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The commander of U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., says he has made the “case known to the Navy that [the U.S.] have to improve [its] ability to ‘out-stick’ the Chinese” anti-ship missile threat.
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Footage from the French military showing aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle along with its escorts including German frigate FGS Augsburg and British frigate HMS Saint Albans in the Gulf.
Sources have told The Australian that the Turnbull cabinet is considering freedom of navigation (FON) and overflight exercises in near territories claimed by China in the South China Sea.
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The sixteen and final Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy, HMS St Alban, has joined the Charles de Gaulle task force in the Gulf.
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Carrier-borne Rafale M fighters launched the SCALP EG cruise missile to destroy a ISIL commications center in Mosul on the night of Jan. 16-17. This is the first time the Rafale M had employed the SCALP EG in Operation Chammal.