Tag: maritime crime

  • Boost for US Navy

    With China and Russia looming as potential adversaries, the U.S. sees the SM-6′s potential as an anti-ship missile. Fixing the US Navy’s Anti-Surface Warfare Shortfall By Ben Ho The mainstay […]

  • Another pirate attack

    Madonna 1 is the latest tanker to be hit by pirates. Four Tanker Crew Kidnapped off Nigeria At least four crew members were kidnapped by pirates on March 5 when […]

  • NIMASA grilled over losses

    NIMASA money woes continue. Reps Summon NIMASA Mgt Over Alleged $10bn Leakages BODE GBADEBO and KAUTHAR KHALEEL Following alleged financial leakages of about $10 billion, the House of Representatives has […]

  • Air patrols for Philippines

    President says leasing the TC-90 aircraft was part of government efforts to protect Philippine territory Philippines to lease Japan planes to patrol disputed waters Manila will lease five military planes […]

  • Singapore’s naval assets

    A force to be reckoned with? Singapore’s Fleet Modernization: Slow and Steady? By Paul Pryce Among the maritime forces of the small Southeast Asian states, the Republic of Singapore Navy […]

  • Royal Malaysian Navy consolidates

    New Littoral Combat Ships coming, too. RMN moves to strengthen country’s maritime security LUMUT: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) is set to consolidate all its naval units from 15 classes […]

  • Evolving threats in the Med

    ISIS presence in Libya focuses military minds. Opinion: ISIS, Russia and NATO’s Evolving Threat in the Mediterranean By: Henrik Paulsson At the Surface Warship Summit in Bucharest, Romania, from Jan. […]

  • China to inspect N. Korean ships

    China to help enforce UN sanctions. China to start inspecting North Korean ships China will start inspecting the North Korean ships that dock at its ports for banned cargo as […]

  • Big plans for PLA-N

    Djibouti base is just the beginning. China hints more bases on way after Djibouti China hinted on Tuesday that it was planning more global bases following the setting up of […]

  • West African Navies Coming of Age?

    Response times improve in encouraging sign. West African Navies Coming of Age? By Dirk Steffen On 11 February 2016, fourteen Nigerian and Ghanaian pirates in two speedboats attacked the product […]