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News Digest from the May 2014 Edition

TOKYO ORDERS MARINE CORPS TO BE ESTABLISHED Japan intends to establish a 3,000-strong rapid amphibious assault force modelled on the US Marine Corps (USMC). The force will be equipped with amphibious assault vehicles and the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. It will be based on Kyushu or Nansei islands. As part of preparations Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers have been undertaking joint exercises with the USMC for several years, the most recent ...

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Crimea & Ukraine – FLASH NEWS

Hetman Sahaydachny

UKRAINIAN NAVY FLAGSHIP HEADS HOME And Proves She did not Defect to Pro-Russia Faction Report and photographs by Special Correspondent Cem Devrim Yaylali, Istanbul The flagship of ...

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News Digest from January 2014 issue

IRAN INCREASES UNDERSEA WARFARE CAPABILITY The Iranians appear to have launched a new class of submarine. Satellite imagery showed a 40m long submarine tied up at the Bastanu Shipyard ...

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