Drugs boat blown up by Royal Navy

As part of the UK's war on drugs the Royal Navy frigate Iron Duke has blown up a drugs boat after first arresting the crew and seizing cocaine worth £33 million. This type of deployment of forces is in marked...

French Warship Captures 11 Pirates

A French warship has captured 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya, according to the French defence ministry. In an early morning attack, French forces managed to thwart a raid by the pirates on a Liberian ship, the Safmarine Asia. " The French defence ministry said the warship...

Billion Dollar Wreck Found

The British Government have given an American salvage company permission to explore and recover artifacts including an estimated billion dollars in gold from a shipwreck found in the English Channel. The ship...

Iran test-fires new surface-to-surface missile

The Iranian military on Sunday test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part exercises along a strategic shipping route."Iran's military test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part of exercises along a strategic shipping route,...

Iran tests fires missile Nasr-2 ,geo-polity on the boil

" Tehran, Dec 07: Iran's military test-fired a new surface-to-surface missile from a warship as part of exercises along a strategic shipping route, state media reported on Sunday. Iran launched six days of naval...

India 'to guard Somalia waters'

"India 'to guard Somalia waters' Piracy is a lucrative business with huge ransoms demanded India says it will send warships to the Gulf of Aden...

US warship reaches Georgian port

"A US warship has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi carrying the first delivery of aid supplies by sea. Russian forces are still in control of the military port of Poti, to the north of Batumi, after Moscow withdrew most of its combat troops from the country. French...

American Revolution warship found in Lake Ontario

Apparently they're not going to try to raise the ship but what a treasure trove of memorabilia it must hold.  It will be fascinating to see what the divers will find in coming years."SYRACUSE, N.Y. ...

Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario

A 22-gun warship that sunk in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution has been discovered at the bottom of the lake. It is well preserved in the cold, deep water, and has long since been known as one of the...

Visit to Montreal of the Emden was a coup for the Nazi regime

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn 1936,the first post WW I German Warship to come into service as the Nazi Regimes flagship Emden paid a visit to Montreal in time for Germany's 11th Olympiad. ...

HMAS Sydney Wreckage Found

AUSTRALIAN PM KEVIN RUDD announces wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast during World War II, has been found.  Sydney's entire crew of 645 went down with the ship in the Indian Ocean in...

$60M to shoot a satellite?

A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy satellite that had been malfunctioning 130 miles above the Earth. The price tag for the endeavor has been pegged at upward of $30 million and even as high as $60 million, depending on the news report....

Why is it so expensive to shoot down a satellite?

That is one pricey missile. And that can't be no ordinary spy satellite if it's worth a $30 million expense to take it out of commission."A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy...

US missile hits failed satellite over Pacific

"The US Navy has successfully hit a falling spy satellite with a missile fired late Wednesday by a warship in the Pacific Ocean, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed.The US targeted the satellite because it carries a toxic fuel that could be harmful if the spacecraft drifted back...

POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

"POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel Analysis by Gareth Porter* Credit:Press-TV Image from Iranian video depicting the Jan. 7 encounter with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media...

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