NAC News – Edition 259 Terra Nova

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Rod Hughes

Editor NAC News

rhughes@shaw.ca (comments welcome to help improve this service)

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NOTICES

• ★    GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor –  from Lee Hamilton “Good Day Folks – VAdm Norman had a bad day today (Wednesday).  Today, he found out he will be formally replaced as the VCDS.  This is a blow to an honourable man who has served his country, and who has been convicted of no crime.  Help him defend himself.  Share with your friends and lets get this campaign to our goal of $200,000!”
  As of today 1,057 people contributing $135,220 of $200,00 goal.)
• NAC members have the opportunity to submit an article on naval and/or maritime issues to the Royal Canadian Military Institute’sRCMI journal “SITREP”, which for the September edition is intended to be a Navy edition.  SITREP is the RCMI bi-monthly professional journal.  It is published online and distributed in print to RCMI members across Canada.  SITREP publishes articles that engage with current Canadian defence and strategic topics, foreign and defence policies, international relations, and military history.
• HMCS ORIOLE visits HMCS STAR in Hamilton 10:00-16:00 29 June (today) to 1 July.
• Shearwater as birthplace of maritime aviation in Canada and introduced a century of service by all those who served there.  Aug 1-3 events.
• UNTDA – 75th Anniv. Reunion – Sept 9-12, 2018 – St John’s, NL – Registration now open
• The Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) 21st Annual Graduate Student Symposium between Sunday, 30 Sept and Tuesday, 2 Oct 2018 at RMC.
• 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

• ★   Suspended Vice-Admiral Norman to be removed as military’s second-in-command
• ★   Navy submarine HMCS Windsor returns to Halifax after 5-month deployment
• Federal officials felt ‘pressured’ to direct frigate repair work to Halifax: documents
• Trump sends letter to Trudeau calling for more NATO spending
• New organization prepares RCN for future ships
• Between July and October 2018 –  (Canadian Space Agency) Launch of three observation satellites to better monitor our planet (Maritime Surveillance)
• (Naval Tactical Operations Group) NTOG – Rifle Range Training 2018  (Editor – Youtube video)
• ★   U.S. Coast Guard turns to Canada for help with designing its new heavy icebreaker
• Irving shipyard workers ratify new collective agreement
• Islander takes helm of Maritime Forces Pacific
• ★   Expansion Set for Prince Rupert Fairview Terminal
• PwC Report: Lockheed Martin contributed $3.8B in GDP to Canada in the last decade
• Canada taps Davie for three AHTS-conversion medium icebreakers
• Port of Vancouver gets $167 million infrastructure investment from Ottawa for three projects
• The RCN and its ties to the indigenous peoples of Canada

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USA & AMERICAS

• Nimitz: 50 Years of Teamwork and Tradition
• USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 25, 2018
• Aegis Weapon System Sales To Spanish, Australian Navies Approved By U.S. State Department
• Geurts: Digitized Design Is Key to Speeding Up Shipbuilding, Repairs
• Newport News Shipbuilding Partners With Commonwealth of Virginia
• Mexican Navy and Damen cooperating in most technologically advanced naval ship in Latin America
• Mattis: ‘America’s Got to Up Its Game in the Arctic’
• Less Experienced Maintainers Contribute to Rise in Naval Aviation Mishaps
• Navy Begins Temporary Senior and Master Chief Promotions for Critical Billets
• U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Sudan’s Appeal in USS Cole Bombing Case
• Panama Canal Opens Way for More LNG Transits With U.S. Exports Rising
• ★   The Expanded Panama Canal Just Turned Two: Here Are Some Facts, Figures and Highlights the First Few Years of Operation
• ABB to power new Virgin Voyages cruise ship fleet with highest energy efficiency

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INDO-PACIFIC

• China won’t give up ‘one inch’ of territory says President Xi to Mattis
• Chinese destroyer and frigates stage drills off Taiwan
• 47-Ship RIMPAC Exercise Kicks Off Tomorrow (Editor – starts 28 June)
• BAE wins multi-billion pound Australian warship contract
• Canada sends 1,000 personnel to RIMPAC 2018
• PH to acquire submarines
• Support for Japan PM Abe rises, boosting shot at historic tenure
• Icebreaker technology linked to China’s future nuclear carrier
• China’s coast guard to be absorbed into PLA
• China’s rise and Indian Ocean ambitions
• S Korea chooses Boeing’s P-8 patrol aircraft for naval procurement project
• If not now, when? The ANAO’s reporting on defence megaprojects
• World’s Largest Port Joins IAPH
• How China Got Sri Lanka to Cough Up a Port
• Indonesians Face Daunting Task to Recover Bodies from Sunken Ferry
• Defence needs to be more effective with projects
• Australia buying high-tech drones to monitor nearby seas
• China Sails Past Japan to Become World’s Largest Buyer of Natural Gas
• China June Seaborne Iron Ore could Set Record

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ATLANTIC & EUROPE 

• Europe’s migration crisis: Could it finish the EU?
• France’s Macron brings back national service
• Britain is no longer a ‘tier one’ military power
• Failure to Provide U.K. Royal Navy Escorts for New Carriers is ‘Potentially Dangerous,’ Warn Lawmakers
• Why China could be after the F-35B aircraft technology
• In the Baltic, shadowed by Russia, NATO allies focus on great power competition
• NATO sending more warships to Northern Norway
• SM-2 missile fails to launch after booster burns out inside German air defense frigate VLS
• ★    Incident Video: Oh Sch**sse! German Warship’s Missile Misfire
• Norway’s Coast Guard stares down big challenges in Arctic
• Dumped bombs pose toxic threat to Gulf of Finland
• Russian Arctic LNG Debuts on NSR to Asia
• Pioneering Spirit Returns to Black Sea for Round Two of the TurkStream Pipeline Installation
• Maritime Decarbonization: The Path Starts in Norway

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MIDDLE EAST

• Navies test interoperability in Gulf of Aden (May 2018)
• Maersk Line to Comply with U.S Sanctions on Iran

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GLOBAL ISSUES 

• Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabird
• Solving the Ocean Plastic Crisis Starts With Asia –Opinion

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SCUTTLEBUTT

• HMCS Windsor in Souda Bay – Lt(N) Eric Isabelle
• Chicoutimi & Windsor 2017-2018 (English Youtube video)
• New rules to protect orcas set to take effect next month
• Maps reveal hidden truths of the world’s cities
• This documentary short (29 mins) tells the story of the conception, construction and testing of the largest Canadian aircraft of its time – the Canadair Argus. A marine reconnaissance aircraft, the Argus was designed and manufactured by Canadair for the Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force. In its early years, it was reputedly the finest anti-submarine patrol bomber in the world.