TURKU, Finland, Dec 3 (Reuters) – On Nov. 18, hours after two communication cables were severed in the Baltic Sea, 30 NATO vessels and 4,000 military staff took to the same body of water for one of northern…
https://gcaptain.com/as-sabotage-allegations-swirl-nato-struggles-to-secure-the-baltic-sea/
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier is operating in the Arctic for only the third time since the end of the Cold War. The USS Harry…
by John Konrad (gCaptain) The Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest and most strategically vital waterways, has become so hazardous that even the German Navy is steering clear. Defense…
https://gcaptain.com/red-sea-is-now-so-dangerous-even-nato-warships-are-avoiding-it/
The Royal Navy and its AUKUS partners successfully controlled uncrewed vessels in Australia from a command center in Portugal, spanning a distance of over 10,000 miles. The demonstration marks a…
https://gcaptain.com/aukus-navies-demonstrate-unmanned-vessels-across-10000-miles-in-nato-exercise/
Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Could future naval battles be waged using Morse code flashed between ships? One admiral believes so. At the 3rd Indo-Pacific Security Conference 2024, held today at…
https://gcaptain.com/could-future-naval-battles-be-fought-with-morse-code/
A coalition of maritime unions from NATO member states has issued a joint statement urging the alliance to increase investment in the merchant marine, which is deemed crucial to counter…
https://gcaptain.com/maritime-unions-call-on-nato-to-boost-merchant-marine-investment/
NATO’s leaders are set to approve a separate command at Wiesbaden, Germany, to coordinate training and equipment donations to Kyiv’s forces, a senior administration official told reporters last week.
The command will have about 700 personnel from NATO countries and partner nations assigned to the center, an alliance news release said. The administration officials, speaking to the press Friday, said the center...
UAE defence technology firm the EDGE Group and Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri have entered into an agreement formalising the launch of MAESTRAL, an Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilding joint venture between the two companies. The joint venture, which was first announced in February of this year, will...
Alabama boatbuilder Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of the first four coastal fast response boats (CFRB) under a contract award worth US$6.12 million from the US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). The vessels were designed and constructed as a part of the US Navy’s Foreign...