyers 16 December 2010 The Indian Government has agreed to indigenously construct four guided-missile stealth destroyers under the Project-15B programme at Mazagon Docks, Mumbai, India. The Rs300bn ($6.54bn) project will be undertaken at MDL after the three Kolkata Class 6,700t destroyers are finally delivered in 2012-2014. The Indian Navy intends to become a three-dimensional blue-water force whilst maintaining a fleet of 140 surface and sub-surface combatants, an aircraft carrier and three additional Talwar-class stealth frigates. The navy has around 30 warships, six submarines and two fleet tankers under construction in Russia, Italy and various Indian...

S. Korea bids to sell warships to Brazil Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, a leading ship builder in Korea, submitted a proposal for a $4 trillion warship procurement contract in Brazil, a military source said Thursday. Brazil, which is seeking to beef up its maritime defense of offshore oil deposits, plans to purchase 11 naval ships ― five destroyers, five frigates and a support ship ― the source said. “The Brazilian navy has been considering purchasing 11 warships in the form of a government-to-government project since June,” the source said. “Specific details for the bid have yet to be publicized.”...

$8bn navy flagship founders after construction bungle EXCLUSIVE: Cameron Stewart AUSTRALIA'S largest defence project, the $8 billion plan to build the navy's new air warfare destroyers, has had its first serious setback. A Melbourne shipyard has botched the construction of the central keel block of the first warship. The multi-million-dollar bungle could delay the project by up to six months and is believed to have triggered a rift between the Williamstown shipyards, where the hull block was built, and the warship's Spanish designer. The setback has alarmed the Defence Materiel Organisation, which sees the AWDs as its flagship project and...

Japan Launches First Future Class Destroyer 18 October 2010 The Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) has launched the first ship of the future destroyer class, Akizuki, from the Nagasaki shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan. The ship, one of three planned for launch by 2014, has a displacement of 5,000t and can carry a crew of 200. The destroyer will be equipped with weapons including type 90 surface to surface missiles, an anti-torpedo system and two helicopters. The destroyer of this class, known as 19 DD, is an improvement on the Takanami Class and has been designed to enhance...

The Navy's greatest navigational tragedy took place in September 1923 at an isolated California coastal headland locally known as Honda Point. Officially called Point Pedernales, Honda is a few miles from the northern entrance of the heavily-traveled Santa Barbara Channel. Completely exposed to wind and wave, and often obscured by fog, this rocky shore has claimed many vessels, but never more at one stroke than at about 9 PM on the dark evening of 8 September 1923, when seven nearly new U.S. Navy destroyers and twenty-three lives were lost there. Just over twelve hours earlier Destroyer Squadron ELEVEN left San...

Prevented from golfing for two days by a steady rain that caused minor flooding on the island, President Obama seized on the better weather yesterday, pressing some flesh in Oak Bluffs and finally hitting the links again. Obama, joined wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and a group of friends for an hourlong lunch at Nancy’s Restaurant overlooking Oak Bluffs Harbor. Obama, who could be seen through a second-floor window drinking a bottle of Corona Light (with a slice of lime), was accompanied by friends Valerie Jarrett, Eric and Cheryl Whitaker. Afterward, the president tossed his jacket aside and shook...

President Obama is subverting the Supreme Court. His latest pick for the high court, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, is a radical leftist who would rubber-stamp Mr. Obama's transformative socialist agenda. She is not an independent, serious nominee, but an Obama ideological clone. The Supreme Court is the nation's highest legal body. It represents the apex of a separate branch of government designed to serve as a pivotal check and balance against the executive and legislative branches. A functioning democracy based on the rule of law depends upon an independent judiciary - especially, a Supreme Court immune from the corrosive grasp...

Russia developing new destroyer DATELINE: MOSCOW March 11 Russia has begun developing a new-generation destroyer for its Navy, which will be built using stealth technology, a source from the defense industry told Interfax-AVN on Thursday. “Research is being done now to determine the image of a new offshore maritime zone vessel, and technical documents for the project are being drawn up. This process will last about 30 months,” the source said. The future warship will be multifunctional, which will determine the choice of weapons for it, he said. “The destroyer will have a missile weapon system using universal vertical launchers...

Reporting from Seoul and Los Angeles - A series of aggressive federal probes into the recalls of Toyota autos are looking at whether the automaker has been less than forthcoming about the safety defects in some of its vehicles. But in Japan many believe it's the U.S. government that has something to hide. Congressional hearings on the recalls, they say, are part of conspiracy to help prop up Toyota's largest American rival, General Motors Co., which the government bailed out of bankruptcy last year, becoming the majority shareholder.

