Pacific Ocean

Americas Naval 

U.S. Navy Guided-Missile Cruiser USS Lake Champlain Completes Pacific Deployment

May 11, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Carl Vinson Strike Group, Guided-missile cruiser (CG), Naval Base San Diego, Pacific Ocean, Ticonderoga-class CG, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Lake Champlain (CG-57)

The U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, May 9,

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Americas Naval 

USCGC Stratton Returns Home Following Eastern Pacific, Bering Sea Deployment

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bering Sea, National Security Cutter (NSC), Pacific Ocean, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), US Coast Guard Base Alameda (Coast Guard Island), USA, USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752)

The U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752) returned Thursday to its homeport in Alameda after completing a 60-day, 15,000-nautical

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Asia-Pacific Technology 

China’s New Unmanned Submersible Hailong 11000 Dives to 2,605 Meters Under Sea

April 3, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Hailong 11000, Pacific Ocean, PR China, R/V Dayang Yihao (Ocean No 1), Research/ Survey Vessel, Submersible, Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV)

China’s new unmanned submersible “Hailong 11000” dived 2,605 meters below the sea surface in the western Pacific Ocean on Sunday,

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Americas Naval 

USS Mississippi Returns from Western Pacific Deployment

March 31, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Mississippi (SSN-782), Virginia-class SSN

Thhe U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from a six-month

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Chinese PLA Air Force Conducts High-Sea Training in the Western Pacific

March 26, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Military exercise, Pacific Ocean, People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), PR China, South China Sea, Sukhoi Su-30, Sukhoi Su-35, Xian H-6K

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force recently conducted a high-sea training mission in the Western Pacific and a joint

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

USS Michael Murphy Supports Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Mission

March 26, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Arleigh Burke-class DDG, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Oceania, Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI), Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112)

The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) and the U.S. Coast Guard began joint maritime

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Air Europe Naval 

Royal Navy Wildcat Helicopters Join French Task Group for Unique Pacific Mission

February 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, France, French Navy, FS Dixmude (L9015), Helicopter, Jeanne D’Arc (French Navy), Pacific Ocean, Royal Navy, UK

For the next five months, two AW159 Wildcat helicopters from Royal Navy’s 847 Naval Air Squadron will act as the flying eyes

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 8 Conducts SAR Operation in South Pacific

February 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Federated States of Micronesia, Kadena Air Base, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Pacific Ocean, Patrol Squadron 8 (VP-8), Search and Rescue (SAR), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

The U.S. Navy Patrol Squadron 8 (VP-8) “Fighting Tigers” has conducted search and rescue (SAR) operation and rescued three fishermen

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Air Asia-Pacific GeoPolitics/ Policy 

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets to Intercept Two Russian Air Force Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Fighter aircraft, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ Eagle, Mitsubishi F-2, Pacific Ocean, Russia, Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), Sea of Japan, Strategic bomber, Tupolev Tu-95 Bear

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has deployed its fighter jets to intercept two Russian Air Force Tu-95MS strategic bombers

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Americas Naval 

USCG Small Unmanned Aircraft System Assists NSC Drug Interdictions

January 30, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments National Security Cutter (NSC), Pacific Ocean, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), USA, USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752)

The small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) on board the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) national security cutter (NSC) USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752) aided multiple

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