Iran launches missiles and shows off two new warships during navy drills among heightened tensions over its nuclear program Iran’s navy began a short-range missile drill in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday The two-day missile drill was being held in the gulf’s southeastern waters Trump in 2018 unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear … Read more
Out go the gunboats! Royal Navy sends four warships into English Channel to warn French trawlers to stay away from British fish as Brexit deal comes into force Naval warships left Portsmouth for English Channel hours before New Year’s Eve Assigned to protect the UK’s new fishing rights agreed in the Brexit trade deal Under … Read more
A Royal Navy ship was given a hero’s welcome this morning as it returned to port in Portsmouth after shadowing and gatherings intelligence on Russian warships travelling around the UK. HMS Lancaster returned to the naval base in Hampshire having completed a tour to the High North where it led a freedom of navigation operation, leading a multi-national task group … Read more
Royal Navy shadows NINE Russian warships around the UK in two weeks including destroyer and corvette as Putin increases his navy’s presence in British waters Ships have included surfaced submarine and a patrol ship with supporting tugs Patrol ship HMS Severn was on duty in the English Channel and Dover Strait By Nicole Conner For … Read more
Royal Navy warships loaded with Marines seize 11 BALES of cocaine worth £81 million destined for UK streets as part of joint task-force with US Coast Guard in the Caribbean Royal Navy ship were in joint task-force with US Coast Guard for hurricane aid But team then responded to reports of suspicious vessel in the … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships this year, as he attended a naval parade in St Petersburg on Sunday marking the country’s Navy Day. The parade in the port city and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 200 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to ‘demonstrate … Read more
U.S Navy sends four warships to Russia’s Barents Sea for the first time since the Cold War to ‘conduct maritime security operations’ The US Navy confirmed Monday that three destroyers and one support ship had been joined by the Royal Navy’s HMS Kent in the mission U.S. Navy surface ships have not operated in the … Read more
Two U.S. warships are operating in the South China Sea, the Navy said on Tuesday, with three regional security sources saying they were near an area of a standoff between China and Malaysia. The Haiyang Dizhi 8, a Chinese government research ship, was spotted last week conducting a survey close to an exploration vessel operated … Read more