The move comes hours after US warships sailed past the self-governed island. A sizable group of Chinese military vessels and aircraft has been detected around Taiwan amid heightened tensions in the region, the self-governed island’s Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday....
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In 2019, China’s new Xue Long 2 ice breaker – also known by its English name, the Snow Dragon 2 – made its first trip to Antarctica. This August, the vessel joined an international research team in the Arctic, highlighting China’s growing involvement in far-off...
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After United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in early August, the Chinese military staged some of its biggest ever military exercises around the island. Chinese warplanes swarmed across the Taiwan Strait and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)...
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Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS...
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 30) – Typhoon Hinnamnor intensified as it moved towards the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), data from U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) showed. According to JTWC’s bulletin released on Monday, the typhoon has...
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The Philippines and China are working together amid territorial disputes to ensure continued cooperation, a visiting high-ranking Chinese official said. Minister Liu Jianchao of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China...
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A recent study published by the US Army War College looks at how geography constrained the Soviet military presence in the Indian Ocean and the lessons that can be drawn for China’s efforts to become an Indian Ocean power. Geography has a big impact on the strategic...
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Lithuanian ship designer Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) is unveiling new designs for what it believes is the first ever electric pusher vessel for use on Europe’s inland waterways called the Electric Eel. Klaipeda headquartered WBE said the first electric pusher is...
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Unite, the UK industrial union that represents dockers and offshore workers, is set to ballot offshore drilling and contract maintenance workers on the question of whether to go on strike. The ballot includes 300 workers who are covered by the UK Drilling Contractors...
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Royal Navy warship HMS Mersey has shadowed the Russian fleet oiler Akademik Pashin through the Channel – the latest Russian Navy vessel Following HMS Portland’s recent tracking of two Russian submarines in the UK’s area of interest, Portsmouth-based patrol ship...
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The U.S. Navy has added a third vessel to its fleet of medium-sized uncrewed workboats, which were first developed and unveiled by the Pentagon-run “Operation Overlord” program. The newly-christened Mariner is the first newbuild in this adapted flotilla:...
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The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transport Safety Board have commenced investigations into the collision between a bulker and a cargo ship in the Sabine Pass leading to Port Arthur, Texas. The collision happened on August 21, and currently, both vessels remain in...
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