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Germany, Norway vow to step up North Atlantic surveillance
Jul 21, 2025 (AFP)
"Germany and Norway aim to ensure stability and security in maritime areas, including in the High North," said a joint statement released as German Chancellor F...
Sunken WWII Japanese warship found off Solomon Islands
Jul 18, 2025 (AFP)
A team from the US non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki at a depth of more than 800 metres (2,625 feet) o...
Chinese farmer makes splash with homemade submarine
Jul 17, 2025 (AFP)
Zhang Shengwu, a villager in China's eastern Anhui province, recently launched his five-ton sub into the river near his rural home, state broadcaster CCTV repor...
US to build Philippine boat repair facilities near contested South China Sea
Jul 16, 2025 (AFP)
Located in the Spratly archipelago, the Second Thomas Shoal hosts a small detachment of Philippine forces aboard a grounded navy vessel and has been the site of...
France says Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row
Jul 13, 2025 (AFP)
Paris expressed its "strong regrets" when Australia tore up a multibillion-dollar deal to buy a fleet of diesel-powered submarines from France, Ambassador Pierr...
Chinese carrier Shandong moors in Hong Kong on 'great power' visit
Jul 03, 2025 (AFP)
The Shandong, measuring more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) and commissioned in 2019, is China's second carrier and is central to its regional ambitions under Pre...
US aircraft carrier makes Philippines port call
Jul 03, 2025 (AFP)
The Nimitz-class vessel's port call came the same day that China's first domestically produced aircraft carrier, the Shandong, sailed into Hong Kong. Beijing cl...
Pentagon announces renaming of ship that honored gay rights icon
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
"We are taking the politics out of ship naming. We're not renaming the ship to anything political," Hegseth said in a video posted on X, without explaining spec...
Two Chinese men arrested in South Korea filming US carrier
Jun 26, 2025 (AFP)
South Korea finds itself in the middle of a growing superpower standoff between the United States, its traditional security guarantor, and China, its largest tr...
Japan conducts first domestic surface-to-ship missile test
Jun 25, 2025 (AFP)
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) fired a single "Type-88" missile towards Pacific coastal waters from a training ground in the northern island of Hok...
Japan spots Chinese ships near disputed isles for record 216 straight days
Jun 22, 2025 (AFP)
The Tokyo-administered islands, known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, have long been a sore point between the neighbours. On Sunday, Japan said it ...
Japan-US-Philippines coast guards simulate crisis amid China threat
Jun 21, 2025 (AFP)
The joint coast guard exercises held off Japan's southwest shore follow a warning from the three countries about Chinese activity in disputed regional waters. T...
China says it expelled a Philippine gov't ship from disputed waters
Jun 20, 2025 (UPI)
China Coast Guard spokesperson Liu Dejun said in a statement that they "took necessary measures to expel the vessel, including verbal warnings, monitoring and i...
Japan-US-Philippines hold coast guard drills with eye on China
Jun 20, 2025 (AFP)
It is the second time the countries' coast guards have held training drills together, following their first joint maritime exercise in the Philippines in 2023. ...
Navy meets 2025 recruitment goal months ahead of schedule
Jun 19, 2025 (UPI)
Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan said that he is "proud to announce that we have met our Fiscal Year 2025 recruiting goal three months ahead of schedule," i...
Taiwan starts sea tests of first domestically built submarine
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
The vessel is part of a submarine programme launched in 2016 that aims to deliver a fleet of eight vessels. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has...
Taiwan tests sea drones as China keeps up military pressure
Jun 17, 2025 (AFP)
With Beijing sustaining military pressure on the island, Taiwan is increasing investment in aerial and maritime drones, which have been widely used in Russia's ...
Amid Israel-Iran war, Nimitz aircraft carrier to join Vinson in Middle East
Jun 16, 2025 (UPI)
Also, the Defense Department is moving aircraft to the European and Central Command theaters if needed to support U.S. bases in the region, the Navy Times repor...
Denmark deploys marine drones in Baltic and North seas
Jun 16, 2025 (AFP)
Two other drones were launched last week and are participating in the NATO mission Task Force X. These unmanned ships, which will be tested for three months by ...
North Korea launches repaired destroyer, Kim vows two more to come
Jun 13, 2025 (AFP)
A ceremony for the ship baptised the Kang Kon -- after a top North Korean general killed in the 1950-53 war -- was held on Thursday at the Rajin shipyard, up th...
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