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The Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) has arrived in Kochi, escorted by Indian Navy Fast Interceptor Craft, marking a significant step in Indo-Dutch maritime cooperation.The visit coincides with a high-level Dutch naval delegation’s engagements in Southern Naval Command, underscoring shared commitment to training, interoperability, and industrial collaboration.HNLMS De Ruyter,
The US Navy has escalated its blockade enforcement by firing on and disabling the Iranian‑flagged oil tanker M/T Hasna in the Gulf of Oman, using a 20mm cannon from an F/A‑18 Super Hornet launched off USS Abraham Lincoln.The incident underscores rising maritime tensions, with CENTCOM confirming that 52 vessels have now been turned back under the blockade.The United States Central Command (CENTCOM
Iran has declared full readiness to provide maritime, technical, and medical support to commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, just a day after US President Donald Trump announced a temporary pause to “Project Freedom” amid ongoing negotiations mediated by Pakistan.This move underscores Tehran’s attempt to project responsibility for maritime safety while Washington maintains its naval
by Col (Dr.) P K VasudevaThe conflict between Iran and Israel is a long-standing ideological, political, and proxy war, intensified by Iran’s nuclear programme and its funding of anti-Israel militant groups (Hezbollah, Hamas and Houthis). Israel views Iran’s nuclear goals and threats as an existential danger, leading to direct military strikes, cyberattacks, and assassinations.The recent attacks
by Joydeep GhoshIn a first ever confirmed combat loss of USAF aircraft inside Iran in the ongoing Iran – USA/Israel war, Iran has shot down a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle, a twin seater fighter jet.Early on April 3, 2026; in a major escalation in the five-week-old U.S.-Iran conflict, Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet over Iranian territory. U.S. officials have
by Nilesh KunwarUnlike politicians who Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev maintained would “promise to build a bridge even when there are no rivers,” a man in uniform is looked upon as an upright person-a bit blunt at times, but always truthful. Perhaps that’s why even though it isn’t a principle of war and has practically little to do with warfare, the “don’t make a promise that you can’t keep”
Medical teams in hazmat suits evacuated suspected hantavirus patients from cruise ship MV Hondius as WHO-led containment measures intensified. The rare Andes virus outbreak has triggered isolation, air ambulance transfers and international surveillan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military had targeted “the commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan force”.
By R Anil Kumar “This observation is expected to be key for planning sustainable space operations in the future.” Bengaluru, May 6, 2026. The growing debris field in Earth orbit may someday endanger our access to the stars. Today, that field consists o…
Southeast Asia to benefit significantly from Asian Development Bank’s $70 billion new energy and digital infrastructure plan in Asia and the Pacific by 2035.