Industry Sector

  • Russian sailors get French warship training

    A group of 400 Russian sailors has arrived in France for training aboard one of two warships that France is selling to Russia despite US criticism. Russian sailors get French […]

  • Keeping Trident ‘in UK’s national interest’

    It is in the UK’s national interest to keep the Trident nuclear weapons system, a group of former ministers, diplomats and generals have argued. Keeping Trident nuclear weapons ‘in UK’s […]

  • Japan set for landmark military change

    Japan’s cabinet is poised to approve a landmark change in security policy, paving the way for its military to fight overseas. Japan set for landmark military change Japan’s cabinet is […]

  • Record hash seizure for CTF 150

    The drugs, 6,248 kilograms of cannabis resin (also known as hashish or hash), are the largest maritime seizure of hash in the Indian Ocean to date. Record hash seizure for […]

  • Japan military rule change

    A man set himself on fire in central Tokyo in protest at a proposed law which could allow Japan to deploy its military overseas. Japanese man sets self on fire […]

  • North Korea ‘test-fires short-range missiles’

    North Korea has fired two missiles into the sea from its east coast, reports from South Korea say. A defence ministry spokesman in Seoul declined to give further details. North Korea […]

  • GPS to stop illegal fishers

    Our relationship with the ocean has become abusive. Industrial fishing has led to a catastrophic collapse of both target species and those taken as by-catch. Track boats with GPS to […]

  • Pilot lands faulty fighter jet on stool

    The US military has released video of a fighter pilot landing his jet on a ship faultlessly and without full landing gear on 7 June. Pilot lands faulty fighter jet […]

  • Sailors jailed in Honduras released

    US crew accused of smuggling guns were imprisoned. Sailors jailed in Honduras released Laura C. Morel TARPON SPRINGS — The crew of a Tarpon Springs shipwreck salvage company that languished […]

  • Hijacked Captain discusses his ordeal

    Captain tells CNN of pirate attack. Hijacked Captain discusses his ordeal In an interview with CNN, Captain Wren Thomas discusses the October 2013 attack on his vessel, the C-Retriever, and […]