With Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan all but over, involvement in Libya shows no signs of petering out as the country’s second Libya… By Shannon Moneo (theglobeandmail) [mappress] Source: theglobeandmail, July 11, 2011;
Four Turkish Naval Ships TCG Barbaros, TCG YB Kudret Gungor, TCG Gemlik and TCG Gelibolu arrived on a four-day goodwill visit to Mumbai 07 Jul 2011. Rear Admiral A Sinan Ertugrul, Commander of the Turkish Naval Maritime Task Group is in command of Task Group. About 950 Turkish Naval personnel are em
THE waters will be swirling around Britain’s newest destroyer again in a matter of weeks as work proceeds apace on HMS Duncan. The sixth and final Type 45 destroyer has been in dry dock for the past nine months following her launch on the Clyde as she goes through the lengthy process of completion.
THE US Navy’s next aircraft carrier is being named the John F Kennedy — the second time an aircraft carrier has been named after the assass… By Michael Lavery (herald) [mappress] Source: herald, July 10, 2011;
The top US military officer left for China late Friday in a trip designed to bolster a fledgling security dialogue with Beijing, even as a U… (dailytimes) [mappress] Source: dailytimes, July 10, 2011;
Portsmouth based warship HMS Westminster has been formally recognised by the American Armed Forces for her contribution to operations in Libya earlier this year. The Type-23 frigate was initially deployed to Libya on Operation Ellamy to take part in humanitarian operations and evacuate refugees, tak
An upcoming visit to the central city of Da Nang by three US naval ships is an annual periodical exchange between the Vietnamese and US nava… (vovnews) [mappress] Source: vovnews, July 8, 2011;
The U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Brisbane, Australia, July 8 in support of exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 (TS11). The exercise enhances joint combat readiness and interoperability between U.S. and Australian air, land and maritime forces and will focus on crisis actio
Taiwan has test-fired for the first time a locally developed submarine-launched missile designed to counter the threat of China’s fast-expan… (thestandard) [mappress] Source: thestandard, July 8, 2011;
KONGSBERG has signed a contract for extensions to the Command & Weapons Control Systems already under contract for delivery to the two new U212A 2nd Batch submarines under construction in Italy for the Italian Navy. The contract was made between the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and KONGSBERG. The
Maersk Line Ltd. in Norfolk received a $15.3 million contract for the worldwide charter of one U.S.-flagged, Ice-class certified, double-hul… (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, July 8, 2011
HMS Illustrious returned home to Portsmouth this evening after completing a £40m maintenance and upgrade programme in Scotland… By Michael Powell (portsmouth) [mappress] Source: portsmouth, July 8, 2011;
The captain of the brand-new USS William P. Lawrence said Tuesday that arriving in San Diego on the Fourth of July weekend was a fitting hom… (nctimes) [mappress] Source: nctimes, July 8, 2011;
Two warships of Japanese Navy – the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) – Japanese Defence Ship (JDS) Samidare and JDS Umigiri, berthed at Kochi on 07 Jul 11, enroute to their anti piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. The Destroyers, with Captain Hideyuki Ooban, Commander Escort Division Four e
