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Argentina also defends itself against Chinese fishermen

New French-built patrol vessels deployed The Argentine Navy has deployed its two newest offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), ARA Bouchard (P-51) and ARA Piedrabuena (P-52), to monitor an international fishing fleet travelling in the South Atlantic near the country's economic zone (EEZ). While there are no confirmed reports that these vessels are engaged in illegal, unregulated or unreported fishing, it is suspected that this is or will soon be the case. Bouchard and Piedrabuena, along with a Beechcraft B-200 Super King Air, were monitoring vessels travelling through the Strait of Magellan to the...

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Follow up: What comes after Neptune Strike 2022?

The "Harry S Truman" was present as part of the NATO exercise in the Mediterranean, despite or because of the tensions between Russia and Ukraine. According to the news agency Reuters, the US admiral leading the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier battle group did not want to reveal what will happen after the end of the exercises in the Adriatic in the coming days. Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw referred to the Pentagon and said: "But we're prepared to operate anywhere, and we planned a longer deployment when we left Norfolk, and we plan to operate where we're needed most." Basically, future operations will be...

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RSS Invincible reports back for sea trials

On 3 February 2022, TKMS continued the shipyard trials of the first class 218SG submarine with shallow water trials of the RSS Invincible. The 70-metre-long AIP submarine, which displaces 2,200 tonnes when submerged, spent 11 hours in the Kiel Bight sea area before mooring again at ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkms) in Kiel at night. According to observers, the next step on the programme after successful tests is to move the submarine to the Skagerrak, where the deep-water test section is to be completed. RSS Invincible is the type boat of a class of four diesel-electric submarines with fuel cell propulsion that the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)...

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NATO ends Neptune Strike 2022

"Neptune Strike 22" took place from 24 January to 4 February 2022. This was a NATO activity that centred on the interoperability of naval and air forces. Over 20 nations took part. The theatre of operations extended from the Mediterranean to Central Europe. Neptune Strike 22 was characterised by the temporary subordination of a US aircraft carrier battle group under NATO command. This exercise marked the long-planned integration of command and control of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) into the NATO alliance. The operation began on 24 January from the Adriatic Sea and...

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How Irish fishermen took action against the Russian fleet....

.... and won The action shows how civil outrage can force governments to act. In this case, it was a Russian naval manoeuvre. One group has now shown how to do it. When Russia announced its intention to carry out manoeuvres with warships off the Irish coast, Irish fishermen developed such an effective deterrent that the Russian navy cancelled the exercise. The exercise was originally due to take place in Ireland's fishing and economic zone from 3 February. Irish officials announced that the exercise was "unwelcome and undesirable", but were apparently unable to convince their Russian counterparts to cancel it.

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