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George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group under NATO command

George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group under NATO command

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The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group was placed under NATO command on Friday as part of the Neptune Strike 2022 exercise series, the Pentagon's deputy press secretary announced. The exercise officially began Friday at Strike Force NATO headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal, according to a press release from the U.S. 6th Fleet. In addition to the US, Albania, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom will also participate. It was not clear from the press release what the carrier battle group will be doing in detail as part of the exercise, apart from conducting...

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Prince of Wales into the dock

Prince of Wales into the dock

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The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is on its way from Portsmouth to Rosyth. When the ship sailed for New York last month, damage occurred to the starboard shaft. Inspection by divers revealed that the shaft coupling had failed. The quickest and safest way to repair the shaft and return the ship to service is to put the aircraft carrier into dry dock in Rosyth. There are few options for accommodating a ship the size of 65,000 tonnes. Since the aircraft carrier returned to Portsmouth Naval Base at the beginning of September, the ship's engineers have been working...

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Journalists film damage from the Nord Stream explosion

Journalists film damage from the Nord Stream explosion

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A section of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea at least 50 metres long is missing, the Swedish daily Expressen reported on Tuesday after taking what it said were the first publicly published pictures of the damage. Swedish police and prosecutors suspect that the leaks that occurred on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 on 26 September were caused by deliberate underwater explosions and are investigating the case as an act of gross sabotage. The Expressen video, made with an unmanned underwater vehicle, shows bent metal and a wide-open pipeline at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Parts of the...

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EuroNaval: Consortium agreement signed for European multi-purpose corvette

EuroNaval: Consortium agreement signed for European multi-purpose corvette

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The managing directors of the four companies involved in the development of the European Patrol Corvette signed a preliminary consortium agreement on the opening day of EuroNaval, 18 October 2022. According to Naviris, the agreement is intended to regulate the implementation of the tender. The agreement will allow the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia, led by Naviris, to continue work on the development of the first design of a 'European' ship. The European Patrol Corvette involves: - 4 countries as part of the PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) project (Italy, France, Spain and Greece) - 6 countries are participating in the...

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What does a landing craft do in a lake?

What does a landing craft do in a lake?

Gepostet von | 17 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

Remarkable piece of World War II history emerges in California's Lake Shasta A surprising - and mysterious - piece of World War II history has emerged from Lake Shasta as California's drought brings to light relics long submerged in water. Lake Shasta is located in northern California, around four hours' drive north of San Francisco. As the Shasta-Trinity National Forest announced on Sunday, a boat was found in the dried-up lake bed that had probably been hidden for decades. The marker "31-17" on the boat indicates that it is a boat from the USS Monrovia, a ship that served in World War II.

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