Landsat 8 satellite captured the location of the Russian Navy carrier battle group in the Mediterranean on Nov. 8. The carrier’s smoke plume was visible from space.
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Category: Navy
Royal Navy will be withdrawing Harpoon from service in 2018
The Royal Navy will be left without any anti-ship missile strike capability from 2018 to 2020 as it has decided to withdraw the Harpoon in 2018 and retire the helicopter-launched Sea Skua missile early next year.
Photo: Royal Navy/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Royal Thai Navy inducts five EC645T2s into service
The Royal Thai Navy has inducted five Airbus Helicopters EC645T2s into service during a ceremony on Nov. 10.
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Photos: Royal Thai Navy
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Watch PLANAF JH-7s deploy naval mines during exercise
Su-33s, MiG-29Ks have started combat missions over Syria
A U.S. defense official told USNI News that carrier-borne fighters aboard Russia aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov have started flying armed missions over Syria.
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