NAC News – Edition 249
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Rod Hughes – Editor NAC News
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Admiral Norman goes to court next week, and as of 10 April 848 people had contributed $108,266 of $200,00 goal…spread the word, need a push here.)
- 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.
- Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd to open maritime conference
(MSC 18 “Pacific Seapower” on 15-18 Oct Victoria BC)
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CANADA
- Will Gen. Vance permanently remove Vice Admiral Mark Norman from his position?
- China’s Arctic ambitions no threat to Canada, say experts
- Royal Canadian Navy ships to return Tuesday from African deployment
- Supply ship Mark Norman fought for now on its way to support RCN during major exercise
- Canadian Navy Plans Persistent Presence in the Asia-Pacific (2 separate Pages)
- Canada’s new arctic patrol ships little more than floating security guards
- ★ Clement: Liberals must change course on sinking approach to shipbuilding
- Sailor of the Year award – Maritime Forces Atlantic
- The business case against Kinder Morgan (Editor – included due to impact on tanker traffic)
- Tackling the war on drug trafficking
- High-tech exhibit brings War of 1812 brig to life
- USS Pearl Harbor Arrives in Victoria, British Columbia
- Federal Court takes action on derelict trawlers at the Port of Bridgewater
- The Long, Knotty, World-Spanning Story of String
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USA & AMERICAS
- What The U.S. Navy’s Supercarriers Give America That No Other Nation Has
- ★ Signs of Cooperation, Not Confrontation, In the Arctic
- Navy Plans to Spend $21B Over 20 Years to Optimize, Modernize Public Shipyards
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: April 16, 2018
- Navy to Release Arctic Strategy This Summer, Will Include Blue Water Arctic Operations
- USS John Warner is First Virginia-Class Attack Sub to Fire Missiles in Anger
- Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Indianapolis
- Navy Will Extend All DDGs to a 45-Year Service Life; ‘No Destroyer Left Behind’ Officials Say
- A Comparison of U.S. Navy and Royal Navy Officer Training
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INDO-PACIFIC
- PLA drill in Taiwan Strait turns into a tempest in a teapot
- Kim Jong-un has a maximum pressure and engagement strategy of his own – Why talk of a North-South peace treaty is more of the same
- Trilateral Security Cooperation: Act Now Against Sea Mines
- Discovery could smash China’s rare-earths stranglehold
- (USN) Creates Permanent Readiness Command To Monitor Japan-Based Ships
- Navy Stands Up Naval Surface Group WESTPAC to Train, Certify Forward-Deployed Ships (Editor – older article Nov 2017 that ties in with one above)
- Beijing flags naval prowess but admits carrier’s limitations
- Taiwan accuses China of ‘sabre rattling’ as naval drill begins
- Five ways China’s past has shaped its present
- India commissions first new Vikram-class OPV
- Pakistan Navy’s new fleet tanker completes first sea trials
- China launches fourth and final Type C13B corvette for Bangladesh Navy
- Chinese archaeologists begin first deep sea archaeological mission
- New base for Chinese submersibles in Sth China Sea
- Australian scientists develops ‘sponge’ for cleaning oil spills
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- Maritime Domain Awareness in Northern Europe
- German Navy tender Mosel to join operation Sophia
- France and Germany launch joint MPA effort
- Russia fires up nuclear icebreaker for North Pole cruises
- Babcock floats out fourth Irish OPV LÉ George Bernard Shaw
- HMS Forth is officially commissioned into the Royal Navy
- Global shipping in ‘historic’ climate deal
- Climeon Heat Power system – turn waste heat into profit
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MIDDLE EAST & REST-OF-THE-WORLD
- Naval missile barrage anchors Syrian attack
- Satellite images reveal damage caused by Western airstrikes in Syria
- Syria air strikes: Were they legal?
- Truman Strike Group Enters Mediterranean Sea, Days After Syria Air Strikes
- Russia boosts navy presence in Azov Sea, provocations possible – Ukraine military
- Pirate attacks worsen in Gulf of Guinea
- ★ 2018 World Navies in Review
- The Commanders Respond
- This remote controlled ‘naval mine’ attaches to ships, explodes on command
- Bottom Trawling Implicated in Fish Population Collapse
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- ★ The U.S. Navy’s new $13 billion aircraft carrier will dominate the seas (Editor – in support of first article in this week’s USA and America’s section…it’s a bit long)
- Here are the 8 Ships the US Navy Commissioned in 2017 (10 min video)