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Worse, he supported those groups that sought to increase German military power, including the creation of a high-sea
fleet
that could challenge the British navy.
They argue that they have reined in their fishing
fleet
to avoid incidents with the Vietnamese, only to see Vietnamese fishermen aggressively claim the relinquished waters.
Teodoro Obiang, the dictator of tiny, oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, has an official salary of $60,000, but owns six private jets and a $35 million house in Malibu, as well as other houses in Maryland and Capetown and a
fleet
of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Bentleys.
“Upon the whole it rests with Congress to decide between war, tribute, and ransom as the means of re-establishing our Mediterranean commerce,” Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson advised President George Washington in 1790, as he pondered a response to continued attacks by the Barbary Pirates on America’s merchant
fleet
off of North Africa.
In 1801, with Congress absent from the capital, Jefferson took matters into his own hands, ordering a new
fleet
of frigates to sea to protect merchant shipping.
While Japan has suspended its plan to kill humpback whales, its Japanese whaling
fleet
will still kill about 1,000 other whales, mostly smaller minke whales.
Instead, they compare it to the fifteenth-century expeditions of Zheng He, a Chinese eunuch admiral who led a
fleet
of treasure ships to Africa.
Brazil has been mulling whom to pick to renew its Air Force’s fighter fleet, and, whereas Lula favored France, Roussel canceled that option and may be leaning toward the US.
It’s a reach, but tempting, to suggest that Australia’s long-term security might even be better guaranteed by spending a few million dollars on towed pinger locators and unmanned Bluefin-21 mini-submarines, with their sonars and cameras, and some serious naval infrastructure to support them, rather than the $20-40 billion currently being contemplated to renew and extend Australia’s aging combat-submarine
fleet.
The average age of the world’s reactor
fleet
now stands at 28 years, and continues to increase steadily.
Thus, “Russia annexed Crimea in response to…NATO’s obvious attempt to move too close to Russia’s borders and push Russia’s
fleet
out of the Black Sea.”
This is one of the highest such subsidies in the world, attesting to the authorities’ seriousness about encouraging consumers and
fleet
owners to switch.
The city of Shenzhen, in China’s Pearl River Valley, has 2,350 EVs in its municipal
fleet.
Indeed, just two days after the Vikrant’s launch, explosions at the naval dockyard in Mumbai sank INS Sindhurakshak – one of the ten Kilo-class submarines that form the backbone of India’s aging conventional-submarine
fleet
– killing 18 crew members.
UNEP calculates that investing $110 billion over the coming years in strengthened fisheries management – including the establishment of MPAs, the decommissioning and reduction of
fleet
capacity, and retraining of workers – will allow the planet’s fisheries to recover.
After all, Ukraine managed to eliminate its nuclear weapons and reach accommodation over the Black Sea
fleet
without joining a private economic bloc with Russia.
British politicians, meanwhile, are seeking to renew their navy’s aging
fleet
of Trident submarines – at an estimated cost of £76 billion ($121 billion).
On a per capita basis, Japan remains nine times richer than China, and it possesses Asia’s largest naval
fleet
and its most advanced high-tech industries.
From 1994 to 2005, Senegal’s catch fell from 95,000 to 45,000 tons, according to government estimates, and the country lost half of its
fleet
of traditional wooden pirogues.
More than 13,000 fishermen were killed and another 5,000 evacuated in Sri Lanka alone, with 80% of the fishing
fleet
lost or severely damaged.
In any case, the ban on commercial whaling did not stop the Japanese whaling
fleet
from killing whales.
To cut emissions sharply, the US will need to switch over this decade to a new
fleet
of automobiles, powered increasingly by electricity.
Similarly, China, like the US, can reduce CO2 emissions through increased energy efficiency and a new
fleet
of electric vehicles.
Such recognition was part of the 1992 Yalta Agreement, which divided the Black Sea fleet, and of the 1997 leasing contract that allowed the
fleet
to remain in Sevastopol.
Not surprisingly, the US is the leading developer and user of drones, with a
fleet
of 7,500.
Shenzhen has become the first city in the world with a fully electric bus
fleet.
Given China’s vast merchant fleet, shipyards in Shanghai and Guangdong have always bustled with activity.
Add to that the much-publicized launch of the Shi Lang aircraft carrier last year, plus several submarines, replenishment ships, and a sizeable
fleet
of stealthy missile boats, and it becomes clear that China’s naval aspirations will no longer be confined to its coastal waters.
In 1978, Typhoon Rita wiped out the
fleet
of handmade wooden fishing boats in a group of sea-dependant Philippine communities.
Relief was fast and effective, consisting first of subsistence aid, followed by “restoration” of the fishing
fleet.
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