A Spanish warship under Nato command that rescued 111 migrants has been refused entry to Malta after it headed towards the island despite th… (timesofmalta) [mappress] Source: timesofmalta, 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;
Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division announced July 14 that they have successfully designed and integrated a fire control system upgrade aboard the Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney, culminating a four-year effort for the RAN to launch standard missiles (SM-2) fr
When a familiar Ruston Way sight, the SS Cape Intrepid, departed this morning from its usual moorings at the Sperry Ocean Dock, North End… (thenewstribune) [mappress] Source: thenewstribune, July 15, 2011;
Sailors from China’s navy beat the captain of a Vietnamese fishing boat and confiscated its catch in an area of the South China Sea claimed… (msn) [mappress] Source: msn, 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
The new Commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Captain Jim Gilmour RNZN, is building key relationships as part of the CTF mission to disrupt piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Somali basin region. CAPT Gilmour met with Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia, Commander of the European Union Naval Forc
THE INS Airavat, an amphibious warfare vessel of the Indian navy, made a port visit to Sihanoukville on Tuesday. This is the fifth visit by… (phnompenhpost) [mappress] Source: phnompenhpost, July 14, 2011;
The Navy could be forced to slash its annual budget by $10 billion as the Pentagon pares its spending, defense insiders tell The Hill… By John T. Bennett (thehill) [mappress] Source: thehill, July 14, 2011;
Israeli naval forces attacked the Civil Peace Service Gaza monitoring boat with water cannons earlier today… (cpsgaza) [mappress] Source: cpsgaza, July 14, 2011;
The world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier sailed into Mayport this morning to pick up a load of Tigers… (firstcoastnews) [mappress] Source: firstcoastnews, July 14, 2011;
More than a fifth of the Navy isn’t ready to sail or fight, at a time when demand on the fleet is off the charts. And the number of unready… By Spencer Ackerman (wired) [mappress] Source: wired, July 14, 2011;
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) and Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11) departed Guatemala, July 11, after 10 days of medical, dental and veterinary care, engineering support and subject matter expert exchanges. Comfort’s crew manned three medical and two engineering sites s
INS Koswari, the ninth indigenously built Fast Attack Craft (FAC) of the Indian Navy was commissioned by Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command of the Indian Army at the Naval Base, Visakhapatnam on 12 Jul 11, at a colourful ceremony. Vice Admiral Anup
