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She is beautiful, good frigate and is the jewel in the crown of the kingdom of Spain.

The Navy is our greatest ambassador for all visits made ​​by our ships out of Spain.

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The Navy ship "Hesperides' makes a stop in Hawaii after completing the fifth leg of his circumnavigation scientific

Honolulu will leave the water samples to be made ​​the first evidence of radioactivity to determine the extent of discharges carried by the Fukushima nuclear plant


The Oceanographic Research Ship Navy BIO 'Hesperides', has completed the fifth leg of his circumnavigation of science to the study of global change and biodiversity in the ocean,' Campaign 2010 Malaspina. "

In the early hours of Sunday morning and, after 23 days of uninterrupted browsing, the 'Hesperides' is docked at the pier 'Aloha tower' of Honolulu, where he remained until Friday 13 May.

Demonstrating the great importance that is taking the issue at international level is the busy schedule of cultural events, media and protocol with which you will find marine scientists in this port.

Commander 'Hepérides', along with several members of the crew of the Hesperides, participate in a joint conference with the "Polinesyan Voyaging Society" in which its members could see first hand the planning and logistical and technical development required for navigation of this magnitude before heading around the world are preparing, using cruise ships that used by primitive tribes in Polynesian navigation conducted by the Pacific Ocean.

The Commander of the Hesperides, Commander Juan Antonio Aguilar, Dr. Susana Agustí, Chief Scientist of the expedition during this stage, and the General Coordinator of the Campaign, Carlos Duarte, CSIC both researchers have directed the activities related to navigation and scientific studies have been carried out from Auckland to Honolulu via the Pacific Ocean. The sailors of the ship and the scientific team have traveled 3657 miles in which 23 stations have been made following a precise navigation pattern that has allowed them to sample the ocean as little known to science, from the surface to almost 5000 meters .

While sailing between Auckland and Honolulu have launched a series of five of the 20 buoys SMOS designed specifically for the Malaspina project that will measure the salinity to 50 inches deep and transmitted to the SMOS satellite. The data contributed by these buoys will help to create the first global map of sea surface salinity.

Moreover, in this transit across the Pacific, have taken water samples to be sent to the Autonomous University of Barcelona in order to perform the first tests of radioactivity to determine the extent of discharges carried by the Fukushima nuclear plant following the devastating earthquake that caused the evacuation of the same in March.

In this Hawaiian port the vessel will be performing a handoff of scientists, as well as stock up on food, fuel and other material in order to begin the sixth stage of the Malaspina expedition that will take sailors and scientists from Honolulu to Cartagena de Indias, Colombia through the Panama Canal for 32 days at sea.

The Navy BIO 'Hesperides' sailed from Cadiz on the 15th December. Has a complement of 57 sailors who fully completed the circumnavigation of the globe. Also has shipped to 37 civilians among scientific, technical and media, which will be periodically relieving each of the scales that make the vessel in order to carry out the various studies for each of the stages of this campaign MALASPINA 2010.

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Cruise resistance

Scale strategic projection ship Navy 'Juan Carlos I' in Cartagena

A total of 5,000 people have visited the 'Juan Carlos I' throughout the weekend


Today the ship sailed from Cartagena strategic projection (BPE) of the Navy 'Juan
Carlos I '. The ship docked at the port of La Curra on Friday May 13 to perform
second leg of their cruise resistance.

During his stay in the port of Cartagena, a total of 5,000 people from the city
Cartagena and the rest of the Region of Murcia mostly visited the 'Juan Carlos I
'Along the Saturday 14 and Sunday 15.

The cruise ship will continue its resistance to head to Toulon. There is expected to
reached on 18 May. Istanbul and Ceuta are the successive scales to Toulon, before
return back to their base in Rota on 11 June.

This boat, which began on May 2 with the vessel's departure from its base in
Broken (Cádiz), is part of its plan of entry into service, after its delivery to the
Navy on September 30, 2010. The cruise is to check the
operation of equipment and systems for extended periods and advance navigation
Internal training provided.

Just before the ship entered in Cartagena there was a new milestone naval,
the takeoff of a plane "Harrier AV-8B from the deck of 'Juan Carlos I'.
With a length of 231 and a width of 32 meters, the 'Juan Carlos I' is the largest vessel
built in Spain for the Navy.

