Tag: Navy
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India and the Philippines hold joint-naval exercises as Chinese water-border aggression increases
Three Indian Navy ships have berthed in Port Manila earlier today after concluding the first ever joint-maritime exercises with the Navy of the Philippines in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines. The Indian naval ships included the INS Delhi (a guided missile destroyer), the INS Shakti (a fleet tanker), and the INS Kiltan (an…
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Russia is using its navy to escort its oil tankers through European waters
Research and data provided by Mark Douglas of the Starboard Maritime Intelligence reveal that a Russian warship accompanied two sanctioned Russian oil tankers in European waters. The Steregushchiy-class corvette Boyky, accompanied the tanker Sierra (Suvorovsky Prospekt) through the strait of Gibraltar, met with another tanker called Selva (also known as Nostos or Naxos) off the…
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German Vice-Admiral Jan Christian Kaack announces sabotage attacks against 4 naval vessels
Earlier this week, German Vice-Admiral Jan Christian Kaack stated that 4 German naval vessels have been sabotaged. One recently produced K130 was sabotaged with small metal shavings poured in its engine. Officers onboard the ship noticed the shavings before turning on the engine and prevented the engine from being extensively damaged. The Vice-Admiral confirmed these…
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Chinese Coast Guard assault Philippine naval supply boats from more than 1000KM away of their mainland
Yesterday, the Chinese Coast Guard assaulted a couple of Filipino naval boats that were delivering supplies to a Filipino naval outpost at the Ayungin Shoal. The incident took place more than 1000 kilometers away from mainland China and around 300 kilometers away from the most near Filipino coast at Palawan. Over the recent years, China…
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The US military is building a pier off Gaza’s shore
The US military has begun building a pier off the coast of Gaza as ordered by President Biden last month. The pier, which is being built to offload humanitarian aid to Gaza, is also intended to be developed into a permanent harbour later on. Originally, the need for the harbour came as Israel blocked humanitarian…
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Macron takes the solo route in global affairs
Still obsessed with the idea that France’s interest is more served as a single-player power in world affairs, Macron has refused to join the UK’s and US’ alliance to unblock the Red Sea from the Houthis and has instead, ordered his navy to protect only French ships. Even though the major French shipping company CMA…
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The UK and the US bomb Houthi positions in Yemen and the Red Sea: RAF jets leave from Cyprus
The US and UK have bombed Houthi positions in Yemen and the Red Sea across the night with Royal Air Force fighter jets leaving from the British base in Akrotiri, Cyprus. The Houthis have blocked the Red Sea for container shipping in what is supposed to be a war that would help pressure Israel to…
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Blockage in the Red Sea
Most container ships avoided the Red Sea last week and took the long route around the Cape of Good Hope, instead as Houthi and Iranian militias threatened to block container ships heading to the Red Sea through the Gulf of Eden. The Houthis in Yemen are threatening to stop Israeli and US ships in their…
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This guy looks like he needs a navy
EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Josep Borrell is proposing a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza to allow the safe passage of humanitarian aid. Malta is also proposing the same thing in the United Nations Security Council. I am genuinely uncertain about the proposal of a ceasefire in Gaza given that Israel is at war with the Islamo-fascist…
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Do you still doubt that the European Union needs a navy?
The criticism made about this article is that Europe already has a navy in the form of NATO, but this was not the point of the article. NATO is a defensive alliance and it is not a political alliance that serves exclusively and purposefully European interests. It is also not an offensive alliance and serves…
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The European Union needs a navy, but not for illegal immigrants
The only reason why China hasn’t yet invaded Taiwan is because the only current superpower in the world has committed itself to defending it in case of invasion. In more graphic terms, the only reason why many dictators in the world are deterred and constrained from waging traditional wars of conquest is because the US…
