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  • Royal Navy aircraft carrier costs ‘to double’

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    The cost of two new aircraft carriers being built for the Royal Navy is expected to be almost twice the original estimate, the government is expected to confirm this week. […]

  • SA Navy spent a fifth of targeted hours at sea last year

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    The South African Navy spent 7 300 hours at sea during the 2012/13 financial year, just one fifth of the targeted number, according to the Department of Defence’s most recent […]

  • Gibraltar armed stand-off

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    The UK is to protest to the Spanish government “at a high level” after an armed stand-off in Gibraltarian territorial waters. UK to protest to Spain over Gibraltar armed stand-off […]

  • Together in the fight against piracy

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    “Ukraine’s ability to plug in and out of NATO’s operations show the high level of interoperability the Alliance can achieve with its partners,” General Bartels said. NATO and Ukraine navy […]

  • ‘heroine of Dunkirk’ restored

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    A ship that helped rescue thousands of soldiers during the Dunkirk evacuations of World War II has left Bristol Docks after being restored. Medway Queen the ‘heroine of Dunkirk’ restored […]

  • Lasers ‘deliberately target’ naval helicopters in Somerset

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    Military helicopter crews flying out of their Somerset base are being targeted “deliberately” by people shining laser pens and pointers at them. Lasers ‘deliberately target’ naval helicopters in Somerset Military […]

  • Convicted of attacking Spanish warship

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    Six Somali men have been convicted of piracy by a Spanish court after they attempted to board a Spanish warship off the Somali coast in January 2012. Somali pirates convicted […]

  • Drones: A rare glimpse

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    The Global Hawk is one of the US military’s most sophisticated spy planes and the BBC was able to get a rare view of one at Grand Forks Airbase in […]

  • Fugitive drugs smuggler arrested

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    The engine of the inflatable failed after one of the gang filled the fuel tank with diesel instead of petrol. It capsized after the engine cut out. Fugitive drugs smuggler Gerard […]

  • PIRACY UPDATE

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    This article considers and summarises some of the recent regulatory changes governing armed guards and the challenges that hijackings in West Africa present. PIRACY UPDATE: ARMED GUARDS, WEST AFRICAN HIJACKINGS […]

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