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Taiwan keen on getting 10 MH-60Rs

Posted on July 26, 2015July 26, 2015 by alert5

Taiwan could announce its intention to buy 10 MH-60R helicopters by the end of the year.

By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark A. Leonesio (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=58274) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The new helicopters are expected to replace the MD500s with 501 squadron.

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It cost French taxpayers $1.1 million a month to maintain Russia’s Mistral ships

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by alert5

DCNS is spending at least $1.1 million a month to maintain two Mistral helicopter carriers that Russia had ordered, Chief Executive Herve Guillou said.

By Ludovic Péron (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Army facility helps Navy renovate Mark 80 series bombs

Posted on July 24, 2015 by alert5

The U.S Navy has a huge stockpile of Mar 80 series general purpose bombs with some manufactured as far back as the Vietnam War-era. These bombs have no shelf life and when the service required them for operational use, it relies on a U.S. Army facility to inspect and renovate them.

Photo Credit: Mr. Thomas Peske (AMC)