JN – More than a dozen soldiers of the ship “NRP Mondego”, which is in Madeira, refused on Saturday to embark to fulfill a mission, invoking a lack of security conditions. (In Portugese)

(Thanks to Alain)

– Portugese Navy – Portugal navy escorts Russian ship away from coast – A Portuguese navy ship has escorted a Russian oceanic research vessel away from Portugal’s maritime economic zone.

– UPI – Portugal took delivery of the second of two Class 209PN diesel submarines, the NRP Arpao, handed over at the Baltic coast shipyards of Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft.

Defense Technology International – The first of two first of two Class 209PN air-independent propulsion/diesel-electric submarines for the Portuguese navy was launched at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Germany’s lead submarine building yard in Kiel on July 15.
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