From fishing trawlers to warships: The growing risk of naval confrontation in the Indian Ocean
China's use of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing is not only an economic practice but a strategic attempt to ...
To the Philippines: Don’t be a ship lost at sea in foreign policy
Yet, the Philippines' foreign policy resembles a ship that has lost its direction, blindly catering to the strategic ...
China Is Mapping the Seabed to Unlock New Edge in Warfare
The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...
Media: N.Korean ship suspected of smuggling coal hit Chinese ship, sank in Feb.
South Korean media says that a North Korean cargo ship suspected of smuggling coal collided with a Chinese ship and sank in the Yellow Sea in February. Neither North Korea nor China has reported about ...
Yonhap News Agency on MSN21h
(LEAD) N. Korean cargo ship suspected of smuggling coal collided with Chinese ship in Yellow Sea: source
A North Korean cargo ship suspected of smuggling out North Korean coal collided with a Chinese ship and sank in the Yellow ...
USNI News1d
Russia, China and Iranian Warships Drilling Together in Gulf of Oman
Russian, Chinese and Iranian naval ships are drilling together in the Gulf of Oman as part of an annual exercise. Meanwhile ...
Stars and Stripes1d
Trump’s focus on Navy shipbuilding needed, but not enough, defense analyst says
The creation of the White House’s shipbuilding office could help get Navy shipbuilding on track, but the U.S. won’t catch up ...
Foreign Policy Research Institute2d
Forceful Taiwan Reunification: China’s Targeted Military and Civilian-Military Measures
For nearly a century, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan have largely avoided direct military confrontations across the Taiwan Strait. However, ...
Naval affairs specialist says Pacific allies might just have answers to US shipbuilding problems
A longtime naval analyst said approaches seen in Japan and South Korea could help the operations of US shipyards building ...
Cruise Industry News2d
MSC Splendida to Remain in the Mediterranean in 2025
The MSC Splendida is now scheduled to sail in Europe during the upcoming summer season. Currently wrapping up a winter ...
Center for International Maritime Security2d
Applying Black Sea Combat Lessons to DMO in the Western Pacific
In 2027, Task Force Blade, a U.S. Naval (USN) task force in the Western Pacific, attempts to neutralize a People’s Liberation Army – N ...
Center for International Maritime Security2d
Warfighting Concepts
The distribution and maneuver of naval forces across various domains, blending sea-based and land-based capabilities to effectively concentrate combat power and hinder adversary targeting while ...