Defense

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Britain’s navy has rejected a plan to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores when it takes

The U.S. Coast Guard on Friday medevaced a crew member from a chemical tanker 190 miles off Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command

By Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. The escalation in tension between Ukraine and Russia has many wondering what impact such a potential conflict could have on

By Sudhi Ranjan Sen (Bloomberg) India is carrying out more warship patrols than ever before as concerns grow about the country’s ability to remain

Today gCaptain received reports that the Pentagon began loading Military Sealift Command ships with tanks and heavy equipment. While we are unable to confirm

By Tony Czuczka (Bloomberg) Russia further boosted troop levels on the Ukrainian border this weekend, adding to President Vladimir Putin’s options should he

(Bloomberg)–Russia will relocate planned naval exercises to outside of Ireland’s exclusive economic zone, according to its ambassador in Dublin, Yuriy

MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Russian warships have been rehearsing shooting at airborne and sea targets during exercises in

MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Russian warships entered the Barents Sea on Wednesday to rehearse protecting a major shipping lane in the Arctic,

The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating a search for 38 people after their boat reportedly capsized on Saturday night off of Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida. The

The “landing mishap” comes as USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) had just kicked off joint carrier operations with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The combat system for the Navy’s newest and costliest warship, the $13 billion Gerald R. Ford, “has yet to demonstrate

By Ben Westcott (Bloomberg) Almost two dozen crew on board an Australian Navy ship on its way to provide relief to the Pacific island of Tonga have been

By Dmitry Antonov and Sabine Siebold MOSCOW/BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (Reuters) – NATO said on Monday it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) Four years after the U.S. Navy’s costliest warship was hobbled by a flaw in its propulsion system, prime contractor Huntington

By Daryna Krasnolutska (Bloomberg) Germany’s top naval officer resigned after comments he made about Russia, including a call to show respect toward

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Russia announced on Thursday its navy would stage a sweeping set of exercises involving all its fleets this month

New Zealand said Tonga, one of the few countries to be free of the new coronavirus, has agreed to receive two of its ships carrying water

PORTSMOUTH, VA– The Captain of the Port set modified Port Condition Zulu for the coastal waters of Virginia from Cape Charles Light south to the

Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has announced its latest order from General Dynamics Electric Boat in support of the U.S. Navy’s new