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North Korea Tests Sub-Launched "Strategic" Cruise Missile

Published Oct 14, 2026 8:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday, North Korean forces tested two different types of missiles that can be launched from underwater, according to Pyongy...

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U.S. Forces Destroy a Dhow Suspected of Conducting Surveillance for Iran

Published Oct 14, 2026 6:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. military claims that Iran has been using scouts embedded in the boat traffic in and around Hormuz for spotting and target...

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UK’s Only Polar Icebreaker is Towed to Port to Investigate “Defect”

Published Oct 14, 2026 5:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

UK media is speculating that the Royal Navy may be facing a significant problem after its only polar icebreaker, HMS Protector, ap...

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Carrier USS Kennedy Completes First F-35 Fighter Landing and Launch

Published Oct 14, 2026 5:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, an F-35 stealth fighter jet landed aboard the newly-built carrier USS John F. Kennedy for the first time, the U.S. Nav...

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Two More Ship Strikes Reported in the Strait of Hormuz

Published Oct 13, 2026 11:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, strikes on merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz continued with two reported attacks, according to UK Maritime Tra...

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American Nuclear Power Barge Startup Buys its First Uranium Fuel

Published Oct 13, 2026 10:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

American ambitions to bring nuclear power back to the waterfront are gathering steam: Bluecore Energy, the Long Beach-based floati...

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One Dead, Two Injured in High-Speed Smuggling Boat Chase off Portugal

Published Oct 13, 2026 9:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

A cocaine-smuggling suspect was killed and two others were injured during a high-speed boat chase off the coast of Portugal on Sun...

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Taiwan Makes "Landmark" Purchase of American-Made Unmanned Surface Vessels

Published Oct 13, 2026 5:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration has agreed to buy autonomous surface vessels from the American boatbuilder Maritime Tactical S...

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Iran Lodges IMO Protest Over US Use of Channel 16 for Military Intimidation

Published Oct 13, 2026 3:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran filed a formal protest at the International Maritime Organization, asserting that U.S. military forces are misusing VHF Chann...

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Op-Ed: Transparency Alone Won't Deter China in the South China Sea

Published Oct 13, 2026 3:15 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

[By Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby] On 10 October, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) reported that 22...

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