The Iranian Navy sent its first domestically built destroyer, the Jamaran, to sea today. Apparently this is the "destroyer" that Iran announced it was building three years ago. No further details were given at the time, or since. It was known that Iran had launched a clone of their British made Vosper Mk 5 frigates in 2002. That 1,500 ton ship has been fitting out ever since. Four Vosper frigates were delivered in the early 1970s, and at least three are still in service. Actually, these are considered "corvette" type ships, as destroyers tend to displace over 7,000 tons. The...

Iran navy launches domestically made destroyer (AFP) – 3 hours ago TEHRAN — Iran's navy on Friday has launched in the Gulf its first domestically made destroyer in a ceremony attend by the supreme leader and the commander-in-chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the media reported. "Iran's navy on Friday took the delivery of the first indigenously designed and developed guided missile destroyer "Jamaran" in the Persian Gulf," Iran's English-language Press TV reported. The vessel has a displacement of around 14,000 tonnes and is equipped with modern radars and electronic warfare capabilities, the report said. "Jamaran, a multi-mission destroyer, can carry 120-140...

Arleigh Burke-class destroyers such as the USS Ross and USS Cole, which survived a terrorist suicide bombing in Yemen, have proven to be durable workhorses in the U.S. Navy. Retired Rear Adm. Michael K. Mahon calls the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer "the envy of the world." One of the ships is shown here in Bath, Maine, in May. Over the 22 years since construction of the first one began at Bath Iron Works, the ship has steamed into the record book: The destroyer's production run has outlasted every other battleship, cruiser, destroyer and frigate in U.S. Navy history.

The commanding officer and top enlisted sailor serving on the Norfolk-based destroyer James E. Williams were relieved of command today after numerous cases of fraternization among the crew and allegations of sexual assault. Cmdr. Paul Marquis, skipper of the Williams, was assigned to administrative duty by Capt. Robert C. Barwis, the commander of Destroyer Squadron 26, according to a Navy spokesman. Master Chief Timothy Youell, who served as the command master chief on the Williams, also has been reassigned to an administrative job. The actions come in the wake of nine fraternization cases between senior and junior enlisted personnel on...

Navy's £1bn+ destroyers set to remain unarmed for years Ex-British miracle missiles in new test FAIL By Lewis Page Posted in Science, 2nd December 2009 14:46 GMT The "Sea Viper" missile system for the Royal Navy's new Type 45 destroyers looks set to suffer further setbacks following a reported failure during test firings. The weapons are already so late that the first £1bn+ Type 45 has been in naval service for nearly a year - almost completely unarmed. News of the test failure comes courtesy of the Ares blog, reporting remarks by Andrew Tyler of the UK Defence Equipment and...

US Firm Under Probe for Radar Supply Fraud By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter Military prosecutors are investigating a suspicion that a major U.S. defense company sold old radar systems disguised as new ones to the South Korean Navy between 2003 and 2005, officials of the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. The radars were installed on three 4,500-ton KDX-III destroyers, they said. "We're still checking to see if there is reasonable ground for the suspicions," a ministry spokesman said. He said the investigation began based on tip-offs that the Navy might have been defrauded in a commercial deal valued at...

Navy to launch stealth destroyer tomorrow INS Kochi has advanced stealth features that make it less vulnerable to detection by enemy radar. Its weapons system include the nuclear capable supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile and Long Range Surface-to-Air missiles The Indian Navy is scheduled to launch a stealth destroyer capable of carrying nuclear warheads here on Friday. The 6,500-tonne warship INS Kochi was indigenously built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Ltd and designed by the Directorate of Naval Design. It will add to the existing Delhi class fleet comprising INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai, according to a press release. In...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nitrous oxide emissions caused by human activity have become the largest contributor to ozone depletion and are likely to remain so for the rest of the 21st century, a US study has concluded. The study by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency said efforts to reduce chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere over the past two decades were "an environmental success story. ... Emissions and production of those substances are regulated under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. But the treaty excludes nitrous oxides, which are emitted by agricultural fertilizers, livestock manure, sewage treatment, combustion and certain other industrial processes....

Pictured: The massive floating destroyer the Americans are sending to keep North Korean missiles at bay By DAILY MAIL REPORTER 19th June 2009 USS John McCain: The destroyer has been deployed to intercept a North Korean vessel suspected of carrying illicit weapons The U.S. military is planning to intercept a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit nuclear materials and missiles. Navy destroyer the USS John McCain has been deployed to intercept the Kang Nam as it leaves the coast of China, according to a senior US defence official. The ship, which left a port in North Korea on Wednesday,...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead delivered the principal address at the commissioning of the Navy's 53rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Truxtun (DDG 103), April 25. CNO said the utility and importance of the Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers has been clear in the decision to restart the production line and increase the number of ballistic missile upgrades to the existing DDGs. He said Truxtun is in the most advanced, capable and versatile surface combatant class in the world. "Two weeks ago, it was an Aegis destroyer, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), that...

