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UK: Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship for Seabed Warfare

UK: Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship for Seabed Warfare

Gepostet von | 22 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

At the beginning of the year, the Royal Navy acquired the offshore supply/construction vessel TANGAROA TOPAZ and had it refitted and repainted at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool as its first multi-role ocean surveillance ship. It was now commissioned in mid-October under the name RFA PROTEUS as a multi-role ocean surveillance ship with the task of seabed warfare. The Royal Navy has not yet made a clear statement on the deployment concept. Is it only to be deployed reactively in the event of suspicious incidents and to repair damage to critical infrastructure? Or is it to be used proactively and as a deterrent by being present in the sea area and deploying its new equipment...

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Canada: Airspace encounters of the Chinese kind

Canada: Airspace encounters of the Chinese kind

Gepostet von | 22 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

When a Canadian Lockheed CP-140 Aurora, a version of the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, was on an eight-hour UN mission in international airspace over the East China Sea, a Chinese Chengdu J-10 closed to within five metres of its wings, while a Shenyang J-16 kept to the sidelines. The Aurora was flying in an area close to Chinese airspace to monitor ship movements while enforcing the oil embargo against North Korea. These flights are regularly "welcomed" by Chinese air force units - even several times during a mission - but rarely so aggressively. Because on the last approach, even...

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U.S. Coast Guard: For coastal areas and the high seas

U.S. Coast Guard: For coastal areas and the high seas

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

After a delay of several years, the first ship of the US Coast Guard's newest class has been christened. The christening and launching of the first unit of the US Coast Guard (USCG) HERITAGE class took place on 27 October at the Eastern Shipbuilding shipyard in Panama City, Florida. The name of the new class reflects the fact that all units will be named after historic Coast Guard vessels. The USCGC ARGUS, for example, bears the name of one of the first ten customs ships in the USA. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You have...

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Chile: Ocean-going tugs for the Antarctic

Chile: Ocean-going tugs for the Antarctic

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

The trend towards equipping navies with high-performance standard support vessels from the civilian sector is continuing around the globe. After Chile decommissioned its deep-sea tug Lautaro at the beginning of 2022, an adequate replacement had to be found quickly to maintain national connections along the 4000 kilometres of coastline and on to the Antarctic regions and stations of Chile. They found what they were looking for in the Netherlands and purchased the offshore supply vessel/tug Havila Neptune, built in 2007 in Leirvik near Bergen in Norway, which can carry a further 2500 tonnes with a displacement of around 3000 tonnes. After a technical refit and colour change from...

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Stabilisation required

Stabilisation required

Gepostet von | 20 Dec 2023 | , , , | 0

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