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It uses totally different doctrine than the US LRASM

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One thing in common: Datalink between missiles while in flight

The Russian Defense Ministry is planning the activation of a coastal defense division in Chukotka in 2018, the minister, Sergei Shoigu, has told journalists. "A coastal defense division is planned for activation in the Chukotka area of operations in 2018," he said.
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The Chukotka Peninsula is the eastmost peninsula of Asia. Its eastern end is at Cape Dezhnev, the eastmost mainland point of Eurasia just 82 kilometres (51 mi) across from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska; the Bering Strait lies between the two capes.

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AGM-158C Video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEEOptuKKlM

The U.S. Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) experienced a casualty to one of the ship's main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) on July 11 caused by a leak from the attached seawater pump mechanical seal that resulted in seawater entering the engine lube oil system.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $13.7 million contract (with incremental funding) to perform contract design effort for the U.S. Navy’s amphibious warfare ship replacement, known as LX(R).

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of PCU Illinois (SSN 786), the 13th submarine of the Virginia-class, on Aug. 27, early to its contract delivery date. Illinois is the ninth consecutive Virginia-class submarine to deliver early to the U.S. Navy. Illinois is the third Block III submarine of the series, featuring a revised bow with a Large Aperture Bow (LAB) sonar array, as well as technology from Ohio-class SSGNs (the Virginia Payload Module: 2 VLS tubes each containing 6 missiles)

The littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) experienced an engineering casualty today while transiting to the Western Pacific. The crew took precautionary measures, and the ship is currently returning to Pearl Harbor to determine the extent of the problem and conduct repairs. Coronado is operating under her own power and is being escorted by USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187).

The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) completed the third and final shipboard developmental test phase (DT-III) for the F-35C Lightning II aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) Aug. 25 - one week earlier than scheduled.

Navy Recognition obtained from Lockheed Martin some exclusive pictures showing the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surface-launch test at sea. The pictures show the LRASM being launched from a Mk 41 vertical launch system (VLS). Lockheed Martin first issued a press release about this test in July this year.

Chinese airspace industry groups and Ukrainian Antonov state-owned enterprises reached consensus at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the two sides on the world's largest transport aircraft A-225 was officially settled in China signed a cooperation agreement. After signing the agreement, Chinese airspace Group will receive A-225 including engines all technical drawings and property rights.

China Airspace Industry Group also signed a cooperation agreement with Sichuan Luzhou municipal government and Guigang city government, the two sides will build the A-225 aircraft production base in Luzhou City and Guigang. China Airspace Industry Group President Zhang Yousheng said the production base will be built is only the largest, matching the most complete, most technologically advanced comprehensive base around the world, is the world's large transport aircraft manufacturing companies.

It is understood that, A-225 transport aircraft carrying the weight of the world's largest cargo plane, owned by Ukraine. Soviet-era Antonov Design Bureau developed as the Soviet space program equipment transportation purposes, A-225 transport aircraft can carry oversized cargo, designed to reach maximum load of 300 tons, the maximum endurance capacity of 13,000 kilometers, its load than the United States maximum transport large 161 tons. A-225 transport aircraft is currently only one in the fly, this cooperation will make it back to life.