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Russia May Have Revived the Idea of a Seabed Ballistic Missile Launcher

Published May 25, 2026 8:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Back in the early 1960s, a team of engineers at General Dynamics' Astronautics division got permission to pursue an unusual projec...

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Fatal Skirmish Reported in Strait of Hormuz as Ceasefire Deal Edges Closer

Published May 25, 2026 7:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Following multiple social media reports of explosions along Iran's Strait of Hormuz coastline, the semi-official Fars News Agency...

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Taiwan Attempts to Row Back US Navy Secretary's Comments on Arms Sales

Published May 25, 2026 4:56 PM by The Maritime Executive

Taiwanese officials have been busy downplaying a comment by newly-appointed Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, who told a Sena...

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Royal Navy Reaches Tristan da Cunha in Most Significant Emergency Response

Published May 25, 2026 2:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nearly two weeks after the UK organized its first-ever airdrop using a parachute jump to insert medical personnel to provide human...

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The Aramid Shield: Snare Drones for Active Subsea Defense

Published May 24, 2026 7:23 PM by CIMSEC

[By Franciszek Kopczewski] In January and February 2025, Chinese-operated ships Shunxing 39 and Hong Tai 58 committed similar sabo...

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Ukraine Claims Attack on Russian Frigate Admiral Essen

Published May 24, 2026 6:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine's drone forces claim to have hit a Russian frigate at a pier in Novorossiysk, along with one of Russia's rare hovercraft-l...

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Op-Ed: America Needs Fully-Funded Hurricane Forecasting

Published May 24, 2026 4:26 PM by The Conversation

[By Brian Tang] The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while early outlooks suggest that a developing El Niño might...

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Deal to Reopen Hormuz Gets Closer, But With Little Agreement in Public

Published May 24, 2026 2:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. and Iran have announced an outline of an agreement to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deal ha...

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NATO Monitors Russian Surveillance Ship Loitering Near NATO Exercise

Published May 22, 2026 5:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

It was a case of who’s watching whom, according to reports from NATO Maritime Command. A Russian “intelligence collection” warship...

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Russian Patrol Ship Improvises Using Fencing to Protect Against Drones

Published May 22, 2026 3:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

In the more than four years since Russia invaded Ukraine in an all-out war, Ukraine has become proficient in drone technology and...

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