The Chilean Navyʼs
Almirante Viel
, shown here in a rendering, is being built under Project ‘Antártica I’ and is based on the VARD 9 203 design from Canadian shipbuilder Vard Marine.
(Vard Marine)
A new Antarctic icebreaker ship for the Chilean Navy is to launch on 22 December 2022 by the state-run naval shipbuilder ASMAR at its facility in Talcahuano.
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Besides the beloved pinup girls such as Betty Grable, no other nose art that adorned the fuselages of WWII Allied aircraft is as well known as the shark mouths of General Claire L. Chennault’s famed American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as “The Flying Tigers.” These shark-mouthed tigers devoured Imperial Japanese warplanes alive (so to […]
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