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Saturday, September 24, 2022
US To Speed Up Nuclear Submarine Deal With Australia
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US To Speed Up Nuclear Submarine Deal With Australia

By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) The US is discussing accelerating the production of nuclear submarines to bolster Australia’s defense capabilities in an effort

September 24, 2022
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Saturday, September 17, 2022
Baltic Russian Icebreaker
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Don’t Play Russian Roulette With Baltic Oil Tankers

By Javier Blas (Bloomberg) Every day, dozens of oil tankers cross the narrow waterway. It’s a linchpin of global trade. Shut it down and gasoline prices

September 17, 2022
Total Views: 17714

Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Judge Gavel
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U.S. Authorities Offer $40,000 Reward for ‘Fat Leonard’ Tips Leading to Arrest

The U.S. Marshals Service and Naval Criminal Investigative Service are offering a combined reward of up to $40,000—$20,000 from each agency—for any

September 13, 2022
Total Views: 2542

Monday, September 12, 2022
US Navy Blocks Court Records In Ship Arson Case
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US Navy Blocks Court Records In Ship Arson Case

by Megan Rose (ProPublica) Despite a 2016 law requiring more transparency of court-martials, the U.S. Navy is refusing to release nearly all court documents in

September 12, 2022
Total Views: 4734

Friday, September 9, 2022
Romanian Navy Flag Ceremony
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Drifting Mine Hits Romanian Navy Ship

by Luiza Ilie (Reuters) A Romanian Navy dredger hit a drifting mine it was trying to defuse in bad weather on Thursday, but the crew of 75 were unharmed by

September 9, 2022
Total Views: 4984

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Flags from Australia and New Zealand
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Solomon Islands Exempts Australia, NZ From US Navy Ship Ban

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – Navy vessels from Australia and New Zealand will be exempt from a temporary ban on foreign ships entering the ports of the

September 6, 2022
Total Views: 43112

Fat Leonard Escapes From US Navy
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Fat Leonard Escapes From US Navy

Daniel Trotta (Reuters) A Malaysian businessman at the center of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal has escaped house arrest ahead of his impending sentencing

September 6, 2022
Total Views: 6829

Sunday, September 4, 2022
Turkey Navy Warship
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Erdogan Dials Up Tension In The Aegean Sea

by Ali Kucukgocmen (Reuters) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece on Saturday of occupying islands in the Aegean Sea that have a demilitarized

September 4, 2022
Total Views: 3919

Submarine Training
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UK To Train Australian Nuclear Sub Sailors

By Ben Westcott (Bloomberg) Australian sailors will be trained by the UK Navy on board its nuclear-powered submarines, the next step toward Canberra fielding

September 4, 2022
Total Views: 5547

Saturday, September 3, 2022
India Inducts Second Aircraft Carrier As Seas Get Militarized
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India Inducts Second Aircraft Carrier As Seas Get Militarized

(Bloomberg) –India inducted a second domestically made aircraft carrier and the largest warship it has ever built into its naval fleet Friday, giving the

September 3, 2022
Total Views: 4363

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
HMS Prince of Wales
Grounding Incidents

UPDATE – UK Carrier HMS Prince Of Wales Incident

UPDATE: Today the Royal Navy news site Navy Lookout provided the following comments: “The reason HMS Prince of Wales could not begin her planned deployment

August 30, 2022
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Monday, August 29, 2022
A U.S. Navy sailor looks through binoculars on the bridge as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during routine operations in the Taiwan Strait, August 18, 2020.
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Solomon Islands Blocks All US Navy Ships

By Ben Westcott (Bloomberg) The Solomon Islands has temporarily suspended all naval visits by the US as relations continue to deteriorate between

August 29, 2022
Total Views: 11586

Russian cargo ship Sparta II
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Russia Sealifts Weapons To Crimea

by Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) Russia has shipped a battery of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Syria to a Russian port near Crimea, according to an Israeli

August 29, 2022
Total Views: 7499

Sunday, August 28, 2022
U.S. Warships Transit Taiwan Strait, First Since Pelosi Visit
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U.S. Warships Transit Taiwan Strait, First Since Pelosi Visit

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the

August 28, 2022
Total Views: 2447

UK Donating Undersea Minehunter Drones To Ukraine
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UK Donating Undersea Minehunter Drones To Ukraine

Ministry Of Defence–The UK is giving underwater drones to Ukraine and training Ukrainian personnel in Britain to use them to clear their coastline of

August 28, 2022
Total Views: 1259

Friday, August 26, 2022
China PLAN Military news
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China Moves To Erase Taiwan Strait Line

By Yimou Lee and Greg Torode (Reuters) For nearly 70 years an imagined line running down the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China has helped keep the

August 26, 2022
Total Views: 4542

Sunday, August 21, 2022
Ukraine Food Crisis Video
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Watch: Could The Ukraine Grain Deal With Russia Fail?

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) According to The Economist the absolute levels of global hunger in 2022 could be the highest ever, as an exceptional set of

August 21, 2022
Total Views: 3395

Saturday, August 20, 2022
denmark-navy-RDN_F357_Thetis
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Denmark To Invest In New Warships

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark expects to invest 40 billion Danish crowns ($5.47 billion) in new warships as the NATO member seeks to bolster

August 20, 2022
Total Views: 4515

Friday, August 5, 2022
China PLAN Military news
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Ships Avoid Taiwan’s Ports During China Navy Drills

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) China’s military exercises are making ships think twice about heading into one of Taiwan’s most important ports, creating

August 5, 2022
Total Views: 1837

Thursday, August 4, 2022
China Navy Drills Force Cargo Ships To Steer Clear Of Taiwan
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China Navy Drills Force Cargo Ships To Steer Clear Of Taiwan

By Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) Shippers rerouted vessels as China began its most provocative military drills in decades around Taiwan, with at

August 4, 2022
Total Views: 11837