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Navy deploys first LCS to replace wood-hulled minehunter in Bahrain

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra arrived at the U.S. naval base in Bahrain last week, the first of four new vessels expected to replace aging mine countermeasures ships in the Middle East, ...
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US base in Bahrain trades out last minesweeper, ushering in era of LCS replacements

MANAMA, Bahrain — Sailors at a base home to the Navy’s hub in the Middle East bid farewell Thursday to the last of their wooden-hulled mine hunting ships in a mission handoff to four larger vessels ...
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Australia embarks HIMARS on Canberra-class vessels

The ADF embarked its HIMARS on the HMAS Canberra amphibious assault ship as a part of sea transportability trials. (Lockheed Martin) The Australian Army has embarked its Lockheed Martin M142 ...
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Australia trials Canberra class' ability to embark armoured vehicles

An Australian Army M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tank, seen here embarking on HMAS Adelaide during sea transportability trials at the Port of Townsville, Queensland, on 4 September 2025. (Australia ...
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Japan is selling top-of-the-line warships to another key US ally. What that means for the highly contested Pacific

Australia last week announced a $6.5 billion deal to buy advanced warships from Japan, a move that can go a long way to making Canberra a Pacific maritime power and Tokyo a major weapons exporter, ...