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Coast Guard Recovers Titan Debris, Including Potential Human Remains

Titan submersible. OceanGate Image

The Coast Guard has potentially recovered the remains of the five passengers who died aboard the Titan submersible after it imploded while attempting to visit the wreck of RMS Titanic. 

The Coast Guard on Wednesday took possession of debris and evidence from the seafloor belonging to Titan after M/V Horizon Arctic, the ship that deployed a remotely operated vehicle that found pieces of the submersible, arrived in St. Johns, Newfoundland, according to a news...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/28/coast-guard-recovers-titan-debris-including-potential-human-remains

U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Safety Board Launch Investigations Into Titan Implosion

Titan submersible. OceanGate Image

Canada and the United States have launched investigations into the Titan submersible implosion.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Sunday that it opened a Maritime Board of Investigation into the implosion. Meanwhile, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada opened an investigation Friday into the Titan, as well as MV Polar Prince, the former Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker that served as the launching ship for the submersible.

Investigators with both the Canadian...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/26/coast-guard-canadian-safety-board-launch-investigations-into-titan-implosion

UPDATED: Titan Submersible Debris Found Near Titanic Wreck; Navy Sensors Detected Implosion

Titan submersible. OceanGate Image

This post will be updated as new information is available.

The remains of the Titan submersible were found 1,600 feet away from the wreck of the RMS Titanic in what the Coast Guard is calling a catastrophic implosion.

Speaking at a Thursday afternoon press conference, Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, said that parts of the submersible, including the tail cone, were found by a remotely operated vehicle. The debris indicates that...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/22/coast-guard-titan-submersible-suffered-catastrophic-loss-debris-found-near-titanic-wreck

Russian Ships Spotted Transiting Tsushima Strait, Continue to Circle Japan

Japanese MoD Photo

Three Russian ships that sailed through the Senkaku islands Monday were sighted transiting the Tsushima Strait into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday night, with two of the ships completing a voyage around Japan that began June 15.

Meanwhile, a Russian intelligence ship was sighted operating in the contiguous zone of Okinotori Island in the Philippine Sea on Wednesday.

The three ships were destroyer RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov (543), corvette RFS Gremyashchiy (337) and replenishment ship

https://news.usni.org/2022/07/08/russian-ships-spotted-transiting-tsushima-strait-continue-to-circle-japan

China Denies Harassing Canadian, Australian Patrol Aircraft in the Western Pacific

Australian P-8A. RAAF Photo

Beijing is denying that People’s Liberation Army forces harassed Australian and Canadian patrol aircraft in the Western Pacific, claiming that in both cases the aircraft endangered China’s security.

Last week, the Canadian Armed Forces issued a statement claiming that on several occasions, while conducting security patrol near North Korea, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) harassed a Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140.

The RCAF aircrew felt enough at risk that...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/07/china-denies-harassing-canadian-australian-patrol-aircraft-in-the-western-pacific

Canada Invites Boeing, Lockheed to Submit Next-Generation Fighter Proposals

A Canadian CF-18 along with four possible contenders for follow-on fighters for Canada. Top to bottom: Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, Eurofighter Typhoon. DoD Photos

Boeing and Lockheed Martin, rivals locked in Canada’s long-time saga of considering a next-generation fighter, were two of four firms invited this week to submit bids to build the aircraft.

Canada plans to buy 88 fighters in what the government is calling its...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/26/canada-invites-boeing-lockheed-to-submit-next-generation-fighter-proposals