Türkish Aselsan Marlin USV Brings New EW and ISR Power to NATO Navies. TCB Marlin SİDA, an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) developed by the Turkish defence company ASELSAN. The Marlin SİDA is designed for electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. It is approximately 15 meters long and can reach speeds of up to 35 knots (65 km/h). The vessel has a range of up to 1,000 nautical miles and an endurance of 72 hours. It can be equipped with various weapons and systems, including a 12.7 mm remote-controlled weapon station, guided missiles, light torpedoes, and electronic warfare systems.

RFA Tidespring’s unstinting support to Carrier Strike Group:

RFA Tidespring’s unstinting support to Carrier Strike Group:
Tanker RFA Tidespring has completed her mission supporting HMSPWLS and CSG25.
She carried out 79 replenishments, delivering nearly 35,000 cubic metres of ship/aviation fuel to the international task force.

HMS Trent was alongside in Puerto Rico, awaiting possible tasking to assist with disaster relief in Jamaica following devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.HMS Medway sailed from Nassau on Monday. The Bahamas are expected to be impacted by the hurricane shortly.No large UK naval vessels that could provide more substantial aid are available or nearby.

HMS Ledbury, commissioned in 1981, and RFA Argus, requisitioned in 1982, are the oldest vessels in the Naval Service were alongside in Portsmouth together yesterday. The Spinaker Tower as a backdrop.

 

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RFA Tidespring Replenishes JS Akebono, which is operating with the Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea. CSG25

 

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A Royal Navy heritage attraction on the Clyde – bringing the former HMS Ambuscade home. Later this year, PNS Tariq, formerly HMS Ambuscade, will undertake a 6,000-mile journey from Pakistan to be converted into a museum ship on the Clyde.

Italian-built Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser ARA Pueyrredón operated by Argentina as a training vessel in August 1951, over half a century after her launch, in Amsterdam.

 

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