US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has started operating the Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Arabian Gulf, expanding the US 5th Fleet’s integration of new unmanned systems.
An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while US Navy’s Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea.
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has completed the Arabian Gulf mission with a seizure of more than one tonne of drugs from a vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
The US and international forces operating under US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), US 5th Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have seized record amounts of illicit cargo during maritime interdictions in 2021.
Four hundred million tonnes of cargo – fuel, food, vehicles, white goods – have been safely transported thanks to a Royal Navy-led operation in the Gulf. Over the past four months the international Operation Sentinel task group has ensured nearly 1,000 merchant ships sailed safely through two hot sp
U.S. Fifth Fleet’s guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey has seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in the international water of the North Arabian Sea.
The US Navy fired warning shots at three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast inshore attack craft (FIAC) in the Persian Gulf on 26 April 2021 after they came into close proximity to US naval vessels.
French Navy La Fayette-class frigate FS Guépratte (F-714) has seized 1,380 lbs (626 kg) of methamphetamine worth more than $17 million during the latest Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-narcotics operation in the Arabian Sea on April 9.
French Marine Nationale ships have achieved five seizures of illicit drugs in just six days, whilst participating in a counter-narcotics focused operation under the command of Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150.
Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose (F234) has struck for a third time in less than five weeks — in an operation lasting 10 hours, the Montrose intercepted over 2,800 kg (6100 lbs) of hashish and 50 kg (110 lbs) of heroin in the Arabian Sea on March 12, 2021.
The French Navy’s Cassard-class anti-air frigate Jean Bart (D615) intercepted over 2,900 kg of illicit drugs on 12 February 2021, in the latest successful Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) interdiction in the Arabian Sea.
The Royal Navy has intercepted over 2.4 tons of illicit drugs as a result of back-to-back successful interdictions in the Arabian Sea.
The Royal Canadian Navy has officially assumed command of Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 from the Royal Saudi Naval Forces.
The US Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) interdicted a shipment of more than 1100lbs. (521kg) of suspected narcotics from a dhow in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea on December 18.