The Navy will commission the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Stockdale, during an 11:00 a.m. PST ceremony on Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Port Hueneme, Calif.               Designated DDG 106, the new destroyer honors Medal of Honor recipient Vice Adm. James Bond Stockdale (1923-2005), the legendary leader of American prisoners of war (POWs) during the Vietnam War.               Stockdale was the highest-ranking naval officer ever held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. His plane was shot down Sept. 9, 1965, while flying combat missions over North Vietnam. Stockdale spent more than seven years in captivity at prisons...

Russia steps in to bail out sinking Project 15-A Ajai Shukla / Mazagon Dock Ltd/ Mumbai April 1, 2009, 0:18 IST To comprehend the size of a 6,800-tonne warship, one really needs to see it out of water. In Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai (MDL), we stare awestruck at two such vessels being built side by side, towering hulks of steel that are being welded and hammered into frontline destroyers for the Indian Navy. Then we are shown their eventual form at a nearby slipway, where INS Kolkata, the first destroyer of Project 15-A, is being kitted out for its commissioning...

Govt approves Navy plans for four new warships New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI) The government has approved building of four new destroyer warships to bolster the Navy's strength. The follow-on orders for the new destroyers would be placed with Mumbai-based Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) soon, top Navy sources said here today. "The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has last month given in-principle approval to the Navy's proposal for construction of four new Kolkata Class destroyers," sources said. Codenamed "Project 15B", the new warships would be built after the MDL completed construction of the first three destroyers of the Kolkata Class under...

Yay, Onto the city-state of Columbus, in the land known as OHIO, comes LORD HIGH OBAMA, Destroyer of Wealth, Slayer of Rich People, Master of all who obey, and his Democrat Minions, bringing "Change!" in the form of Economic misery and empty plattitudes onto the masses of Government Employees layed out before him! "25 JOBS!" he yells, "I HAVE SAVED 25 JOBS!" shouts the deliver of false promise. "Let the Evil Lord LIMBAUGH say something about THIS!", he bellows. The huddled masses in the unemployment line down the block hear THE ONE, but there is no joy in thier hearts,...

The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent -- about $55 billion -- a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News.

World's most advanced destroyer handed to Royal Navy The world's most advanced destroyer with the capability to defend the entire city of London from missile attack has been handed over to the Royal Navy. By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent The Type 45 warship will be a significant boost to the Navy that has suffered severe cuts in recent years bringing the latest in anti-missile technology, radar detection and propulsion. But HMS Daring will have to wait several years to be able to defend the major aircraft carriers that it was built to support as a major delay for the ships...

A U.S. destroyer off the coast of Somalia closed in Saturday on a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and ammunition, watching it to ensure the pirates who seized it do not try to remove any cargo or crew. Nikolsky said the ship was anchored near the Somali town of Hobyo and that two other apparently hijacked ships were nearby. Hobyo is in the central region of Mudug, south of Puntland. It is a natural port and does not have any facilities.

A US Navy destroyer has made visual contact with a Ukrainian ship which was seized by pirates last week and is now moored off the Somali coast. There is no indication that the USS Howard intends to approach the ship, which is carrying 72 battle tanks destined for Kenya's government. The pirates' ransom demand for the ship and its 21 crew has fallen from $35m to $20m (£10.9m), their spokesman said. A man on the ship also told the BBC that one of the crew members had died.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ The Navy has changed course and decided to push for construction of a third DDG-1000 destroyer that would be built at Bath Iron Works, Sen. Susan Collins said Monday. The Maine Republican said Navy Secretary Donald Winter informed her of the decision that comes one month after the Navy said it was scrapping the Zumwalt destroyer program once the first two are built. The Navy said at the time that it was opting instead to build more of the current-generation DDG-51, or Arleigh Burke, destroyers. Collins quoted Winter as saying that in addition to seeking...

The Navy’s next-generation destroyer is caught in a tug of war between House members who want to scuttle the newest version of the ship in favor of the old and senators who want full funding for the new one. Rep. Gene Taylor, a Blue Dog Democrat from Mississippi, and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, a Republican from Maryland, led the effort in the House Armed Services Committee to cut more than $2 billion from the appropriation request for the new DDG-1000. That’s a clear challenge to the Republican senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)...

