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☆ The US Navy is putting its submarines on rare public display in a message to Russia's growing undersea force
  + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
The US Navy has announced several visits by its subs to North Atlantic ports in recent years. Since 2020, when Norway allowed NATO subs to use a port near Tromsø, announcements of such visits appear to have increased. 'We're in your backyard'British Royal Navy attack submarine HMS Astute sails to the base at Faslane in November 2009. Russian Navy Yasen-class submarine Kazan at its base in Severomorsk on Russia's Arctic coast in June 2021. During the Cold War, US attack subs operated in the high north to get the Soviets to keep their attack subs close by to protect their ballistic-missile subs.
☆ North Carolina's Outer Banks beach struggles with lost home — as mysterious item appears on shore
  + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
On Monday, a mystery item was found on the beach north of Rodanthe Pier, reports say. It later turned out to belong to the US Navy, but disappeared before it could be recovered by the military. On Monday, the same day a local house washed out to sea, Kyle Barniak found something had washed in just north of North Carolina's Rodanthe Pier in the Outer Banks. Barniak learned the vessel belonged to the US Navy's Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia nearly 100 miles north of Rodanthe. "The county doesn't have the funds to pay for a beach nourishment project," Dare County Manager Bobby Outten told WRAL.
☆ From giant kites to foldable wings, here's what container ships could look like by 2050 as companies race to decarbonize their supply chains
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Shipping giants are racing to find scalable green alternatives to gas-guzzling container ships. Other shipping giants are betting big on green methanol fuel derived from agricultural waste. Courtesy of VeerBut the real challenge, Fagerheim said, is convincing clients to get onboard with the boat's slower transit time compared to a traditional container ship. By comparison, conventional container ships can handle loads of over 38,000 tonnes. ©PIRIOU / courtesy of TransOceanic Wind TransportBut as more shoppers prioritize sustainability, some big name brands are pledging to use sustainable cargo ships once the designs become a reality.
☆ CBP agent, suspected smuggler dead in shootout off Puerto Rico coast, officials say
  + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler were dead Friday after a shootout off Puerto Rico’s coast, authorities said. Two other CBP agents were also injured in the gunfire, they said. A CBP agent was fatally shot, while one of at least two suspected smugglers also died, CBP spokesman Jeffrey Quiñones said, addressing reporters Thursday. The CBP Air and Marine Operations agency said in a tweet it was a marine interdiction agent who had died. “These are brave members of our Air and Marine Operations within @CBP," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement shared on Twitter by a DHS spokesperson.
☆ With a possible surge of Haitian migrants ahead, the Biden admin weighs holding them in a third country or Guantanamo
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
For more than 30 years, Guantanamo Bay has had a Migrant Operations Center that houses migrants picked up by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Caribbean. Planning now under consideration would roughly double the capacity at the Migrant Operations Center to 400 beds, according to the document. The Biden administration received bipartisan criticism for its handling of a massive flood of Haitian migrants in September 2021, which led to more than 12,000 massing under an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The Biden administration ramped up deportation flights to deal with the influx, but so far those flights have halted since August 2022. A spokesperson for the NSC said, “The United States remains committed to supporting the people of Haiti.
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