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Uncertainty Surrounds Possible Attack on Oman's Strait of Hormuz Lighthouse

Published Nov 10, 2026 5:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Uncertainty surrounds suggestions made that Iran has mounted an attack on navigational aids mounted on the Omani-owned Didamar Isl...

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Royal Navy Picks Ocean Infinity to Set Up "Atlantic Net" Sub-Hunting System

Published Nov 10, 2026 5:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal Navy has picked Ocean Infinity to use its autonomous capabilities for support of the future Atlantic Net sub-hunting pro...

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Russia Warns Europe Against Interference With the Shadow Fleet

Published Nov 10, 2026 3:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia's top diplomat has warned that Moscow could take action against European countries that interfere in "shadow fleet" tanker...

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U.S. Honors USS Houston War Grave Wreck With Plaque

Published Nov 10, 2026 3:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

About 650 US Navy sailors and marines who died when their ship was sunk by the Japanese in Indonesian waters during World War II h...

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USS Theodore Roosevelt CSG Leaves Singapore Bound for the Gulf

Published Nov 9, 2026 10:53 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Nimitz Class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), flagship of Carrier Strike Group CSG9, has left...

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CENTCOM Mirrors Naval Blockade With "Iron Gate" for Iran's Borders

Published Nov 8, 2026 2:30 PM by The Maritime Executive

US Central Command has announced a new land border task force to complement the effects of the US naval blockade on Iranian ships...

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Xi Jinping Completes His Military Purge, Including PLA Navy's Top Admirals

Published Nov 8, 2026 10:41 AM by The Maritime Executive

In the latest issue of The Maritime Executive magazine, the thorough-going purge of China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) was des...

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US Forces Disable First Cargo Ship in a Month Sailing from Iranian Port

Published Nov 7, 2026 6:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

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...

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Royal Navy Conducts First Drone Tests from HMS Queen Elizabeth

Published Nov 6, 2026 7:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK’s Royal Navy revealed it conducted its first launches of unnamed strike drones from the deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth last mo...

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Belgium Transfers Minehunter to Bulgaria to Increase Black Sea Security

Published Nov 6, 2026 11:53 AM by The Maritime Executive

Belgium completed the official handover of one of its older minehunters to Bulgaria as part of a pact between Belgium, the Netherl...

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