Defense

BEIJING/MANILA, Oct 22 (Reuters) – China and the Philippines traded accusations over a collision in disputed waters of the South

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) – China’s coast guard said on Sunday it “lawfully” blocked Philippine vessels

By Aaron Eglitis (Bloomberg) NATO should consider a halt to Russian shipping in the Baltic Sea if evidence emerges that the Kremlin is behind the damage to a

By Idrees Ali and Costas Pitas Oct 19 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy warship on Thursday intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched by the

In a move to bolster deterrence in the Middle East region and ensure Israel’s security, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has taken further steps

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Anne Kauranen OSLO/HELSINKI, Oct 18 (Reuters) – A Norwegian Navy ship shadowed a Chinese container ship

Finnish investigators are currently examining the details of several ships that sailed in the area of a Finnish-Estonian gas pipeline and telecomunications

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has announced its Maritime Security Program (MSP) and Tanker Security Program

The U.S. Department of Defense has officially started defueling operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF), it’s largest fuel storage

By Cecilia Yap Oct 15, 2023 (Bloomberg) –The Philippines asked China to stop “dangerous maneuvers and aggressive actions” in the South China

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carriers — and their supporting ships — to the eastern Mediterranean

Britain’s new underwater surveillance ship, RFA Proteus, was officially commissioned into service where its primary mission will be to protect key

by James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) As Israel strikes at hundreds of Hamas targets in the tight confines of the Gaza strip, a brand-new nuclear powered

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A submarine arms race is intensifying as China embarks on production of a new generation of

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced today that the U.S. Navy is dispatching the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to

The UK government warned on Wednesday that Russia may continue to target civilian ships in the Black Sea to further disrupt Ukrainian grain exports.

By Dasha Afanasieva Oct 1, 2023 (Bloomberg) –Britain’s Ministry of Defence has awarded almost £4 billion ($4.9 billion) in funding to BAE Systems

By Carlos Garcia, Walid Berrazeg and Sarah Wu KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Taiwan unveiled its first domestically developed submarine

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) Tensions are rising in the South China Sea, but this time it’s not the US and China squaring off. The disagreement

During a speech this week at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro called for a “new maritime