Contents | OCTOBER 2008
5 Editorial comment
Editor David Foxwell Freedom “accepted” but long-term
doubts remain
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6-15 News
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The US Navy destroyer Higgins
is to act as a testbed for a
new type of high-temperature
superconducting (HTS) de-
gaussing system
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The US Navy has accepted
the fi rst LCS, USS Freedom,
into service, but doubts
remain about this and other
US Navy programmes 54
Elements of the US Navy’s new
submarine rescue system, the
SRDRS, were tested during
Exercise Bold Monarch 08
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