VMM-262 in Philippines for MASA 19.2

Ospreys from VMM-262 and the 3rd Battalion, 6th U.S. Marine Regiment are in Philippines for the semiannual Marine Aviation Support Activity (MASA) 19.2.

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, takes off from Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim during exercise KAMANDAG 2 at Ternate, Philippines on Oct. 7, 2018. KAMANDAG 2 is an exercise that helps maintain a high level of readiness and enhances combined military-to-military relations and capabilities. (Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Christian J. Lopez)

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China is mirroring Soviet Union’s approach towards building nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

A report by South China Morning Post says China is hoping to develop a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by first putting the reactors on icebreakers.

RIAN archive 186141 Nuclear icebreaker Arktika (cropped)
RIA Novosti archive, image #186141 / Nikolai Zaytsev / CC-BY-SA 3.0 [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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