NAC News – Edition 236
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NOTICES
- Canadian Naval Memorial Trust – BOA Pilgrimage to Londonderry: 17 -21 May 2018 – More details including the draft plan for this event can be obtained from Patricia (Pat) Jessup at pr@canadasnavalmemorial.ca
- Submariners Association of Canada West (SAOC(W))– Submariners Gathering – Victoria BC: 2–4 November 2018 – 50th Anniversary of the Commissioning of HMCS Okanagan and HMCS Rainbow. Details to be posted to the SAOC(W) website shortly http://www.saocwest.ca
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CANADA
- Canada’s navy and the shape of things to come
- Canada, U.S. lead call for enforcement of sanctions against North Korea
- Political information Mark Norman accused of leaking was already well known in Ottawa: ex-defence lobbyist
- Former Commanders urge action on Admiral Norman accusations
- Admiral Norman to receive medal from Quebec National Assembly
- HMCS Charlottetown Returns to Halifax January 19th
- Canada Unveils New Arctic Shipping Safety Regulations
- Asterix conducts its first RCN Frigate refueling
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USA & AMERICAS
- Twenty-member council to develop plan to make Washington the U.S.’ most sustainable marine industry by 2050…
- Navy FY 2019 Budget Request Will Include a 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan
- Nuclear Posture Review draft leaks; new weapons coming amid strategic shift
- Document: Naval Sea Systems Command SNA 2018 U.S. Navy Destroyer Briefings
- Document: Naval Sea Systems Command SNA 2018 U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship Briefings
- Document: Naval Sea Systems Command SNA 2018 U.S. Navy Amphibious Warship Briefing
- ★ Former Fitzgerald, McCain COs Face Negligent Homicide, Dereliction of Duty Charges Over Fatal Collisions
- Game-changing unmanned systems for naval expeditionary forces
- GE delivers LM2500 turbine for milestone 75th Arleigh Burke destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125)
- Dynamite at the speed of light: How directed energy can transform the US Navy
- BP Deepwater Horizon Costs Balloon to $65 Billion
- Navy says it can buy frigate for under $800M: acquisition reform testbed
- The significance of US and Chinese hospital ship deployments to Latin America
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INDO-ASIA PACIFIC
- India successfully tests nuke missile
- North and South Koreas to form unified Olympic team
- Meeting in Panmunjom
- Amid Tension, China Carrier Group Sails through Taiwan Strait
- The 25th Type 054A FFG joins the fleet
- ★ Philippine brass up in arms on the South China Sea
- B-2 bombers in Guam lay bare PLA’s weak underbelly
- New US Navy assault ship in Japan allows for first seaborne F-35 deployment
- Indonesian Navy commissions second SIGMA frigate KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai
- The joys of Asia’s economic miracle
- China alarms India by selling cheap subs to Indian Ocean nations
- China’s 2nd barracks ship appears in Dalian
- Fleet Forces: Maintenance Load In Yokosuka Increasing; Effect on Fleet is Clear, Solution is Not
- US Coal Exports Bound for Japan’s New Power Plants
- China tanker fire: Bodies found as Sanchi burns, one week on
- Huge oil spill left after burning tanker sinks off China
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- German air-defense frigate ‘Hessen’ deploying to US for drills with US carrier strike group
- French Rafale Fighters to Deploy on Carrier USS George H.W. Bush This Spring
- RAF intercepts Russian bombers near UK ‘area of interest’
- ★ Turkey Reveals Route for New Canal to Ease Bosphorus Shipping
- SNMG1 Conducts Change of Command Ceremony
- Hapag-Lloyd: Shipping Demand Up, More Mergers in 2018
- Russia lays keel for sixth Project 22160 patrol ship
- Babcock announces industry team for Type 31 frigate bid
- Germany returns lead F125 frigate to builder, report
- Fincantieri to Adapt FREMM Frigate for U.S. Navy
- Rolls-Royce considering options for ailing marine division
- First LR Classed Hydrogen-Powered Vessel launched
- Most auxiliary engine damage due to human error, warns Swedish Club
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MIDDLE EAST & REST-OF-THE-WORLD
- Cape Town Could Become First Major City To Run Out of Water After 90-Day Warning
- Minorities packing their bags as religious freedom plunges in Pakistan
- World Seaborne Coal Trade Up in 2017
- Maersk, IBM to Launch Blockchain Joint Venture
- Lockheed Martin contracts Gibbs & Cox for Royal Saudi Navy LCS functional design work
- French CMN to start construction of three patrol vessels for Royal Saudi Navy: La Tribune
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SCUTTLEBUTT
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