The allocation of BPE is 254 sailors, under the command of Captain Christopher
Gonzalez-Aller Lacalle. Besides traveling the 56 cadets who completed the cruise and
instruction in the training ship "Juan Sebastián de Elcano 'and will continue their training
resistance during this cruise.


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The F-102 is integrated with U.S. ships

The frigate will maneuvers with other ships of NATO and Libya could relieve the F-104
if the mission is extended

The F-102 frigate left yesterday at noon, as scheduled, its
Arsenal base to resume the second phase of the maneuvers that are running with
American units within the carrier battle group George H. W. Bush.

In principle, water will move to southern England, where he will meet with
units of the U.S. Navy and other British Navy for,
there, making the first three-way joint exercises.

After completing these initial maneuvers, the F-102 fighter group accompanied by
Mediterranean to the Suez Canal, taking advantage to do other testing units
NATO. In principle would return from there in June.

However, if you need to relieve the Ministry of Defence to the F-104 in the attachment
maritime applied to Libya, now is the F-102, Admiral John
Bourbon, which has every chance of doing so. As published last Voice
day 12, Defence is expected to continue in the Méndez Núñez Unified operation
Guard until the end of June. If finally the intervention of the coalition
International expands in time and the government decides to continue in it and with the same
tasks and means, the F-102 would take, if nothing unexpected happens, the site of the F-104. Why?
And would be moved near the area of ​​operations and end a period of
intensive training with NATO units.

Good luck and good hunting


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Maritime Action Force

The Navy minesweepers 'Tajo' ends its participation in the Second Naval Association
Standing NATO Contraminas Measures


The Sapper 'Tajo' has returned to Cartagena this morning after completing their participation in
Standing Naval Group II Contraminas Measures of NATO (SNMCMG-2).

The 'Tajo' has operated during this time in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea from
that on January 24 was incorporated into the SNMCMG-2 in the port of Souda (Greece).

Sapper is the Spanish that has operated at a greater distance from the national territory.

Eleven ports visited in ten countries: Souda (Greece), Safaga (Egypt), Jeddah (Saudi
Arabia), Djibouti (Djibouti), Salalah and Muscat (Oman), Manamah (Bahrain), Kuwait (Kuwait)
Jebel Ali (UAE), Aksaz (Turkey) and Catania (Italy).

The 'Tajo'is the latest vessel of the series of six class minesweepers 'Segura'. Is the
Lieutenant Commander Captain Ángel Núñez Rocha, and has a staff of 43 people.

The SNMCMG-2 provides an operational capability of NATO permanent countermine measures.
Additionally, during their voyages and port visits, the group expands its
ship of the Alliance and helps to improve relations with other countries.

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Bilateral cooperation

The frigate "Almirante Juan de Borbon" is integrated for the second time in the group
U.S. aircraft carrier "George H. W. Bush '
Over the next month the Spanish frigate carried out exercises with the U.S. group
waters of the Channel and Mediterranean

The Navy frigate "Almirante Juan de Borbón 'now joins the group
carriers' George H. W. Bush "during the second phase of its collaboration with the Navy
United States.

The naval group consists of the aircraft carrier "George H. W. Bush ', two cruisers and two
U.S. destroyers equipped with the AEGIS combat system, similar to the one installed in
the Spanish frigate.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to continue
training started in the first phase and advance the interoperability of equipment and
procedures between the frigate F-100 Spanish and American ships.
Over the next month the frigate "Almirante Juan de Borbón 'sail with water group
the Channel, where he will participate in exercises with the Royal Navy, and the
near the Spanish Mediterranean coast

. The group made stops in the
ports of Portsmouth (UK) and Cartagena. (Spain)
In the first phase of deployment, the Spanish frigate conducted intensive training
especially focused on the protection of all components of the naval force
surface warfare exercises, anti-submarine, anti-aircraft.

The American group is commanded by Rear Adm. Nora Tyson, the first woman
American who is the commander of a squad of these characteristics.
The frigate "Almirante Juan de Borbón '(F-102) is the second class Alvaro de Bazan
built in Spain.

