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Monday, December 29, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon arrival for meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida
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Trump Claims U.S. Hit Venezuelan Drug Dock in First Known Land Attack

President Donald Trump said the US struck a facility inside Venezuela, in what would be a significant escalation in its campaign against alleged drug

December 29, 2025
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A rendering of the Arctic Security Cutter to be built by Bollinger
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Coast Guard Awards Landmark Arctic Security Cutter Contracts in U.S.-Finland Partnership

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced the award of two contracts to build up to six Arctic Security Cutter icebreakers in a joint U.S.-Finland production

December 29, 2025
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Officials Silent After Trump Teases Possible U.S. Strike in Venezuela
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Officials Silent After Trump Teases Possible U.S. Strike in Venezuela

Officials in Washington and Caracas remained silent on Monday about President Donald Trump's vague comments on a radio show last week about an apparent U.S.

December 29, 2025
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China Stages Record Drills Designed to Encircle Taiwan
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China Stages Record Drills Designed to Encircle Taiwan

China launched its most extensive war games around Taiwan on Monday to showcase Beijing's ability to cut off the island from outside support in a conflict,

December 29, 2025
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Sunday, December 28, 2025
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China Launches Military Drills Around Taiwan Amid Tensions With Japan

BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) – China’s military moved army, naval, air force and rocket force units around Taiwan on Monday for its “Just

December 28, 2025
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Saturday, December 27, 2025
A missile is launched from a military vessel at an unidentified location
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After Trump Strike On Terrorists, Nigeria Says Open To More

By Ruth Olurounbi and Eric Martin Dec 26, 2025 (Bloomberg) -After the US warned that more strikes may follow its surprise Christmas Day attack on suspected

December 27, 2025
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Friday, December 26, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the construction site of an 8,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine capable of launching surface-to-air missiles
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First Look: Kim Signals New Era for North Korea’s Navy With Nuclear-Powered Submarine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed construction of a submarine with his daughter, a potential heir, and oversaw the test-firing of long-range

December 26, 2025
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Monday, December 22, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement about the Navy's "Golden Fleet", as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of the Navy John Phelan listen, at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach
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President Trump Unveils ‘Trump-Class’ Battleships

President Donald Trump announced Monday the creation of a new battleship class for the U.S. Navy, marking an unexpected return to a vessel type that last saw

December 22, 2025
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The USS Nantucket (LCS 27) is christened and launched at Fincantieri Marinette Marine
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Fincantieri Marinette Marine Names Former Navy Secretary Board Chairman as Frigate Program Resets

Fincantieri Marinette Marine has appointed Kenneth J. Braithwaite, the 77th Secretary of the Navy and former U.S. ambassador to Norway, as Chairman of its

December 22, 2025
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
NATO ships set out to patrol Baltic after cable damaged
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NATO Lacks Resilience To Fight A Long War, Naval Chief Warns

By Ellen Milligan Dec 19, 2025 (Bloomberg) —NATO militaries currently lack the resilience for a protracted conflict, the alliance’s top maritime

December 21, 2025
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A handout image shows the 11th carrier-vessel in the French Navy designed by Naval Group
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France To Build New Aircraft Carrier

By Florence Loeve and Tassilo Hummel PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Sunday plans to build a new, larger

December 21, 2025
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Friday, December 19, 2025
Illustration of the Navy's FF(X) small surface combatant
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Navy Turns to Coast Guard Cutter Design for New Frigate Class

The U.S. Navy announced Friday a strategic shift in its surface combatant procurement, unveiling plans for a new frigate class based on Huntington Ingalls

December 19, 2025
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Thursday, December 18, 2025
Tugs combat a fire on the Bonhomme Richard
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Navy Ship Fire Prevention Falters on Contractor Oversight Gaps, GAO Warns

Five years after a catastrophic fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard at a cost exceeding $3 billion, the U.S. Navy’s progress on fire safety during

December 18, 2025
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Footage released by the Security Service of Ukraine shows what it says is a strike on a Russian submarine at a port facility, in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Region, Russia, in this screengrab from video
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Ukraine Says Underwater Drones Hit Submarine, but Moscow Denies Damage

Ukraine said on Monday it hit and disabled a Russian missile-carrying submarine docked at a Black Sea naval base using underwater sea drones for the first

December 16, 2025
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Monday, December 15, 2025
Austal USA shipyard
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Australia Approves Hanwha’s Increased Stake in Defense Shipbuilder Austal

Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board has approved South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Corporation to increase its direct equity shareholding in Austal

December 15, 2025
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Sunday, December 14, 2025
tankers at anchor
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Thailand Considers Blocking Fuel Exports To Cambodia As Border Conflict Escalates

BANGKOK, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Thailand’s military said it was considering blocking fuel exports to Cambodia, as fighting between the two countries

December 14, 2025
Total Views: 886

Saturday, December 13, 2025
Firefighters work at the site of a civilian vessel hit during a Russian missile strike in the town of Chornomorsk
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Russia Attacks Two Ukrainian Ports, Damaging Three Turkish-Owned Vessels

By Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels including a

December 13, 2025
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Ukraine Says Russian Drone Attack Hit Civilian Turkish Vessel

KYIV, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s navy accused Russia of deliberately attacking a civilian Turkish vessel carrying sunflower

December 13, 2025
Total Views: 714

The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt is pictured as it enters the port in Da Nang, Vietnam
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US Seeks To Broaden Vietnam Defense Ties As Trade Talks Drag On

By Francesca Stevens Dec 13, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The US seeks to expand and deepen its defense relationship with Vietnam, according to Washington’s

December 13, 2025
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China CG cutter firing water at a Philippine resupply boat
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China Injured Filipino Fishermen in Contested Sea, Manila Says

By Ditas B Lopez Dec 13, 2025(Bloomberg) –The Philippines said Chinese coast guard and maritime militia ships fired water cannons and used

December 13, 2025
Total Views: 786