American warships fire warning shots at Iranian gunboats in Persian Gulf on Monday for first time in nearly four years ‘after Iran menaced US vessels’ US gunboats fired warning shots at three Iranian vessels in Gulf on Monday Move was in response to what US called ‘close range maneuvers’ by Iran Navy After shots fired, … Read more
Russia has staged huge military drills involving 10,000 troops, 40 warships, and hundreds of warplanes, in Crimea after Vladimir Putin warned the West not to ‘dare cross any red lines’ amid soaring tensions with Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said the Crimean manoeuvres involve more than 60 ships, over 10,000 troops, around 200 aircraft and about 1,200 … Read more
Russia has staged huge military drills involving 10,000 troops and 40 warships in Crimea after Vladimir Putin warned the West that not to ‘dare cross any red lines’ amid soaring tensions with Ukraine. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu travelled to the peninsula on Thursday to oversee large-scale snap drills of Russia’s southern military district and … Read more
British warships will sail for the Black Sea in May amid rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia, according to a report. The deployment is aimed at showing solidarity with Ukraine and Britain’s NATO allies, the Sunday Times newspaper reported, citing senior naval sources. One Type 45 destroyer armed with anti-aircraft missiles and an anti-submarine Type 23 … Read more
Russia has warned the US to keep its warships away from Crimea ‘for their own good’ as it accused the West of turning the region into a ‘powder keg’. At a press conference today, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov called the US’s deployment in the Black Sea, due to arrive this week, a provocation designed … Read more
Iran launches missiles and shows off two new warships during navy drills among heightened tensions over its nuclear program Iran’s navy began a short-range missile drill in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday The two-day missile drill was being held in the gulf’s southeastern waters Trump in 2018 unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Iran’s nuclear … Read more
The Royal Navy sent four warships into the English Channel to warn French trawlers to stay away from British fish as the Brexit deal came into force. Hours before the deal took effect on New Year’s Day the boats, armed with cannons and machine guns, left Portsmouth to put a stop to any illegal fishing … Read more
Out go the gunboats! Royal Navy sends four warships into English Channel to warn French trawlers to stay away from British fish as Brexit deal comes into force Naval warships left Portsmouth for English Channel hours before New Year’s Eve Assigned to protect the UK’s new fishing rights agreed in the Brexit trade deal Under … Read more
A Royal Navy ship was given a hero’s welcome this morning as it returned to port in Portsmouth after shadowing and gatherings intelligence on Russian warships travelling around the UK. HMS Lancaster returned to the naval base in Hampshire having completed a tour to the High North where it led a freedom of navigation operation, leading a multi-national task group … Read more
Royal Navy shadows NINE Russian warships around the UK in two weeks including destroyer and corvette as Putin increases his military presence in British waters Ships have included surfaced submarine and a patrol ship with supporting tugs Patrol ship HMS Severn was on duty in the English Channel and Dover Strait Frigate HMS Northumberland watched … Read more