USN’s newest carrier, John F. Kennedy (CVN79), departed from Newport News Shipyard to begin builders sea trials today. https://ift.tt/hwjUYl0 https://ift.tt/gSFI0v5
Russian cargo vessel ordered to leave British waters. A Russian-flagged cargo vessel operating within approximately 3 kilometres of the UK coastline near Minehead has been ordered to leave. https://ift.tt/IDjGqSa https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-cargo-vessel-ordered-to-leave-british-waters/ https://ift.tt/5YxdMUW
Six Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) ex-East German Navy Volksmarine Parchim-class corvettes moored side by side in North Jakarta (26/1). https://ift.tt/KaqhvCJ https://ift.tt/rZCycav
HMS Anson departing from Gibraltar yesterday – heading to Australia. https://ift.tt/1DrwbK4 https://ift.tt/SlYNcqj
USS Saratoga (CV-60), USS Scott (DDG-995) and USS Monongahela (AO-178) at Diego Garcia on 16 December 1985. https://ift.tt/tAYDvRN https://ift.tt/xUapYCV
British frigates could be armed with laser weapons. https://ift.tt/eJKyVDo https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/british-frigates-could-be-armed-with-laser-weapons/ https://ift.tt/maBqv64
Type 83 destroyer programme placed under Hybrid Navy review. https://ift.tt/upUiLt2 https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/type-83-destroyer-programme-placed-under-hybrid-navy-review/ https://ift.tt/IenG6bV
On Jan. 23, at the direction of SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear, conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed, and one survived the strike. Following the engagement, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified USCG to act https://ift.tt/RT9MEtK https://x.com/i/status/2014825085425877224 https://ift.tt/ePNCoT7
The guided-missile destroyers HMS Kent (D12) L, and HMS Bristol (D23) R during the 1975 Portsmouth Navy Days. HMS Bristol was the only ship of the Type 82 class of destroyers to be built. She was launched in 1969 and commissioned in 1972. The ship was designed primarily for area air-defence, featuring the Sea Dart missile system visible in the image. https://ift.tt/kuET7vV https://ift.tt/lgeF4Vr
USS Topeka (SSN-754) was launched at Electric Boat in 1988. At exactly midnight on New Year’s Eve 1999, Topeka parked at a depth of 400 feet, exactly at the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line. The submarine simultaneously existed in two millennia, two centuries, two years, two seasons, two months, two days, and two hemispheres. https://ift.tt/9w68YOQ https://ift.tt/kCsFVGQ
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