NAC News – Edition 262 HMCS Saskatchewan and Courtenay WW2 Bangor Class Minesweeper
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (Editor – Share with your friends and lets get this campaign to our goal of $200,000!” After 5 months 1,096 people have contributed $137,820 towards the $200,00 goal)
- 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) - MARITECH Full Speed Ahead: Firing on all cylinders (Call for papers opportunity) Conference and Exhibition Ottawa ON April 23-25 2019
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CANADA
- Military is off the radar of most Canadians: DND poll (Editor – exactly why NAC needs to educate Canadians)
- Commodore Angus Topshee takes command of Pacific Fleet
- Design, systems bids for national shipbuilding strategy due Friday
- Canadian Coast Guard Opens Search And Rescue Station In Victoria, Announces Two New West Coast Lifeboats
- HMCS Ville de Quebec departs Halifax with new Cyclone helicopter aboard
- About the CH-148 Cyclone
- Why Canada Needs a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Ship (Editor – the honking big ship is back?)
- ★ Davie: The first North American shipbuilder to deliver an LNG-powered ferry
- Housing plan near historic Esquimalt church OK’d for public hearing despite objections
- Study Warns Many Arctic Glaciers in Canada At Risk of Disappearing Completely
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USA & AMERICAS
- All-Navy Crew Flies MV-22 Osprey for the First Time
- US Navy’s surface ship program head confident on meeting 355-ship goal
- The Navy May Use One Hull Design To Replace Its Cruisers And Some Destroyers
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: July 16, 2018
- Frequently Asked Questions on the U.S. Defense Budget and the Budget Control Act
- Report to Congress on Gerald R. Ford-class Aircraft Carrier Program
- UPDATED: USS Harry S. Truman Now Operating in Cold War Era Submarine Hot Spot
- LCS Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Package Meets Two Test Milestones
- 100th Boeing P-8 Enters Production Line
- Slowing Gulf Stream current to boost warming for 20 years
- This is what it looks like when a MK-48 torpedo breaks your keel (Editor – watch video)
- ★ How USS San Diego Sank is Still an Open Question 100 Years Later
- Greenland community on high alert as massive iceberg looms
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INDO-PACIFIC
- Navy: Chinese Spy Ship Monitoring RIMPAC Exercise, Again
- Two Years On, South China Sea Ruling Remains a Battleground for the Rules-Based Order
- Russian warship Dimitrii Donskoi ‘found off South Korea and Sunken Imperial Russian warship may contain $130 billion of gold
- South Korean Court Orders Big Payouts to Families of Ferry Victims
- Trade War Sparks More Capacity Cuts on Transpacific Container Trades
- Plans for India’s second indigenous aircraft carrier continue to stall
- Report to Congress on John Lewis-class Oiler Program
- China’s Polar Strategy: An Emerging Gray Zone? How China is positioning itself to wield influence in the Arctic and Antarctic.
- Graduation for new birdies
- HMAS Warramunga returns from record breaking mission
- British POWs sank with the Lisbon Maru – should it be raised?
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- NATO Already Vastly Outspends Russia. Its Problems Are Not About Money.
- At Helsinki Summit, Trump and Putin Become Partners in Destruction
- Novatek Ships First LNG Cargo to China via Arctic
- A new gap in the high north and forward defense against Russian naval power
- FARNBOROUGH: UK gets headstart on Poseidon
- After two-year purge, Turkey to end state of emergency
- Spain’s new submarine ‘too big for its dock’
- NATO defence spending: is 2% the magic number?
- German Naval Aviation Minds the Training Gap
- Swedish icebreaker heading for North Pole to study melting sea ice
- Container Ship “Afif” Named in London Gateway
- Jan De Nul’s Green Hopper Dredger Launched in China
- TUI Cruises Orders Two LNG Cruise Ships at Fincantieri
- Offshore Heavy Transport to Enter Wind Market with Innovative Heavy Lift Installation Vessel
- Lindblad Orders Second Newbuild Polar Expedition Ship
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MIDDLE EAST
- Saudi Military Industries Signs Warships JV with Navantia
- Lockheed Martin Awarded Long Lead Contract for Saudi Frigates
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- ★ Shipping Losses Continue to Fall But Old and New Threats Remain –Report
- Higher Education and Demographic Growth in Africa
- Clean-burning marine fuels – what are the alternatives to oil?
- IMO’s 2020 Sulphur Cap Seen Ushering In New Era of Slow-Steaming