13.01.2014, 21:53
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10 January
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RUSSIA
The KUZNETSOV carrier task group from its anchorage at Moray Firth (off Scotland) did not proceed west of UK (as some sources had insinuated) but went through the North Sea and the English Channel towards the Bay of Biscay.
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UNITED KINGDOM
Helicopter carrier ILLUSTRIOUS returns to home port Portsmouth, ending a 6-month deployment which started as part of mission “Cougar 13” but had been extended when the ship was ordered to split from the “Cougar” task group for disaster relief operations in the Philippines.
11 January
ITALY
Aircraft carrier CAVOUR berths at Mombasa (Kenya) for a scheduled port visit.
(rmks: on a 6-month cruise to the Gulf region and around Africa)
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USA
The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Testing in a recent memo to the SecDef warned that new aircraft carrier GERALD R. FORD is “unlikely” to meet its goal for handling aircraft … “sortie generation rate based on unrealistic assumptions … key launching systems suffering from development problems and have poor or unknown reliability” … the memo will likely form part of the context for Congress’ consideration of the fiscal funding request for the CVN-78 program.
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