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		<title>NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence: RoyalAustralianNavy</title>
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		<description>- is a digital library of operational naval news, curated from open source intelligence, and intended to serve as a source of continuing naval education</description>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Torpedoed (2)</title>
			<link>http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&amp;plckScript=blogScript&amp;plckElementId=blogDest&amp;plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a22f815b8-22c7-41cd-90d8-11dab70fe5d5</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Defense Technology International&lt;/b&gt; -  An ex-U.S. Navy destroyer was sunk for real (by an Australian sub) in the first-ever live test of the latest Mk 48 Mod 7 CBASS heavyweight torpedo variant.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Admiral: May Need to Fight for Sea Control</title>
			<link>http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&amp;plckScript=blogScript&amp;plckElementId=blogDest&amp;plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a85e3fa94-df80-425a-9982-94043a8e4517</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Defense Technology International&lt;/b&gt; - Australia's Chief of Navy warns that "enormous strategic change" taking place at the moment will have major implications for the maritime forces of Australia and its allies.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:42:46 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>RoyalAustralianNavy</category>
			<dc:creator>Michael D'Alessandro</dc:creator>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Sailors under pressure</title>
			<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22876263-31477,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;The Australian&lt;/b&gt; - A look at submarine rescue exercises in the Pacific.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Ready to Embark</title>
			<link>http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&amp;plckScript=blogScript&amp;plckElementId=blogDest&amp;plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&amp;plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a458dfbea-757b-480f-a923-4c5d6a39eac5</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Aviation Week&lt;/b&gt; - Australia has formally completed the deal to spend A$3.1 billion on two amphibious ships from Tenix.The government has just inked the deal that should see the HMAS Canberra delivered in 2013, and its sister ship, the HMAS Adelaide, to follow in 2015. The 27,000 metric ton vessels are designed to offload 1,124 embarked troops and carry their artillery, Abrams tanks and other vehicles.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Navy to get new advanced warships</title>
			<link>http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Navy-to-get-new-advanced-warships/2007/06/20/1182019147106.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;AAP&lt;/b&gt; - Australia's navy is to get new, advanced, Spanish-designed air warfare destroyers and large landing ships at a cost of as much as $11 billion.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:42:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>RoyalAustralianNavy</category>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Australian warships bound for Fiji</title>
			<link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/rnzi/200611031459/australian_warships_bound_for_fiji</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Radio New Zealand&lt;/b&gt; -  Australian warships are sailing towards Fiji amid speculation of another coup. The amphibious support ship HMAS Kanimbla left Townsville last night and HMAS Newcastle, a frigate, began its journey to the area on Wednesday night.</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:25:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Australia rushes to troubled East Timor</title>
			<link>http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0525/p07s02-woap.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Christian Science Monitor&lt;/b&gt; - East Timor's call for help Wednesday opened a new mission for an already stretched Australian military.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 09:55:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - East Timor awaits Navy ships briefing</title>
			<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1637598.htm</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;ABC&lt;/b&gt; - The HMAS Kanimbla and the HMAS Manoora have been sent to Australia's northern waters. The vessels are on stand-by in case East Timor requires assistance to quell any further rioting in the capital, Dili.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 09:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>RoyalAustralianNavy</category>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Navy denies blame for dead whales</title>
			<link>http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17049808%255E662,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Herald Sun&lt;/b&gt; - The Royal Australian Navy has denied two of its ships may have contributed to two mass whale strandings in Tasmania.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Navy ship heads for Iraq</title>
			<link>http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16869566%255E1702,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;The Advertiser&lt;/b&gt; - The frigate HMAS Parramatta has been deployed to the Gulf, becoming the 12th Royal Australian Navy ship to serve in support of operations in the Middle East. </description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:05:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>RoyalAustralianNavy</category>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - History afloat: Navy's newest ship embraces the past</title>
			<link>http://www.abc.net.au/southqld/stories/s1476696.htm</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;ABC&lt;/b&gt; - The Australian Navy&#146;s newest ship will be commissioned this weekend, and Brisbane will host the ceremony for the first time in many years. The 118-meter ANZAC class frigate will become the HMAS Toowoomba on Saturday.</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 09:21:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Government advances amphibious ship project</title>
			<link>http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=57722&amp;print=true</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Australian Associated Press&lt;/b&gt; - The Australian government launched a competition to build two new amphibious naval ships, alerting local shipbuilders to be ready to tender for the $2 billion project early next year.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:41:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Tobruk 'all set' for Iraq mission</title>
			<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15000031%255E1702,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Australian Associated Press&lt;/b&gt; - A new deployment of Australian troops leaves for Iraq this week, with the navy's heavy lift ship HMAS Tobruk set to leave Darwin today carrying armoured vehicles.
