Category: Navy
Chinese JH-7s carried out mock attack on JMSDF vessels
Kyodo has reported that Chinese JH-7 fighter-bombers carried out mock attack on two Japan Maritime Self-Defense force vessels
Dmitriy Pichugin [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russian corvette Smerch carried out missile testing in Sea of Japan
The Russian Navy’s upgraded missile corvette Smerch fired its missiles against air and surface targets during a live-fire exercise in the Sea of Japan on Aug. 14.
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AAG cleared to recover all “props and jets”
The latest Aircraft Recovery Bulletin (ARB) by the U.S. Navy has cleared the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system to recover all existing fixed-wing aircraft operating aboard its aircraft carriers.
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CVN 69 fires anti-torpedo torpedo
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) fires an anti-torpedo torpedo while underway in the basic phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Norket