GSL signs MoU with HSL, Vizag, for augmenting ship building, repair capacity
Panaji, Feb 10 (UNI) During the recently concluded 13th edition of Aero India 2021, an aerospace Defence and civil aviation exhibition, held from February 3-5, 2021, at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Goa Shipyard Ltd, signed five MoUs and agreement with various industry partners to expand its capacity for indigenous shipbuilding, ship repair and exports. According to a statement, MoU was signed with Hindustan Shipyard Ltd (HSL), Visakhapatnam, another Ministry of Defence (MoD), Shipyard, to undertake repair and construction of Indian Nay or Indian Coast Guard ships on the eastern seaboard to take advantage of their bigger drydock and draught available.
size of that base. guam has been controversial. many would like to see it go. robert santos, thank you very much. still no explanation from the white house after president trump retweeted a fox news story citing anonymous sources. claiming the u.s. had detected north korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to a patrol boat. haley indicating the report was classified and leaked. she described such leaks as incredibly dangerous. but that didn t stop the president from retweeting it just a few hours earlier. a defense official familiar with the latest intelligence did later corroborate that report confirming to cnn the north koreans have loaded two anti-ship cruise missile canisters on to a patrol craft. will the u.s. investigate that leak and possibly the president? 51 minutes past the hour.
so fast towards three ships at one point some of the vessels were only 900 yards away from the u.s. ship. the confrontations lasted nine hours until warning shots were fired and smoke grenades were dropped in the water. it s the latest encounter in recent months between the two countries specifically near or in the strait of hormuz warning shots were fired after a boat harassed a patrol craft. a year ago iran detained ten american sailors for 15 hours after two u.s. navy command boats entered iranian territorial waters. trump s picks for the pentagon and cia both heading to capitol hill. we ll talk to tom cotton who serves on the committees who will be conducting the confirmation hearings next. taking a holiday in britain, are ya doll?
administration officials now there is a plan for the u.s. sailors to be transferred back to the united states at first light, that iran plans to let them go, but would not do it during the hours of darkness, the iranian navy typically doesn t operate at night. not very safe procedures there. so at first light we expect the sailors to be brought out into the middle of the persian gulf and transferred to a u.s. navy warship in international waters. it is not clear whether the u.s. will get these two small patrol craft that the sailors were on. we will be waiting to see what happened at first light. anderson? barbara, we re going to follow that closely. of course there s questions tonight whether the president should tweak his address. wolf blitzer, i spoke with the white house communications director. what did she have to say? jen psaki said there s no plans to change the address. of course that could change.
those is very tight water space. what the u.s. cannot say at this point is, frankly, whether it was intentional breach of iranian waterses or unintentional. that remains to be seen. this is happening near iran s farcy island in the persian gulf. what we are told is the u.s. navy lost contact with these two small patrol craft that were carrying a total of ten sailors. they lost contact with them. they got no apparent distress call that we know of at this point. they began a wider area search and quickly determined that the iranian military, iranian naval authorities, apparently had the sailors. diplomacy sprung into action quickly. secretary of state john kerry speaking to his counterparts. we are told, at this hour, that the sailors, u.s. navy sailors, will be allowed by iran shortly,