Tag: military
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Malaysia Needs To Be Ready For The Worst in South China Sea Says Foreign Minister
October 17: Malaysia needs to boost its naval capabilities to prepare for possible conflict in the South China Sea, its foreign minister said on Thursday, even as Southeast Asia’s third-largest […]
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Japan Considers Assigning Two SDF Vessels to New Middle East Mission
October 20: Japan may assign two Self-Defense Force vessels to help protect Middle East waterways as part of a dispatch plan under consideration, according to a government source . Chief […]
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Sabah’s ESSZone Dusk-to-Dawn Sea Curfew Extended Until Nov 7
October 22: Sabah’s dusk-to-dawn sea curfew which ends on Tuesday (Oct 22), will be extended for another two weeks until Nov 7, says Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah. He […]
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Images Show Damage Reported From Iranian Tanker Explosions in Red Sea
October 14: Iran has released photos of an oil tanker that it says was attacked off the coast of Saudi Arabia. The photos show two large holes in the Sabiti […]
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Reports That Saudis Have Taken Control of Yemen’s Aden to End Stand-Off Between Allies
October 14: Saudi Arabian forces have taken over control of Yemen’s southern port of Aden as part of efforts to end a power struggle between the Saudi-backed Yemeni government and […]
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Explosions Damage Iranian Tanker in Red Sea
October 11: Initial Iranian reports indicate that two explosions damaged the Iranian crude oil tanker SABITI at approximately 02:00 UTC and between 02:20-02:30 UTC while the tanker was approx. 51 […]
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Singapore, US Navies Sharpen Combat Interoperability at ‘Pacific Griffin’
October 02: Key Points: Navies of Singapore and the United States have begun a series of complex warfighting exercises off the coast of Guam The exercise provides Singapore with the […]
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Saudi-Coalition Intercepts Houthi Unmanned Explosives-Laden Boats
October 02: The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed an unmanned explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group on September 19, 2019, an incident that could […]
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Russia Seizes North Korean Vessels in Poaching Clampdown
September 27: Russia detained three North Korean vessels and more than 200 crew on Friday in the second such incident in two weeks as part of a clampdown on poaching […]
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Royal Navy Destroyer HMS DUNCAN Returns From Defending British Shipping in Hormuz Strait
September 28: A Royal Navy destroyer has returned to its home base after escorting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran. The 250-strong ship’s company of HMS […]