Category: Navy

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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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 from the PLAN that landed on Fiery Cross Reef on Apr. 17 to pick up three workers on the artificial island.

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) marked the retirement of five Seasprite SH-2G(NZ) naval helicopters at RNZAF Base Auckland on Apr. 14.

By New Zealand Defence Force from Wellington, New Zealand (OH 09-0252-015.jpg) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Chinese Y-8 transport aircraft, #9271, had the privilege of being the first military aircraft to land at Fiery Cross reef on Apr. 17.

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