Tag: USA

  • BSEE, Coast Guard Meet to Discuss Maritime Cyber Risk

    Ongoing efforts to boost maritime cyber security. BSEE and Coast Guard Officials Meet to Discuss Maritime Cyber Risk Management WASHINGTON D.C. – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and […]

  • Asia’s Lethal Naval Arms Race

    Regional maritime disputes increase tensions. Asia’s Lethal Naval Arms Race Sheryn Lee Claims that a destabilizing ‘arms race’ is underway in the Asia–Pacific have become commonplace and are supported by reports […]

  • Japan to Join US, India for MALABAR

    Australia, however, will reportedly be left out. Japan to Join US, India in Military Exercises this Year By Prashanth Parameswaran On June 30, The Indian Express reported that Japan would be participating in […]

  • Chinese airstrip on Spratly nearly ready

    Airstrip, helipads and satellite antennas spotted. Images show Chinese airstrip on man-made Spratly island nearly finished China has almost finished building a 3,000-metre-long (10,000-foot) airstrip on one of its artificial […]

  • No-ransom policy doesn’t keep us safe

    Michael Scott Moore discusses US ransom policy. Ex-hostage: No-ransom policy doesn’t keep us safe Tyler Pager, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Michael Scott Moore said it took his Somali pirate captors […]

  • China hiding subs in S China Sea?

    China creating bastion to hide subs? China may be trying to hide its submarines in the South China Sea BY STUART LEAVENWORTH BEIJING — For months, China’s visible construction of artificial […]

  • US, China annual talks begin

    Data breaches and Spratly Islands overshadow event. U.S., China open annual strategic talks amid tensions over maritime, cyber-hacking disputes By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) — The United States and China […]

  • US Marines on foreign ships?

    Lack of current platforms forcing new ideas. Marines looking at deploying aboard foreign ships Jim Michaels Faced with a shortage of U.S. Navy ships, the Marine Corps is exploring a […]

  • French Gov’t supports fight against maritime crime

    Maritime crime information sharing project. French Gov’t supports fight against maritime crime The French government in collaboration with the United States of America government has set up a project dubbed […]

  • Powers back Asean-led security plan

    Facing the challenge of a rising China. Big powers back Asean-led security plan It has taken several years for ASEAN and its dialogue partners to come up with good security […]