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Friday, August 8, 2025
India Pauses Plans to Buy U.S. Arms After Trump’s Tariffs
Defense

India Pauses Plans to Buy U.S. Arms After Trump’s Tariffs

New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new U.S. weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India's first

5 hours ago
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
China Deploys Five Icebreakers Near Alaska in Unprecedented Arctic Move
Defense

China Deploys Five Icebreakers Near Alaska in Unprecedented Arctic Move

In a significant show of Arctic prowess, China has dispatched five icebreaking research vessels to the region. This is the first time the country has operated

August 7, 2025
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Landing Craft Medium beach scene illustration
Defense

Australian Government Approves Strategic Defense Shipbuilding Deal with Austal

The Australian Government has approved a Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement (SSA) with Austal Limited that establishes the company’s new subsidiary, Austal

August 6, 2025
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Russian and Chinese Navies Practice Destroying ‘Enemy Submarine’, Days After Trump Move
Defense

Russian and Chinese Navies Practice Destroying ‘Enemy Submarine’, Days After Trump Move

The Russian and Chinese navies have practiced hunting and destroying an enemy submarine in the Sea of Japan, Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday, days

August 6, 2025
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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Upgraded Mogami-class Frigate (4,800 ton type)
Defense

Australia Selects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Mogami-Class for Future Frigate Fleet

The Australian Government has selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ upgraded Mogami-class frigate as the preferred platform for the Royal Australian

August 5, 2025
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A mockup of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) Multi-Purpose Icebreakers (MPI)
Defense

Seaspan Advances Canadian Coast Guard’s Multi-Purpose Icebreaker Program, Eyes U.S. Contract

Seaspan Shipyards has completed a critical milestone in the Canadian Coast Guard’s ambitious Multi-Purpose Icebreakers (MPI) program, successfully

August 5, 2025
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Rendering of the U.S. Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter
Defense

Bollinger Shipyards Secures Full Funding for Troubled Polar Security Cutter Program

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program has reached a pivotal milestone with the recent enactment of the “One Big Beautiful Bill

August 5, 2025
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Monday, August 4, 2025
Japan’s Defense Ambitions Boosted by Australia Navy Frigate Deal
Defense

Japan’s Defense Ambitions Boosted by Australia Navy Frigate Deal

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries won a multi-billion dollar deal to build a fleet of advanced naval frigates for Australia, boosting Tokyo’s ambitions

August 4, 2025
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An L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel, U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) sail together during a transit through the Strait of Hormuz
Defense

U.S. Navy Launches Program to Revolutionize Unmanned Surface Fleet

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation seeking industry input for its new Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) program. The initiative

August 4, 2025
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ndian Navy destroyer INS Kolkata underwy at sea
Defense

Philippines, India Hold First Joint Sail in South China Sea

The Philippine and Indian navies have sailed together for the first time in the South China Sea, officials said on Monday, as President Ferdinand Marcos left

August 4, 2025
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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Russia and China to hold naval drills in Sea of Japan.
Navy

Russian and Chinese Navies Carry Out Drills In Sea Of Japan

MOSCOW, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The Russian and Chinese navies are carrying out artillery and anti-submarine drills in the Sea of Japan as part of scheduled

August 3, 2025
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Saturday, August 2, 2025
USS Minnesota at the HMAS Stirling in Rockingham
Defense

Trump Orders Nuclear Submarines Moved After Russian ‘Provocative Statements’

By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered

August 2, 2025
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
MARAD Awards $6.2 Billion in Contracts to Strengthen U.S. Strategic Sealift Capability
Defense

MARAD Awards $6.2 Billion in Contracts to Strengthen U.S. Strategic Sealift Capability

The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has taken a significant step to enhance America’s military sealift capabilities by awarding $6.2 billion in

July 30, 2025
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Monday, July 28, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Chinese Icebreaker ‘Xue Long 2’ on American Continental Shelf off Alaska
Defense

U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Chinese Icebreaker ‘Xue Long 2’ on American Continental Shelf off Alaska

The U.S. Coast Guard has responded to Chinese activity on the extended U.S. Continental Shelf (ECS) approximately 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik,

July 28, 2025
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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Ukrainian Drones Target St Petersburg As Putin Attends Scaled-Down Navy Day
Navy

Ukrainian Drones Target St Petersburg As Putin Attends Scaled-Down Navy Day

By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones targeted St. Petersburg on Sunday, Russian authorities said, forcing the

July 27, 2025
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Friday, July 25, 2025
Admiral Kuznetsov
Defense

Russia’s Lone Aircraft Carrier Likely to be Scrapped or Sold, Says Shipbuilding Chief

Russia's only aircraft carrier, the 40-year-old Admiral Kuznetsov, is likely to be sold or scrapped, the chairman of Russia's state shipbuilding corporation

July 25, 2025
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Australia, UK to Sign 50-Year Treaty for Nuclear Submarines
Defense

Australia, UK to Sign 50-Year Treaty for Nuclear Submarines

Australia and the UK will sign a landmark 50-year defense treaty on Saturday to underpin the construction of nuclear-powered submarines, senior ministers said

July 25, 2025
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Iran Says it Warned Away US destroyer but US Dismisses Account
Defense

Iran Says it Warned Away US destroyer but US Dismisses Account

Iran warned a U.S. destroyer on Wednesday to change course after it approached waters being monitored by the Islamic Republic, leading the U.S. ship to turn

July 23, 2025
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Russia Begins Major Naval Drills in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic Sea
Defense

Russia Begins Major Naval Drills in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic Sea

Russia on Wednesday began major navy drills involving more than 150 vessels and 15,000 military personnel in the Pacific and Arctic oceans and in the Baltic

July 23, 2025
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
FILE PHOTO: People attend the launch ceremony of China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, at a shipyard in Shanghai, China September 10, 2018. Picture taken September 10, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Defense

Chinese Icebreaker ‘Xue Long 2’ Operating North of Alaska, Two More En Route to Arctic

China’s first home-built polar icebreaker Xue Long 2 has arrived in the Arctic for its summer 2025 research mission. The vessel departed from Shanghai around

July 22, 2025
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