– ABC – Unable to tow the minesweeper USS Guardian off a reef in the Philippines, the Navy has decided that the only way to free the ship without causing further damage to the reef is to cut the ship into pieces.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
South Korean Navy – South Korea, US begin naval drills amid nuclear tensions
– BBC – South Korea and the US have begun three days of naval exercises in what is being seen as a show of force aimed at North Korea.
Indian Navy – Russia Hands Over Refitted Indian Sub
– RIA Novosti – An Indian Navy diesel-electric submarine was handed back to the service in an official ceremony following a major refit at Russia’s Zvezdochka shipyard on Saturday.
Russian Navy – Eyewitness: Tragedy of Soviet nuclear submarine K-27
– BBC – The Russian authorities are investigating whether a sunken Soviet nuclear-powered submarine, the K-27, can be safely raised so that the uranium in its reactors may be removed.
US Navy – Powering the Pacific “Pivot” With Leon and Chuck
– Time – Winslow Wheeler critiques Air Sea Battle…
US Navy – Mighty ZUMWALT Is Coming Together
– Defense News – One of the most striking warships ever built is coming together in the little coastal town of Bath, Maine. The major components of the 610-foot-long ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) — a “destroyer” in name only — have been assembled this winter at the General Dynamics shipyard of Bath Iron Works, and the ship’s stark, tumblehome hull and superstructure is now together.
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