Defense

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

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

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

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

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

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

Editors’ Note: According to the 9/11 commission report, the United States and its allies suffered from a failure imagination prior to the attacks. This

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

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

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

by Pascal Rossignol (Reuters) French sea police seized a ship on Saturday that authorities suspect belongs to a Russian company targeted by European Union

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy’s troubled fleet of Littoral Combat Ships has “not yet demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs

by Tuvan Gumrukcu (Reuters) Turkey, a NATO member, cannot stop Russian warships accessing the Black Sea via its straits, as Ukraine has requested, due to a

When Russia attacked Ukraine, the nearest US Navy or major NATO ally was in the Mediterranean. Now insurance rates soar as peacefull ships get

As NATO scrambles to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a major exposed flank is the Black Sea. Despite a stated resolve to deter Russia, the

By Polina Devitt, Gleb Stolyarov and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KYIV, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military has suspended

By Natalia Zinets and Aleksandar Vasovic (Reuters) Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday in the biggest attack by one state against

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The United States Navy and security partners will patrol Middle East waters with 100

SYDNEY, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister said on Monday a Chinese naval vessel that pointed a laser at an Australian

By Michael Heath (Bloomberg) –Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison branded a Chinese navy vessel pointing a laser at one of his nation’s