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Bryan Clark and Jesse Sloman from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments are proposing the idea of having two forward-deployed aircraft carriers in Japan instead of just one.
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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis (US Navy photo 080925-N-9565D-001Cropped version.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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As a French naval task force lead by aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle departs for the Mediterranean, Royal Navy warship HMS Defender will join the group of ships to provide air defense cover.
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By Mark Harkin (D36 HMS Defender) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Operation Tidal Wave II that destroyed 116 fuel trucks in Syria by 4 A-10s and 2 AC-130s.
The U.S. Navy has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a $11 million contract to support flight testing of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo I Utility System (AACUS) program.
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A Royal Air Force MQ-9 was overhead near Raqqa, Syria on Nov. 15 to provide surveillance support to the French air strike there.
Photo: POA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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