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The U.S. Navy said guided-missile destroyer USS Mason came under a missile attack off Yemen again. This is the second such incident in four days.
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USS Nimitz became the latest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to have a hard-kill anti-torpedo defense system when the carrier left the shipyard last week.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 19, 2013) John Jamieson, a contractor with the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) PMS 415’s Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) team, inspects a portion of the Rapid Prototype Torpedo Warning System (TWS) aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush and SSTD conducted at-sea testing and data collection of TWS and Countermeasure Anti-Torpedo (CAT) system. This is the first time the TWS/CAT system has been used aboard an aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis/Released)
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USNI News has learn that during a anti-ship missile attack against U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mason on Oct. 10. The American warship had fired three anti-air missiles to defend itself and nearby USS Ponce.
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The Pentagon has confirmed that U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Mason was targeted and attacked with two missiles while the warship was underway off the coast of Yemen.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Katrina Parker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A German Navy frigate will be operating in the Mediterranean next year with a Royal Navy AW159 naval helicopter aboard.
Photo: PO(Phot) Si Ethell/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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