A small fire aboard the U.S. Navy’s next Ford-class carrier John F. Kennedy has prompted building Newport News Shipbuilding to shut down all welding this week as the shipyard investigates, according to a statement from Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The fire broke out around 10:15 Monday morning and was quickly extinguished by emergency crews, the statement read, and resulted in no injuries.

“Newport News Shipbuilding is investigating the cause of this incident,” the statement from HII spokesman Duane Bourne reads. “There are no known cost or schedule impacts at this time.

“Newport News Shipbuilding secured all hot work on CVN 79 while the cause of the fire is being investigated and a yard-wide stand down was conducted for fire safety. The Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding will restore hot work on CVN 79 once the investigation is complete and any necessary corrective actions are in place.”

Fire safety has been an area of intense focus for the ship repair and ship building industry since last week’s mammoth fire on the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard.

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/07/23/welding-suspended-on-future-carrier-john-f-kennedy-after-small-fire/

Egypt and France started joint air and naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean, called Ramses1

French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle" participate also in the war games amid tensions with Turkey.

Chinese Navy [PLAN] starts maritime drills near Leizhou Peninsula of South China's Guangdong Province, on doorstep of South China Sea

The anti-ship exercise featuring the Rocket Force with ballistic missiles can target large surface vessels.

The US Navy is in the South China Sea present.

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🚨 BREAKING 🇮🇷 IRAN: A huge fire broke out in the Ghezel Hesar prison.

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🇨🇳 CHINA – The water level of the Yangtze River in Wuhan has risen!

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🇦🇿 AZERBAIJAN – The Turkish Army held military exercises with Azerbaijani ground forces

Turks were deployed to Nakhichevan!

📃 Note: There is a military conflict w/h neighbouring country Armenia & Turkey's DM said Armenia will pay a high price.

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🚨 BREAKING – Israel is currently bombing artillery near the Lebanese-Israeli border

More details from the North of Israel Hezbollah fire a Russian man-portable anti-tank guided missile, at an Israeli Merkava tank. The missile missed the target but exposed the terrorists. Israeli forces killed the entire terror cell.

Apocalyptic pictures from Minneapolis, USA ..

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🇱🇧 Hezbollah militants attacked an Israeli Merkava tank in the Har Dov area, one of which was previously observed.

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🚨 URGENT – 🇮🇷 Iranian IRGC Navy conducted exercises in the Strait of Hormuz.

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🇵🇰 PAKISTAN – Pakistani air defense forces shot down an Israeli-made Indian IAI Heron reconnaissance drone that entered the country's airspace, violating the border.

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🇮🇶 IRAQ – Multiple rockets targeted US bases overnight.

The first strike hits Camp Speicher, located near Tikrit, causing a large explosion on the site.

At the same time, 3 rockets targeted Camp Taji, located near Baghdad.

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UPDATE [🇮🇶 IRAQ] – The Speicher base in the Iraqi province of Salah al-Din was hit by Iranian-backed forces, overnight.

⚠️The facility is also home to units of the 🇺🇸U.S.-led international coalition forces.

📸 shows impact of rocket attacks.

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