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WASHINGTON (NNS) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Rear Adm. Aaron Beng Yao Cheng, Republic of Singapore Chief of Navy, conducted a phone call April 7, to discuss continued bilateral cooperation between the two navies.
“The Republic of Singapore Navy remains a vital partner in a strategic part of the world,” said Gilday. “Together, our two navies promote a free and open Indo-Pacific and enhance access to the maritime commons.”
Rear Adm. Beng echoed similar sentiments.
“Adm. Gilday and I reaffirmed the strong and longstanding bilateral relations between our two navies,” said Beng. “With a regular cadence of professional interactions, 2021 will be another fruitful year of bilateral engagements.”
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Singapore deploys new maritime security vessels as rise reported in armed robbery attacks in Asia during 2020
The latest annual report from the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) was recently published. It notes that there were a total of 97 incidents (comprising 95 actual incidents and two attempted incidents) of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia in 2020. This accounted for a 17% increase in the total number of incidents, and a 32% increase in actual incidents reported in 2020 compared to 2019. The report goes onto say that there was an increase in incidents in the past year in Bangladesh, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, South China Sea and Singapore Straits. The report highlights an increase in the number of incidents on board ships while underway in the Singapore Strait in 2020 with 34 incidents, compared to 31 incidents in 2019.
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is aiming to deploy four new 30-tonne unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) to support maritime security operations in the congested Singapore Strait, following a series of sea trials that are expected to conc.
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CO: USS Gabrielle Giffords Deployment Showcased LCS’s Flexibility, Naval Strike Missile
March 2, 2021 6:44 PM
Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) sails alongside Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10). US Navy photo.
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Gabrielle Giffords’ (LCS-10) recently completed 17-month deployment to the Pacific will refine how the Navy thinks about operating and maintaining the Littoral Combat Ship forward, the ship’s gold crew captain told USNI News.
Armed with the Navy’s latest anti-ship missile,
Giffords deployed from September 2019 until January 2021, making it the second and longest LCS deployment since the Navy put LCS overseas operations on a year-and-a-half pause to work out some programmatic improvements and class-wide overhauls.