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Saturday, November 1, 2025
An aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, as Philippine Coast Guard aircraft carrying journalists patrols the area
Defense

China’s Military Says It Tracked Philippine Patrol In South China Sea

BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) – China’s military said on Saturday it monitored and tracked a joint patrol organized by the Philippines in the disputed

November 1, 2025
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Friday, October 31, 2025
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump during Trump's announcement regarding his administration's policies against cartels and human trafficking, from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington
Defense

UN Rights Chief Condemns US Military Strikes on Drug Vessels as Unlawful Killings

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk declared Friday that US military airstrikes on alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Pacific

October 31, 2025
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
A screenshot from video shared by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth showing two alleged drug smuggling vessels before they were destroyed by U.S. forces in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 27, 2025
Defense

Senate Democrats Demand Legal Justification for Military Strikes Against Drug Vessels

Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats led by Vermont Senator Peter Welch are demanding the Department of Justice hand over all legal opinions justifying

October 29, 2025
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A Saildrone and Lockheed missile
Defense

Lockheed Martin Invests $50 Million in Saildrone to Arm Unmanned Surface Vessels

Lockheed Martin announced a $50 million investment in Saildrone to integrate lethal defense systems onto the company’s unmanned surface vessels, with

October 29, 2025
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV) under construction at Hanwha Philly Shipyard
Shipbuilding

Experts Urge Congress to Enact SHIPS Act as Foundation for Reviving U.S. Commercial Shipbuilding

Three industry experts told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the United States faces an urgent need to rebuild its commercial shipbuilding capacity in the

October 28, 2025
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A screenshot from video shared by U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth showing two alleged drug smuggling vessels before they were destroyed by U.S. forces in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 27, 2025
Defense

U.S. Military Conducts Three Strikes in Eastern Pacific, Mexico Leads Rescue of Sole Survivor

President Trump’s Department of War carried out three lethal strikes on four vessels in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, killing 14 people and leaving one

October 28, 2025
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Friday, October 24, 2025
From front to back, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Royal Moroccan Navy FREMM multipurpose frigate Mohammed VI (701), and Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), steam in formation while transiting the Strait of Gibraltar
Defense

Trump Adds to Military Buildup in Caribbean With Ford Carrier Deployment

President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft

October 24, 2025
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Ford Aircraft Carrier
Defense

Pentagon Sends Ford Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean as U.S. Expands Military Campaign Against Cartels

The Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support operations against

October 24, 2025
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump during Trump's announcement regarding his administration's policies against cartels and human trafficking, from the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington
Defense

Trump Administration Conducts First Nighttime Strike Against Drug Traffickers in Caribbean

The Trump administration conducted its first nighttime military strike against suspected drug smugglers, killing six individuals aboard a vessel operated by

October 24, 2025
Total Views: 4232

Trump Says Declaration of War Not Needed on Drug Cartels
News

Trump Says Declaration of War Not Needed on Drug Cartels

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his administration plans to brief the U.S. Congress on operations against drug cartels and that even

October 24, 2025
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Pakistan Navy Seizes Nearly $1 Billion Worth of Meth and Cocaine in Arabian Sea
Defense

Pakistan Navy Seizes Nearly $1 Billion Worth of Meth and Cocaine in Arabian Sea

The Pakistan Navy , operating under the Saudi-led Combined Task Force 150 of Combined Maritime Forces, seized more than $972 million worth of narcotics in the

October 23, 2025
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
An aerial view shows an SCF tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia August 12, 2022
Offshore

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia’s Largest Oil Companies Over Ukraine

The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies on October 22, targeting Rosneft and Lukoil in response to

October 22, 2025
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A screenshot from video showing a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific. Video released Oct. 22, 2025
Defense

Trump Administration Expands Military Strikes on Drug Vessels to Eastern Pacific

The Trump administration has extended its controversial military campaign against suspected drug-trafficking vessels into the Eastern Pacific, marking a

October 22, 2025
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Sunday, October 19, 2025
A view shows a gas processing plant in Orenburg Region
Defense

Giant Russian Gas Plant Suspends Intake After Ukrainian Drone Strike

MOSCOW, Oct 19 (Reuters) – The Orenburg gas processing plant, the largest facility of its kind in the world, has been forced to suspend its intake of

October 19, 2025
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting Commandant of the Coast Guard, discuss response efforts in Washington D.C., January 30, 2025.
USCG

Coast Guard’s Jet Upgrade Under Fire Amid Government Shutdown

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Democrats in Congress on Saturday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to buy two

October 18, 2025
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Putin Takes Hybrid Warfare To The Sea
Navy

Putin Takes Hybrid Warfare To The Sea

by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was

October 18, 2025
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A screenshot of video released by President Trump showing the U.S. military strike against an alleged narco vessel in international waters, which Trump claims resulted in the deaths of three smugglers.
Navy

US Deports ‘Narco Sub’ Survivors

by Phil Stewart (Reuters) President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to send the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean overseas

October 18, 2025
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) recovers bales of cocaine after a suspected drug smuggling vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 17, 2025. Seneca’s crew worked alongside interagency partners to interdict illicit narcotics in the international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
Defense

Coast Guard’s Pacific Cocaine Haul Highlights Split Approach in Trump’s War on Narco-Terror

The U.S. Coast Guard announced it has seized more than 100,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early

October 15, 2025
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The cargo ship Vezhen is anchored for examination by Swedish authorities outside Karlskrona, Sweden, January 27, 2025
Defense

Sweden Close Baltic Sea Cable Damage Investigation, Ruling Accident Not Sabotage

Swedish prosecutors have closed their investigation into damage to a communication cable between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea, concluding that the

October 14, 2025
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, U.S., September 30, 2025
Defense

Trump Administration Conducts Latest Lethal Strike Against Suspected Drug Vessel Off Venezuela

President Donald Trump announced another military strike against a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in international waters off Venezuela, killing six

October 14, 2025
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