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Published on March 6, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments Threats to shipping hit aid supplies. Analysis – Escalation in ship attacks pushes Yemen towards starvation By Jonathan Saul and Katie Paul Cruise missiles, floating mines and a remote-controlled boat have been deployed to attack ships in Yemen in recent months, changing the dynamic of the two-year-old war and pushing the country closer to famine, shipping and aid officials…
Published on March 6, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments Incident occurred during Iranian naval exercises. U.S. Navy, Iran ships have close encounter in Middle East A U.S. Navy surveillance ship had a close encounter with an Iranian navy frigate in the Middle East, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports. The frigate came within 150 yards of the USNS Invincible on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman,…
Published on March 3, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments For the first time, the Indian Navy launched an anti-ship missile from a new indigenously built submarine. Indian Navy Fires Anti-Ship Missile From Attack Sub in Arabian Sea By Franz-Stefan Gady The Indian Navy successfully test fired an anti-ship missile from a Scorpene-class (Kalvari-class) diesel-electric attack submarine in the Arabian Sea on March 2, according to an Indian Ministry…
Published on March 3, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments This large facility is located near a crucial maritime choke point and America’s only full military base in Africa. Chinese Naval Base in Djibouti Nears Completion BY ANTHONY CHIBARIRWE The first Chinese military base abroad is nearing completion, and the new reality is beginning to sink in: The new China is assertive and militarily advanced. After two years of…
Published on March 2, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments UAE and Saudi Arabia are working in the waters between Africa and Asia to counter any possible Iranian threat from north Yemen. Expanding naval presence in the Red Sea By Francis Matthew, Editor at Large The UAE is establishing two naval bases in the Red Sea in Somaliland’s Berbera and Eritrea’s Assab at the same time that Saudi Arabia…
Published on February 24, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments Bilateral training useful for Marine Expeditionary Unit. US Marines, Omani Soldiers Begin Exercise Sea Soldier 17 By 1st Lt. Adam Miller, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit SALALAH, OMAN —Led by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and hosted by the Royal Army of Oman, the annual, two-weeklong bilateral exercise aims to enhance communication and coordination between U.S. and Omani forces, build…
Published on February 22, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments EU policy has stagnated while illegal migrant routes proliferate. Inside the Deadly Pirate Corridor Where Migrants Escape to Europe by Michael Scott Moore Ahmed was 23 when he left his village near Kismayo, on the southern coast of Somalia, because of a grinding lack of work. He travelled for 18 days across the dry Somali scrub, swaying on top…
Published on February 20, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments US admiral fears Yemen civil war widening into the Red Sea New Houthi weapon emerges: a drone boat By: Christopher P. Cavas ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Houthi boat that attacked and hit a Saudi frigate Jan. 30 in the Red Sea, reported earlier as a suicide boat, was instead carried out by an unmanned, remote-controlled craft filled with…
Published on February 14, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments South Korea link up with EUNAVFOR. S. Korean naval unit to join EU counter-piracy operation next month South Korea’s Cheonghae Unit will take part in a counter-piracy military operation led by the European Union (EU) for the first time next month, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The naval unit, currently stationed in the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and…
Published on February 14, 2017 by David Rider   ·  No Comments Could US policy impact the merchant fleet? Maritime implications of Trump’s threats against Iran Dr. Theodore Karasik Last week, US President Donald Trump’s administration all but declared pending military action against Iran to push the Islamic Republic out of Arab lands. Trump, [former] National Security Council Advisor Michael Flynn and US Defense Secretary James Mattis are not going to…