Month: June 2019
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HMAS HUON, HMAS NORMAN – 2014
HMAS HUON, HMAS NORMAN – 2014 HMAS HUON, HMAS NORMAN – 2014HMAS Huon (M 82), named for the Huon River, is the lead ship of the Huon class of minehunters operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The first of six ships built by a joint partnership of Australian Defence Industries (ADI) and Intermarine SpA, Huon’s…
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A sea ride with Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavour
A sea ride with Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavour When the Australian Defence Force first dispatched its flotilla known as the “Indo-Pacific Endeavour”, the then Defence minister Christopher Pyne touted the regional drills as Australia’s “premier international engagement activity” designed to “enhance partnerships”. But what lies beneath this jargon? Now in its third year, the Indo-Pacific Endeavour (or…
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This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E
This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E The hulk of the ex-aircraft carrier Enterprise is tied up across from the pier from the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the Gerald R Ford, at the Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipyard, Feb. 5. (Mark D. Faram/Staff) Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, could become…