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03 January
RUSSIA
KUZNETSOV deployment: Aircraft carrier ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV completed two days of flight operations in the Central Mediterranean (rmks: west of Crete) … 32 sorties of Su-33 Flanker and 9 sorties of helicopters Ka-27 Helix.
05 January
ISRAEL - USA
Israeli and US armed forces are gearing up for exercise “Austere Challenge 12”, the largest ever bilateral missile defence exercise … no specific date given but expected to be conducted “during the next weeks” … not related to any current events (Iran), as planned for more than a year … as in previous exercises such as “Juniper Cobra 2010” should also involve BMD capable US Navy ships.
RUSSIA
KUZNETSOV deployment: ships of the KUZNETSOV carrier task force at anchorage south of Crete for replenishment … afterwards continue towards Eastern Mediterranean.
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USA
Enroute the 5th Fleet area of operations, the ABRAHAM LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group has reached the South China Sea.
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06 January
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USA
Aircraft carrier RONALD REAGAN sails from San Diego for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton (Wash.) … start a one-year major overhaul … return to home port in Jan 2013.
UPCOMING / PLANNED EVENTS
FRANCE (09 Jan)
Helicopter carrier MISTRAL scheduled to sail from Toulon for Norfolk (USA) … participate in exercise “Bold Alligator” (24 Jan – 13 Feb) … embark French army personnel and vehicles, incl. tanks … probably also take along first new EDA-R landing craft.
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