Fortunately, the British ship passed through and nobody was hurt. At least not yet. Britain’s post-Brexit global strategy, it seems, is both puzzling and worrying, driving potential conflicts not only in the Black Sea, but with its plans to needle China as well. The Russian and British governments’ different stances …
Read More »British PM Boris Johnson personally ordered warship into Crimean waters, ignoring warnings of his foreign secretary – media report
In a report released on Thursday night, the outlet – known to be close to Prime Minister Boris Johnson – alleged that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had “raised concerns” about the mission, proposed by defense chiefs, in advance. He was reportedly worried that the move could hand a potential victory …
Read More »Russia releases VIDEO of British warship’s incursion into waters near Crimea, clearly contradicting London’s version of events
The short clip, released on Thursday by Russia’s Federal Security Bureau (FSB), shows the confrontation between a patrol ship and the ironically named Royal Navy destroyer that sailed past Cape Fiolent, near the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Wednesday. “If you don’t change course to starboard, I will fire,” the …
Read More »Britannia fools the waves: UK sent clear signal to Moscow with warship in Crimean waters… just probably not the one it intended
This was the dynamic on show on Wednesday in the Black Sea. A British warship, the HMS Defender, transited through what Russia says are its territorial waters, near Crimea, sailing within 12 nautical miles of the peninsula’s coast. This provoked a tough response from the Russian military. According to the …
Read More »US warship FAILS to intercept mid-range ballistic missile target… amid reports of ‘Russian spy ship’ off Hawaii
“The objective of the test was to demonstrate the capability of a ballistic missile defense (BMD)-configured Aegis ship to detect, track, engage and intercept a medium range ballistic missile target,” the US Missile Defense Agency said in a brief statement. Earlier this week multiple media reports claimed that a Russian …
Read More »‘Navigational hegemony’: Beijing fumes after US warship ‘illegally enters’ waters of disputed South China Sea
The new incident was brought to light by the Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command on Thursday, when it accused the destroyer USS ‘Curtis Wilbur’ of sailing too close to one of the disputed islands of the Paracel archipelago. The warship was followed by other US vessels and military planes, the …
Read More »Beijing says US ‘deliberately disrupting’ peace after American warship sails through Taiwan Strait
The USS Curtis Wilbur, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, traversed the strait on Tuesday, passing through a crucial waterway that separates Mainland China from Taiwan, which Beijing sees as part of its own territory. The US Navy described the passage as a routine mission aimed at showing “the US …
Read More »US sends warship past Chinese-controlled South China Sea islands in Biden administration first
The US Navy announced the mission in a statement, claiming that the USS ‘John S. McCain’ was asserting “navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Parcel Islands, consistent with international law.” The warship had been carrying out operations in the region, having traveled through the Taiwan Strait on …
Read More »China ready to ‘respond to all threats and provocations at any time’ as US warship crosses Taiwan Strait
Speaking on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters that Beijing had carefully followed the passing of a US warship through the Taiwan Strait earlier that same day. “China will continue to maintain a high level of alert at all times, ready to respond to all threats and …
Read More »Russian warship fires torpedoes in Sea of Japan exercises amid rising tensions with US in disputed waters (VIDEO)
In footage released by the Ministry of Defense on Thursday, the newly modernized Marshal Shaposhnikov, an Udalay-class naval destroyer, let off its A-190 artillery unit, as well as its 30mm six-barrel cannon and at least two naval torpedoes in the Peter the Great Bay. The bay has been a hotspot …
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