Navy

Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln en route to Middle East as US mulls over Iran strike options

The moves, reported since late Friday, came as US officials and regional militaries coordinated on contingency planning for possible Iranian retaliation.

 An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean August 10, 2024
An autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel is seen during trials in Singapore

Taiwan launches massive unmanned sea drone program

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a photo before signing a deal to build the EastMed subsea pipeline to carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean to Europe, at the Zappeion Hall in Athens, Gree

In move to deter Turkey, Israel explores creation of rapid-response force with Greece, Cyprus

IDF, US complete joint training exercise 'Intrinsic Defender,' December 11, 2025.

WATCH: Israel, US complete five-day joint maritime exercise 'Intrinsic Defender'


Israel takes possession of US landing craft after long delays

The IDF's Nahshon landing craft will provide a new tactical boost for any potential future war with Hezbollah.

 The IDF's new Nahshon landing craft.

Naval drone strikes on Russian warships show new part of modern war - UK

The Ukrainian military has been seeking to create a fleet of 100 naval drones.

  Image of the MAST-13 Autonomous Surface Vehicle, with one of HMS Albion's Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP).

Russia thwarts Ukrainian attacks on navy, civilian ships in Black Sea

Russia has said it would treat any ships leaving or entering Ukrainian ports as valid targets.

 Russian Navy's intelligence-gathering vessel Ivan Khurs sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey March 30, 2021

Iran sends top admiral, warships to join Putin at Russia's Navy Day parade

Iran’s decision to join with the Russians is more symbolic than important because neither countries have navies that can challenge the US or the West.

 Russian warships sail as they take part in a rehearsal for the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 19, 2023

Russian sailor arrested for planning to blow up own country's warship - FSB

Russian media reported that the servicemember was offered Ukrainian citizenship and money by Ukraine's Security Service.

 The Russian corvette Aleksin fires missiles during a parade marking Navy Day in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region, Russia July 31, 2022 (Illustrative).

Russia hits Ukrainian port cities in 'revenge' strike for Crimean bridge attack

Russia's defense ministry said it had struck Odesa, where the Ukrainian navy has its headquarters, and Mykolaiv, near Ukraine's Black Sea coast.

 A view shows a building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 18, 2023

New Russian warship with hypersonic missiles joins Black Sea fleet - report

Russia's new Karakurt-class missile corvette ship the Tsiklon is reportedly armed with Zircon hypersonic missiles, in addition to its arsenal of cruise missiles.

 The Russian corvette Aleksin fires missiles during a parade marking Navy Day in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad region, Russia July 31, 2022 (Illustrative).

Iran’s illegal behavior in the Gulf continues - analysis

Iran’s continued use of illegal actions also shows how it is willing to conduct destabilizing activities even as its diplomats work toward diplomatic goals with the Gulf states.

Four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels, some of several to maneuver in what the U.S. Navy says are "unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range" is seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul

Russian warship 'Admiral Kuznetsov' may re-enter service by end of 2024

The carrier gained notoriety in Britain in 2017 when then-defense Secretary Michael Fallon dubbed it the "ship of shame" as it passed through waters close to the English coast.

A photo taken from a Norwegian surveillance aircraft shows Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of Northern Norway on October 17, 2016.

The Titan submersible tragedy was totally avoidable - opinion

It is a travesty that the vehicle was never certified for use by any of the international certification/classification societies such as DNV-GL or the American Bureau of Shipping.

The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph.