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USS Carl Vinson is 1st CVN to have UAV command center

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has certified the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command center aboard USS Carl Vinson, making the aircraft carrier the first to do so.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julio Rivera [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Interior of Y-8X seen for the first time

Posted on April 20, 2016 by alert5

The medevac mission by the PLAN at Fiery Cross reef on Apr. 17 has allowed the outside world to see the interior of the Y-8X maritime patrol aircraft for the first time.

Testing of UGM-109 cut short

Posted on April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 by alert5

The U.S. Navy was forced to terminate the testing of a submarine-launched Tomahawk cruise missile on Apr. 19 and the inert missile crashed in Choctawhatchee Bay.

By UK Government (Defence Imagery) [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Indonesia selects Chinese Type 730 CIWS for its KCR-60M missile attack craft

Posted on April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 by alert5

Two Indonesian Navy missile attack craft, KRI Sampari (628) and KRI Tombak (629), will both gain a stern mounted Chinese Type 730 close-in weapon system (CIWS) when they undergo refit later this year.

Photo: TNI-AL
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It was a Y-8X long-range maritime patrol aircraft that landed on Fiery Cross Reef

Posted on April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 by alert5

It was a Y-8X long-range maritime patrol aircraft from the PLAN that landed on Fiery Cross Reef on Apr. 17 to pick up three workers on the artificial island.