The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate. Four Medal of Honor recipients and seven former prisoners of war attended the ceremony at Bath Iron Works that marked a milestone in construction of the 9,200-ton ship named for Vice Adm. James Stockdale. Stockdale's widow, Sybil, who suffers from Parkinson's disease and uses a wheelchair, let loose a champagne bottle propelled by rope that swung across the Stockdale's bow....

Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter announced on May 7 at a ceremony in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., the name of the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be USS Michael Murphy. Designated as DDG 112, the name honors Lt. Michael Murphy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during Operation Red Wing, in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. "Michael Murphy's name which will be forever synonymous with astonishing courage under fire will now be associated with one of the U.S. Navy's most technologically advanced, most powerful and most capable warships," Winter said. Michael Murphy's...

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) Kevin S. O’Brien, Office of the Secretary of the Navy, Public Affairs LAKE RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (NNS) -- Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter announced on May 7 at a ceremony in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., the name of the newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be USS Michael Murphy. Designated as DDG 112, the name honors Lt. Michael Murphy who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during Operation Red Wing, in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. "Michael Murphy's name which will be forever synonymous with astonishing courage under...

Iran to Launch Home-Made Submarine, Destroyer TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian army's naval commander said that the country is due to launch a home-made destroyer and a submarine on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in a press conference here on Saturday, Admiral Habib Sayyari further pointed to the production of missile-launching PT boats by the navy, and added, "A home-made destroyer called 'Jamaran' and a (home-made) submarine of 'Ghadir' class will launch operation on November 28." He further stressed that his troops are closely monitoring military moves of trans-regional powers in the region, and said, "No move in the Sea of...

Arleigh Burke-class destroyers 'buckling' under stress, admits USN By Tara Copp Serious structural defects have been identified throughout the United States Navy's fleet of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Jane's can reveal. The navy (USN) has admitted that many of the 51 ships currently in service are buckling under the stress of higher-than-anticipated loads at sea. The impact of rough-sea slamming on the bow has led to warping of main transverse bulkhead beams and some of the cribbing, a source said. Repairs and strengthening work is already being carried out on the latest Flight IIA ships as well as vessels from the...

Excerpts - HONOLULU (AP) - The US military intercepted a mid-range target missile in a test off Hawaii today. ~ snip ~ It hit the mid-range target's simulated warhead 100 miles above the Earth. The target separated mid-flight, meaning the interceptor missile had to distinguish between the warhead and booster rocket for the kill. The test marked the first time a Navy destroyer intercepted a target missile. Previously only Navy cruisers had done so. ~ snip ~

Sometimes it’s the little things that suggest a campaign has, at least for now, weathered the Obama storm and is moving smoothly into the summer. Hillary Clinton’s Tuesday morning press conference, announcing her endorsement by Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, had a multitude of those little omens. 1. Few if any defections of consequence. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and opportunism hath no representative like a New Jersey politician. (Think of former Sen. Bob Torricelli, creator of the Torricelli rule that limited the use of CIA sources with checkered human-rights records, ripping into the Central Intelligence...

                                            

Canadian Destroyer To Go Down In Blaze Of Artillery In Pacific by Michel Comte Ottawa (AFP) April 09, 2007 Environmentalists have lamented plans to sink a Canadian destroyer during a military training exercise in the Pacific next month, saying the navy is "treating the ocean like a garbage dump." The decommissioned HMCS Huron will be struck by a barrage of Canadian and US missiles, aircraft machine guns, naval cannons and torpedoes until it sinks two kilometers (1.2 miles) to the ocean floor off the west coast of Vancouver Island, the navy said. Environment Canada has approved the disposal plan. But...

SCIO, N.Y., March 26, 2007 ? The Navy honored Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham March 24 by naming a guided missile destroyer after the fallen Marine hero during a ceremony here. Hundreds of students, teachers and veterans packed the gym of Scio Central High School as Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter announced that the name of the Navy?s newest Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer would honor the memory of the Marine Corps? most recent Medal of Honor recipient. Dunham is the Marine Corps? first Medal of Honor recipient for actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He earned the Medal...

BAE Systems and VT Group set for 2 bln stg Saudi destroyer deal - report 03.09.07, 3:33 AM ET LONDON (AFX) - Britain is aiming to win a 2 bln stg order from Saudi Arabia for the world's most advanced naval destroyer, which would be built by BAE Systems PLC and VT Group PLC, The Independent newspaper reported. The proposed deal comes just three months after the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was forced to drop an investigation into claims BAE Systems (other-otc: BAESF.PK - news - people ) bribed Saudi officials to secure the Al Yamamah arms-for-oil contract. The report...