Daniel NewellThe West Australian Mon, 20 June 2022 2:07PM Daniel Newell Australia will construct an additional two Evolved Cape-class patrol boats. Credit: Austal Austal will build another two patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy and maintain two vessels it has already delivered to Trinidad and Tobago under new contracts worth a combined $300 million. Plans toContinue reading “RAN – Austal gets $300m boost with new contracts”
Monthly Archives: June 2022
US Navy destroyer bears name of decorated Marine killed in WWII The christening of a Navy destroyer is highlighting the sacrifices of two generations — the ship’s namesake killed in World War II and another Marine who died more than 60 years later
ByThe Associated Press June 19, 2022, 9:32 AM Share The superstructure of the future USS Basilone and a crane are seen on Saturday, June 18, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The christening of a Navy destroyer on Saturday highlighted the sacrifices of two generations — the ship’s namesake killed in World War IIContinue reading “US Navy destroyer bears name of decorated Marine killed in WWII The christening of a Navy destroyer is highlighting the sacrifices of two generations — the ship’s namesake killed in World War II and another Marine who died more than 60 years later”
79 years after a brutal battle to oust the Japanese, a remote piece of US territory is the center of attention again
Benjamin Brimelow Jun 20, 2022, 10:33 AM US soldiers and equipment land on the beach at Massacre Bay on Attu Island, May 26, 1943. (AP Photo/US Navy) In May 1943, US soldiers launched a brutal fight to retake the islands of Attu and Kiska from the Japanese. The remote islands, part of Alaska’s Aleutian chain, wereContinue reading “79 years after a brutal battle to oust the Japanese, a remote piece of US territory is the center of attention again”
Russian Warship Violated Danish Territorial Waters In Baltic Sea
Russian ship Caesar Kunikov. File photo: Creative Commons COPENHAGEN,(Reuters) – A Russian warship early on Friday twice violated Danish territorial waters north of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm where a democracy festival attended by senior officials and business people was taking place, the Danish Armed Forces said. Denmark called the action an unacceptable provocation. The Russian embassy inContinue reading “Russian Warship Violated Danish Territorial Waters In Baltic Sea”
In mid-June, the first four of 14 APCs bound for Ukraine left RAAF Base Amberley onboard a Ukrainian Antonov AN-124.
M113AS4 APCs depart for Ukraine Image credit: Department of Defence KEY ENABLERS | 20 JUNE 2022 By: Reporter The delivery forms part of Australia’s $285 million package to support Ukraine, which the Commonwealth has confirmed also includes Bushmaster PMVs, M777 howitzers, anti-armour weapons, ammunition, unmanned aerial systems and personal equipment. Newly elected Deputy Prime Minister and MinisterContinue reading “In mid-June, the first four of 14 APCs bound for Ukraine left RAAF Base Amberley onboard a Ukrainian Antonov AN-124.”
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