Operation Kipion
Operation Kipion is a long-standing maritime presence by the United Kingdom in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean to promote enduring peace and stability in the region, and ensure the safe flow of oil and trade. A permanent presence of 4 minesweepers forms the Mine Countermeasures element of this tasking.
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Assets
- HMS Defender (D36) with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (August 2019 - Present)
- HMS Montrose (F236) with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (April 2019 - Present)
- RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) [1] with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (June 2017 - Present)
- Minesweepers HMS Blyth (M111), HMS Shoreham (M112), HMS Ledbury (M30), HMS Brocklesby (M33) [1]
Historical:
- HMS Daring with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (September 2016 - April 2017)
- HMS Dauntless with a Westland Lynx HMA.8 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (January 2015 - June 2015)
- HMS Dragon with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (September 2018 - April 2019)
- HMS Defender with a Westland Lynx HMA.8 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (October 2014 - December 2014) and (December 2015 and July 2016). With a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (August 2019 - Present)
- HMS Duncan with a Westland Lynx HMA.8 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (March 2015 - December 2015)[2]. With a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (July 2019 - August 2019)
- HMS Monmouth (F235) with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (March 2017 - December 2017)
- HMS Kent (F78) with a Westland Wildcat HMA2 from 815 Naval Air Squadron (815 NAS) on board - (August 2019 - December 2019)
- RFA Wave Knight (A389) with a Westland Wildcat AH1 from 847 Naval Air Squadron (847 NAS) on board - (August 2019 - February 2020)
gollark: The general thing with these flaws is just that the CPU behaves in some way it shouldn't/isn't documented as doing, so information is leaked from places or stuff which shouldn't be changed is changed.
gollark: Or static analysis of some sort, but detecting malware without just banning tons of legitimate code is extremely hard and possibly impossible.
gollark: Probably! Antiviruses aren't foolproof.
gollark: *Nothing* can magically distinguish malware and not-malware software (both contain code).
gollark: Huh. Wow. I guess they want to compete with Intel's FPGAs.
See also
References
- "Naval Deployments". Navy News. April 2018.
- "HMS Duncan hosts Qatar's Armed Forces". Royal Navy. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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