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France will hand-over Egypt’s first Mistral-class helicopter carrier today at Toulouse, Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi will join his French counterpart in the flag-raising ceremony.
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A U.S. Navy EA-18G from VAQ-133 suffered significant damage to its nose and engines during an accident aboard USS John C. Stennis while the aircraft carrier was underway in the South China Sea.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrey W. Lee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on May 27 over a potential FMS to sell up to eighty SM-2 Block IIIB missiles to Australia.
By DDG 81 (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1569098) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Royal Thai Navy and the U.S. Navy carried the bilateral Exercise Guardian Sea in the Andaman Sea May 23-27 and a senior RTN officer said his service’s S-70B anti-submarine helicopter did very well in the exercise.
Photos: Royal Thai Navy
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An anonymous South Korean official was quoted by Korea Joongang Daily as saying that Seoul intends to fit submarine-launch ballistic missile (SLBM) on its next generation Chang Bogo-III submarine.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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