April 20 Weekly Update

WORLD SUPERPOWER NAVAL OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (April 14 - 20)

CHINA PLAN Liaoning (Carrier) (Apr 19) @ Qingdao, preparing for trials at-sea and flight landing exercises (Peoples Daily ) 13th ESCORT TASK FORCE (Apr 15) 13th ETF @ Lisbon, Portugal for 5-day visit (Peoples Daily ) (Apr 13) 13th ETF @ Morocco, end visit (People's Daily ) SOUTH FLEET (Apr 17) South Fleet TF @ Diaoyu Islands, PLAN Lanzhou & Hengshui patrol (Peoples Daily ) (Apr 15) South Fleet TF @ Philippine Sea, PLAN Lanzhou & Hengshui drill (People's Daily ) FRANCE FS Courbet (Frigate) (Apr 12) @ Djibouti, end anti-piracy patrol (Defense Ministry ) FS Vendemiaire (Frigate) (Apr 16) @ Shanghai, China for 6-days (Peoples Daily ) RUSSIA RFS Vladivostok and Sevestopol (LHD) (Apr 16) Russia plans to base new ships in Far East at Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (RIA Novosti ) UNITED KINGDOM HMS Bulwark (LPD) (Apr 15-29) EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (MOD) HMS Diamond (Destroyer) (Apr 15-29) EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (Royal Navy ) HMS Dragon (Destroyer) (Apr 17) @ Suez Canal, en route to Arabian Gulf (Royal Navy ) HMS Illustrious (Carrier) (Apr 19) @ Galloway, Scotland, JOINT WARRIOR air assault with 42 Commando (Royal Navy ) (Apr 15-29) EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (MOD ) HMS Sutherland (Frigate) (Apr 15-29) EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (MOD) RFA Wave Knight (Support) (Apr 17) @ Ft. De France, Martinique for 3-day visit, preparing for regional exercise, currently deployed to N. Atlantic humanitarian / anti-drug patrol (Royal Navy ) HMS Westminster (Frigate) (Apr 15-29) EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (MOD ) UNITED STATES USS Asheville (SSN-758) (Apr 16) @ Yokosuka, Japan ...currently on WESTPAC Patrol (US Navy ) USS Bataan (LHD-5) (Apr 10) @ Atlantic, conducting training operations with HMLA-167 USS Freedom (LCS-1) EST NEXT – CARAT (various Phases) (Apr 18) @ Singapore for IMDEX 2013 (US Navy ) USS GHW Bush (CVN-77) (Apr 17) @ Atlantic, conducting training operations with VFA-106 and VRC-40 USS Nimitz CSG (Apr 19) @ Coronado, CA, DEPLOY for WESTPAC / CENTCOM (US Navy ) (Apr 9) DDG Stockdale @ Jebel Ali, UAE (US Navy ) USS Peleliu ARG (Apr 16) @ Hong Kong, Host luncheon with PLA army garrison (US Navy ) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) (May 6-30) @ Bahrain, IMCMEX-13, international mine countermeasures exercise with 30-nations participating (US Navy ) USS Preble (DDG-88) (Apr 19) @ San Diego, Depart for WESTPAC deployment (US Navy ) USS Roosevelt (CVN-71) (Apr 15) @ Norfolk, CSG-12 change of command ceremony (US Navy ) USS Vinson (CVN-70) (Apr 19) @ San Diego, preparing for Mid-Cycle Material Assessment (US Navy ) (Apr 17) @ Pacific, Unit-Level Training OTHER REGIONAL POWERS / ORGANIZATIONS NONE

WORLD SUPERPOWER GROUND OPERATIONS AND UPDATES (April 14 - 20)

AFRICA NONE AMERICAS USA (Apr 15) @ Boston, MA, BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING ASIA / PACIFIC AFGHANISTAN (Apr 9) US 28th Infantry Division, 28th CAB (NG-PA) – KIA @ Pachir Wa Agam District, Nangahar Province (DOD ) RUSSIA (Apr 18) new Yars-M (SS-29) modern MIRV'ed ICBM systems will begin delivery for active duty by 2014 (RIA Novosti ) RUSSIA – GEORGIA (Apr 19) @ Gutauta, Abkhazia (Georgia), Russian 131st Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade receive 40 BTR-82A upgraded APCs with AC's and Trona-1 positioning systems (RIA Novosti ) RUSSIA – KYRGYZSTAN / TAJIKISTAN (Apr 19) @ Moscow, Agreements with Kyrg. & Taj. Signed, base agreements extended (RIA Novosti ) SYRIA (Apr 18) US sending additional troops to Jordan (Zero Hedge ) EUROPE FRANCE (Apr 15 – May 4) @ Scotland, UK, EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (Defense Ministry ) FAF Atlantic II Patrol Aircraft FAF-SAG (Hawkeye, 8-Super Etendards, 7-Rafale FS Marne w/ Alouette III helo U/I SSN UK (Apr 15-29) EX JOINT WARRIOR 2013 (MOD ) 16 Regiment Royal Artillery 29 Commando Reg Royal Artillery (MOD ) 42 Commando RAF Tornado and Typhoon fighters

MAPPING UPDATES (April 7 - 13)

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