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US Coast Guard: Cruise ship travelled through Cape Canaveral security zone

US Coast Guard: Cruise ship travelled through Cape Canaveral security zone

Gepostet von | 23 May 2022 | , , , | 0

Looking for spectacular events for passengers or silly oversight? The US Coast Guard has been investigating the intrusion of a cruise ship into a designated safety zone during a rocket launch near Cape Canaveral in January. The launch of a multi-million dollar satellite launch was cancelled as a result. The aborted launch for the Italian space agency was rescheduled for the next day, where it was successful. The US Coast Guard designates safety zones in the lower area and warns sailors of imminent launches from Cape Canaveral. The overflight path of each rocket launch over the Atlantic determines the location of the individual zones. The "traffic offender" was...

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Chinese reconnaissance ship off Western Australia

Chinese reconnaissance ship off Western Australia

Gepostet von | 23 May 2022 | , , | 0

People "down under" don't like it when a reconnaissance vessel approaches the continent - and then flies the Chinese flag on top of it! This is what happened at the beginning of the month when the AGI survey vessel "Haiwangxing" of the Dongdiao class (Type 815A) was observed travelling up and down the west coast. Not in territorial waters, but still in the Exclusive Economic Zone - and not far (50 nautical miles) from the Harold E. Holt communications station just north of Exmouth / North West Cape, which serves the submarines of the Australian, American and other allied navies in particular. "Non-bridging" Chinese ships have recently been increasingly seen north of...

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Littoral Combat Ship now with AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire

Littoral Combat Ship now with AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire

Gepostet von | 23 May 2022 | , , | 0

The AGM-114 Hellfire was originally a laser-guided air-to-ground anti-tank missile of the US Air Force. In the meantime, the 40-year-old weapon has been transformed into a short-range multi-purpose weapon with a range of 8 kilometres thanks to radar guidance, which is particularly suitable for use with drones in "fire-and-forget" mode. In the AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire version, it was successfully tested from the sea in mid-May as one of the three components of the Surface-To-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) of the American Littoral Combat Ships in land target firing. The USS Montgomery (LCS 8) fired three missiles in series at targets up to five nautical miles away on land in the Pacific region....

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Commander of the Black Sea Fleet relieved of his duties

Commander of the Black Sea Fleet relieved of his duties

Gepostet von | 20 May 2022 | , , , | 0

Moscow Insights - Fates and questions Since the heavy blow suffered by the Russian Federation Navy with the sinking of the Slava-class cruiser and naval flagship "Moskva" on 14 April, there has been hardly any reliable information on the whereabouts of the commander of the cruiser and the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as parts of the crew. Ukrainian services reported quite early on that the fleet commander had been removed from office and arrested, and it is known that he was not publicly seen either in Moscow or in Sevastopol during the great victory parade on 9 May. Western services, in particular the London Ministry of Defence, have now confirmed that Vice Admiral Igor Osipov has been removed from office....

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Mercy leaves San Diego

Mercy leaves San Diego

Gepostet von | 18 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

Navy hospital ship to help Pacific nations prepare for disasters The crew prepares the hospital ship USNS "Mercy" for departure from San Diego for this year's Pacific Partnership mission. For 17 years, the Pacific Partnership has brought together medical professionals from several countries to provide medical care and other services in Pacific nations such as Micronesia, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam and the Philippines. The mission is expected to last several months. Previous missions have lasted up to 150 days. Last year, as part of the Pacific Partnership, a humanitarian aid and disaster relief workshop was held in Palau with Taiwanese disaster management experts, during which...

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