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Divers blow up wartime bomb off Dover
Divers blow up wartime bomb off Dover News Divers blow up wartime bomb off Dover 10 July 2012 A GERMAN wartime bomb found close to Dover harbour was today safely dispatched to eternity by naval divers. The 250kg Luftwaffe bomb was brought to the surface...
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India's new naval base - 'Baaz'
India's new naval base - 'Baaz' Last Updated: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 10:25 1 Tags: India, Airbase, Naval base INS Baaz, Malacca Straits New Delhi: To keep an eye on maritime security around the Malacca Straits and to gain strategic supremacy in the...
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Chinese naval escort taskforce exchanges anti-piracy experience with U.S.-Allies Task Force151
Chinese naval escort taskforce exchanges anti-piracy experience with U.S.-Allies Task Force151 By Wu Dechun, Hu Quanfu and Mi Jinguo (China Military Online) 08:11, July 12, 2012 At the temporary request of the U.S.-Allies Task Force 151, Senior Captain...
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Timelapse video: HMS Queen Elizabeth
Sponsored by Timelapse video: HMS Queen Elizabeth Published on Wednesday 11 July 2012 16:20 THE construction of one of the largest warships ever to be built for the Royal Navy has moved a step closer to completion after two parts of the colossal carrier...
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Navy's new gender-neutral carriers won't have urinals
This is a Navy illustration of the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the first of the Ford class of carriers. July 11th, 2012 01:47 PM ET Share Comments (421 comments) Permalink Navy's new gender-neutral carriers won't have urinals [Updated at 6:17 p.m....
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Sailors from the Royal New Zealand navy and U.S. Navy dive into the pool.
Sailors from the Royal New Zealand navy and U.S. Navy dive into the pool. JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 6, 2012) Sailors from the Royal New Zealand navy and U.S. Navy dive into the pool to start a 200-meter freestyle relay during a Rim of the Pacific...
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Sailor makes surprise visit home
Sailor makes surprise visit home Home » News » Dunedin By Rosie Manins on Sun, 15 Jul 2012 News: Dunedin 30 0 ShareThis Able Seaman Tariho Raihania (centre), formerly of Dunedin, is reunited with his cousins (front, from left) Harmony (9) and Marshall...
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Vintage Swordfish flies in run-up to Battle of the Atlantic commemorations
Vintage Swordfish flies in run-up to Battle of the Atlantic commemorations News Vintage Swordfish flies in run-up to Battle of the Atlantic commemorations 17 July 2012 One of the Navy’s two vintage Swordfish took to the skies of Somerset as part of preparations...
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Urgent review into WW2 Arctic medal needed
Urgent review into WW2 Arctic medal needed News Urgent review into WW2 Arctic medal needed 17 July 2012 Whitehall should look into a long-running campaign by Arctic convoy veterans for a war medal forthwith. A report, instigated by the prime minister,...
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Perhaps not very naval
've seen Batmobiles at conventions before, but I've never seen all Batmobiles. And yet that's what we got at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend: the Dark Knight's rides from Batman/Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Batman Begins/The Dark...
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Royal Thai Navy Hooks Thai Crabbing Boat with Fishy Crew
oyal Navy Hooks Thai Crabbing Boat with Fishy Crew A Royal Thai Navy vessel seized a crab-fishing boat in Bang Sarey Bay with illegal Cambodian crewmembers who had been smuggled into Thailand. The men had been working for two years on fishing boats around...
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Chinese landing ship spotted
Chinese landing ship spotted By Jaime Laude (The Philippine Star) Updated July 20, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (58) Photo taken by Philippine Navy Western Command’s Islander Surveillance Plane 314 shows Yuting Class Chinese landing ship moored near Zamora...
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Postcard commemorates naval triumph
The postcard commemorating the Battle of the River Plate sent to Southsea from the Falkland Islands and, inset, the back showing the recipient as Mrs L Fox By Chris Owen Published on Thursday 19 July 2012 15:12 Regular contributor Dave Aldous recently...
