Tag: united states

  • Cyber incidents at US ports

    Coast Guard concerned over malicious and non-malicious incidents. Coast Guard official: Cyber incidents with physical consequences impacting the maritime transportation system By Molly Bernhart Walker Cyber threats are real and […]

  • USS Simpson decommissioned

    Sank Iranian Navy vessel in 1988. Navy retires its last modern ship to sink an enemy vessel Andrew Pantazi JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy has decommissioned its last Perry-class frigate, […]

  • Hybrid drives for US destroyers

    New engines set to save fuel. Navy Set to Install Hybrid Electric Drives in Destroyer Fleet Staring Next Year By: Sam LaGrone Next year the Navy will begin installing a […]

  • USCG nabs 7.5 tons of cocaine

    Seized contraband is worth an estimated $227 million. U.S. Coast Guard, CBP Stop Semi-Submersible with 7.5 Tons of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific Ocean ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard and […]

  • US says China’s Jin-class sub ready

    JL-2 missile could hit all 50 U.S. states from east of Hawaii. Pentagon Says Chinese Sub That Can Hit U.S. to Go on Patrol Soon By Anthony Capaccio David Tweed […]

  • Moscow building Nuclear Armed Drone Sub?

    Vessel code named Kanyon according to reports. Moscow building Nuclear Armed Drone Submarine Russia is building a drone submarine to deliver large-scale nuclear weapons against U.S. harbors and coastal cities, […]

  • Port Security: no afterthought

    Keeping facilities secure should be paramount. BMT: Port Security Should Not Be an Afterthought Port security has too often lagged behind the demands of ever more vulnerable facilities with new […]

  • Indo-Asia Pacific Explained

    The new strategy contains an explicit focus on the region that it calls the “Indo-Asia-Pacific.”  ‘Indo-Asia Pacific’ Explained: An Assessment of US Maritime Strategy 2015 GURPREET SINGH KHURANA In March […]

  • Cargo takes to the skies?

    Possible long range maritime patrol applications? World’s Largest Aircraft, Revolutionary Self-Ballasting Aeroscraft Cargo Airship, Now in Development in California The Aeroscraft Corporation (Aeros) today revealed another milestone completed in the […]

  • Five Chinese ships seen off Alaska

    China flexes its maritime muscles. Five Chinese ships seen off Alaska coast, Pentagon says Five Chinese naval ships are currently positioned in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, […]