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Cmdr. Nathan Wemett, the commanding officer of destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100), released the following open letter to the San Diego region as the ship departed the city to continue her scheduled deployment, June 10. Today, the men and women of USS Kidd (DDG 100) return to sea to resume our mission, and we do so because of the support…
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June 9, 2020 – Saab has together with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Swedish Armed Forces conducted the first tests with the Saab Lightweight Torpedo (SLWT) from a corvette and a submarine. The tests are the first of its kind for the new torpedo and were undertaken during February and March 2020 at sea ranges outside Karlskrona, on…
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June 9, 2020 (Google Translation) – After a long hike, the strategic nuclear missile cruiser Vladimir Monomakh returned to the permanent deployment center in Kamchatka. On the pier in Vilyuchinsk, submariners were met by representatives of the command of the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet and officers of the headquarters of the formation of submarines. According to the report…
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June 10, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, a small missile ship of project 21631 “Grayvoron”, being built for the Russian Navy at the production facilities of the shipbuilding corporation “Ak Bars”, began to undergo mooring tests. This was reported to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, at a planned meeting on surface shipbuilding. During mooring tests, specialists…
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June 9, 2020 (Google Translation) – Since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic that affects the world and our country, the Chilean Navy has made available to the Ministry of Health all of its available resources and capabilities to support this fight. Thus, since the beginning of April, the multipurpose ship “Sargento Aldea” has been docked in the port of…
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