Keep updated on global maritime and naval defense operations. We provide the latest information on procurement, training, ship movements, fleet projects, and maritime domain education. Coverage on capabilities and strategies is provided, along with updates to trade routes, coastal states, and regional safety.
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FeaturedThe US Navy issued requests for information to HD Hyundai, Hanwha Ocean and Samsung Heavy on eight destroyer sized combatants and new fleet oilers, its first approach of this kind to foreign builders in a century.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Jul 10, 2026
US forces shoot down four Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz and strike coastal radar at Goruk and Qeshm Island, while ballistic missiles fired at Kuwait and Bahrain are intercepted or fail.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Jun 6, 2026
US forces sink six Iranian small boats and down cruise missiles as Project Freedom's first escorted transits run the strait, while a missile strike injures eight aboard CMA CGM San Antonio and Iran founds a transit authority.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|May 5, 2026
USS Spruance fires into the engine room of the Iranian cargo ship Touska and US Marines seize the vessel, capping a week in which the American blockade began and Iran declared Hormuz closed again.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Apr 19, 2026
The United States opens a dedicated air campaign to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, six allied nations endorse the effort, and India begins escorting its own tankers through the Gulf of Oman under Operation Sankalp.
Kemal Can Kayar|4 min read|Mar 20, 2026
The United States and China have revived maritime security talks in Hawaii, seeking to keep an intensifying rivalry from triggering an accident in some of the world’s busiest waters.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Nov 22, 2025
Philippine troops have completed a new resupply and personnel rotation to the BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas (Ayungin) Shoal despite Chinese coast guard vessels jamming radio traffic around the disputed reef, Philippine security officials said.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Nov 18, 2025
The United States has ordered the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean, marking a significant escalation in Washington’s expanding military operations against cocaine trafficking networks across the region.
Kemal Can Kayar|3 min read|Oct 25, 2025
On 18 October 2025, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi ceremonially launched the sixth anti-submarine warfare shallow-water craft (ASW-SWC) for the Indian Navy, hull number BY 528, named Magdala.
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Oct 19, 2025
The Philippine Navy, in concert with a coalition of allied and partner navies, has concluded Exercise SamaSama 2025, a major multi-domain military training event held in the waters off Palawan Island in the contested West Philippine Sea (also known as the South China Sea).
Kemal Can Kayar|2 min read|Oct 18, 2025
Vessels and personnel from the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy have departed the Port of Baku after participating in the AZIREX-2025 joint search-and-rescue exercise with the Azerbaijani Navy, officials confirmed.
Kemal Can Kayar|1 min read|Oct 18, 2025