Maritime Powers

  • EU to begin seizing smugglers’ boats

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    EUNAVFOR Med gets underway. Migrant crisis: EU to begin seizing smugglers’ boats The EU is beginning a new operation in the southern Mediterranean to intercept boats smuggling migrants. Under Operation […]

  • Denmark’s anti-piracy push

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    Concerns over safety in Gulf of Guinea. Denmark pushes for other nations to beef up anti-piracy patrols SAM CHAMBERS Denmark will remain committed to patrolling the seas in anti-piracy operations, […]

  • Arab coalition takes Perim Island

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    Move further secures shipping lanes. Gulf Arabs wrest strategic Yemen island from Iran-allied group BY MOHAMMED MUKHASHAF Perim Island may be a small lump of windswept volcanic rock at the […]

  • PLA Navy’s best ship?

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    China’s Type 71 Yuzhao-class can be a great asset in a wide range of missions. Is This the Most Underestimated Ship in China’s Navy? By Benjamin David Baker The People’s […]

  • South, North Korean ships collide

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    South Korean ship was in the area at the correct time, according to data from Marine Traffic. South, North Korean ships collide in east sea A South Korean ship collided […]

  • Evolving SE Asia piracy

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    Risk Intelligence examines the current situation in Southeast Asia. Hijack for Profit: The Evolving South East Asia Piracy Model By Karsten von Hoesslin, Manager of Special Projects, Risk Intelligence There […]

  • US joins SE Asia piracy drills

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    Drills will take place in Malacca and Singapore Straits. Navy joins multinational piracy exercise in Southeast Asia By Erik Slavin YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The United States and six […]

  • Coalition secures Red Sea strait

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    Residents on the Yemeni side of Bab al-Mandab reported air strikes and shelling by warships. Yemeni government, Saudi-led forces retake Red Sea strait BY NOAH BROWNING Loyalist Yemeni troops and […]

  • Japan wants to build submarines in Australia

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    Offer to train engineers to maintain vessels. Japan seeking to build submarines in Australian shipyards By Ryan Maass WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) — Japan’s Ministry of Defense will submit a […]

  • Why Indian Navy needs fewer INS Kochis

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    It needs larger numbers of patrol vessels and light frigates, not expensive destroyers. Why Indian Navy needs fewer INS Kochis SANDEEP UNNITHAN The guided missile destroyer INS Kochi that joined […]

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