Getty Images Shipowners determined to make a bid for a return to normalcy in global trade without running the risk of becoming a victim of Iran-backed rebels in the Red Sea are asking for clearance to embark armed security teams. The great flow of trade carrying merchandise and energy from the Gulf and East to
US and Britain strike 18 Houthi sites in Yemen to answer surge in Red Sea attacks on ships
February 25, 2024 by
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Britain struck 18 Houthi targets in Yemen, answering a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, including a missile strike this past week that set fire to a cargo vessel. According to U.S. officials, American and British fighter jets on Saturday […]
US, Japanese, Philippine coast guard ships hold drills near South China Sea as tensions increase with China
August 10, 2023 by
U.S., Japanese and Philippine coast guard ships staged law enforcement drills in waters near the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday as Washington presses efforts to reinforce alliances in Asia amid an increasingly tense rivalry with China. Witnessed by journalists onboard a Philippine coast guard patrol boat, the BRP Cabra, the drills focused on a […]
Biden Once Opposed Cluster Bombs when Israel Used Them; Now Ships to Ukraine
July 8, 2023 by
President Joe Biden will be sending cluster bombs to Ukraine to use in its war against Russia, the White House confirmed Friday. But he has opposed their use in the past, especially by Israel in the Lebanon War in 1982. The Washington Post recalled Biden’s “complicated history” — i.e. flip-flopping — on the issue of cluster
U.S. Navy to Decommission First Littoral Combat Ships This Year
May 20, 2021 by
A U.S. Navy spokeswoman confirmed on Monday that USS Independence and USS Freedom, the Navy’s first two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), will be decommissioned in July and September of this year, respectively. Both ships are only halfway through their originally projected service lifespans of 25 years. The LCS program has been dogged by criticism of…
U.S. Navy Wants to “Hunt” Down NK Ships for Strategic Reason
September 11, 2017 by
This week the administration of President Donald Trump began circulating a draft resolution at the United States Security Council that, if approved, would grant the U.S. Navy and Air Force unprecedented power over North Korea at sea. According to The New York Times, the resolution would ban all shipments of oil, petroleum and natural gas […]
Smart Power: Cash-Flush Iran Steps Up Funding to Radical Group Attacking US Ships
October 22, 2016 by
Behold, the latest machinations of our newly-enriched “peace partners” or whatever, who — as President Obama himself anticipated — have been putting their sanctions relief windfall from the nuclear agreement to prompt use, stepping up support to terrorists and anti-American militias. Their world-leading state sponsorship of terrorism is “undiminished” since the Obama administration bypassed Congress and struck an […]
Iran Says New Missiles Will Be Designed Specifically To Kill US Ships
August 22, 2016 by
The Islamic Republic of Iran plans to build new high-speed cruise missiles that could pose a significant threat to U.S. ships operating in the Persian Gulf. Iranian defense minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan announced Sunday that his country made significant advances in surface-to-surface missile technology, and is now close to creating its own supersonic cruise […]