The Chinese military said naval and aerial assets were deployed on Tuesday in response to a so-called freedom of navigation mission conducted by the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold in the South China Sea. The Arleigh Burke-class ship “illegally entered” the area near the Paracel Islands – which Beijing calls the …
Read More »Rust covers US Navy’s new stealthy super destroyer (PHOTO, VIDEO)
State-of-the-art stealth tech provides ‘Zumwalt’ with a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite the ship’s length of 190 meters. But even this couldn’t conceal a rust problem with the vessel, which was commissioned in 2016 and has yet to be put in service. Photos uploaded on social media …
Read More »US destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait
A US guided-missile destroyer made its way through the strait on Tuesday local time, the Navy’s 7th Fleet announced in a statement, saying the move was conducted “in accordance with international law” and “demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Though Beijing has yet to respond, Chinese …
Read More »Russian Navy destroyer chases off PIRATES who attacked container ship off African coast
MSC Lucia, flying the flag of Panama and bound for Togo, sent out a distress call around 1 pm local time on Monday, when it was boarded by armed men approximately 86 nautical miles south-west of the Agbami Terminal on the Nigerian coast. The signal was picked up by the …
Read More »US Navy insists destroyer was on ‘routine’ mission after Russia summons military attache over Sea of Japan incident
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had summoned the US military attache in Moscow to protest the incident earlier in the day, when a Russian vessel had to warn off the US Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the Peter the Great Bay near Vladivostok. “The statement from the …
Read More »‘Biggest destroyer of peace’: China lashes out after US Navy warship sails through Taiwan Strait for SEVENTH time under Biden
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed northwards through the strait on Wednesday, the US Navy said in a statement. The maneuver was confirmed by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense on Thursday, with officials saying the military used joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance tools to monitor movements at …
Read More »Russia to summon British ambassador over destroyer incident in Black Sea – Foreign Ministry
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Read More »British destroyer violates Russia’s border in Black Sea, Russian ship & fighter jet respond with warning shots – Defense Ministry
According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, the British naval ship entered the country’s territorial waters at 11:52am local time and traveled 3km inside the frontier, near Cape Fiolent, in Crimea. The peninsula is not recognized by the United Kingdom as Russian land and London believes it to be illegally occupied …
Read More »Australian destroyer drags TWO dead whales into US port in San Diego (VIDEO)
One of the whales was about 65 feet (20 meters or so) long and the other about 25 feet (7.6 meters), according to the US Navy, which said it was “disheartened this incident occurred,” as it takes “marine mammal safety seriously.” Local media captured footage of the larger whale before …
Read More »Chicken massacre: Stray tank-destroyer shell strikes henhouse during botched training exercise in Italy
The incident happened during a night training exercise in the northern Italian province of Pordenone, local media reported. The stray shell landed directly on a henhouse at a farm in the Vivaro municipality, killing some animals and partially collapsing the shed. The unlucky shot apparently came from one of the …
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