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			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>RoyalAustralianNavy</category>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Kanimbla on its way home</title>
			<link>http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,12852510%255E1702,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;The Advertiser&lt;/b&gt; - HMAS Kanimbla is to end relief operations off of Indonesia.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Tobruk To Iraq - Al Muthanna Task Group</title>
			<link>http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00067.htm</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Scoop&lt;/b&gt; - HMAS Tobruk heads to Iraq.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Michael D'Alessandro</dc:creator>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Australians killed in quake crash</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4404123.stm</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;BBC&lt;/b&gt; - Nine Australian military personnel were killed when their helicopter from HMAS Kanimbla crashed during relief operations on the quake-hit Indonesian island of Nias.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 11:51:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Australian planes, ship bring relief to Indonesia quake zone</title>
			<link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-6AY2Z8?OpenDocument</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Agence France Presse&lt;/b&gt; -  HMAS Kanimbla, which was on its way home after providing aid to victims of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, has been diverted from Singapore back to Sumatra to provide aid to victims of the new earthquake.</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Michael D'Alessandro</dc:creator>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Kanimbla to stay in Aceh</title>
			<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,12273830,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;The Australian&lt;/b&gt; - Australian troops on the HMAS Kanimbla are likely to be away at least three month helping to rebuild tsunami-ravaged Aceh.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:55:27 GMT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Michael D'Alessandro</dc:creator>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Australia sends Navy ship, choppers to Indonesia</title>
			<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1274121.htm</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;ABC&lt;/b&gt; - HMAS Kanimbla will sail from Sydney tomorrow and it will take helicopters and engineers to assist in the reconstruction effort.</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:31:16 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Go-ahead to $6bn navy ship project</title>
			<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11434118%255E1702,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;AAP&lt;/b&gt; - Australia and the United States have signed an agreement to install the latest version of a computerised combat system in Collins and US Navy submarines.</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<category>RoyalAustralianNavy</category>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Go-ahead to $6bn navy ship project</title>
			<link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,10962223,00.html</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;The Australian&lt;/b&gt; - The Howard Government will today commit to building all three of the navy's new air warfare destroyers in Australia.
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:55:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Michael D'Alessandro</dc:creator>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Australia to Upgrade Adelaide-Class Ships, Eyes UAV Fleet</title>
			<link>http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/sep_04_54.php</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Sea Power&lt;/b&gt; - The latest naval news from Australia, Italy, Malaysia, and Canada.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:46:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - Tiny submarine makes big splash</title>
			<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3939355.stm</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;BBC&lt;/b&gt; -  Australian researchers have built what they claim is the world's smallest submarine: a 40cm-long, self-controlling submersible called Serafina.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Royal Australian Navy - China and Taiwan: flashpoint for a war</title>
			<link>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/13/1089694360063.html?oneclick=true</link>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;Sydney Morning Herald&lt;/b&gt; - Potential for a Chinese attack on Taiwan is simmering again, and, Australia's next government may face a dilemma that makes Iraq look trivial - would Australia intervene on the side of Taiwan - or not?</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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