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Monday, March 14, 2022
Blockade Of Ukraine – Did Turkey Put NATO Shipping At Risk?
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Blockade Of Ukraine – Did Turkey Put NATO Shipping At Risk?

When Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Turkish President Erdogan to close off Russia’s access to the Black Sea he may have gotten more than he bargained for. By

March 14, 2022
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Saturday, March 12, 2022
NATO MARCOM
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NATO Warns Ships Away From Russia’s Largest Port

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Yesterday NATO’s Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) issued an urgent warning to ships operating in the Black Sea. The

March 12, 2022
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Friday, March 11, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
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Russia’s Naval Blockade May Starve Millions

In more peaceful years Ukraine’s agricultural exports find their way onto ships at the Port of Odessa but today, the nation’s biggest ports

March 11, 2022
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
Hawaii Fuel Depot Tanks WWII
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Watch: Hawaii Naval Bunker Tank Closure And The Jones Act Explained

As gCaptain reported early this week, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced that Hawaii’s Red Hill bunker storage depot, the world’s

March 10, 2022
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People's Liberation Army (PLA Navy) ship Yueyang
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China Tests Freedom Of Navigation With Partial Sea Closure

by Yimou Lee (Reuters) China closed off a part of the South China Sea close to Vietnam this month in its hunt for a crashed aircraft, Taiwan’s

March 10, 2022
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Monday, March 7, 2022
red hill fuel tank
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US Navy To Shutdown World’s Largest Underground Bunker Fuel Tanks

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Today US secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin announced the closure of the Red Hill fuel storage depot in Hawaii, which is the

March 7, 2022
Total Views: 201050

Sunday, March 6, 2022
Odessa Port Defense Look-ouy
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The Maritime Blockade Of Ukraine Is Working

By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In the early days of the war, the rapid intermodal supply of materials via roads, rail, and airports is important for winning

March 6, 2022
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Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group NATO
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Here’s Why Navy Aircraft Carriers Can’t Help Ukraine

While most of the world is concerned with keeping Russian fighter jets out of NATO airspace, Russian warships have already incurred on NATO territorial waters.

March 6, 2022
Total Views: 72816

Australia To Fast-Track Nuclear Submarine Plans
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Australia To Fast-Track Nuclear Submarine Plans

By David Stringer (Bloomberg) Australia expects to soon announce more specifics of a plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines under a security partnership

March 6, 2022
Total Views: 10940

Saturday, March 5, 2022
PLA Chinese Navy sailors
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China Warns Shipping Of South China Sea Naval Drills

by Ben Blanchard (Reuters) China is carrying out more than a week of military drills in the South China Sea in an area between its southern province of Hainan

March 5, 2022
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Friday, March 4, 2022
US Navy Salvages Sunk Stealth Fighter Jet From South China Sea
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US Navy Salvages Sunk Stealth Fighter Jet From South China Sea

The United States Navy has recovered a state-of-the-art F-35C Lightning that fell into the South China Sea after a landing mishap in January. The aircraft was

March 4, 2022
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Thursday, March 3, 2022
Russian minesweeper
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NATO MEMBER OWNED SHIP SINKS OFF ODESA – Russia Used Civilian Ship As A Human Shield

UPDATE: “The Estonian-owned cargo ship Helt SUNK on Thursday off the Ukrainian port of Odesa after an explosion,” Igor Ilves, managing

March 3, 2022
Total Views: 27916

Russian Navy Fleet Anchored
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Russian Navy Fleet Nears Port Of Odesa

By Marc Champion (Bloomberg) With a naval fleet reported near the Ukrainian city of Odesa and the city of Kherson taken, it’s increasingly clear that

March 3, 2022
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Ship Mine Underwater
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Russia May Have Mined Ukrainian Waters Says NATO

by John Konrad (gCaptain) NATO’s Allied Maritime Command today said there is a high risk of collateral damage on civilian shipping in the northwestern

March 2, 2022
Total Views: 5062

Northern Black Sea Is Now A ‘Warlike Area’ As Navy Fails To Protect Shipping In NATO Waters
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Northern Black Sea Is Now A ‘Warlike Area’ As Navy Fails To Protect Shipping In NATO Waters

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) While the US Navy and large NATO powers remain notably absent from the Black Sea few assets are available in the region to

March 2, 2022
Total Views: 11053

Monday, February 28, 2022
Russian Convoy Will Test Turkey And NATO
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Russian Convoy Will Test Turkey And NATO

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer (Reuters) – Turkey’s pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea

February 28, 2022
Total Views: 11120

Photo of a taiwan navy sailor under the national flag on a warship stern
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Biden Sends Navy Admiral To Taiwan

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will send a delegation of former senior defense and security officials to

February 28, 2022
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Sunday, February 27, 2022
Turkey, Overseeing Passage To Black Sea, Calls Russian Invasion ‘War’
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Turkey, Overseeing Passage To Black Sea, Calls Russian Invasion ‘War’

ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Turkey called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could

February 27, 2022
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59). U.S. Navy File Photo
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China Calls U.S. Warship Sailing In Taiwan Strait A “Provocative Act”

TAIPEI, Feb 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Saturday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine

February 26, 2022
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Turkey Did NOT Close The Bosphorus To Russian Ships
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Turkey Did NOT Close The Bosphorus To Russian Ships

In the last hour several media outlets worldwide began reporting that Turkey closed the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits to Russian ships, but, Reuters is now

February 26, 2022
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