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Ulstein, a shipbuilder based out of Norway, has presented the concept of an offshore construction fuel cell vessel. Equipped with hydrogen propulsion, the low-emission boat known as the Ulstein SX190 Zero Emission DP2 has been designed to cater to a wide variety off operations that take place on the high seas.

Nedstack is a Dutch company that specializes in mission-critical high-power PEM fuel cells solutions. The company has over two decades of fuel cell experience and has installed base of more than 500 system, among which include three world firsts: The worlds longest running PEM Power Plant, The Worlds largest PEM Power Plant, and the worlds first megawatt (MW) size PEM Power Plant.

Ulsteins fuel cell vessel is now the first offshore vessel powered by hydrogen to be outfitted with Nedstacks PEM fuel cell tech. The fuel cells have been installed in a separate engine room and have a capacity of 2 MW, with the ships drive totaling to an installed capacity of 7.5 MW.

Presently, with this technology, the Ulstein SX190 can reportedly already operate without emissions for four days. This length of time is expected to increase to two weeks in the near future, once developments in hydrogen storage and fuel cell technology are made.

The future goal is for the fuel cell vessel to achieve long endurance zero-emission operations.

The Ulstein SX190 has been designed to be a construction support vessel that can meet the needs of many offshore operations, including the construction of offshore wind turbines.

As a so-called erection or installation ship, the Ulstein SX190 must be able to maintain its position as accurately as possible when work is underway. It cannot alter its position no matter what the weather conditions may be and no matter how currents and waves may change. It is thought that for fluctuating power requirements, electric motors are the better option.

Tore Ulstein, Deputy CEO of the Ulstein Group, said that with the hydrogen fuel cell vessel, the company is aiming for future zero-emission, long endurance operations. Sea trials of a newbuild Ulstein SX190 Zero Emission could happen as soon as 2022, the Deputy CEO added.

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Riverfront Farmers Market: 8 a.m. -1 p.m. at Dock Street, between Front Street and Second Street, downtown Wilmington. Last market of the season.

Holiday Market: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Ocean Front Park, 105 Atlantic Ave., Kure Beach. Free admission. The market features more than 40 artists and crafters, a DJ and food trucks. Bring a new, unwrapped toy donation, or minimum $5 cash donation for Toys for Tots.

Craft fair: By the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at St. Marks Church Activity Center, 1011 Eastwood Road. Free raffle with over 45 prizes donated by vendors. Additional raffle tickets are available for $1 or six for $5.

German Christmas Market: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 612 S. College Road, Wilmington. Featuring live music by the Harbour Towne Fest Band, German food and beverages, gifts and crafts, local vendors and service providers, and 50/50 raffle. Admission $3, free for ages under 13. Parking on site for handicapped visitors. Free shuttle service at UNCW lot located behind Taco Bell.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNCW: Presents Metropolitan Opera Live in HD featuring Philip Glass's Akhnaten. Conducted by Karen Kamensek in her Met debut. 1-5 p.m. at Lumina Theater, UNCW, 615 Hamilton Drive. Admission: $20-$24. Details: 910-962-3195 or http://www.uncw.edu/olli/metopera.html.

Deweys Holiday Store: Staff by members and congregation of Covenant Moravian Church, 2 p.m. located by Regal Mayfaire theater in Mayfaire Town Center, Wilmington. The store will be open through Dec. 24 and features Christmas cookies, sugar cakes, Moravian tea, gingerbread treats, fruitcakes, and church crafts.

Holiday silent auction: 2 p.m. at Mount Arart AME Church, 7601 Market St., Wilmington. Open to the public.

Seasons of Seabelles Fall Concert: 7:30 p.m. at Kenan Auditorium, 515 Wagoner Drive, Wilmington. A capella singing with the UNCW Seabelles, UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heel Voices, UNCW's Seahawkapellas, and UNCW's High Seas. $5 admission. 910-962-3500.

She Kills Monsters Presented by CFCC Department of Humanities & Fine Arts, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show at Studio Theater Wilson Center. Can homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and supermodel elves help with the grieving process? Sisters Agnes and Tilly Evans werent close, but after Tillys death, Agnes stumbles across her sisters Dungeons & Dragons notebook, and discovers Tilly was a well-known D&D player, passionate about online fantasy gaming. Tickets: $5 students, $10 CFCC faculty/staff, and $12 general public. 910-362-7999 or https://wilsoncentertickets.com/.

Womanless Beauty Pageant: 7:30 p.m. at Thalian Hall, 310 Chestnut St. All of the contestants are men. Details: http://www.thalianhall.org/.

Darkness: The Enemy Inside: Presented by UNCW Department of Theatre. Darkness is a new hybrid play written collectively by five European playwrights as part of the EU Collective Plays project. This play explores the notion of Darkness that is distinctly Scandinavian and illuminates its kaleidoscopic juxtapositions. 8 p.m. Nov. 23 and 2 p.m. Nov. 24 on the Mainstage Theatre in the UNCW Cultural Arts Building. Tickets $15, $12 senior citizens, UNCW employees and alum, $6 for students (sales tax included). Tickets available at 910-962-3500, online at https://uncw.edu/arts/tickets.html or at the box office.

