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USS Theodore Roosevelt CSG Leaves Singapore Bound for the Gulf
The Nimitz Class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), flagship of Carrier Strike Group CSG9, has left...
Read More >>CENTCOM Mirrors Naval Blockade With "Iron Gate" for Iran's Borders
US Central Command has announced a new land border task force to complement the effects of the US naval blockade on Iranian ships...
Read More >>Xi Jinping Completes His Military Purge, Including PLA Navy's Top Admirals
In the latest issue of The Maritime Executive magazine, the thorough-going purge of China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) was des...
Read More >>US Forces Disable First Cargo Ship in a Month Sailing from Iranian Port
For the first time in a month, U.S. Forces on Saturday fired on and disabled a cargo ship attempting to breach the blockade of Ira...
Read More >>Royal Navy Conducts First Drone Tests from HMS Queen Elizabeth
The UK’s Royal Navy revealed it conducted its first launches of unnamed strike drones from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth last mo...
Read More >>Belgium Transfers Minehunter to Bulgaria to Increase Black Sea Security
Belgium completed the official handover of one of its older minehunters to Bulgaria as part of a pact between Belgium, the Netherl...
Read More >>U.S. State Department Expands Sanctions on Cuban Shipping
The Trump administration has sanctioned five ships and two people for allegedly serving Cuba's oil shipping network, and has rolle...
Read More >>South Korea Plans to Deploy Naval Assets Closer to Hormuz
South Korea's government wants to deploy naval assets somewhat closer to the Strait of Hormuz, eight months after the start of the...
Read More >>Iran Turns Down Putin's Offer to Mediate Hormuz Conflict
The head of Tehran's top defense council has turned down a Russian offer to mediate in the U.S.-Iran conflict, citing an expectati...
Read More >>Iran Attacks IMO Over its Seafarer Safety Advocacy
Iran has criticized the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), with its Permanent Representative to London complaining that th...
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