Op-Ed: What America Must Change to Make Korean Shipbuilding Matter
[By Dr. Marcus Jones] For the first time in decades, the United States is being forced to think seriously about naval shipbuilding as an allied industrial problem.
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Difficult Times for Iran’s Sanctions-Evading Oil Brokers
With the naval blockade preventing any Iranian tankers leaving the Gulf, for the last 10 weeks Iran has been selling oil from the stocks it had built up for just such a contingency which are being held afloat primarily off…
EU’s Red Sea Naval Contributions Still Not Enough, Italy Says
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said on Friday that contributions to an EU naval mission protecting Red Sea shipping remain insufficient, as Rome presses allies to do more to safeguard traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.In a statement issued after…
USS Harry S. Truman Begins $5.1B Mid-Life Refueling and Overhaul
The nuclear aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) has shifted from Naval Station Norfolk to HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding to officially begin its multi-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul.
The Caspian Sea Is Busy Between Russia and Iran
The US naval blockade of Iran’s southern ports appears to be nearly 100 percent effective, cutting the flow of goods through Bandar Abbas and other Gulf and southern coast ports which used to handle 80 percent of Iran’s trade before…
Japanese Naval Strengthening Steals Limelight at U.S.-China Talks
Chinese criticism of Japan’s growing defense budget appears to have been one of the most consequential developments coming out of the days President Xi Jinping spent in Washington for his state visit, which otherwise seems to have done little to…