The Exonerated: Presented by Big Dawg Productions, 8 p.m. Nov. 23 and 3 p.m. Nov. 24 at Cape Fear Playhouse, 613 Castle St., Wilmington. The play explores the true stories of six wrongfully convicted survivors of death row in their own words drawn from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and the public record. Admission: $15-$25. Details: https://www.bigdawgproductions.org/ or 910-367-5237.

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The Knight Before Christmas is now available to stream on Netflix Australia

December is only round the corner with some great new content coming your way, but theres still plenty of titles to be enjoyed with 32 brand new Netflix Australia this week! Heres whats new on Netflix Australia this week for November 22nd, 2019.

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Returning to star in a Christmas Netflix Original, this is the second year in a row for Vanessa Hudgens. Its been a great line up of Christmas titles for Netflix this year, and while they arent for everyone, if youre happy to chill on the sofa and watch a cheesy Christmas movie, then The Knight Before Christmas is perfect for you.

After a sorceress transports medieval knight Sir Cole to present-day Ohio during the holiday season, he befriends Brooke, a clever and kind science teacher whos been disillusioned by love. Brooke helps Sir Cole navigate the modern world and tries to help him discover how to fulfill his mysterious one true quest the only act that will return him home. But as he and Brooke grow closer, Sir Cole begins to wonder just how much he wants to return to his old life.

The wonderfully animated Original series The Dragon Prince returns for its third season on Netflix. After a second season finale that left fans floored, theyll be racing to their apps and tv screens to watch what happens to our young heroes.

An extraordinary discovery inspires two human princes and an elven assassin to team up on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.

Everyone loves a good murder mystery, and that was proven to be true with the extremely popular Spanish murder-mystery drama series High Seas that was released in May 2019. After an incredible first season, the voyage of High Seas continues as the guests on the Brbara de Braganza struggle to find the killer before the ship reaches Rio De Janerio.

Set in the 1940s, a luxury cruise ship the Brbara de Braganza has departed from Spain for Rio De Janeiro. But when a series of mysterious deaths occur, everyones a suspect and soon secrets begin to unravel around a pair of traveling sisters.

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With the work week drawing to a close and the weekend fast approaching, Netflix has binge-watchers covered with the newest round of additions slated to be added on November 22, 23, and 24. This weekend, the popular streaming service will be adding a total of 13 new titles, including 10 original series and films, with enough options to satiate everyones genre cravings.

Among the new additions is one documentary offering fans a behind-the-scenes look at one top country singers catalogue of music, a holiday-themed baking competition, and several titles perfect for Netflixs youngest watchers.

Keep scrolling to see everything coming to Netflix this weekend, and dont forget to check out all of the titles that will be leaving before the end of the month. Click here to see all of the holiday titles set to be added this month.

Netflix is taking subscribers behind the scenes of Dolly Parton's most famous songs with the Friday, Nov. 22 debut of Dolly Partons Heartstrings.

An anthology series that explores the stories, memories, and inspirations behind her most beloved songs, Heartstrings will include episodes inspired by the songs "Two Doors Down," "If I Had Wings," "J.J. Sneed," "These Old Bones," "Down From Dover," "Sugar Hill," "Cracker Jack" and "Jolene."

Produced by Parton's Dixie Pixie Productions with Warner Bros and marking the singers latest business with the streamer, the series will also feature a number of actors, including Julianne Hough, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kathleen Turner, Sarah Shahi, Delta Burke, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

Rayla, Callum, and Ezrans adventure to Xadia while protecting the newly-hatched Dragon Prince, Zym will face complications when The Dragon Prince Season 3 debuts on Friday.

The series tells the story of two human princes and the elven assassin who was sent to kill them who join forces in an effort to put an end to the battle threatening to destroy both of their worlds following the introduction of a seventh kind of magic Dark Magic.

Season 3 will find As Callum and Rayla cross into the magical realm of Xadi as Ezran returns to Katolis as king and faces pressure from all sides.

Netflix is boarding the ship for High Seas Season 2 on Friday.

Created by Ramn Campos and Gema R. Neira, the series is set following the death of Eva and Carolina Villanuevas father, which prompts them to set sail aboard a luxury cruise ship from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s. During their journey, however, they find themselves investigating following a series of mysterious deaths.

Season 2 will see new characters being welcomed aboard as they become involved in new disturbing situations and mysteries as secrets add to the suspense within the ship.

Along with returning actors Jon Kortajarena, Ivana Baquero and Alejandra Onieva, Season 2 will also feature several new actors to the series, including Claudia Traisac as Casandra, Antonio Reyes playing Erich, Chiqui Delgado in the role of Teresa, and Pepe Barroso as Julian.

Home-bakers will go head-to-head and compete for the coveted Golden Bakers Cap and a $10,000 prize in the holiday edition of Nailed It!

Nailed It! Holiday! Season 2 will see the same hot mess but with more jingle and Christmas cheer as home-bakers with a track record of creating hilarious fails in the kitchen take a shot at recreating edible holiday masterpieces, oftentimes ending with terrible, but laughable, results.

Nailed It! Holiday! will be available for streaming on Friday.

