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Primary U.S. targets for North Korean ICBMs

Posted on May 21, 2017 by alert5

Newport News says ordering 3 carriers at once could say taxpayers $1.5 billion

Posted on May 21, 2017May 20, 2017 by alert5

The U.S. Navy wants to buy a new aircraft carrier every three to four years instead of five and Newport News Shipbuilding has responded by saying that it could help shave $1.5 billion off the costs if the service orders three carriers at once.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Aidan P. Campbell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Carl Vinson, Ronald Reagan CSGs might conduct joint drills off S. Korea next month

Posted on May 20, 2017May 20, 2017 by alert5

An anonymous South Korean military official said the Carl Vinson and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) are planning for a joint exercise off the Korean peninsular next month.

170204-N-BL637-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 04, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released)

Canberra-class LHD might have design problem

Posted on May 20, 2017 by alert5

Heads of Royal Australian Navy, Vice Adm. Tim Barrett, has admitted that there might be a design problem on the Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD).

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