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November 22, 2020 – The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Nov. 22, 2020 concluding the ship’s homeport shift from Mayport, Florida to Virginia. The arrival of New York is part of a series of planned homeport shifts set to occur over the next few years, which will consolidate Mayport based…
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November 23, 2020 – The Defence Infrastructure Organization (DIO) has delivered a £34-million submarine escape, rescue, abandonment and survival (SMERAS) training building for the Navy at HMNB Clyde in Faslane. The SMERAS is a unique and modern facility which will give the Navy the capability to carry out essential on shore training for personnel in vital escape, rescue, abandonment and…
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November 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – Today, the lead ship of the Yasen-M project, the Kazan nuclear-powered missile submarine, has successfully fired the main missile system at the coastal target. Rocket firing was carried out as part of the final stage of state tests in the White Sea. The target, located at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region…
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November 23, 2020 (Google Translation) – The joint exercise “Bridge of Friendship – 2020” between the Russian Navy and the Naval Forces (Navy) of the Arab Republic of Egypt has ended at the Black Sea Fleet. The objectives of the exercise, which took place for the first time in the Black Sea, were to strengthen and develop military cooperation between…
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