With its complex transnational ownership and operating structures, international merchant shipping has long had considerable potential as a terrorist target. The seizure or damaging of a merchant vessel can spawn a great deal of divisive international security and financial mayhem, as well as being...
International Maritime Security Construct
Saildrone USVs, U.S. Destroyer Test How Drones Could ID Objects for Warships Crews
Two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels and the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) operate in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 8. US Navy Photo
Guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) and two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels operated by U.S. 5th Fleet participated in a three-day maritime exercise led by the International Maritime Security Construct, the Navy announced Monday.
The destroyer and two drones were part of exercise Sentinel Shield,...
Security consortium calls Iran’s boarding of tanker in Gulf of Oman “blatant violation of international law”
Coalition Task Force (CTF) Sentinel, the operational arm of the eight-member International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC), monitored an incident involving Iranian ..