Handheld imagery, published following a late-February visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the Navy’s First Naval Region in Bandar Abbas, shows the current status of the IRIN’s third Mowj*-class frigate – the Sahand. These latest handhelds coincide with an update from Google Earth, which features coverage of Bandar Abbas from 01/21/2014, barely a month […]
The latest Digital Globe imagery acquired on 26OCT13 of the UAE’s Al-Ain Airbase shows the Airbus A330 multi-role tanker transport on the parking apron on the south side of the airfield. The UAE recently received the third of three new A330 tanker aircraft supporting the United Arab Emirates Air Force. Powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent […]
Federal regulators on 25FEB14 ordered shippers to properly test and classify crude oil from the productive Bakken region before loading it onto freight trains, a move meant to tighten regulatory standards after a spate of derailments and explosions highlighted the hazards of carrying crude oil on rails, reports the NYT. The announcement from the office […]
Quoting the New Vision newspaper from 23 February, Jane’s reports that Uganda will begin moving its main air base from Entebbe International Airport just south of Kampala to Nakasongola in the center of the country in March. President Yoweri Museveni expressed his approval of the plan during an air force graduation ceremony at Entebbe on 21 […]
The latest satellite imagery acquired by DigitalGlobe from 16OCT13 shows the new drone apron at Djibouti’s Chabelley Airfield, a location 5 miles southwest of Camp Lemmonier. Over the last decade, the US has stepped up military activity in Africa and further afield, most notably with the increased use of drones in nearby Yemen and Somalia. […]
The complex salvage operation to extricate unexploded missiles and torpedoes from INS Sindhurakshak is now finally beginning, six months after the 3,000-tonne submarine sank due to internal explosions that killed three officers and 15 sailors at the Mumbai naval dockyard, reports Times of India. Defence ministry sources on 12FEB14 said the almost Rs 240 crore salvage […]
