Ocean Shield

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  Photographer Captures Breathtaking Close-Up Shot Of A Humpback Whale's Eye. See Pics

  Positioned near the side of her head, the eye provides an expansive field of vision, while a thick layer of protective blubber shields it from harm and maintains warmth.

• US Missile Defense System Strikes Target in Test

  The Boeing-managed ground-based system intended to shield the continental United States successfully intercepted a simulated incoming missile over the Pacific Ocean for the first time Sunday, the Pentagon said.

• Revised MH370 Search Zone by Month's End: Officials

  Australian officials said Wednesday they will announce the new search zone for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by month's end.

• Damaged Underwater Vehicle for MH370 Hunt Reaches Port

  The ADV Ocean Shield and the Bluefin-21 have been deployed for the ongoing search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia.

• Australian Vessel Back in MH370 Search Area

  The Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Ocean Shield has returned to the search area to continue the underwater hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Joint Agency Coordination Centre said Wednesday.

• Mini-sub deployed to scour ocean depths in Malaysian flight MH370 hunt

  Australia is deploying a mini-sub to scour the Indian Ocean seabed for missing Malaysian jet MH370 at the daunting depth of 4,500 metres (15,000 feet), abandoning the search for black-box transmissions six days after the last ping was heard.

• More pings raise hopes Malaysian plane will be found soon

  The month-long search for the Malaysian jet received a tremendous boost when a navy ship detected 2 more signals that most likely emanated from the aircraft's black boxes.

• Australian ship detects two more signals in plane hunt: official

  Australian ship Ocean Shield has detected two more signals in the search for missing Malaysian flight MH370, a senior official said on Wednesday.

• Hunt for MH370 'pings' will take days before sub launch

  Ships searching for underwater signals from Flight MH370 have heard no more "pings" and will spend several more days trying to pinpoint a crash site.

• MH370 searchers detect promising acoustic lead

  An Australian navy ship has detected new underwater signals consistent with aircraft black boxes, the search chief said on Monday, describing it as the "most promising lead" so far in the month-old hunt for missing Flight MH370.

• Australia probes 'encouraging' signals in MH370 hunt

  Australia on Sunday sent planes and ships to investigate signals detected by a Chinese ship in the hunt for a missing Malaysian jet.

• Planes, ships deployed to investigate Chinese signal in hunt for Malaysia Airlines jet

  Planes and ships were being diverted Sunday to the area where a Chinese vessel detected signals consistent with a black box beacon in the hunt for missing flight MH370.

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  MH370 'black box' ship due in search zone

  Nearly a month after the Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people vanished, authorities still have no idea how or why it crashed and warn that unless the black box is found, the mystery may never be solved.