Monthly Archives: December 2019

JMSDF Monitors Four PLA Navy Ships in East China Sea December 19, 2019seawaves December 16, 2019 (Google Translation) – On 12/16, four Chinese naval vessels sailed north between Okinawa and Miyakojima and sailed toward the East China Sea. The Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces will continue to pay close attention to trends in China’sContinue reading “JMSDF Monitors Four PLA Navy Ships in East China Sea”

China just added a 2nd aircraft carrier to its rapidly growing navy – The Shandong RYAN PICKRELLDEC 18, 2019, 2:02 AM FACEBOOK TWITTER REDDIT LINKEDIN EMAIL REUTERS/StringerChina’s first domestically developed aircraft carrier, the Type 001A, seen at a port in Dalian. China has commissioned its first indigenously produced aircraft carrier into service with the People’s LiberationContinue reading “China just added a 2nd aircraft carrier to its rapidly growing navy – The Shandong”

HMS Royal Sovereign (pennant number 05) was a Revenge-class (also known as Royal Sovereign and R-class) battleship of the Royal Navy displacing 29,970 long tons (30,450 t) and armed with eight 15-inch (381 mm) guns in four twin-gun turrets. She was laid down in January 1914 and launched in April 1915; she was completed inContinue reading “HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN”

HMS Ark Royal – FORTH BRIDGE ’57 HMS Ark Royal with Phantom FG.1 and Buccaneer S.2 aircraft on deck, 1976 HMS Ark Royal (R09) was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy’s last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier. She was the first aircraft carrierContinue reading “HMS Ark Royal – FORTH BRIDGE ’57”

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