Apache helicopter pilots have found their sea legs on the unfamiliar setting of HMS Illustrious. The newly-refitted helicopter carrier – fresh from her £40m refit – has swapped Harrier jets for the imposing outlines of the Army gunships. Crews from 664 Squadron, 4 Regiment Army Air Corps, took the c
The RAF and Royal Navy have been involved in a number of precision attacks to protect Libyan civilians over the last few days as part of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR. In the early hours of Monday morning, RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft returned for a second night of precision strikes against
Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Army is planning to send a fleet to the Atlantic Ocean after its successful p… (presstv) [mappress] Source: presstv, July 18, 2011;
Germany and Israel have sealed the deal which provides Israel with its sixth Dolphin-class nuclear-capable submarine. Germany will subsidize… By Gil Ronen (israelnationalnews) [mappress] Source: israelnationalnews, July 18, 2011;
Somali pirates holding South Korean hostages demanded on Friday that the South Korean government release pirate prisoners and pay compensati… By Abdi Guled (google) [mappress] Source: google, July 15, 2011;
Piracy in the Indian Ocean is hampering the efforts of climate change researchers to the point where they have had to call in the Australian… (markacadey) [mappress] Source: markacadey, July 15, 2011;
Survey ship HMS Echo stepped up to the mark when she was charged with leading the nation’s flagship in for a beach assault as week-long exercises with the United Arab Emirates reached their climax. The Devonport-bases hydrographic vessel – six months into a two-year deployment east of Suez, where sh
Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today… (cpsgaza) [mappress] Source: cpsgaza, July 14, 2011;
Pakistan Navy has started constructing missile boat in the Karachi Shipyard, Geo News reported… (thenews) [mappress] Source: thenews, July 12, 2011;
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said that Iran’s naval operations will not be limited to the Persian Gulf and… (tehrantimes) [mappress] Source: tehrantimes, July 12, 2011;
A senior Revolutionary Guard commander threatened Saturday that US aircraft carriers would be targeted if Iran came under attack amid a stan… By Ali Akbar Dareini (arabnews) [mappress] Source: arabnews, July 11, 2011;
The Chinese PLA(Navy) warship MA’ANSHAN (FFG525) has today completed the first port-to-port escort of a World Food Programme (WFP) cargo shi… (reliefweb) [mappress] Source: reliefweb, July 7, 2011;
