Guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in the Gulf of Aden, April 8, to join with Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. CTF 151, a multi-national, mission-based task force based in Bahrain, conducts counter-piracy operations in the Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Som
HMS Daring has flown the flag for the Royal Navy – and UK industry – at the biggest naval showcase in the Middle East. Britain’s most advanced warship, on her maiden deployment, was joined by minehunter HMS Quorn in Qatar at the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference. HMS Dari
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) frigate Smetlivy will continue deployment off Syria within a month, said an informed military diplomat. “At first, frigate Smetlivy will call at port Tartus to replenish water and food supplies; the crew will have a short rest there. After that, the ship will be deployed to eas
HMS Argyll will return to Plymouth on Friday after an 186-day patrol in the Middle East. Some 650 friends and family are expected to greet the frigate which has spent the past six months keeping the sea lanes free and flying the flag for the UK. In recognition of the ship’s Scottish links a bagpiper
Huntington Ingalls Industries will participate in Doha’s International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) this week, highlighting the new patrol frigate derivative of the company’s proven U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter. The patrol frigate could be built at the company’s I
Abu Dhabi Ship Building, the leading shipbuilder and naval support services provider in the Gulf region and a strategic affiliate of Mubadala, has today launched “Mezyad”, the fourth vessel of the Baynunah Corvette Class Program for the UAE Navy and the third vessel under the Baynunah fleet construc
HMS Argyll led Britain’s participation in a major exercise in the Gulf aimed at protecting the region’s critical oil infrastructure. The frigate joined US and Kuwaiti forces on the annual Stakenet exercise which hones the skills of coalition naval units to protect oil and gas installations in the re
Iran began construction of destroyer Jamaran 2, reports news agency IRINN referring to Iranian Navy Commander ADM Habibollah Sayyari. He added that construction of the destroyer Jamaran 2 was conducted by own efforts under direction of Iranian experts. Sayyari pointed out that the new destroyer woul
Iranian and Omani navies signed a cooperation agreement calling to provide “peace and stability” in the region, says communique of the two naval commanders. Primarily, the question is control over the Strait of Hormuz which is a traffic route for 85% of oil produced by the Persian Gulf countries, wr
Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ALCSG) assets responded to a distressed Iranian fishing dhow in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 31. At 12:37 p.m. local time, an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 and embarked on aircraft carrier USS Abra
For many, filling up the tank at their local petrol station would have no connection to the Royal Australian Navy. Most Australians would not realise that some of the goods they purchase at the supermarket and the fuel they consume has been provided safe passage to our shores by Australian sailors d
Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi strongly believes that the U.S. navy presence in the Gulf is unnecessary and harmful stressing that Iran will take all necessary steps to maintain the security of the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf. Iran’s military already issued a warning on Tuesday reinf
A senior Iranian Army commander has warned the U.S. Navy not to move an aircraft carrier which left the Persian Gulf during Iran’s recent military drills (cbsnews) [mappress] Source: CBS News , January 03, 2012; Image: miliblog
US aircraft carrier entered a zone near the Strait of Hormuz that is now being used by the Iranian navy for military drills, an Iranian… (chinadaily) [mappress] Source: chinadaily, December 30, 2011, Image: navy