Poppy, Branch and all of Troll Village are returning for another season of the animated series Trolls: The Beat Goes On!

The Netflix original childrens series, now entering its fifth season, picks up where the film Trolls left off, with the trolls of Troll Village keeping the party going in their forest home. In the new season, the trolls will embark on brand new radical adventures.

Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Season 8 will be available for streaming on Friday.

In addition to the titles listed above, Netflix will be rolling out eight more titles throughout the weekend.

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Unfortunately, the slate of new additions does come at a cost. As new titles are added to the stream in library, two titles will be making their exit, meaning that subscribers should get their last stream in before theyre gone for good.

Leaving 11/22/19:Nikita: Season 1-4

Leaving 11/23/19:The Red Road: Season 1-2

Proving November to be a strong month for content additions, the titles set to be added this weekend join a handful of others stocked in the streaming library throughout the week.

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Key point:The U.S. Navy, it seems, is optimized for the blue-water conflagration thats least likely to occur.

Ah, yes, the carrier-killer. China is forever touting the array of guided missiles its weaponeers have devised to pummel U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). Most prominent among them are its DF-21D and DF-26 antiship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), which the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) has made a mainstay of Chinas anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses.

Beijing has made believers of important audiences, including the scribes who toil away at the Pentagon producing estimates of Chinese martial might. Indeed, the most recent annual report on Chinese military power states matter-of-factly that the PLA can now use DF-21Ds to attack ships, including aircraft carriers, more than nine hundred statute miles from Chinas shorelines.

Scary. But the U.S. Navy has carrier-killers of its own. Or, more accurately, it has shipkillers of its own: what can disable or sink a flattop can make short work of lesser warships. And antiship weaponry is multiplying in numbers, range, and lethality as the navy reawakens from its post-Cold War holiday from history. Whose carrier-killer trumps whose will hinge in large part on where a sea fight takes place.

That carrier-killer imagery resonates with Western audiences comes as little surprise. It implies that Chinese rocketeers can send the pride of the U.S. Navy to the bottom from a distance, and sink U.S. efforts to succor Asian allies in the process. Worse, it implies that PLA commanders could pull off such a world-historical feat without deigning to send ships to sea or warplanes into the central blue. Close the firing key on the ASBM launcher, and presto!, it happens.

Well, maybe. Why obsess over technical minutiae like firing range? For one thing, the nine-hundred-mile range cited for the DF-21D far exceeds the reach of carrier-based aircraft. A carrier task force, consequently, could take a heckuva beating just arriving on Asian battlegrounds. And the range mismatch could get worse. Unveiled at the PLAs military parade through Beijing last fall, the DF-26 will reportedly sport a maximum firing range of 1,800-2,500 miles.

If the technology pans out, PLA ballistic missiles could menace U.S. and allied warships plying the seas anywhere within Asias second island chain. The upper figure for DF-26 range, moreover, would extend ASBMs reach substantially beyond the island chain.

From an Atlantic perspective, striking a ship east of Guam from coastal China is like smiting a ship cruising east of Greenland from a missile battery in downtown Washington, DC. Reaching Guam would become a hazardous prospect for task forces steaming westward from Hawaii or the American west coast, while shipping based at Guam, Japan, or other Western Pacific outposts would live under the constant shadow of missile attack.

Now, its worth noting that the PLA has never tested the DF-21D over water, five-plus years after initially deploying it. Still less has the DF-26 undergone testing under battle conditions. Thats cause to pause and reflect. As the immortal Murphy might counsel, technology not perfected in peacetime tends to disappoint its user in wartime.

Still, an ASBM will be a useful piece of kit if Chinese engineers have made it work. The U.S. military boasts no counterpart to Chinas family of ASBMs. Nor is it likely to. The United States is bound by treaty not to develop mid-range ballistic missiles comparable to the DF-21D or DF-26. Even if Washington canceled its treaty commitments today, it would take years if not decades for weapons engineers to design, test, and field a shipkilling ballistic missile from a cold start.

Still, the U.S. Navy isnt without options in naval war. Far from it. How would American mariners would dispatch an enemy flattop in combat? The answer is the default answer we give in my department in Newport: it depends.

It would depend, that is, on where the encounter took place. A fleet duel involving carriers would take a far different trajectory on the open searemote from fire support from Fortress China, the PLAs unsinkable aircraft carrierthan if it unfolded within range of ASBMs, cruise missiles, or aircraft emplaced along seacoasts or offshore islands.

The former would be a fleet-on-fleet affair: whatever firepower each force totes to the scene of action decides the outcome, seamanship, tactical acumen, and lan being equal. The latter would let PLA commanders hurl land-based weaponry into the fray. But at the same time, the U.S. Navy would probably fight alongside allied naviesfrom the likes of Japan, South Korea or Australiain near-shore combat. And, like China, the allies could harness Asias congested offshore geography, using land-based armaments to augment their fleets innate combat punch.

In short, the two tactical arenas differ starkly from each other. The latter is messier and more prone to chance, uncertainty, and the fog of warnot to mention the derring-do of an enterprising foe.

