Naval

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a naval force to project air power worldwide without depending on …

Iran to send warships to Atlantic in response to US carrier in Gulf. The flotilla will comprise of the new guided missile frigate destroyer escort The presence of US aircraft carriers in the Gulf is a security concern for Iran and its navy has sought to counter that by showing …

A US aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis sailed into the Persian Gulf on Friday amid Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. Some 30 Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels fired rockets in the waters patrolled by a US aircraft carrier strike group led by USS John C. Stennis on …

A Vietnamese Fisherman Reeled In a Chinese 22 feet long Yu-6 torpedo In The South China Sea Vietnamese fisherman Tran Minh Thanh landed an unusual catch the other day, finding what appears to be a Chinese torpedo off the country’s coast. Under the watchful eye of local border guards, Tran dragged …

US Naval aircraft and aircraft from the Chilean Air Force participate in a fly-by adjacent to aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Lt. j.g. David Babka/USN US Navy defense contractors and subcontractors have reportedly suffered “more than a handful” of disconcerting security breaches at the hands of Chinese hackers over the …

Ukraine and Russia on the brink of war? Ukrainian declares martial law On Sunday, November 25, the Russian coast guard attacked three Ukrainian naval vessels in the Sea of Azov, despite the fact that a 2003 agreement between the two nations gives Ukraine the indisputable right to use those waters. …

Russia opened fire and captured 3 Ukrainian naval vessels, 6 wounded and 23 crew members captured. Russia’s coast guard opened fire on and seized three of Ukraine’s vessels Sunday, wounding six crew members, after a tense standoff in the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula, the Ukrainian navy said. Russia …

Argentine Submarine Vanished With 44 Aboard Has Finally Been Found. The company that couldn’t find MH370 just found a missing Argentinian submarine. Nearly one year to the day after the Armada Argentina lost contact with their Santa Cruz class diesel-electric submarine ARA San Juan, they have announced that its broken …

Norwegian frigate sinking after oil tanker collision. A Norwegian warship was heavily damaged in a collision with a Maltese oil tanker in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. According to Norwegian media reports Thursday, the frigate is in danger of sinking after sustaining heavy damage. The oil tanker is reportedly undamaged. …

Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Huge Floating Dry Dock Accidentally Sunk. one of the world’s largest floating dry docks, known as PD-50, has sunk while Russia’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was aboard. According to reports, the dry dock began to sink suddenly, collapsing cranes onto the carrier’s deck and sending shipyard …