Above photo: runvrparavur – CC BY-SA 3.0. During the month of December 2021 two warnings of impending sea level rise were issued by highly respected groups of climate scientists. These are professional scientists who do not deal in hyperbole. Rather, they are archetypical conservative serious-minded scientists who follow the facts. The most recent warning on December 30th is of deteriorating conditions at the Arctic and Greenland. The second warning is the threatening collapse in Antarctica of one of the largest glaciers in the world. As these events unfortunately coincide so close together, one at the top of the world, the other at […]
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Checkmate. While the west bangs on about Vienna talks, sanctions and military options, Iran has been quietly building a vast network of alternative solutions to cement its Asian ascent. Benjamin Franklin once famously wrote to his fellow colonials: “Either we hang together or we hang separately.” Those words are just as true today as they were 270 years ago, for empires have always controlled by dividing their victims into regional tribal interests in order to be better conquered. While techniques have adapted to modern times, the essential ingredients for the science of discord remain relatively unchanged: keep resources scarce, fear and […]
The U.S. Air Force has reported that its B-52H bombers complete target training over the Black Sea. According to a recent service news release, U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, integrated with five NATO allies in and around the international airspace over the Aegean and Black Seas on May 24, 2021. The B-52H aircraft integrated with Hungarian Gripens, Italian Eurofighters and F-16 aircraft from Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria. The bombers conducted simulated target training in the Black Sea region before returning to Morón Air Base, Spain. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING […]
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has released a photo showing the Russian Navy’s latest patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavin (363) shadowing the Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) of the U.S. Coast Guard in the Black Sea. According to the plan of joint exercises, the warships of the U.S. Coast Guard and Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, during the passage by sea, worked out the coordination of actions in the international tactical group. It is noted that the exercises were closely watched by the Russian two Okhotnik project border patrol ships of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) […]
On Saturday, the U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Expeditionary Sea Base ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5), May 8, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California. Due to COVID-19 limitations, 50 guests were able to attend the ceremony for the ship named in honor of Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith, who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam exactly 51 years to the day his namesake ship joined the fleet. “This ship is named after an inspiring leader – a Marine,” said Adm. Craig S. Faller, Commander, U.S. Southern Command, who delivered the ceremony’s principal remarks. […]
Russia has transferred at least ten landing crafts and missile boats out of the Caspian Sea into the Black Sea, according to the press service of the Southern Military District. “As part of the control check during the winter training period, more than 10 landing crafts and missile boats of Caspian Flotilla of the Southern Military District are making an inter-fleet transition from the Caspian to the Black Sea. Before leaving the base in Makhachkala, the crews of the boats completed a full cycle of basic training and completed course tasks at sea,” the statement said. The Caspian is a closed […]
The U.S. Navy is steaming a massive Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group into strategically vital areas off the South China Sea. According to a recent service news release, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea April 4 to conduct routine operations. This is the second time TRCSG has entered the South China Sea during its 2021 deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “It is great to be back in the South China Sea to reassure our allies and partners that we remain committed to freedom of the […]
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG), along with guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and guided-missile destroyers USS Mitscher (DDG 57) and USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), completed a southbound Suez Canal transit into the Red Sea, April 2. According to a recent service news release, the IKE CSG’s transit marks the first U.S. warships to pass through the Suez Canal since it reopened on March 29. “We appreciate the Government of Egypt and Suez Canal Authority’s efforts to ensure the safety of navigation in this critical […]
The Russian Navy is preparing for new tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile system in the Barents Sea, according to a recent service news release. Russia’s new 3M22 Zircon, also sometimes transliterated as Tsirkon, an anti-ship hypersonic missile is on track for initial fielding in the first half of 2022. The details were given in a 24 March media release, to announce the Project 22350 lead frigate Admiral Gorshkov operational in the Northern Fleet’s division of missile ships has deployed to the Barents Sea for test-launches of Zircon hypersonic missiles. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The crew of the […]
The F-35 Joint Program Office has announced that two F-35B Lightning II stealth aircraft begin sea trials aboard Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550). Test pilots flew the specially instrumented U.S. F-35Bs from Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River), Maryland, to the Italian Navy flagship, which got underway Sunday, February 28. The Lockheed Martin’s F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing variant of the F-35. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The pilots and aircraft join a test team of approximately 180 personnel from the NAS Pax River-based F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) embarked for up […]
Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets on Wednesday conducted an “unsafe” intercept of a group of French Air Force aircraft operating over the Black Sea. Two French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft and a KC-135FR aerial refueling tanker flying over international waters in the Black Sea when it was intercepted by two Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets. Russian fighters were approaching an unsafe distance to French aircraft, which posed a threat to their crews. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to Russia’s National Defense Control Center, on February 17, Russian radars spotted air targets over the neutral waters of […]
The U.S. Navy destroyer is back in the Black Sea for the first time since last year. On Saturday, the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Afric has announced that Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) entered the Black Sea. “The first FDNF [Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe] destroyer to visit the Black Sea in 2021, #Donaldcook will work with partners continuing to build maritime security in the region,” the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa said in a Twitter post Saturday. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Black Sea is a critical waterway for maritime commerce and stability throughout Europe. The U.S. […]
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England conducted a joint training mission over the Black Sea, January. 14, 2020. The training mission occurred in international airspace within the Black Sea and was designed to train U.S. forces to integrate, operate and communicate while executing surface and air operations. Participating units conducted training scenarios that included tactical maneuvering and communications. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As noted by the U.S. Air Force, military operations in […]
The legendary VH-3 Sea King Presidential transport helicopter, better known as Marine One, is one step closer to its retirement, according to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command. In a statement Friday, the Naval Air Systems Command said the Fleet Readiness Center East recently completed work on the last T58-GE-400B presidential helicopter engine supporting the Marines at Marine Helicopter Squadron One (HMX-1) who provide executive transport of the President, Vice President, Cabinet, and foreign dignitaries. The current version of the presidential helicopter FRCE supports, the VH-3D Sea King, is scheduled to be replaced by the newer VH-92A presidential helicopter in 2021. – […]
The Russian Air Force scrambled MiG-31 jet fighter to intercept a U.S. Air Force RC-135 spy plane over the Bering Sea on Friday, the Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center said. The U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft flew airspace around over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea approaching the Russian state border on December 11. The spy plane stayed in international airspace. A MiG-31 fighter from the Pacific Fleet’s air defense quick reaction alert forces was scrambled to prevent the violation of the state border, the National Defense Control Center said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “The Russian […]
The U.S. Navy has reported that Arleigh Burke-clas guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) began its south-bound international strait transit en route to the Mediterranean Sea after conducting Black Sea maritime security operations enhancing regional maritime stability, combined readiness, and naval capability with NATO allies and partners in the region. Donald Cook entered the Black Sea on Nov. 23, 2020, and conducted air defense exercises with NATO Air Command. A U.S. P-8A, Canadian CF-188s, and a NATO E3A AWACS were among the participants of the joint air maritime integrated mission, which fostered NATO interoperability. “Our Black Sea visit enhanced our […]
In the last few months, the U.S. Army has significantly expanded its activities in the Black Sea Region. On 19 November, Members of 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade (41st FAB) deployed two M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with 2 launcher crews, comprised of six personnel, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to conduct Exercise Rapid Falcon in Romania. According to the 41st Field Artillery Brigade, this was the unit’s second live fire event since reactivation just 90 days ago and was the first time U.S. Forces fired HIMARS from land into the Black Sea in […]
An Indian Navy MiG-29K carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft crashed over the Arabian Sea on 26 November, multiple news outlets reported. The Indian Navy press release said that a MiG-29K fighter jet, which was operating in the Arabian Sea, crashed at around 5 p.m. on Thursday. According to an update released by Inidna officials, one pilot has been rescued, a search operation is on for the second pilot who has been missing since Thursday evening. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to the Indian Navy website, the MiG 29K aircraft is a state of the art, all-weather, carrier-based, air dominance […]
Russian National Defense Control Center has reported that the Russian Navy has been monitoring the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) sailing up the Black Sea. “The Black Sea Fleet’s forces and means began monitoring the USS Donald Cook, who entered the Black Sea on November 23,” the Ministry of Defense said. Previously, the U.S. Navy press service announced that guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) transited into the Black Sea in support of NATO Allies and partners – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – This is the seventh time a U.S. Navy ship has visited the […]
On Tuesday, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was “aggressively approached” by a Russian Admiral Vinogradov anti-submarine destroyer in the Sea of Japan. The Russian Navy ship was dangerously close to the U.S. guided-missile destroyer, the Navy’s announced today. The Russian Ministry of Defense, in turn, stated that the USS John S. McCain violated Russia’s territorial waters in the Peter the Great Gulf, “passing the maritime border by two kilometers” – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – According to the ministry, at 06:17 Moscow time (03:17 GMT) on Tuesday, the USS John S. McCain, which entered […]