Submarine warfare would constitute a common denominator in U.S. maritime strategy for oceanic and near-shore combat. Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) such as U.S. Virginia- or Los Angeles-class boats can raid surface shipping on the high seas. Or they can slip underneath A2/AD defenses to assault enemy vessels, including flattops, in their coastal redoubts.

In short, SSNs are workhorses in U.S. naval operations. Thats why its a grave mistake for Congress to let the size of the SSN fleet dwindle from fifty-three today to forty-one in 2029. Thats a 23 percent drop in the number of hulls at a time when China is bulking up its fleet of nuclear- and conventionally propelled substo as many as 78 by 2020and Russia is rejuvenating its silent-running sub force.

American submarines, then, are carrier-killers regardless of the tactical setting. Now, theres a bit of a futurist feel to talk about battling Chinese carrier groups. At present the PLA Navy has just one flattop, a refitted Soviet vessel dubbed Liaoning. That vessel is and will probably remain a training carrier, grooming aviators and ship crews for the operational carriersmost likely improved versions of Liaoningthat are reportedly undergoing construction.

Lets suppose Chinese shipyards complete the PLAs second carrierChinas first indigenously built carrierat the same clip that Newport News Shipbuilding completed USS Forrestal, the nations first supercarrier and a conventionally propelled vessel with roughly the same dimensions and complexity as Liaoning. It took just over three years to build Forrestal, from the time shipbuilders laid her keel until she was placed in commission.

Lets further suppose that the PLA Navy has made great strides in learning how to operate carrier task forces at sea. If so, the navy will integrate the new flattop seamlessly and speedily into operations, making it a battleworthy addition to Chinas oceangoing fleet. Our hypothetical high-seas clash thus could take place circa 2020.

In 2020, as today, the carrier air wing will remain the surface U.S. Navys chief carrier-killer. U.S. CVNs can carry about 85 tactical aircraft. While estimates of the size of a future Chinese flattops air wing vary, lets take a high-end estimate of 50 fixed-wing planes and helicopters. That means, conservatively speaking, that the U.S. CVNs complement will be 70 percent larger than its PLA Navy opponents.

And in all likelihood, the American complement will be superior to the Chinese on a warbird-for-warbird basis. It appears future PLA Navy flattops will, like Liaoning, be outfitted with ski jumps on their bows to vault aircraft into the sky. That limits the weightand thus the load of fuel and weaponsthat a Chinese aircraft can haul while still getting off the flight deck.

U.S. CVNs, meanwhile, slingshot heavy-laden fighter/attack jets off their flight decks using steam or electromagnetic catapults. More armaments translates into a heavier-hitting naval air force, more fuel into greater range and time on station.

For example, F-18E/F Super Hornet fighter/attack jets can operate against targets around 400 nautical miles distant, not counting the additional distance their weapons travel after firing. Thats roughly comparable to the combat radius advertised for Chinese J-15 carrier planesbut again, a U.S. air wing will outnumber its Chinese counterpart while packing more punch per airframe. Advantage: U.S. Navy.

By 2020, moreover, promising antiship weaponry may have matured and joined the U.S. arsenal. At present the surface navys main antiship armament is the elderly Harpoon cruise missile, a bird of 1970s vintage with a range exceeding 60 miles. That pales in comparison with the latest PLA Navy birdsmost notably the YJ-18, which boasts a range of 290 nautical miles.

Weaponeers are working at helter-skelter speed to remedy the U.S. Navys range shortfall. Boeing, the Harpoons manufacturer, is doubling the birds range. The Pentagons Strategic Capabilities Office recently repurposed the SM-6 surface-to-air missile for antiship missions, doubling or tripling the surface fleets striking range against carrier or surface-action groups. And on it goes. Last year the navy tested an antiship variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile, reinventing a veryverylong-range capability that existed in the late Cold War. A new long-range antiship missile is undergoing development.

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GlobalData research has found the top naval tech influencers based on their performance and engagement online.Using research from GlobalDatas Influencer platform, Verdict has named ten of the most influential people in naval tech on Twitter during Q3 2019.

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NavyLookout is the Twitter account of savetheroyalnavy.org. This is an online portal to promote the UK Royal Navy and fight against its declining status. The online platform is maintained by a group of informed supporters and contributors, including ex-servicemen and researchers.

Led by the motto Save the Royal Navy, the online campaign is not affiliated to any political party or organisation. It aims to fight for the proper funding of resources and treatment of the Royal Navy.

Twitter followers: 36,865

GlobalData influencer score: 100

US carrier group joined by RN and Dutch warships totalling 1 Super Carrier, 2 x cruisers, 4 destroyers & 1 frigate

USS Dwight D EisenhowerHNLMS De RuyterHMS DragonUSS San JacintoUSS Vella Gulf USS Stout USS TruxtunUSS James E Williams#Westlant19 pic.twitter.com/cKooL7N0PB

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Juvi is a top naval tech influencer who tweets on warship and submarine programmes. Also covered are the launching, commissioning, and deployment of new combat vessels.

Twitter followers: 3,516

GlobalData influencer score: 99

U.S. submarines must dive deeper in the future to preserve stealth and remain undetected by enemy sensors https://t.co/8zw0zfHm0p

JuVi (@SciteCito) November 20, 2019

Eric Moreno is a US Navy veteran and consultant, who is a submarine expert. He owns the website submarines.reddit.com, which features the latest posts on submarine culture, technology, and history.

