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NAVAL FORCES NEWS FOR WEEK ENDING 14 FEBRUARY 2003
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Iraqi arms violations - Powell lays it on the line
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more here . . .
[Jane's Defence Weekly - 11 February 2003]
Updated Torbay returns to Royal Navy service
HMS Torbay, the first of four UK Royal Navy (RN) Trafalgar-class
nuclear
attack submarines (SSNs) to receive the Swiftsure and Trafalgar
(S&T)
Final Phase tactical weapon system update package, has returned to
service
following its Pds240 million (US$384.9m) refit, reactor refuelling
and
combat system modernisation.
[Jane's Defence Upgrades - first posted to http://jdu.janes.com
- 27 January 2003]
Blair, Chirac look to co-operate on future carrier production
The French government is to examine whether France could tie its
plan
to build a second aircraft carrier into the UK's programme to
construct
two new-generation carriers for entry into service in 2012 and
2015, President
Jacques Chirac declared last week.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 7 February 2003]
UK awards unmanned underwater research package
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded applied systems and
software
house Systems Engineering and Assessment (SEA) a Pds7 million
($11.5 million)
contract to conduct a three-year package of unmanned underwater
vehicle
(UUV) research as part of the MoD's research competition pilot
initiative.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 7 February 2003]
Canada's marine security boost
The Canadian government has announced a C$172.5 million (US$113.3
million)
marine security enhancement package that provides for improved
screening
of ships' crews, passengers and cargo, as well as increased
surveillance
and tracking of marine traffic.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 7 February 2003]
Artillery system targeted for ships
A German industry consortium has completed a ship-fitting trial to
demonstrate
the feasibility of using a derivative of the PzH 2000 155mm/52-cal
self-propelled
artillery system for naval applications.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 7 February 2003]
Second UK Royal Navy River-class OPV launched
HMS Severn, the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) second River-class
offshore-patrol
vessel (OPV) was launched from Vosper Thornycroft (VT)
Shipbuilding's
Woolston shipyards on 4 December 2002.
[Jane's Navy International - first posted to http://jni.janes.com
- 12 December 2002]
DCN's SMX-21 shows innovative submarine design
DCN of France displayed a conceptual multirole, reconfigurable
submarine
- the SMX-21 - at the 2002 Euronaval show in Paris in October
2002.
[Jane's Navy International - first posted to http://jni.janes.com
- 12 December 2002]
USMC deploys fast cat to Southeast Asia
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is utilising the Austal Ships' fast
sealift
catamaran Westpac Express to transport combat forces based on
Okinawa
to Southeast Asia, as part of the US military's wider campaign
against
terrorism in the region.
[Jane's Navy International - first posted to http://jni.janes.com
- 12 December 2002]
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