The U.S. Navy sent the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) to South China Sea to conduct maritime security operations and promote peace and stability in the region. “A continued presence in the South China Sea is vital in maintaining a free and open indo-pacific,” said Cmdr. Chris Gahl, Barry’s commanding officer. “The freedom of all nations to navigate in international waters is critically important. Barry’s transit of the Taiwan Strait yesterday ensured the right and instills the confidence of all nations to trade and communicate in the South China Sea.” “It is incredible the number of fishing boats […]
Bags And Balloons: Plastic Pollution Choking Sea Life November 21, 2020 Bags And Balloons: Plastic Pollution Choking Sea Life2020-11-212020-11-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/earth-plastic-e1605990330698.jpg200px200px A dead manatee in Florida was found to have swallowed so many plastic bags they formed a cantaloupe-sized ball in its stomach, while a baby turtle had its intestines perforated by tiny plastic fragments. They are some of 1,800 marine mammals and turtles found to have ingested or been entangled by plastic along American coastlines since 2009, according to a report from conservation NGO Oceana published Thursday. The group’s report attempts to describe the cumulative impact of plastic pollution on marine fauna […]
Russian MiG-31 and Su-35 fighter jets intercepted U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers over the Bering Sea and escorted the planes until they turned away from the Russian border, the National Defense Control Center told Thursday. According to the military, on October 21, Russian radars detected two B-1B bombers along with a refueling tanker aircraft operating over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea. “MiG-31 interceptors and Su-35 fighters from the Air Defense Forces on duty in the Eastern Military District escorted two U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers over the Bering Sea,” the ministry wrote in a Russian-language caption that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/102168/67/1021686745_20:0:1986:1106_1200x675_80_0_0_03c37bb45075fba404d3558b8452172c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010191080812327-diesel-powered-submarines-conduct-underwater-duel-in-sea-of-japan-russian-pacific-fleet-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two diesel-powered submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet have conducted an underwater duel in the Sea of Japan as part of scheduled drills, the press service of the Pacific Fleet informed in a statement. “At the training ground, two Pacific Fleet submarines have worked out practical skills in the search, attack and counterattack of a simulated enemy submarine using … weaponry and hydroacoustic countermeasures,” the statement says. As part of the drills, one of the submarines attacked the other, “enemy,” submarine with torpedoes. The naval training exercises were provided for by […]
Earlier this month, Washington said that Turkey’s S-400 deal with Russia remains “a major obstacle” in US-Turkish relations. The US has repeatedly claimed that the S-400 air defence systems are incompatible with NATO security standards, allegations that Turkey rejects. Turkey has issued the so-called NOTAM air space notice to restrict an area near its Black Sea coastal city of Sinop ahead of possible tests of the Russian-made S-400 missile system. The NOTAM followed a NAVTEX maritime notice by Turkey restricting airspace off its Black Sea coast to allow S-400 tests, which NAVTEX said were due to be held between Friday and […]
A new study has found that home sale prices and volume appear to be declining in Florida coastal areas at vulnerable to rising sea levels compared to coastal areas with less risk. Here, the balcony view from a luxury condo in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., in 2017. Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images A new study has found that home sale prices and volume appear to be declining in Florida coastal areas at vulnerable to rising sea levels compared to coastal areas with less risk. Here, the balcony view from a luxury condo […]
Dangers Of Military Confrontation Around Taiwan And South China Sea By Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. October 14, 2020 Dangers Of Military Confrontation Around Taiwan And South China Sea2020-10-142020-10-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rimpac-e1602701091778.jpg200px200px Above photo: US Navy Photo. Over the past two years, the United States has dramatically increased the number of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and destroyers sent into the South China Sea as a freedom of navigation show of force missions to remind the Chinese government that the U.S. considers the Western Pacific and the South China Sea as a part of the oceans of America and its allies. Additionally, in 2020, the Trump […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080286052_0:86:1601:986_1200x675_80_0_0_2e1928618d953513bf0d7c4025e97857.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010141080771438-us-navy-wants-to-lease-norways-abandoned-submarine-cave-base-on-barents-sea/ The US Navy wants to lease an abandoned Norwegian cave base on the edge of the Barents Sea to run submarine patrols on Russia’s doorstep, according to a recent report. Norwegian public broadcasting outlet NRK reported on October 10 that Oslo and Washington could ink a deal for the US Navy to use the Olavsvern naval base, located near the northerly city of Tromsø, before the week is out. The Norwegians started building the base in the Balsfjorden inlet in the 1960s, but it wasn’t completed until after the Cold War […]
The U.S Navy has announced on Monday that Mark VI patrol boats assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 3 boarded are conducting integrated littoral maritime security operations from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) with the Marines and Sailors already deployed as Task Force Ellis from I Marine Expeditionary Force in the Philippine Sea. “This level of integration of Mark VI patrol boats with surface Navy assets has never been accomplished before,” said Lt. Andy Bergstrom, Alpha Company Commander. “The Mark VI patrol boat provides a presence capability in the littorals beyond sheltered bays and harbors with additional […]
