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Get the latest navy news and analysis on global naval forces, including fleet movements, naval exercises, choke points, warship development, and technological advancements in maritime defense.


Sunday, July 18, 2021
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Navy

China Sends Two Spy Ships To US-Australia Naval Exercise

By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) A second Chinese spy vessel is on track to enter waters off Australia’s northeast coast, adding to Beijing’s surveillance

July 18, 2021
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Thursday, July 15, 2021
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Navy

Coronavirus Breaksout Aboard Unvaccinated South Korean Destroyer On Piracy Patrol

By Sangmi Cha (Reuters) South Korea is sending a medical team to the Middle East to tackle a coronavirus outbreak on one of its ships on anti-piracy

July 15, 2021
Total Views: 2026

Wednesday, July 14, 2021
U.S. Navy Admirals Change of Command
Navy

New Senate Report Says US Navy Puts Toxic Culture Over Seamanship

“China could never have dreamt up a way to do this much damage to the U.S. Navy,” U.S. Navy Pacific Command Staff by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) A

July 14, 2021
Total Views: 11943

Monday, July 12, 2021
Blinken Says A South China Sea Attack Would Trigger War Treaty
Navy

Blinken Says A South China Sea Attack Would Trigger War Treaty

by Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) The United States on Sunday repeated a warning to China that an attack on Philippine naval forces in the South China Sea would

July 12, 2021
Total Views: 3964

Saturday, July 3, 2021
British Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender in the Bosphorus Strait. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
Navy

Russian Warplanes Practice Bombing Ships In The Black Sea

By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) – Russian warplanes practiced bombing enemy ships in the Black Sea during training exercises, Russia said on Saturday, amid

July 3, 2021
Total Views: 4616

Monday, June 28, 2021
British Royal Navy Ship Trent
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Offshore Crimea – NATO to Start Black Sea Naval Drill

By Pavel Polityuk (Reuters) – Ukraine and the United States will start a military exercise involving more than 30 countries in the Black Sea and southern

June 28, 2021
Total Views: 2264

Thursday, June 24, 2021
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Defense

Did Russia Try To Bomb A Royal Navy Ship?

Moscow said it fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of the British destroyer HMS Defender. Are the claims true? By Guy Faulconbridge (Reuters)

June 24, 2021
Total Views: 10229

Tuesday, June 22, 2021
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Navy

SNAFU – Over 1,600 Part Failures Aboard US Navy’s $166B Nuclear Submarines

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy has swapped more than 1,600 parts among its new Virginia-class submarines since 2013 to ease maintenance bottlenecks

June 22, 2021
Total Views: 19487

Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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Navy

New USMC Hovercraft Costs Skyrocket

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Textron’s $TXT construction of a new hovercraft for the U.S. Marine Corps, which had been plagued by propeller cracks, gear

June 16, 2021
Total Views: 5527

Saturday, June 12, 2021
Sahand Destroyer. Photo: Iranian Army
Navy

Are Iranian Warships Smuggling Weapons To Venezuela?

By David Wainer (Bloomberg) The U.S. is closely tracking an Iranian navy transport ship headed for the Caribbean — possibly Venezuela — and is

June 12, 2021
Total Views: 6443

Friday, June 4, 2021
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Navy

Those Are Not Aliens At Sea, U.S. Government Says

by Steve Gorman (Reuters) U.S. intelligence officials found no evidence that unidentified aerial phenomena observed by Navy aviators at sea in recent years

June 4, 2021
Total Views: 4736

Friday, May 28, 2021
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Navy

HMS Queen Elizabeth Joins NATO

by Bart Biesemans (Reuters) HMS Queen Elizabeth took part in her first NATO exercises in the Mediterranean this week, ahead of the eight-month voyage that will

May 28, 2021
Total Views: 3084

Thursday, May 20, 2021
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Defense

China Claims it Expelled a U.S. Navy Warship From its Waters in South China Sea

BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) – China said on Thursday an American warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea and was

May 20, 2021
Total Views: 4296

Thursday, May 6, 2021
Indonesian Navy ships are seen at the Tanjung Wangi port as the search continues for the sunken KRI Nanggala-402 submarine. Photo taken by Antara Foto/Zabur Karuru/via Reuters.
Navy

Chinese Navy Sends Salvage Ships To Join Indonesian Submarine Retrieval Efforts

gCaptain Editorial Note Embarrassing but true: The father of submarine salvage, RDML Ellsberg, is rolling in his grave with the knowledge that the US Navy has

May 6, 2021
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Monday, May 3, 2021
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Philippines Slams China’s ‘Dangerous’ Move

By Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) The Philippines has protested China’s “dangerous maneuver” against its Coast Guard that patrolled and trained last month

May 3, 2021
Total Views: 6216

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Aircraft Carrier Shandong Deploys To South China Sea

(Bloomberg) –China has sent its Shandong aircraft carrier for military training in the South China Sea and plans to continue similar exercises, the

May 3, 2021
Total Views: 6031

Sunday, May 2, 2021
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Navy

Royal Navy Sends A Strong Warning To China

By Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) Throughout my U.S. Navy career, I loved to operate at sea with the British Royal Navy. U.K.

May 2, 2021
Total Views: 111968

Thursday, April 29, 2021
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Can The US Navy Protect Ships From Missile Attacks?

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy “currently does not have a well-defined strategy or funding” for testing to determine whether radar and

April 29, 2021
Total Views: 8957

Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Chinese vessels at Whitsun Reef, South China Sea
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Philippines Tells China To Back Off During Maritime Drills

by Karen Lema (Reuters) China has no business telling the Philippines what it can or cannot do within its waters, Manila’s defense ministry said on

April 28, 2021
Total Views: 4167

Monday, April 26, 2021
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Navy

Royal Navy Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth To Depart On Maiden Voyage

by Tim Kelly (Reuters) – Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier will lead a flotilla of Royal Navy ships through Asian waters on port

April 26, 2021
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