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<title >Navy Completes Successful Mobile Landing Platform Demonstration</title>
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<pubDate>October 24th, 2006 03:56:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The Navy’s overall objective was to continue learning about how to ensure that vehicles, stores and personnel can routinely and safely be transferred between ships at sea. ]]></description>
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<title >Modernization of Norway’s ULA Submarines Comleted</title>
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<pubDate>October 24th, 2006 02:35:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[SAFRAN Group, teams and representatives of the Norwegian Navy and Electronicon, a Norwegian corporate partner, completed the navigation system modernization program for ULA class submarines.  ]]></description>
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<title >HMS Manchester Returns to Sea After Rolls Royce Refit</title>
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<pubDate>October 24th, 2006 02:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[HMS Manchester has returned to sea after a multi-million pound refit which has transformed her into one of the Navy's most capable and efficient warships. ]]></description>
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<title >ASC Asks Industry to Step Up For Defence Programs</title>
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<pubDate>October 24th, 2006 02:03:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[With South Australia’s manufacturing sector feeling the pinch, ASC Pty Ltd is urging industry to get on board major defence programs. ]]></description>
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<title >Indonesia Set To Buy Russian Submarines</title>
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<pubDate>October 20th, 2006 05:01:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The Indonesian Navy plans to buy several modern diesel submarines from Russia, the Antara news agency said Thursday. ]]></description>
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<title >US is tracking "suspicious vessel" out of North Korea</title>
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<pubDate>October 20th, 2006 04:55:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The United States is tracking a suspicious vessel that left a North Korean port, a US official said Thursday, adding it was uncertain what it was carrying. ]]></description>
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<title >Thales at Euronaval 2006 – Responding to the Challenges Ahead</title>
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<pubDate>October 20th, 2006 04:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[At the 20th Euronaval exhibition, 23 to 27 October 2006, Thales will present its broad-ranging capabilities in naval defence and maritime safety and security, and its key role in supporting the transformation process of naval forces. ]]></description>
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<title >Russian Navy Violating Georgian Waters, Impeding Shipping: Minister</title>
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<pubDate>October 20th, 2006 04:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[A senior Georgian defense official accused the Russian navy Oct. 18 of violating Georgian territorial waters and impeding the arrival of Turkish trading ships to the ex-Soviet republic. ]]></description>
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<title >AW139 Helicopter For Japanese Coast Guard</title>
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<pubDate>October 20th, 2006 04:14:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[AgustaWestland, in collaboration with Mitsui Bussan Aerospace is proud to announce that the Japanese Coast Guard has selected the AW139 helicopter to replace their aging Bell 212’s for deployment at Search and Rescue bases throughout Japan. ]]></description>
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<title >Indian Navy Unfolds Its Vision For Transformation</title>
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<pubDate>October 18th, 2006 04:11:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The Naval Senior Officers' Conference, which commenced in New Delhi today, was inaugurated by the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash. ]]></description>
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<title >Fifth Hellenic Navy FAC to Be Launched</title>
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<pubDate>October 18th, 2006 03:55:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[VT Shipbuilding, working in partnership with Elefsis Shipbuilding, will launch the fifth of class 62m. fast attack craft for the Hellenic Navy at the Elefsis shipyard on October 9. ]]></description>
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<title >BAE SYSTEMS Mk 110 57mm Gun for US Coast Guard</title>
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<pubDate>October 18th, 2006 03:32:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[BAE Systems received its third contract from Northrop Grumman Ship Systems to build a 57mm Mk 110 Mod 0 Naval Gun system to go aboard the U.S. Coast Guard's National Security Cutter. ]]></description>
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<title >New-look HMS Richmond Returns to Fleet</title>
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<pubDate>October 18th, 2006 03:05:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[HMS Richmond has returned to service after an upgrade has made her one of the most modern and best equipped ships in the fleet. ]]></description>
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<title >Barak Missile has no match says Indian Navy chief </title>
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<pubDate>October 17th, 2006 03:07:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash on Monday came out strongly in support of the controversial Barak Missile saying it was a “very good and incomparable” system. ]]></description>
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<title >Indian Navy declines to buy British Harriers</title>
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<pubDate>October 16th, 2006 02:12:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The Indian Navy has declined to buy eight British Sea Harrier FA.2 fighter jets that were phased out of the Royal Navy in March 2006. ]]></description>
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<title >HMS Helsingborg sea trials in the Mediterranean</title>
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<pubDate>October 16th, 2006 02:05:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[HMS Helsingborg has been undergoing sea trials in the Mediterranean over a period of approximately four weeks, to test her performance in these southern and warmer waters. ]]></description>
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<title >Naval Interdiction Exercise Said Planned for Persian Gulf</title>
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<pubDate>October 13th, 2006 04:39:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[Facing nuclear disputes with Iran and North Korea, the United States, Bahrain and other states will hold their first naval exercise in the Gulf this month to practice interdicting ships carrying weapons of mass destruction and missiles ]]></description>
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<title >Paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds</title>
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<pubDate>October 13th, 2006 04:08:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[Lockheed Martin has received a contract valued at $19 million to deliver an enhanced version of the Paveway II Laser Guided Training Round (LGTR) to the U.S. Navy next year. ]]></description>
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<title >Armidale-Class Patrol Boats Return To Operations</title>
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<pubDate>October 10th, 2006 04:36:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The Navy’s fleet of Armidale Class Patrol Boats will progressively return to operations with the first boat likely to resume operations this weekend. ]]></description>
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<title >Navy Christens Newest Carrier: USS George H.W. Bush</title>
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<pubDate>October 10th, 2006 04:16:00 EST</pubDate>
<description> <![CDATA[The U.S. Fleet Forces Band caught the mood of the people attending the christening of the USS George H.W. Bush today when it played Richard Rodger’s music for the World War II documentary “Victory at Sea.” ]]></description>
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