Month: September 2022
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ARAFURA SEA (Sept. 20, 2022) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston sails in the waters off Northern Australian during the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22). KA22 is the 15th iteration of the RAN’s flagship biennial regional maritime international engagement exercise, drawing together approximately 3,000 personnel, 15 warships and more than 30 aircraft from 22 countries. (Photo courtesy of Royal Australian Navy LSIS Jarryd Capper)
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HMS Dauntless looks to future after successful engine trials 28 September 2022
HMS Dauntless is back in Portsmouth after three months testing her new engines to the limit. The Type 45 destroyer has undergone extensive trials around the UK throughout the summer, laying the foundations for her five sister ships as the entire class of Portsmouth-based air defence ships undergo the same upgrade. The team aboard…
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Australian Navy’s Kakadu 2022 maritime exercise concludes The 15th Kakadu exercise saw participation from 3,000 personnel, 15 vessels and 34 aircraft from 20 nations.
Ships participating in KA22 sail in formation during a photo exercise offshore from Darwin. Credit: Leading Seaman Tara Morrison / © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence. The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) two-week long multinational maritime exercise, Kakadu 2022 (KA22), has concluded in the Northern Australian and Darwin regions. An official closing ceremony organised by Northern Territory…
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ARAFURA SEA (Sept. 16, 2022) Royal Thai Navy frigate HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej (FFG 471), Royal Malaysian Navy frigate KD Lekiu (FFG 30), and Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) sail in line-astern formation to conduct anti-aircraft firing serials during Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22). KA22 is the 15th iteration of the RAN’s flagship biennial regional maritime international engagement exercise, drawing together approximately 3000 personnel, 15 warships and more than 30 aircraft from 22 countries. (Photo courtesy of Royal Australian Navy LSIS Jarryd Capper)
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