Eric has extensive experience in handling mechanical equipment. These include hydraulics, pneumatics, diesel operation, and sanitary and weapons systems. He also handled small arms and heavy weapons such as missiles and torpedoes.

Eric is an enthusiastic researcher of submarines. He networks with other submarine veterans to discuss and answer queries on reddit.com. He also co-hosts the Tac Ops podcast, a platform that provides information on militaries across the globe.

Twitter followers: 5,269

GlobalData influencer score: 86

It actually simulates the sound of an incoming torpedo because thats all you will ever hear. #SubmarinesOnce https://t.co/xHJcjSdlIZ

Eric Moreno (@KingNeptune767) October 24, 2019

Dr Alexander Clarke, a social scientist and naval historian, writes about the UK Royal Navy. Alex is a graduate of the Department of War Studies, Kings College London. He studied ship and aircraft design, strategy, and procurement for the Royal Navys naval aviation between the 1920s and 1930s, as part of his PhD programme.

Alex has been writing papers on destroyers and cruisers since then. His articles and book reviews have been published in Telegraph Online and Northern Mariner. Alex also contributes to globalmaritimehistory.com. This is a platform that allows maritime historians to share their research works and interests. It is active in inviting a large audience base for discussion and exchange of information.

Twitter followers: 4,311

GlobalData influencer score: 80

#RiverPlate80 Lessons from #WWI (6/8) submarines as a method of sea denial which is something they are great for but, they can also be very problematic if attempting to apply the rules of war on the high seas especially when it comes to merchant ships. pic.twitter.com/lpHuSlFPYv

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The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet exercises its responsibility over nearly half of the Atlantic Ocean. It also covers the Baltic, Adriatic, Barents, Baltic, Caspian, Black, North, and Mediterranean seas.

The fleet, thereby, exercises its command over three continents Russia, Europe, and Africa. This includes 105 countries with a total population of approximately one billion.

Twitter followers: 67,723

GlobalData influencer score: 71

BREAKING: #USSDonaldCook recently concluded ops above the #Arctic Circle while conducting a maritime security patrol to monitor #Russian maritime activity.

The ships presence reinforces U.S. commitment to regional security and stability. #USNavy https://t.co/HdhjBfaCY0 pic.twitter.com/MKl2yvKdOW

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Naval News is a digital platform that offers research and analysis on the naval industry. It incl;udes features, reports, and news on naval technology, naval forces, events, and shows.

The online platform was co-founded by Xavier Vavasseur and Nathan Gain. Both are military enthusiasts with considerable experience in naval vessels reporting.

Twitter followers: 3,505

GlobalData influencer score: 70

At #Pacific2019 , the international maritime exposition which opened its doors in Sydney, Australia, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of #Japan unveiled two news ship designs based on their 30FFM frigate: Two OPV and a DDG designs https://t.co/j6nazC2jp0

Naval News (@navalnewscom) October 8, 2019

Created on request of the Pentagon and Hill staff, RealClearDefense (RCD) is a comprehensive open-source online platform offering the latest updates on defence.

The platform covers niche defence topics such as national security, defence policies, military, and foreign affairs. It is a part of 14 online portals managed by RealClear Media Group (RCMG), which is based in the US.

Twitter followers: 45,579

GlobalData influencer score: 65

New Virginia-Class Submarines to Hold More Missiles | @ConnieLee_ @NationalDefense https://t.co/X49QrB9ADG pic.twitter.com/xVZXAwzTS5

RealClearDefense (@RCDefense) October 5, 2019

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) was created by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), US. The initiative encourages the exchange of information on maritime security issues in Asia.

AMTI sources information from news, research, analysis, public sector institutions, non-profit organisations, and informed individuals. The platform aims to promote transparency in the region to avoid conflicts and encourage more co-operation.

Twitter followers: 12,016

GlobalData influencer score: 63

The ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise gave ASEAN nations a chance to improve capacity in maritime security while also sending a pointed signal to China over its desire to limit foreign military activity in the South China Sea. The latest from Lalit Kapur: https://t.co/mtFl9wKPWf pic.twitter.com/ktM89Zfr5z

AMTI (@AsiaMTI) October 8, 2019

H I Sutton is a naval tech expert. He offers defence analysis, illustrations, and reports on naval vessels and their history through his blog, hisutton.com. He is a contributor to Forbes and Janes Intelligence Review (JIR).

Covert Shores provides a glimpse of the unseen missions, tactics, units, and underwater vehicles. Specifically those used by the US Navy SEALs, Spetsnaz, and other special operations units.

Twitter followers: 14,672

GlobalData influencer score: 63

New candid photo released inadvertently by #Russia state media reveals Belgorod special mission #Submarine. Helps put satellite images into 3D. Will carry Poseidon mega-torpedo https://t.co/U82ilPiwEs #Submarines #Navy #nuclearweapons pic.twitter.com/Nb6vXyZFqp

H I Sutton (@CovertShores) September 11, 2019

CaptN is a naval veteran, who tweets on a wealth of topics. These include underwater vehicles, warships, auxiliary vessels, nuclear powered submarines, and issues related to maritime security.

