NAC News – Edition J272 HMCS Esquimalt Bangor-class Minesweeper (16/04/45 – Torpedoed by U191 off Halifax with crew of 71, only 27 survived)

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NOTICES

• ★   GoFundMe for Admiral Norman’s Legal Defence (After 8 months1,193 people have contributed $151,860 towards the $200,00 goal)
  (Editor – message from Lee Hammond)  Hi folks – it’s taken awhile, but we have now reached $150,000!  That is a great deal of money but it’s not close to what VAdm Norman’s legal bills will be when he eventually prevails in this case!  I’m sharing with many folks who have already donated so I’m asking everyone.  Share this with your friends and ask them to share it with their friends.  Let’s get the word out and keep those donations coming.  This money is making a tangible and real difference!
• Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd to open maritime conference 
  (MSC 18 “Pacific Seapower” on 15-18 Oct Victoria BC)
• 10 Oct 2018 – The Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia extends an invitation to members of the Naval Association of Canada Nova Scotia to hear a talk by Shelley Hopkins, Executive Director of the Halifax and Region Military Family Resource Centre, on MFRC services to families of veterans released on medical grounds. The event will start at 11:30 am, at the Royal Artillery Park Officers’ Mess with an informal no-host get together, followed by the talk at noon, then questions and answers, to finish about 1 pm. Registration is not required and there is no fee to attend this event.
• The NAC-VI Branch cancelled the annual RAINBOW Dinner originally scheduled for on Saturday 20 October due to low participation.
• 2018 Submariner’s Gathering – 50th Anniversary of HMCS Okanagan & Rainbow Commisioning 4 November 2018 in Victoria. To Register call 250-812-1840 or visit the link
• The RCN, CAF, RCAF, and Canada will say farewell to the workhorse of the RCAF, the CH-124 Sea King helicopter 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2018. Tickets are going fast, here are the programme details
• 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

• Feds closing in on winning bidder for $60-billion warship project
• Military commander downplays threat to Canada’s Arctic from Russian subs
• Federal officials don’t want to be pinned down on a date to start building new navy: documents
• Canada’s Bid For UN Security Council Seat: What You Need To Know
• Canada’s new fixed wing search and rescue aircraft takes shape – first delivery expected next year (Editor – a new picture, then an older more detailed article for background )
• Great Lakes Deployment 2018: LCdr Drew Foran – HMCS Oriole  (Editor – PR Video)
• Hairy mission: Canadian military eases restrictions on beards in uniform
• #TradesTuesday – Naval Supply Officer
• Feds launching review of oil tanker traffic in bid to renew pipeline approval
• Government appoints Coast Guard official as interim Canadian Forces Ombudsperson
• Today (Sunday 23rd) is the 53rd anniversary of the commissioning of HMCS Ojibwa into the Royal Canadian Navy (1965-1998)
• HMCS Harry DeWolf christening ceremony

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USA & AMERICAS

• Navy Awards Ingalls 6 Destroyers, Bath Iron Works 4 in Multiyear Deal; Ingalls to Build Both 2018 Ships 
• How the Fleet forgot to fight, pt. 2: Firepower
• Navy, Air Force Test Deploys 2,000-Pound Mine at Stand-off Range
• Future USS South Dakota Delivered to US Navy
• Diesel Submarines: The Game Changer the U.S. Navy Needs
• U.S. Aircraft Carrier Deployments at 25 Year Low as Navy Struggles to Reset Force
• Venezuela crisis: Chinese hospital ship docks for a week
• Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Kansas City
• USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Sept. 24, 2018
• ★   SASC Quizzes SOUTHCOM Nominee on Drug War Command and Control
• Construction Starts on Future Oiler USNS John Lewis
• Military worship hurts US democracy
• ★   World’s First Floating Nuclear Plant Dismantled in Texas
• Port of Savannah Sets 8 Million TEU Capacity Goal by 2028
• Greenland joins push to ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic

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INDO-PACIFIC

• The Dragon and Great Power Rivalry at the Top of the World: China’s Hawkish, Revisionist Voices Within Mainstream Discourse on Arctic Affairs
• US allies converge on China in the South China Sea
• How Dangerous Is China’s Navy?
• ★   What’s in a Canada Warship’s Vietnam Voyage?
• Beijing says US warship cannot dock in Hong Kong
• Japanese Carrier Drills with British Warship Heading to Contested South China Sea
• The U.S.-China trade war won’t be ending soon  (Editor – an insightful podcast)
• The case for fixed Australian defence white paper cycles
• Going nuclear: would US submarines be a cheaper option? (Editor – Australia)
• Manus maketh man
• Damen Floats Out Australian Icebreaker
• ★   Chinese fishermen wage hybrid ‘People’s War’ on Asian seas
• Reality Check: The worst place to be stranded at sea?

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ATLANTIC & EUROPE 

• STEALTH SEA GHOST: Russia Unveils Its Top Tier First Air-Independent Propulsion Submarine
• Russia starts development of new generation frigates
• Cutting more frigates? The Royal Navy facing a ‘perfect storm’
• Ukraine establishing Sea of Azov base as first navy ships enter through Kerch Strait
• U.S. Gives Ukraine Two Cutters as Kerch Strait Tensions Grow
• China and Russia want to develop Arctic energy resources together, and US disapproval may not deter them
• Maersk: New Cargo Guidelines After Containership Fire
• Portuguese 400 year old shipwreck found off Cascais
• France removes toxic tyres from failed reef project
• Russia’s Novatek Ships First LNG Cargo to Brazil

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MIDDLE EAST

• Israel Could Have As Many As 300 Nuclear Weapons. And This Is Where They Hide Many of Them.
• In Yemen’s war, Saudis see Hodeida as Iran connection

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GLOBAL INTERESTS 

• Trump vows more sanctions on Iran after November 5
• Nigerian pirates kidnap 12 crew from Swiss cargo ship

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SCUTTLEBUTT

• #Leadership Monday – LS Kaylin Swinton
• US Navy Deadly Rail-Gun To Be Deployed on Zumwalt Destroyers
• MEGA SUB! World’s BIGGEST SUBMARINE ever constructed!  (Soviet Typhoon/Akula Class Submarine.) (Editor – pics of this boat used to be classified)
• The Russian Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was brought to the floating dock for repairs (Editor – great look at the carrier)
• Russian Bastion-P Costal defense missile system  (Editor – a missile hopefully our ships won’t stumble into…)