NAC News Edition – 281 HMCS Huron (2nd)
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NOTICES
- ★ GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence – After 10 months1,830 people have contributed $240,000 towards the $250,00 goal (Editor -. Conrad Black and the National Post have weighed in to support VAdm Mark Norman)
- Canada will say farewell this weekend to the workhorse of the RCAF, the CH-124 Sea King helicopter 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2018. Here are the programme details
- C4ISR and Beyond 2019 Rear-Admiral Jeffery Zwick, Chief of Force Development would deliver the keynote address. 30 Jan 2019 7:30-17:00 Ottawa ON
- 6thAnnual Vanguard ShipTech Forum with Keynote Speaker – Patrick T. Finn Ottawa, ON 5 March 2019
- MARITECH Full Speed Ahead: Firing on all cylinders (Call for papers opportunity) Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa ON April 23-25 2019
- 2019 Maritime Gala Ball – Saturday, June 15, 2019: This event, supported by the Commander of the RCN and Commissionaire of the CCG, will be held at the Hilton Lac to celebrate the many successes of our Canadian Maritime community. This event will commemorate the past, celebrate the present, and confirm their commitment to the future. Tickets will be on sale early March 2019 so mark your calendars.
- NOABC 100th Anniversary Celebration 2-6 Oct 2019 Vancouver BC (Mark your calendar, details to follow!)
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CANADA
- Court challenge to Canadian frigate decision
- Suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers target federal minister Brison
- ★ Second shipbuilding leak probe abandoned after it was found ‘confidential’ information had been widely shared
- Despite questions about deal, top bureaucrats blessed supply ship at heart of Mark Norman case as good value
- Harper’s approval needed to release some files requested in Norman case
- Pay increase approved for Canadian Armed Forces General Officers, Flag Officers, Colonels, Captains (Navy) and Legal Officers
- Sea King retirement ceremony to be held Dec. 1
- Why can’t Ottawa get military procurement right?
- Canadian Forces says submarines can operate until mid-2020s – but still no details on how fleet will be upgraded
- Full Spectrum Targeting
- Shipyard resurgence: insights from Victoria shipyards
- ★Veterans’ Week 2018: Rear-Admiral Desmond Piers (1913 – 2005) (Editor – a special historical fact at the end)
- More than 3,000 veterans waited over a year for Ottawa to process disability claims
- Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Raises Security Concerns
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USA & AMERICAS
- Panel: Navy May Have to Choose Between New Ballistic Missile Subs or 355 Ship Fleet Panel: Navy May Have to Choose Between New Ballistic Missile Subs or 355 Ship Fleet
- USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: 26, 2018
- S. 2nd Fleet Racing Toward a 2019 Operational Capability
- Naval superpower race: China ‘to overtake US in 15 years’
- Meet the U.S. Navy’s Deadliest ‘Stealth’ Submarine Ever
- VIDEO: USS John S. McCain Leaves Dry Dock
- Navy to Commission Guided-Missile Destroyer Thomas Hudner
- Panel: U.S. Must Invest More in Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense
- Sea Control through the eyes of the person who does it, Pt. 2
- POLA Sigma 10514 ARM Reformador Frigate Launched for Mexican Navy
- ★ Will Congress put off building an icebreaker to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border?
- S. Army Corps of Engineers Authorizes Construction of Second Large Lock at Great Lakes’ Soo Locks
- Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Brings Care to Venezuela Migrants in Colombia
- S. Marines Complete Final EA-6B Deployment
- Raytheon Progresses Toward MALD-N Jammer For U.S. Navy
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INDO-PACIFIC
- Maritime partnerships and the future of U.S. seapower in the Indo-Pacific
- Beijing blasts Japan’s plan to make destroyers into carriers
- Taiwan ends quest for F-35s as Japan looks at buying 100 more
- SEA 5000 combat system partners confirmed (Editor – useful video)
- Hunter Class frigates to boost national economy and jobs
- S. Guided-Missile Destroyer, Oiler Transit Taiwan Strait
- China may boost carrier fleet to seven by mid-2020s: expert
- ★ Seoul Orders 140 LNG Ships
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ATLANTIC & EUROPE
- (Editor – next 9 articles on the Russian Ukraine naval conflict…dangerous potential)
- ★ Tension escalates after Russia seizes Ukraine naval ships (Editor – useful video)
- The strategic dimensions of the sea of Azov
- ASPI suggests
- Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy from Entering Sea of Azov
- Russia Ignores Western Calls to Free Captured Ukrainian Ships
- Russia Uses Cargo Ship to Block Ukrainian Navy Vessels
- Kiev imposes martial law after clash with Russian navy
- Ukraine president asks Nato to send ships to Sea of Azov
- Russia-Ukraine tensions are profoundly dangerous. The West must intervene
- Nearly 30 ships, support vessels to be built for Russia’s Navy in 2019
- Norway Releases Preliminary Report on Frigate Collision
- German combat support ship Bonn joining NATO’s SNMG2(Editor – the class of AOR we are going to build)
- F-35 countdown: Royal Navy completes carrier flight tests
- Fair winds and following seas for NUSHIP Supply
- MTU Gensets for UK Navy Ships
- New Russian Icebreaker Catches Fire at St. Petersburg Yard
- UK’s ‘Eye in the Sky’ to Tackle Oil Spills, Illegal Shipping
- Icebreaking LNG Carrier Completes First Ship-to-Ship Transfer of Yamal LNG
- Yamal LNG Vessels to Make 150 Transfers in Norwegian Waters by Mid-2019
- Novatek Kicks-off Yamal LNG’s Train 3
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MIDDLE EAST
- US Military Policy in the Middle East An Appraisal
- Fincantieri lays keel on first Doha-class corvette for Qatari Navy
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GLOBAL INTERESTS
- Djibouti: the Casablanca of a new Cold War
- Risks bubbling beneath Djibouti’s foreign bases
- 51 pilot whales die in another mass stranding in New Zealand
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SCUTTLEBUTT
- The Last British Battleship? (Editor – an interesting piece of history)
- US GIGANTIC Aircraft Carriers Show Their Insane Capacity – Aircraft Carriers and Ships in Action