NAC News – Edition 256
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Rod Hughes
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NOTICES
- GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Need a push to finish, but success that in 4 months 1042 people have contributed $130,675 of $200,00 goal)
- UNTDA – 75th Anniv. Reunion – Sept 9-12, 2018 – St John’s, NL – Registration now open
- 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
- Babcock receives extension to Victoria In-Service Support Contract (VISSC)
- Cormorant search and rescue helicopters to be modernized – Italian firm to get sole-source contract
- Cyclone achieves IOC
- Arctic Experience & Operations – Episode 1: Into the White
- China’s arctic ambitions and what they mean for Canada (Editor – a long but informative read)
- Candlelight tribute recognizes 150th anniversary of God’s Acre Veterans Cemetery in Esquimalt
- Largest cruise ship to ever visit B.C. pulls into Victoria port
- Meet the Future of Marine Firefighting
- Tanker Refloated in St. Lawrence Seaway
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USA & AMERICAS
- Veterans, families mark 74 years since Allied D-Day landings
- LRASM completes second dual-missile flight test
- Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Procurement
- USNI News Video: U.S. Navy, French Aviators Train for Middle East Deployments
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 4, 2018
- Marine Corps Wants Forces in U.S. Ready to Surge for Major War
- Bollinger Delivers 29th Fast Response Cutter
- Senate estimates, submarine escalates
- Navy’s Knifefish Unmanned Mine Hunter Passes Sea Acceptance Testing
- U.S. Crude Exports Reach All-Time High
- ★ Dwindling Merchant Marine fleet crimps U.S. ability to wage war
- Panama Canal Sets Monthly Tonnage Record
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INDO-PACIFIC
- China’s exports to US rise despite an overall dip
- Here Are the Commodities Most Likely Affected by U.S.-China Trade Talks
- China lashes out at US for ‘lying through its teeth’ on South China Sea
- South China Sea dispute: Mattis says China ‘intimidating neighbours’
- South China Sea dispute: Beijing attacks ‘irresponsible’ US comments
- China May Have Removed Some Military Equipment From Disputed South China Sea Islands
- Panel: Chinese Navy, Maritime Militia Has Given Beijing De Facto Control of the South China Sea
- France, Britain to sail warships in contested South China Sea to challenge Beijing
- Why does South Korea want a blue-water navy?
- Royal Australian Navy starting Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018
- U.S., India, Japan Navies Start Malabar Exercise Tomorrow in Guam
- With Ports, Ships and Promises, India Asserts Role in Southeast Asia
- China’s Advanced Weapons Systems – Prepared for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (editor – long and comprehensive but interesting report)
- New amphibious aircraft could help US in Indo-Pacific
- China tests drone technology in unmanned boats for combat
- HMM to Spread 20-Vessel Megaship Order Among South Korea’s Top Shipbuilders
- IN commissions first indigenously built floating dock
- Australia alert after ship loses 83 containers
- ONE’s First Magenta-Branded Containership Debuts in Asia
- Whale that died off Thailand had eaten 80 plastic bags
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- UK to lengthen Type 23 Gulf deployments from 2019
- HMS Diamond monitors Russian spy ship through English Channel
- HMS Ramsey joins NATO Task Force
- Sea Control 148: United Kingdom Maritime Strategy with Dr. Eric Grove
- BALTOPS 2018 Begins in Klaipeda
- Ship hack ‘risks chaos in English Channel’
- Ulstein X-Bow Ships: Revolutionary Ship Design
- Plastic and other waste found in British mussels
- 22,000-Tonne Johan Sverdrup Drilling Topside Going to Meet Pioneering Spirit
- Pioneering Spirit Picks Up and Installs the Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform in a Single Lift –PHOTOS
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MIDDLE EAST
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GLOBAL ISSUES
- High Seas Fishing Isn’t Just Destructive—It’s Unprofitable
- ★ How to spot the secretive activities of rogue fishing boats
- Tanker Scrappage To Hit Multi-Year High
- Homeland Signs for Sixth Damen Patrol Vessel
- Inmarsat Offers Unique Maritime IoT Insights
- Robot Boats Propel One of China’s Hottest Startups
- Shipwrecks: Who owns the treasure hidden under the sea?
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- The National Association of Federal Retirees developed a Veterans Outreach initiative
- VAC Financial Benefits
- US Military New Technology THREATS to Russia and China #Military 2016 (Editor – great 16 min explanation/sales YouTube video of threat and attack scenarios)
- The Royal Canadian Navy – Clearance Divers (English) (Editor – another YouTube RCN trade info video)
- #TradesTuesday – Boatswain (English)