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Sunday, October 10, 2021
Navy Nuclear Engineer And Spouse Arrested On Espionage Charges
Navy

Navy Nuclear Engineer And Spouse Arrested On Espionage Charges

Department of Justice–Jonathan and Diana Toebbe, both of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested in Jefferson County, West Virginia, by the FBI and the Naval

October 10, 2021
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Thursday, October 7, 2021
US Navy Fast-Attack Sub Hits Underwater ‘Object’ in South China Sea
Defense

US Navy Fast-Attack Sub Hits Underwater ‘Object’ in South China Sea

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy submarine hit an “object” while submerged in the Asia-pacific region, but the incident

October 7, 2021
Total Views: 7179

Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Taiwan Doubles Down On Anti-Ship Weapons
Navy

Taiwan Doubles Down On Anti-Ship Weapons

By Yimou Lee (Reuters) – Taiwan’s extra military spending of T$240 billion ($8.6 billion) over the next five years will go mostly toward naval

October 5, 2021
Total Views: 1767

Thursday, September 30, 2021
US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship
Navy

US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship

by John Konrad (gCaptain) You maybe confused by this headline but so are we. USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship,

September 30, 2021
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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
USS Salt Lake City and USS Frank Cable
Navy

Australian Shipbuilders Debate Nuclear Reactor Safety In Wake Of Submarine Deal

By Matthew Burgess (Bloomberg) Australia’s surprise deal with the U.S. and Britain for nuclear-powered submarines has shaken its Asian neighbors and angered

September 29, 2021
Total Views: 6504

Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Darwin bulk storage facility
Defense

Crowley Awarded DoD Fuel Storage Services Contract to Support Pacific Military Operations

Jacksonville-based maritime company Crowley Maritime Corporation has been awarded a multi-year contract by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy to provide

September 28, 2021
Total Views: 1354

Monday, September 27, 2021
China Condemns Britain for Taiwan Strait Warship Mission
Defense

China Condemns Britain for Taiwan Strait Warship Mission

BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) – China strongly condemned Britain on Monday for sailing a warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, saying it was behavior

September 27, 2021
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
‘I Had The US Navy By The B*lls’ Says Fat Leonard In New Podcast Series
Navy

‘I Had The US Navy By The B*lls’ Says Fat Leonard In New Podcast Series

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Fat Leonard is the worst scandal to hit the US Navy since Tailhook in 1991, but – despite 33 federal indictments, 22 guilty

September 26, 2021
Total Views: 8486

Many Local Waterways Are Still Obstructed By Debris And Potential Sunken Hazards Post Hurricane Ida
USCG

Many Local Waterways Are Still Obstructed By Debris And Potential Sunken Hazards Post Hurricane Ida

NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard continues to respond to impacts to the waterways and assess the environmental threats across Southeast Louisiana Saturday,

September 26, 2021
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Friday, September 24, 2021
French Shipbuilding Town in Shock Over Loss of Australian Submarine Order
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French Shipbuilding Town in Shock Over Loss of Australian Submarine Order

By Richard Lough CHERBOURG, France, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Teaching assistant Georgina was settling into a new life in the shipbuilding town of Cherbourg

September 24, 2021
Total Views: 5865

Wednesday, September 22, 2021
USNS Choctaw County
Navy

US Navy Launches Joint Station Beirut

The US Navy’s fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County arrived in the port of Beirut on Monday to participate in the US Navy’s first joint Central

September 22, 2021
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
FNS Amethyste Crew
Navy

Australian Documents Showed French Submarine Project Was At Risk For Years

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) France shouldn’t have been surprised that Australia canceled a submarine contract, as major concerns about delays, cost

September 21, 2021
Total Views: 4839

Saturday, September 18, 2021
French President Macron visits Calanques National Park
Navy

In Escalation Over Nuclear Submarine Deal, France Recalls Envoys From U.S. And Australia

By John Irish (Reuters) France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after it recalled its ambassadors

September 18, 2021
Total Views: 2574

Electric Boat Submarine With Tug
Navy

Electric Boat Shipyard Gets Ready To Support Australian Nuclear Submarine Program

By Thomas Black (Bloomberg) The U.S., U.K. and Australia will each begin an 18-month review to identify how best to provide nuclear-submarine capabilities

September 18, 2021
Total Views: 2231

Successor-class submarine
Navy

BAE Shipyard Wins UK Nuclear Submarine Contract

Britain awarded BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce Holdings 85 million pounds each to work on a new generation of nuclear submarines, a day after announcing a deal to

September 18, 2021
Total Views: 2071

Friday, September 17, 2021
battleship firing main guns
Navy

US Navy Ships Are Too Small To Defend Themselves Says New US Congress Report

by John Konrad (gCaptain) In a new study titled Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectiles the US Congress reports the two most important

September 17, 2021
Total Views: 6887

Iran Sanctions - USCG Tanker Boarding
Defense

Iran O&G Sales Soar Despite U.S. Sanction Efforts At Sea

Iranian fuel and petrochemical exports to China, Africa, and the Taliban have boomed in recent years despite U.S. sanction enforcement efforts at

September 17, 2021
Total Views: 723

Thursday, September 16, 2021
navy nuclear reactor heads
Navy

Australia Gets Top US Navy Nuclear Secrets

Australia will be only the second country after Britain in 1958 to be given access to U.S. Navy's top secret information for building nuclear-powered

September 16, 2021
Total Views: 2809

Wednesday, September 15, 2021
‘Great News’ For Great Lakes as House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Approves $1 Billion for U.S. Coast Guard Infrastructure, Heavy Icebreaker
Defense

‘Great News’ For Great Lakes as House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Approves $1 Billion for U.S. Coast Guard Infrastructure, Heavy Icebreaker

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday approved $1 billion for U.S. Coast Guard shore side infrastructure nationwide and $350

September 15, 2021
Total Views: 2956

German Navy Frigate F 217 Bayern
Navy

China Denies German Navy Port Entry

by Emma Thomasson (Reuters) China has denied a German warship entry into a local harbor, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

September 15, 2021
Total Views: 5171