Syria carried out a series of military exercises recently which included the testing of its new SS-N-26 Yakhont anti-ship missile.
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Category: Navy
USS John C. Stennis Launches Navy’s Final Air Mission Over Iraq
The final U.S. Navy air mission over Iraq was a E-2C flight from VAW-112. The crew of five launched from USS John C. Stennis at 7:32 a.m. and returned at 11:04 a.m.
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India told Russia to deliver Admiral Gorshkov on time
During his meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh mentioned that aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov must be delivered on time.
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Greenert: P-8A or BAMS may deploy out of Thailand, Philippines from 2025
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert wrote in the December issue of Proceedings that the U.S. Navy may deploy the P-8A or broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles periodically to the Philippines or Thailand from 2025.
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Commercial satellite captures Varyag at sea
Varyag was caught on camera by a U.S. commercial imaging satellite owned by DigitalGlobe on Dec. 8.