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While patrolling the Gulf of Oman, the Air Defense Frigate (FDA) Chevalier Paul visited a suspicious dhow, resulting in a major drug seizure. On Monday, December 6, 2021, a few weeks after seizing more than 2 tonnes of cannabis, a new operation, in direct support of the Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150), was carried out on a dhow with…
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HMS Dragon faces a demanding two-week workout as she joins the French Navy’s biggest exercise of the year. The Portsmouth-based destroyer takes her place alongside 25 other warships, support vessels and submarines from half a dozen navies for a two-week test of the French fleet – and the ability of its allies to operate side-by-side in Exercise Polaris 21. It’s…
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