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The Navy's Great Green Fleet Strikes Back
ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ – As a Royal Australian Navy helicopter lands on the deck of the USS Nimitz on Wednesday, two American destroyers, a cruiser and a fuel ship are steaming alongside the aircraft carrier some 100 miles north of Oahu. The ships in the...
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Ocean applauds ocean-going yachtsman as Olympic Torch passes through Greenwich
Ocean applauds ocean-going yachtsman as Olympic Torch passes through Greenwich News Ocean applauds ocean-going yachtsman as Olympic Torch passes through Greenwich 22 July 2012 Eighteen sailors from Britain’s biggest warship lined the waterfront at Greenwich...
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Marine Martyn ‘holds a torch for all Servicemen’ as he delivers the Olympic Flame to the host city
Marine Martyn ‘holds a torch for all Servicemen’ as he delivers the Olympic Flame to the host city News Marine Martyn ‘holds a torch for all Servicemen’ as he delivers the Olympic Flame to the host city 22 July 2012 The Olympic ‘wheel’ turned full circle...
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China Announces Intention to Garrison Disputed South China Sea
China Announces Intention to Garrison Disputed South China Sea RICHARD_DUDLEY JULY 23, 2012 14:33 1 COMMENT The 12th Chinese naval escort flotilla prepare to set sail at a port in Zhoushan, east China’s Zhejiang Province, July 3, 2012. The 12th Chinese...
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Aussie sub doing well against US ships in RIMPAC exercise
Aussie sub doing well against US ships in RIMPAC exercise Published: July 24, 2012 The Royal Australian navy submarine HMAS Farncomb sits in port at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in late June 2012 to participate in the Rim of the Pacific exercise. RONALD...
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HMS Defender arrives at Portsmouth Naval Base for the very first time
HMS Defender arrives at Portsmouth Naval Base for the very first time By Handout (GETTY) – 10 hours ago PORTYSMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 25: In this handout image provided by MoD Crown Copyright, The Royal Navy’s newest Type 45 Destroyer, HMS Defender sails...
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Private contractors are to take over the maintenance of Britain's nuclear weapons on the Clyde.
Clyde nuclear contract awarded Britain's four nuclear submarines are all based at Faslane Private contractors are to take over the maintenance of Britain's nuclear weapons on the Clyde. The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract which will see 149...
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In Mojave, the world's most exciting planes take flight
In Mojave, the world's most exciting planes take flight From the Air Force to NASA, commercial airplane storage to the first private spacecraft, the Mojave is the center of aviation. CNET Road Trip 2012 braved the summer heat to check it out. by Daniel...
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China Launches its Largest Patrol Vessel
China Launches its Largest Patrol Vessel 2012-07-28 19:55:53 Xinhua Web Editor: Liuyuanhui Maritime administration officials salute at the launching ceremony of patrol vessel Haixun01, Wuhan of Hubei province, July 28, 2012. [Photo: Xinhua] China launched...
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Gotcha! HMCS Victoria torpedoes US navy ship
89 BY SIMON KENT ,TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012 10:41 AM EDT | UPDATED: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012 10:53 AM EDT The USNS Concord went to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in minutes after being hit by a torpedo fired from the submarine...
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Do you remember the Water Cube in Beijing Summer Olympics 2008? This magic water park is beyond fantasy - 14 pics
Do you remember the Water Cube in Beijing Summer Olympics 2008? OK, now the Chinese have transformed it into their second most visited tourist spot (second to the Great Wall, of course) for family activity or just wallowing yourself in the luxury of a...
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Apple slips, Android big winner in China during Q2
Apple slips, Android big winner in China during Q2 Android was the clear platform of choice, accounting for 81 percent of Chinese smartphone shipments. by Charles Cooper August 3, 2012 11:21 AM PDT (Credit: Canalys) Google may have had its issues with...