The U.S. Navy has reportedly released a video in an effort to show beyond a doubt that an Iranian warship launched a rocket in close proximity of a U.S. aircraft carrier and French frigate in the Strait of Hormuz last month while other commercial ships were navigating close by.
After announcing that the U.S. presence in the South China Sea would become “routine” as a challenge to Chinese territorial claims this month, the Pentagon announced Thursday it had flown two strategic bombers in the region, which were contacted by Chinese authorities but flew through without incident.
The Obama administration authorized the U.S. Navy to conduct “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea.
An American defense official said this week that the U.S. Navy is planning to navigate through disputed waters in the South China Sea “about twice a quarter or a little more than that,” activity likely to irritate China, which claims complete control over the sea, even further.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian warplanes flying as low as 500 feet near the USS Ronald Reagan, a massive nuclear-powered aircraft supercarrier, as it sailed in international waters east of the Korean Peninsula earlier this week, the White
The Australian Navy will reportedly proceed with an anticipated training exercise with Chinese ships next week, despite escalating military tensions between the United States and China in the South China Sea.
The U.S. Navy 6th Fleet, based in Italy, is ramping up to confront aggressive Russian airplanes and warships in waters around Europe and an expanding Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in North Africa, reports the Navy Times.
Iranian military activity in the skies and waters of the Arabian Sea has actually increased since the nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers was signed in mid-July, according to the U.S. military.
21-year-old Afghan pilot Niloofar Rahmani says she has been driven to the verge of quitting by the Taliban and her own extended family.
A Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday reports that an Iranian warship aimed a machine gun at a coalition warship in the Gulf of Aden, and a U.S. helicopter that had just landed on its deck.
The United States flew a Boeing P-8 surveillance plane over the disputed South China Sea on Saturday, a move that a top U.S. Navy admiral called “routine” to the dismay of China. China argues that such activities cause serious damage to U.S.-China relations, reports Reuters.
The New England Patriots drafted Navy’s Joe Cardona in the fifth round and guaranteed him $100,000 to long snap footballs because he hikes them at lightning speed.
The Pentagon deployed a U.S. Navy Littoral Combat ship (LCS) to Asia, knowing weeks in advance that the vessel was vulnerable to a potential enemy attack, according to an unclassified assessment for Congress obtained by Bloomberg News.
Republican City Councilwoman Casey Lucius of Pacific Grove, California is taking on the steep challenge of unseating long-term entrenched Democrat Congressman Sam Farr (CA-20).
Presidential aspirant Dr. Ben Carson said at Saturday’s Freedom Summit in Greenville, South Carolina that “if America doesn’t face up to reality, we will be victims.”
The United States, on Wednesday, deployed three Navy fast patrol craft to join the destroyer Farragut in the Straits of Hormuz where Iran seized a cargo ship registered in the Marshall Islands, reports Military.com, quoting a Pentagon spokesman.
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and escort guided missile cruiser USS Normandy were deployed to join 10 other American warships on the waters near Yemen to dissuade Iran from shipping weapons to Shiite Houthi rebels.