Twitter followers: 11,153

GlobalData influencer score: 62

##Russian #Navy The SS-C-5 Stooge,a mobile coastal defence missile system conducts missile launch during exercises on the Chukotka Peninsula.The missile system launched a SS-N-26 Strobile missile which successfully hit a target located 200 nautical miles away. pic.twitter.com/xoGFbxC83j

Capt(N) (@Capt_Navy) September 27, 2019

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Here is your Netflix binge-list for the week, fresh from the Australian servers! This week's highlights include new episodes of zombie series Z Nation, the supernatural thriller Mortel, a holiday-themed series of Nailed It!, High Seas Season 2 and three new documentaries.

Read on for everything coming to the service for the week of November 18 to November 24.

With Disney Plus launching in Australia tomorrow, we were expecting Netflix to add a killer lineup of must-watch content. Instead, what we're getting is pretty middle-of-the-road, with little in the way of standout titles. Surprisingly, there are no new third-party movies joining Netflix this week or for the rest of the month. Hmmm.

This week, Disney gave Australians a taste of the content that will be coming to its streaming service, Disney+. It will be available on November 19 and it's bound to shake up Australia's streaming scene in a big way. Here's everything you need to know, including how much it will cost Aussie subscribers.

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Here are the official synopses and trailers for each film and TV show.

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the United States of America a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

Desperate to find his missing brother, Sofiane lures classmate Victor into a deal with a mysterious figure, who gives them supernatural powers.

The Dolly music you love, the stories youve been waiting for. Dolly Partons Heartstrings is an anthology series that showcases the stories, memories, and inspirations behind her most beloved songs. New and classic Dolly music will score every episode. Each story will vary in tone, from love stories and inspirational tales to family dramas, westerns, and revenge comedies.

High Seas, an original thriller series, set on the 1940s, starring Jon Kortajarena, Ivana Baquero and Alejandra Onieva, will follow its path to Rio de Janeiro and will welcome new passengers, who will get involved in disturbing situations, mysteries and a lot of secrets that will increase the suspense inside the ship. Among the new faces are Claudia Traisac on the character of Casandra, Antonio Reyes playing Erich, Chiqui Delgado in the role of Teresa and Pepe Barroso as Julian. All of them will be key pieces throughout the new season.

Jingle bells. Funky smells. Panic in the air. We're bringing hilarity home for the holidays with wonder-fail creations and woefully botched bakes.

Examine all sides of the brutal business of drugs in locales around the world, from the U.S. and Brazil to the U.K. and France.

Guardian angel Uli is new to the Angelus System. A rebel spirit, he makes shocking discoveries about life and how the world is run when he goes rogue.

Peer into the lives of young Singaporeans as they defy expectations and traverse the tricky terrain of career, romance and family.

Gary and his intrepid crew scour the galaxy for Quinn while dealing with awkward family reunions, deadly space regattas and oddly happy fluffballs.

After a sorceress transports medieval knight Sir Cole (Josh Whitehouse) to present-day Ohio during the holiday season, he befriends Brooke (Vanessa Hudgens), a clever and kind science teacher who's been disillusioned by love. Brooke helps Sir Cole navigate the modern world and tries to help him discover how to fulfill his mysterious one true quest the only act that will return him home. But as he and Brooke grow closer, Sir Cole begins to wonder just how much he wants to return to his old life.

Thrust from a violent home into a brutal custody center, a teenager learns to navigate a tough new reality and forge unlikely alliances to survive.

Iliza Shlesinger is back in her fifth Netflix original comedy special titled Unveiled. Armed with the newly wed ring on her finger and stories to tell, Iliza pulls back the veil on wedding planning, garters, honeymooning, and the dangers of a zombie bachelorette army.

A series following the life and work of provocateur fashion designer and influencer Santiago Artemis.

Rarmuri champ Lorena Ramrez dons sandals and traditional dress to compete in ultramarathons. Today she's among the fastest runners in the world.

BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, PREDATOR explores the dramatic rise and fall of Bikram Choudhury, the controversial founder of hot yoga.

In this Netflix original animated kids comedy series set in Japan, Naoko Watanabe is a typical tween ... except that she possesses a strange gift and curse: when her anger exceeds a maximum level, she turns into Gauko, the fire-breathing dinosaur girl!

As Callum and Rayla cross into the magical realm of Xadia, Ezran returns to Katolis as king and faces pressure from all sides.

Explore a brand new season of radical adventures with Branch, Poppy, Biggie and the rest of Troll Village.

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Iceland has been accused of threatening the long-term sustainability of vital mackerel stocks after unilaterally increasing its catches in the international waters of the north-east Atlantic.

In a damning leaked document agreed at a meeting in London in October, the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands lambasted Reykjaviks decision to significantly raise its quota without consultation. Russia and Greenland were also criticised.

The delegations deeply regret the decision of Iceland in 2019 to increase its unilateral quota to levels well in excess of its previous claims, which are disputed by the delegations, the document states.

Such action, which has no scientific justification, undermines the efforts made by the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands to promote long-term sustainability of the stock and the decision not to revise upwards the total allowable catch in 2019.