One of the most technologically savvy ships in Europe. Has
a staff of 210 people and is commanded by Benigno Gonzalez-Aller





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Interesting photo essay

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bad news my dear friends



The strategic projection ship Juan Carlos I (L-61), the largest that has the Spanish Armada, is damaged, a radar and combat system and not operational until within at least two years, newspaper The Gazette, citing "sources of the Navy" unidentified.

According to the newspaper, the vessel "will be able to operate with guarantees for another two years", as its design and manufacturing are a hundred per cent Spanish. "These products are very expensive, we risk too much," the sources added.

Navy sources confirmed that both radar-designed and manufactured by the multinational Indra-like combat system, Navantia, all under warranty, installed in the new aircraft carrier amphibious assault will not work.

The problem, he added, has "overtones of stuck in time", beyond what we announced a few days in Cartagena its commander, Captain Christopher Gonzalez-Aller, when they said they would be able to perform military missions in the late this year or early 2012.

The same sources told the paper at least, we should talk about two years to ensure a safe, secure operation. "We have gotten into an adventure of difficult solution to benefit some" point.

The Juan Carlos I was launched on March 10, 2008 for public Navantia and discharged from the Navy List on 30 September 2010, in the presence of the King.

We risk much

The radar system, and specifically the radar Lanza, Indra belongs to the technology and the unique battle system Scomber-command and control "of Navantia, the builder of the ship, just the system being installed in recent ships purchased by the Navy.

"They turn to these companies, but in the end you have to get a good product, appropriate value for money, we are risking a lot," say the sources, which affect the idea that maybe it would have been better alternate systems are already established and cheaper, as the Americans and Dutch along with R & D Spanish.

"Not only because of Defense is also the fault of the Navy because liam ourselves with too many requirements. We want to be a front but the truth is that today, we are very far from it, "they added.

The Juan Carlos I is making your cruise resistance (testing) and soon will stop in Turkey, which aims to have a boat of similar characteristics.



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Fantastic video of the day of the Spanish armed forces.

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Armed Forces Day 2011

Amphibious projection on the beach Malagueta

At the conclusion of the main events of the Armed Forces Day, over 60,000
people have today in Malaga joint operational display unit of
Army and Navy.

Mission Summary:

The exercise began at 12 am in Malagueta beach and for just over
one hour was simulated a scenario designed to free a group of observers
United Nations. In a hostile coastal territory, to evacuate staff from the UN
was detained and threatened in a camp for an irregular force of opposition.

In the joint exhibition involving more than 1130 soldiers. From three vessels
Navy has deployed the bulk of amphibious operation that would develop the extraction
UN observers. The aircraft carrier 'Principe de Asturias' has been the platform
since they have operated helicopters Fleet of Aircraft and AV-8B aircraft
'Harrier'. Meanwhile, the frigate Alvaro de Bazan '' has been simulated naval gunfire support from a
area that had previously been assured by the minesweepers 'Segura'

Teams security, reconnaissance and assault of the Marine Brigade of the Third of
Navy has landed in the area of ​​operations using helicopters and boats
Supercat `fast '.

The Harrier AV8B individuals have demonstrated their abilities by slow last flight
stationary over the beach, ending with a vertical climbing.

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The Navy patrol 'Infanta Elena' returns to Spain after attending the
European mechanism to combat piracy
The vessel of (OPV) of the Navy 'Infanta Elena', has now returned to their base in
Cartagena after participating for almost four months in the Navy device
European fight against piracy, "Atalanta. "

The OPV 'Infanta Elena' has had the mission to escort the merchant traffic vulnerable
especially ships of the World Food Program, in its passage through the Gulf of
Aden. Another of its missions has been the protection and control of fishing activities
the basin in Somalia.

In the 91 days at sea that lasted their participation has been 28 suspicious vessels,
arrested 12 suspected pirates and freed 12 hostages for a total of 15,500
nautical miles.
General Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy, Manuel Rebollo Garcia has embarked
in the 'Infanta Elena' in the vicinity of Cabo de Palos to welcome and
congratulate your budget before its entry into port.

The 'Infanta Elena' has a complement of 85 sailors, belonging to Force Action
Maritime based in Cartagena from where he sailed on 15 February to join
operation.



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