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Throughout the 2022 calendar year, the U.S. Navy is commemorating 100 years of aircraft carriers, celebrating the strategic importance of aircraft carriers and the future of naval aviation while honoring their history. As part of this important milestone, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, visited the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 10, 2022. Capt.…
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Norway has a good training area for our allies, and several NATO vessels have trained in Norwegian waters the past weeks. Both the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) and the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) are here now, preparing for exercise Cold Response 22. This weekend SNMG1 and SNMCMG1 will have a port visit in Trondheim. SNMG1…
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Obangame Express (OE22), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, will kick off its 11th year with 32 participating nations at an opening ceremony in Dakar, Senegal, Mar. 11, 2022. Sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), OE22 is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness (MDA), information-sharing practices, and tactical interdiction expertise to enhance the collective capabilities of…
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The Portuguese Navy, together with the National Maritime Authority, the Judiciary Police and the Portuguese Air Force participated yesterday, March 9, in a joint operation in international waters, south of Portugal, which resulted in the arrest of six individuals and the seizure of of 44 bales of hashish, with a total weight of about 1600kg, as well as the seizure…
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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned two new Type 052D destroyers, the Zhanjiang and the Jiaozuo, official reports revealed on Tuesday. More ships of this class have likely also recently entered naval service or are about to, said observers. After the decommissioning of the old Zhanjiang, a Type 051 destroyer with the hull number of 165, in…
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The sixth edition of the Australian Defence Sales Catalogue has been released today, showcasing the range of cutting-edge products, technologies, and services available for export from Australia’s world-class defence industry sector.
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