The three said they further regret that Iceland chose not to engage with its international partners before substantially increasing its catch, and criticised similar, though less significant, unilateral quota increases by Russia and Greenland.

The escalating dispute echoes the cod wars of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, when the UK and Iceland clashed repeatedly and sometimes violently over Reykjaviks ultimately successful efforts to restrict access to its rich fisheries by expanding the limits of its national waters, or exclusive economic zone.

Mackerel is the UK fishing industrys most important stock, worth more than half a billion pounds a year. Historically, it has been shared with other coastal states whose waters the mackerel pass through notably the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands.

Each year, independent scientists at the International Committee for Exploration of the Sea recommend the total catch levels generally about 1m tonnes that can be safely taken in national and international waters to protect the stocks health.

The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), made up of the EU, Norway and Denmark representing the Faroe Islands and Greenland plus Iceland and Russia, is then supposed to manage and enforce that limit.

Iceland, Russia and Greenland, however, do not agree quotas and in effect set their own limits, leaving the remaining members to cut their annual catch by about 15% to offset the activities of the other three, particularly in international waters.

That high seas catch has soared from about 70,000 tonnes five years ago, or 9% of the total, to more than 200,000 tonnes, or more than 20% in 2018, when 60% of the mackerel Iceland caught came from from international waters.

If Iceland, Russia and Greenland continue to grow their catches at this rate, this now healthy stock could once again be seriously put at risk, said Terri Portmann, a marine consultant, who said she was also struck by recent Icelandic trawler orders.

In the past, Iceland, Russia and Greenland were happy to buy secondhand vessels from Scotland or Norway for this kind of fishing, she said. But they now have state-of-the-art, 30m-40m supertrawlers on order huge investments for a fishery that these fleets have no agreed allocation to fish for.

Large UK fish retailers, including the big supermarket chains, were due to meet in London this week in part to discuss what action to take about the surge in unregulated mackerel catch, Portmann said, adding that a good proportion of it risked ending up in British supermarkets.

Charles Clover, the executive director of the sustainable fishing organisation Blue Marine Foundation, said fishing activity in international waters was increasing at an alarming rate and could put an enormously important fish stock at risk.

The majority of this excessive fishing is conducted by countries not signed up to any overall allocation of the stock in the north-east Atlantic, he said.

This leaves the UK, EU, Norway and Faroe Islands having to second-guess what others may catch, and reduce their own fishing to maintain good stock health.

This represented an unfair distribution of a burden that should be shouldered by all, Clover said, adding that the logical and sensible course would be to limit the mackerel catch that can be caught outside countries own waters to 10% of the total.

Iceland has said it will not back down, despite the threat this summer of EU sanctions if it does not stop unilaterally increasing its mackerel quota. Reykjavik intends to increase its catch from 108,000 to 140,000 tonnes, and Greenland aims to up its share by 18% to just over 70,000 tonnes.

The Icelandic fisheries ministry, which is investigating allegations that the countrys largest fishing company paid more than 6m in bribes to trawl for mackerel off Namibia, has said its fishing is justified and responsible and claimed it has been kept out of negotiations with the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands making all decisions.

Fishing more than is advised by scientists is a serious matter but the responsibility cant be shouldered entirely by Iceland, the ministry said, calling for meaningful talks to resolve the row.

A fisheries official, Kristjn Freyr Helgason, said the 15.6% of the overall mackerel catch left for Iceland, Russia and Greenland was nowhere near enough.

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After several years of increases, Coast Guard seizures of cocaine at sea declined slightly during fiscal year 2019, but that fiscal year ended and the 2020 fiscal year, which began on October 1 and runs to September 30, 2020, began with major busts.

During the 2018 fiscal year, Coast Guard personnel removed 207,907.6 kilograms, or just under 208 metric tons, of cocaine worth an estimated $6.14 billion, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Barry Lane said in an email.

The amount of cocaine removed by the Coast Guard is the sum of all cocaine physically seized by Coast Guard personnel and all cocaine lost by smugglers due to Coast Guard actions, according to a Homeland Security Department Inspector General report for fiscal year 2018.

US Coast Guard personnel unload bales of cocaine from a "narco sub" in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 23, 2019. US Coast Guard

The amount of cocaine lost by smugglers is at times "an intelligence-based estimate of the quantity of cocaine onboard a given vessel that is burned, jettisoned, or scuttled in an attempt to destroy evidence when Coast Guard presence is detected," according to the report.

The 2019 total is the second year of decline, following the 209.6 metric tons seized in 2018, according to the Inspector General report. The 223.8 metric tons seized in 2017 was up from 201.3 metric tons in 2016 and 144.8 metric tons in 2015.

The Coast Guard has led efforts to intercept narcotics coming to the US by sea from South and Central America, working with partners in the region through Operation Martillo, which involves ships and aircraft scouring the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

High-seas busts happen regularly, yielding not only drugs and drug smugglers but also intelligence on the groups behind the shipments.

In July, the Coast Guard's newest cutter, Midgett, caught a "narco sub" carrying 2,100 pounds of cocaine and three crew in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as the cutter made its first trip to its homeport in Hawaii.

