Navy

IAI reveals new DIAMOND Concept to upgrade naval fleets without the need to build new ships

Further, all the systems are based on a standard container configuration and can be deployed, replaced, or reconfigured “within a matter of hours” if the situation calls for it.

Israel Aerospace Industries' new Diamond Concept.
A boat taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, which aims to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, sets sail from a port in the southern Turkish resort of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026.

Last Gaza flotilla vessels intercepted by Israel Navy, land convoy faces Libyan forces

 The calm surface of the ocean on a clear day.

Russian ship that sank after strange explosions reportedly carying nuclear reactors to North Korea

Turkish navy forces stand aboard the TCG Gaziantep (F-490), a Gabya-class (formerly Oliver Hazard Perry-class) guided-missile frigate operated by the Turkish Naval Forces, before the ceremony to launch the drilling vessel Cagri Bey, which is set to conduct Turkey's first deep-sea drilling operation

Israeli-Turkish tensions continue to grow as Ankara prepares to launch new flotilla


‘Dancing mouse’ US WWII warship found years after being sunken by Imperial Japanese Navy

The ship was sunk in 1942 after a fire battle between US forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

View of the bow looking east at Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck.

Watch: Israel moves forward on sixth submarine from Germany

Moreover, the IDF said that it marked the start of Germany building the next submarine, the Dakar, which is due to be delivered sometime in the next decade.

 The Israeli Navy unveils the new INS “Drakon” submarine at the German Naval Yards Holdings in Kiel, Germany, November 12, 2024

Russian frigate with hypersonic missiles conducts drills in English Channel, enters Atlantic

Russia started mass supplying its military with Zicron missiles to attempt to boost its nuclear forces.

 Russian warships, including small missile ship Sovetsk, sail along the Neva River during the annual Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 28, 2024.

Joint naval exercise serves to increase Iran’s legitimacy - analysis

Iran is spreading war in the region, but it speaks to the countries of the IMEX drill in terms of "peace, friendship, solidarity, and collective cooperation.

 A VIDEO released last month by Yemen’s Houthis shows what they say is smoke rising from a fire aboard a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea. Says the writer: No one in the Saudi media would question why Riyadh isn’t cooperating in confronting Houthi attacks. (Houthi Military Media/Reuters)

'A dangerous player': Hezbollah's secret naval threat

Over the last decade, Hezbollah's naval arsenal has grown significantly

 Israeli naval forces conduct an exercise to prepare for escalation on the northern border. April 9, 2024.

An operational advantage: IDF reveals capability of newest torpedo during sea exercise

"The target may be invisible, and we can still shoot," he said, adding that this "allows us to operate silently, at long range - and where it is necessary."

An IDF submarine at sea.

Israeli Navy soldier killed in Iron Dome, Hezbollah drone incident in North

David Moshe Ben Shitrit was killed in an incident involving a Hezbollah drone and an Iron Dome interceptor.

Staff-Sergeant David Moshe ben Shitrit.

Israeli ground, sea, air forces eliminate 40 terror targets in Gaza Strip

15 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on the town of Zawayda in central Gaza, the Palestinian Authority-run news agency WAFA reported on Saturday morning.

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on August 16, 2024.

US Naval forces rescue crew from Greek-owned ship struck by Houthis in Red Sea

Sailors assigned to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group airlifted the crew out on Saturday, NAVCENT said, adding that one civilian sailor remained missing.

 Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion is docked at the port of Aden, Yemen to which it arrived after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appears to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, February 21, 2024.

US could begin construction of floating pier off Gaza ‘very soon’

As four vessels make their way from Crete toward Cyprus and the coast of Israel, the project could begin in early May.

 Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, DC, Dec. 5, 2023.