NAC News – Edition 245
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Rod Hughes – Editor NAC News
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence UPDATE
- 2018 Battle of the Atlantic Gala Dinner at the Canadian War Museum on Thursday 3 May 2018. NAC members who wish to attend may register here on or after March 1.
- Welcome to Canada’s Global Defence and Security Trade Show (EY Centre 4899 Uplands Drive in Ottawa, Ontario on May 30 – 31, 2018)
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CANADA
- Canadian Navy submarine returns to B.C. after longest voyage on record
- Guilty until Proven Innocent
- The Governor General to Undertake an Official Visit to British Columbia (note 21 March)
- GeoSpectrum Delivered Active Towed Sonar to Royal Canadian Navy
- Chamber of Shipping hosts Minister Garneau at AGM
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USA & AMERICA
- ★ Adm. Harris Details Growing Asia-Pacific Concerns in Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing
- Trump Technology Tariffs Against China Designed to Protect U.S. Military Advantage
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: March 19, 2018
- Navy to Commission Submarine Colorado
- Marines Moving Out on Modernization Priorities Focused on Russian, Chinese Threat
- Protecting the Maritime Shipping Industry from Cybercrime
- US Navy Asks Huntington Ingalls for Pricing on Two Aircraft Carriers
- Tropical Currents: SOUTHCOM’s 2018 Posture Statement
- Growing Demand for Civilian Pilots Push Navy to Triple Bonuses for Some Senior Aviators
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INDO-PACIFIC
- ★ A new order for the Indo-Pacific
- Xi Jinping reappointed as China’s president with no term limits
- Trump set to announce China sanctions after IP probe
- PLA Marine Corps conducts massive groundbreaking maneuvers
- Trump, North Korea and Iran
- Japan readies first ‘marine’ combat brigade since WWII
- A Chinese shipbuilder accidentally revealed its major navy plans
- China’s aircraft carrier sails by Taiwan as tensions rise
- JMSDF commissions new submarine rescue ship
- Strategist Six: Lieutenant General Danilo Pamonag
- Some Western pundits have no clue about China
- Duterte pulls Philippines out of International Criminal Court
- China Building Its First Polar Expedition Cruise Ship
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- Putin gains massive mandate for nationalist policies
- ★ Russia’s Far East accounts for a quarter of national FDI
- BAE to unveil proposed design for British Royal Navy’s Type 31e frigate
- ★ Symphony of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship will set sail from Barcelona (watch the video)
(Symphony of the Seas is now the world’s largest 228,081 GRT cruise liner is 1,188 feet long and 215.5 feet wide, with total capacity for 6,680 guests plus 2,200 crew) - Greenland lost buoy washed up on Sutherland beach
- Sweden: A Pioneering Nation in Green Shipping
- Comply with environmental regulations thanks to our performance technology
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MIDDLE EAST & REST-OF-THE-WORLD
- U.S. Evolving Middle East Operations of Carrier Strike Group as ISIS Loses Ground, Iranian Drones Make Daily Appearances
- Fire Contained on U.S.-Flagged Maersk Boxship
- Libyan Coast Guard Threatens to Kill Migrant Rescue Team
- Ocean plastic could treble in decade (watch shocking video, third pic down)
- Plastic patch in Pacific Ocean growing rapidly, study shows
- Self-driving Ships will soon raise the stakes at sea