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By Josh Smith INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – A rare cruise by two German warships in the Indo-Pacific region will demonstrate a commitment to open navigation, the admiral in charge of the naval task force said on Friday, but he declined to confirm if they would transit the contesed Taiwan Strait. “Safe and secure sea lanes, especially from Southeast Asia as well as to Europe and America, are a prerequisite for a prosperous economy […]
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP) — Swedish maritime archaeologists have discovered the long-lost sister vessel of the iconic 17th-century warship “Vasa”, which sank on its maiden voyage, the Swedish Museum of Wrecks said on Monday. Launched in 1629, “Applet” (The Apple) was built by the same shipbuilder as the famed 69-metre (225-foot) “Vasa”, which is now on display in Stockholm after being salvaged in the 1960s. “Our pulses raced when we saw how similar the wreck was […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the US Navy said the transit “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Tensions in the Taiwan Strait soared to their highest level in years this month after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited […]
ODESSA, Ukraine (AFP) — A Russian warship in the Black Sea was “seriously damaged” by an ammunition explosion, Russian state media said Thursday. “As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged,” the Russian defense ministry was quoted as saying, adding that the cause of the fire was being determined and that the crew had been evacuated. Earlier, the governor of Odessa said that Ukrainian forces […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A Russian anti-submarine destroyer chased off a US submarine near the Kuril Islands, forcing it to leave the country’s territorial waters, Moscow said Saturday, amid rising tensions over Ukraine. The US military however denied the account. Russia’s defence ministry said that during planned military drills the Marshal Shaposhnikov destroyer had detected a US Navy Virginia-class submarine in Russian territorial waters near the Kuril Islands in the northern Pacific. When the […]
Presence of China’s warships contributing to militarization of area, says NTF-WPS (Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs filed another diplomatic protest against China for the continuing presence of its ships in the West Philippine Sea, as the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) reported not only the presence of Chinese militia ships, but more disturbingly Chinese warships as well. The NTF-WPS again demanded the immediate withdrawal of Chinese ships and […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the American navy said, in the first such voyage since the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer conducted a routine transit through the waterway separating the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, the US Seventh Fleet said in a statement. US warships periodically conduct navigation exercises in the strait, often triggering angry responses from China which claims self-ruled, […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Sept. 1, visited the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Escort Flotilla Four as it docked at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo. The fleet — composed of Japanese Ship (JS) Kaga (DDH-184) with five SH-60K patrol helicopters, an Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD-117), and a Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD-105) — is in the country for a five-day goodwill visit. The President was accorded foyer honors upon his arrival. The […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A British warship will sail from Australia through the disputed South China Sea next month to assert freedom of navigation rights, a senior official said Tuesday in a move likely to irk Beijing. China claims nearly all of the resource-rich waterway and has been turning reefs and islets into islands and installing military facilities such as runways and equipment on them. British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson said HMS Sutherland, an anti-submarine […]
Reuters — Britain’s most advanced and biggest warship, 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, continued its sea trials on Tuesday (August 15) off the Isle of Wight in England. The ship, which measures 280 metres and can travel 500 miles a day, set sail in June from Rosyth dockyard in Fife where it was built. It took eight years to build HMS Queen Elizabeth and along with its sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, it […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States warship on Thursday sailed close to an artificial island China has built up in the South China Sea, as part of a “freedom of navigation” operation, a US official said. The USS John S. McCain destroyer sailed within six nautical miles of Mischief Reef, part of the disputed Spratly Islands south of the Paracel Islands. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official told AFP a Chinese frigate […]
Agence France Presse A senior officer aboard a United States Navy supercarrier deployed in the eastern Mediterranean said Monday his forces were wary of “tensions” with allies of Syria’s regime but were ready to defend US-backed forces. The USS George H.W. Bush has been a leading part of the US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria, primarily against the Islamic State group but on occasion targeting Syrian government forces and their allies fighting US-backed groups. […]
