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German warships make rare visit to Tokyo to show support for Indo-Pacific allies
Aug 20, 2024 (UPI)
The vessels are part of Germany's Indo-Pacific deployment to help show support for its allies in Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and India. The world tour occurs a...
US Air Force demonstrates low-cost capability to defeat surface vessels from the air
Aug 20, 2024 (SPX)
This capability is an answer to an urgent need to quickly neutralize maritime threats over massive expanses of ocean around the world. "The development of this ...
China says US has 'no right to intervene' in South China Sea disputes
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
China and the Philippines have had repeated confrontations in the waters over the past year, including around a warship, grounded in 1999 by Manila on the conte...
Chinese, Philippine ships collide near hotspot South China Sea reef
Aug 19, 2024 (AFP)
China and the Philippines have had repeated confrontations in the waters in recent months, including around a warship grounded years ago by Manila on the contes...
UK diving team hail suspected WWI warship find
Aug 17, 2024 (AFP)
The team found what it thinks is HMS Hawke -- which sank after being hit by a German torpedo in October 1914 -- in the North Sea earlier this week. Paul Downs, ...
Three crew on Chinese boat missing after collision off Taiwan island
Aug 17, 2024 (AFP)
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and relations between the two have deteriorated in recent years. A series of fishing boat incidents occu...
Australia, US, UK sign nuclear transfer deal for AUKUS subs
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
It binds the three countries to security arrangements for the transfer of sensitive US and UK nuclear material and knowhow as part of the tripartite 2021 AUKUS ...
US orders carrier group to hasten Middle East arrival
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
It is a show of support for key US ally Israel after Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group vowed to avenge last month's killings of Hamas political chief Ismail...
Coast Guard locates Russian Navy ship off Alaskan coast
Aug 10, 2024 (UPI)
The Vishnya-class naval vessel was spotted 30 miles south of the chain of islands by the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley Monday, with officials confirming the new...
U.S. Navy support ship Point Loma christened in Alabama
Aug 10, 2024 (UPI)
The ship is named after a peninsula in San Diego, Calif., not far from Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. The Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport Flight I...
Multiple attacks target merchant ship off Yemen: UK agency
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
A rocket-propelled grenade exploded Thursday near the ship off the city of Mokha, which overlooks the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait linking the Gulf of Aden to...
Russian sailing frigate docks in French port despite sanctions: source
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
The Shtandart arrived in La Rochelle, on the southwest coast, to replenish supplies and refuel from Monday to Tuesday, said the source, asking not to be named. ...
China launches air, sea patrols near flashpoint reef as US holds joint drills
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Tensions in the disputed waterway have spiked following a series of escalating confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels that have fanned fears of a...
Houthis strike Liberian-flagged vessel in Gulf of Aden
Aug 05, 2024 (UPI)
Houthi spokesman Yahya Sare'e announced the Saturday attack in a statement the following day, stating the merchant vessel named Groton was targeted with a numbe...
Philippines, Germany agree to broaden defence agreement
Aug 04, 2024 (AFP)
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro met in Manila and pledged to sign a defence cooperation agreement by the...
Ukrainian military claims to sink Russian submarine in Crimea
Aug 03, 2024 (UPI)
The Ukrainian General Staff announced in a social media post that the Rostov-On-Don, a vessel classified by NATO as one of four Kilo-class Russian submarines ca...
US military enhancing Middle East naval presence ahead of possible retaliation
Aug 03, 2024 (UPI)
"Secretary [of Defense Lloyd] Austin has ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Cent...
Japan, Philippines hold first joint naval exercise
Aug 02, 2024 (AFP)
The drills followed the signing less than a month ago of an agreement between Manila and Tokyo to allow the deployment of troops on each other's territory. The ...
Vietnam, Philippines to hold South China Sea exercises
Aug 01, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing claims almost the entire South China Sea but the Philippines, Vietnam and several other nations claim various islands, islets, reefs and shoals in the c...
China says Philippines risks 'greater insecurity' after US military aid pledge
Jul 31, 2024 (AFP)
In Manila on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled what he called a "once in a generation investment" to help modernise the Philippine armed fo...
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