US Coast Guard personnel unload bales of cocaine seized from a "narco sub" in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 23, 2019. US Coast Guard

"Narco sub" is often used as a catch-all term, sometimes describing true submarines or semi-submersibles but usually referring to low-profile vessels.

They are all typically hard to spot in the open ocean, but the Coast Guard has seen a resurgence of them.

In September, Coast Guard cutter Valiant tracked down another narco sub in the eastern Pacific, pursuing the 40-foot vessel over night and into the early morning. It was stopped with 12,000 pounds of cocaine aboard, but Coast Guard personnel were only able to offload about 1,100 pounds because of concerns about its stability.

The Valiant's seizure closed that fiscal year, and the crew of the cutter Harriet Lane opened the current one with another, stopping a semi-submersible smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific on October 23 and seizing about 5,000 pounds of cocaine.

Boarding teams from the Harriet Lane got to the smuggling vessel just before midnight, taking control of it before four suspected smugglers aboard could sink it using scuttling valves.

US Coast Guard personnel aboard a "narco sub" stopped in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 23, 2019. US Coast Guard

Coast Guard officials have pointed to narco subs as a sign of smugglers' ability to adapt to pressure.

The service has pursued what Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz has called a "push-out-the-border strategy," sending ships into the Pacific to bust drugs at the point in the smuggling process when the loads are the largest.

But Schultz and other officials have cautioned that the service can see more than it can catch.

In the eastern Pacific, where about 85% of the cocaine smuggling between South America and the US takes place, the Coast Guard has "visibility on about 85% of that activity," Schultz told Business Insider in November 2018. "Because of the capacity the number of ships, the number of aircraft [we act on] about 25% to 30% of that."

Stopping drugs, as well as the Coast Guard's other missions, are opportunities to employ new technology, Schultz said in October.

"That counter-drug mission, where you're trying to surveil the eastern Pacific Ocean ... you can take the entire United States and turn it on a 45-degree axis and drop it there, it's the equivalent of patrolling North America with five or six police cars out of Columbus," Schultz said during an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"You've got to bring some technologies in ... We've fielded small unmanned systems, the Scan Eagle, on the back of our national-security cutters," Schultz added. "We haven't fielded them all out yet, but hopefully by the end of next year every national-security cutter will have a Scan Eagle. That's a mission enabler."

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The Coast Guard seized 208 tons of cocaine last year and started this year with another narco sub bust - Business Insider

Happy binge-watching!

There's nothing nicer than chilling out on the couch and getting stuck into a brand new film or TV show on Netflix.

We've got our hands on a list of all the new content coming to the streaming service this weekend.

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (Now on Netflix)

The Dolly music you love, the stories you've been waiting for.

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings is an anthology series that showcases the stories, memories, and inspirations behind her most beloved songs.

Each story will vary in tone, from love stories and inspirational tales to family dramas, and revenge comedies.

High Seas: Season Two (Now on Netflix)

Two sisters discover disturbing family secrets after a string of mysterious deaths occur on a luxury ship travelling from Spain to Brazil in the 1940s.

The Knight Before Christmas (Now on Netflix)

A sorceress transports medieval knight Sir Cole (Josh Whitehouse) to present-day Ohio during the holiday season.

He then befriends Brooke (Vanessa Hudgens) a clever and kind science teacher who helps Sir Cole navigate the modern world.

As he and Brooke grow closer, Sir Cole begins to wonder just how much he wants to return to his old life.

Iliza: Unveiled (Now on Netflix)

Iliza Shlesinger is back in her fifth Netflix original comedy special titled Unveiled.

Armed with the newlywed ring on her finger and stories to tell, Iliza pulls back te veil on wedding planning, garters, honeymooning, and the dangers of a zombie bachelorette army.

Nailed It! Holiday!: Season Two (Now on Netflix)

Jingle bells. Funky smells. Panic in the air.

Hilarity is being brought home for the holidays with wonder-fail creations and woefully botched bakes.

Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (Now on Netflix)

This film explores the dramatic rise and fall of Bikram Choudhury, the controversial founder of hot yoga.

Narcoworld: Dope Stories (Now on Netflix)

Examine all sides of the brutal business of drugs in locales around the world, from the US and Brazil to the UK and France.

Final Space: Season Two (Sunday, November 24)

Gary and his intrepid crew scour the galaxy for Quinn while dealing with awkward family reunions, deadly space regattas and oddly happy fluffballs.

No hay tiempo para la verguenza (Now on Netflix)

A series following the life and work of provocateur fashion designer and influencer Santiago Artemis.

Dino Girl Gauko (Now on Netflix)

This Netflix original animated kids comedy series is set in Japan.

Naoko Watanabe is a typical tween - except that she possesses a strange gift and curse: when her anger exceeds a maximum level, she turns into Gauko, the fire-breathing dinosaur girl!

The Dragon Prince: Season Three (Now on Netflix)

As Callum and Rayla cross into the magical realm of Xadia, Ezran returns to Katolis as king and faces pressure from all sides.

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Season Eight (Now on Netflix)

Explore the brand new season of radical adventures with Branch, Poppy, Biggie and the rest of the Troll Village.

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