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China pushes for co-operation agreement

Ten Pacific states to sign it China is seeking to get 10 small Pacific states to agree to a far-reaching agreement that covers everything from maritime security to fisheries. There is a danger that Beijing will use the agreement to seize control of the region. A draft of the agreement published by AP shows that China wants to train police officers for the Pacific region and expand co-operation in law enforcement. China also wants to jointly develop a marine plan for fishing, which also includes the lucrative tuna fishery in the Pacific. Cooperation in the operation of the internet in the region is to be strengthened and...

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China: Aircraft carrier no. 3 about to be launched?

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the launch of the latest Chinese aircraft carrier is being prepared. According to US analysts, '003' could be launched "in the coming weeks or even days". Satellite images from 31 May show that the dry dock at the Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai, where the ship is being built, has been cleared of smaller vessels and shipyard equipment. The Wall Street Journal quotes an analyst from the Center for Strategic and International Studies who believes that the ship could be launched for the Dragon Boat Festival, a national Chinese holiday (3 to 5 June 2022). However, there were already relevant reports in autumn 2021 about...

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90 metre ship Zhu Hai Yun: Launch of an autonomous robot carrier in China

The ship actually looks more like an oligarch yacht with a somewhat unconventional East Asian design: in mid-May, the South China Morning Post reported eloquently on the launch of an almost 90 metre long ship named "Zhu Hai Yun" at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong shipyard in Guangzhou in the hinterland of Hong Kong. However, it is not the spectacular design - it is the technical equipment and the equipment payload that make people sit up and take notice. As an autonomous platform with a large number of unmanned sensor carriers, the ship is intended to create a 3D image of a 100-kilometre disc of the sea surface, 4 kilometres upwards and...

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Spain's new-build submarine takes to the open sea

The procurement programme for the conventional Spanish submarines of the high-tech S-80 class was mixed with many unfortunate setbacks and delays. Thirteen months after being rolled out of the hall, christened by Princess Leonor and floated out of the Navantia dock, the S-81 "Isaac Peral" type boat has completed its harbour trials and left the Cartagena basin for the first time for sea trials. The manufacturer responsible for the "world's most advanced" boat until its delivery, the state-owned shipyard consortium Navantia, praises the 15-day continuously submersible boat to the skies: only very few nations in the world have...

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Second British aircraft carrier en route to the Mediterranean

Just a few weeks ago, HMS Prince of Wales returned to its British home port of Portsmouth from the Cold Response 2022 Arctic manoeuvre, where it had been training with NATO units from various nations and leading the Joint Expeditionary Force. Now the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier has left its home port for the Atlantic again before the weekend to serve as the NATO flagship for Spain's annual "Flotex" exercise in the Mediterranean. The carrier's programme includes a two-week workup off the British coast before heading to Spain and Portugal for port visits. From Rota, it will sail into the Mediterranean Sea serials together with...

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