Coronavirus Claims First Life Onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt
A sailor assigned to the US Navys USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has died from COVID-19 infection. The sailor was admitted to the intensive care unit of the US Naval Hospital in Guam on April 9, nearly ten days after he tested positive on March 30
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sails to ‘Demonstrate COVID-19 Epidemic Control Work’
A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Miyako Strait and headed toward the Pacific Ocean, on Friday to ‘demonstrated success in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic control work. The Chinese flotilla, consisting of aircraft carrier Liaoning two Type 052D guided missile destroyers, two Type 054A guided missile frigates and one Type...
14-Day Quarantine for French Aircraft Carrier Group Crew
Crew of the French Navys Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and air defense frigate Chevalier Paul will be quarantined for a fortnight upon arrival in the port of Toulon today. “Accommodation and food capacities will be set up at naval and naval air bases
Fifty Test COVID-19 Positive On-board French Aircraft Carrier
Fifty sailors and crew have been found positive for Covid-19 infection on board the French aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle, after a medical team from the army's health service was sent to the ship Wednesday. Of the fifty positive cases from 66 tested, three sailors were evacuated by plane to be...
Sailors of Fourth US Aircraft Carrier Test Positive for Coronavirus
The USS Nimitz became the fourth US aircraft carrier whose sailors tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Nimitz, that sails with about 4,800 sailors, is currently docked in its home port in Bremerton, Washington
French Aircraft Carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle’ Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19
The French Navy aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle is heading home cutting short deployment in the Atlantic following suspicion of several COVID-19 cases among its 2000 crew members. About forty sailors may be infected with Covid-19, according to a French Ministry of the Armed Forces press release issued this morning
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Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...