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US Navy denies staff layoff plan in BahrainA US Navy spokesman has denied reports that civilian employees in Bahrain could lose their jobs as part of defence budget cuts. The cuts, worth $85 billion, have taken effect since Friday and will involve millions of workers globa More… |
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US Navy denies staff layoff plan in BahrainA US Navy spokesman has denied reports that civilian employees in Bahrain could lose their jobs as part of defence budget cuts. The cuts, worth $85 billion, have taken effect since Friday and will involve millions of workers globa More… |
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US Navy says has not lost drone over GulfNo US drone has been lost in the Gulf recently, a US Navy spokesman said after Iran said on Tuesday it had captured a US intelligence-gathering drone in its airspace in the last few days. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IR More… |
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No plans to close Hormuz, says IranIran has no plan to close the vital shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz, Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi was cited as saying by state-run Press TV. Iranian officials have repeatedly threatened to close the strai More… |
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Boeing wins $1.9bn US surveillance jet dealBoeing Company has won a $1.9 billion contract to build 11 more P-8 maritime surveillance planes for the US Navy, according to the US Defense Department. About three-quarters of the work on the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime More… |
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Tanker collides with US navy ship in GulfAn oil tanker collided with a US navy ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, but no one was hurt, the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet said. "The collision between USS Porter (DDG 78) and the Panamanian-flagged bulk oil tanker More… |
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US beefs up Gulf naval force amid Iran tensionsA US navy ship that had been slated for decommissioning has been sent instead to the Gulf to help mine-clearing operations, the US Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain said, the latest move in a gradual US build-up as tensions with Iran smoulder. More… |
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US 'floating base' arrives in the GulfAn ageing American naval ship converted into a "floating base" has arrived off the coast of Bahrain to support countermine operations in the Gulf, according to the US Navy. The deployment of the USS Ponce marks the latest in a gradual buil More… |
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Four US Navy minesweepers arrive in the GulfFour US minesweepers have arrived in the Gulf to bolster the US Fifth Fleet and ensure the safety of shipping routes, the US Navy said, as an Iranian military chief suggested on Monday that Iran might try to block the Strait of Hormuz to defend it More… |
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US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier in GulfThe US Navy said yesterday it has deployed a second aircraft carrier, the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise, to the Gulf region amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear programme. Its deployment along with the Abraham Lincoln carrier s More… |
