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The final French Navy Triomphant-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) that requires modifications so that it can launch the M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is now at dock 8 of the naval base in Brest.
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Photo: DCNS
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Two men were stranded on upturned skiffs in the Gulf of Aden on Dec. 6. They were spotted by a Japanese P-3 as dawn breaks and soon a Spanish aircraft arrived to relief the JMSDF aircraft while a Spanish warship was dispatched to pick up the men.
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Photo: EU NAVFOR
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The Philippine Navy says the first of five TC-90 aircraft leased from Japan will be flown to Sangley Point in February or March next year.
By 海上自衛隊 [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Russian Navy’s Black Sea fleet has taken delivery of three Sukhoi Su-30SM fighters. The serial numbers are #45, 47, 48.
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