Today the U.S. Navy confirmed the suspected launch of one of its Submarine launched Trident II Life Extension Program (D5LE) Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from an Ohio-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine off the east coast of Florida.
On Sunday September 19th, the night sky in Puerto Rico were lit up as the launch could be seen from the Caribbean island.
This launch was apart of a preplanned set of launches to evaluate and ensure the continued reliability and accuracy of the system. The navy statement also added that this launch was not done as a response to any ongoing world events. It’s likely the proximity to Venezuela prompted that last part of the statement.
Yesterday on May 29th, 2025, a South Korea Lockheed P-3 Orion MPA took off from its Pohang base at 1:43PM and crashed shortly after takeoff. The South Korean Navy after getting responders to the site of the crash, a crash which was caught partially on video, annonced that all 4 of the crew had died in the crash and subsequent explosion.
Still image taken from the video showing the crash of the P-3.
The South Korean Navy is conducting an investigation into why the plane went down appointing the vice chief of naval operations to investigate the incident.
From what we know from the preliminary information It seems after takeoff for a routine training mission the crew of 4 had issues with the plane and attempted to bring it back in for a landing. Not being able to make it back to the airfield the crew seems to have made the decision to put it down into a less dense area striking what looks like the outskirts of a farm.
Scott here.The crew should be commended for managing to get the plane over a less populated area than where they were when it appears problems with the plane started. They saved alot of lives not letting this plane crabs into the many residential areas around here. Just several hundred feet from where they crashed is a large apartment complex.
Close approximation of where the plane crashed. These apartments appeared in a lot of the footage locals were taking of the crash which helped with geolocation efforts.
This crash sadly ends the 30 year safety record for the aging but still reliable P-3 Orion. This plane has seen decades of use as a maritime patrol plane as well as a capable ASW (Anti-Submarine warfare) hunter. The plane can be loaded up with dozens of sonar bouy’s which can detect subs as well as the torpedos and depth charges which can be dropped once an enemy sub has been detected. The Orion also has the ability to carry several Harpoon Anti-Ship missiles.
The South Koreans originally acquired 8 P-3C aircraft but liked them so much they latwr doubled that by adding 8 more P-3CK variants (P-3B variants thag were modified by South Korean).
While the investigation is still ongoing for a cause defense analyst have noted the immense strain put on these craft as the South Korean Navy only have a limited number compared to say Japan who operate around 100 of them. This offers broader coverage as well as the increased availability for these planes to rotate through maintenance.
Overview of the area.
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The masted Mexican training ship, the Cuauhtémoc, sits after it was crashed into the Brooklyn bridge.
By. Scott Jackson
05/18/2025
Earlier today a Mexican Navy training Vessel carrying 277 people crashed into the Brooklyn bridge in New York. The ship, the ARM Cuauhtémoc, is a training vessel for the Mexican Navy.
According to New York Police Department Chief Wilson Aramboles, who spoke in a press conference The ship lost power to its propulsion around 8:20 PM as the ship was being maneuvered by the captain. Moment before this the ship had been being assisted by a tug boat. The reported loss of power forced the vessel towards one of the pillars of the bridge and the mast struck the bridge smashing much of the upper mast of the ship.
The ship is a training ship with both a mast for utilizing the wind as well as a more modern screw propulsion.
New York Mayor, Eric Adams has said in a statement that 277 people were on board and of the 19 injured ,2 lost their lives and another 2 remain in critical condition.
The bridge was shut down for a time but is back open now.
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