The demise of the Estonia in the Baltic Sea between Sweden, Finland, and Estonia ranks among the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century, second only to the Titanic in peacetime. The Estonian government is now pressuring Sweden to carry out new dives “as soon as possible” to investigate the 1994 Estonia tragedy. In a letter to the Swedish government published by the newspaper Aftonbladet, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu wrote that during a cabinet meeting on 6 October it was decided to proceed with the priority of examining the wreck and thoroughly documenting the 4-metre hole discovered in recent footage. […]
Bolivia will be out to give Lionel Messi and Argentina a tough time on Tuesday when they face off in a high-altitude FIFA World Cup qualifying match in La Paz. “We have to avoid the Bolivian lament of being the poor little things,” Bolivia coach Cesar Farias said, according to ESPN. “Let them say that we’re nasty, it doesn’t matter. But we want to eat the liver of our opponents at altitude.” Bolivia will host Argentina at the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz – one of the country’s two capital cities – 3,600 meters (11,800ft) above sea level. “Playing in the Hernando Siles […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010111080736401-two-chinese-vessels-enter-japans-waters-near-disputed-east-china-sea-islands-reports-say/ China and Japan have been engaged in a long-standing dispute in the East China Sea over the status of a group of uninhabited islands, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China and the Senkaku Islands in Japan. Japan’s Coast Guard has detected two Chinese vessels entering Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, Kyodo News reported Sunday. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Largest Great White Shark in the Northwest Atlantic Caught On the morning of October 2, a team of scientists working with the non-profit OCEARCH caught and tagged the largest great white shark they’ve seen in the Northwest Atlantic. https://t.co/tMnusRTIVI — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) October 6, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: She must have been very impressive in person….Carol Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080664206_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_6a552440a5edf75d6f35757a4bee0538.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/science/202010041080664235-some-kind-of-fantasy-animal-sea-monster-figurehead-recovered-from-500-year-old-shipwreck/ The researchers apparently weren’t immediately able to establish exactly what animal was the figurehead found at the sunken ship represented. A peculiar discovery was made by archaeologists studying the shipwreck of the Gribshunden, a Danish flagship that sank off the coast of Sweden in 1495, the Daily Express reports. According to the newspaper, the find in question is a wooden figurehead depicting a “doglike figure or monster”, which appears to be “one of the oldest known preserved wooden carvings of its kind in the world, preserved by its submersion for centuries”. “It’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106912/61/1069126119_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_062454e3baad79839c52802b4610d9da.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010041080664311-russian-navy-tracking-movements-of-uks-dragon-warship-in-black-sea-mod-says/ MOSCOW(Sputnik) – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is tracking the movements of the UK warship HMS Dragon, which has entered the Black Sea, the Russian Ministry of Defence said on Sunday. “The forces of the Black Sea Fleet have begun to monitor the activities of the UK Navy’s Dragon destroyer vessel, which entered the Black Sea on October 4,” a statement read. Use of the Black Sea by non-Black Sea-adjacent states is limited by the Montreux Convention of 1936, which allows warships from outside powers to remain in the body of water for no more […]
Hordes of sea animals were washed up at a popular tourist beach in Kamchatka after surfers complained about suffering from eye burns. A probe was launched as tests showed an increased presence of petroleum products in the water. The first signs that something was wrong at the picturesque Khalaktyr beach, a popular tourist and surfing spot, became apparent when people started to develop symptoms after taking a dive in the ocean. “For weeks now, all surfers have been experiencing eye problems after coming back from the water,” Yekaterina Dyba, an administrator at a local surfer school, wrote on social media. She […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107865/75/1078657527_0:0:3242:1824_1200x675_80_0_0_990afd92d256b8c047de5988d071a159.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009281080601487-russias-su-27-escorted-us-german-aircraft-over-baltic-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to escort two aircraft of the US Navy and the German Navy over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre (NDCC) said on Monday. “On 28 September 2020, Russian airspace control devices detected two air targets approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea”, the statement says. To identify air targets and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a Su-27 fighter from the Baltic Fleet’s air defence forces was scrambled. “The crew of the Russian fighter […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/12/1080506497_0:10:1280:730_1200x675_80_0_0_bfcee716936fa2c9f155903fc655c8de.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009181080506580-russias-su-27-scrambled-to-escort-us-patrol-aircraft-over-black-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled to escort a US patrol aircraft over the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center said on Friday. “Russian airspace control systems detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Black Sea … a Su-27 fighter from the air defense forces of the Southern Military District was scrambled. The crew of the Russian fighter identified the air target as an aircraft base patrol aircraft P-8A Poseidon of the US Navy and escorted it over the Black […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107870/97/1078709780_0:27:3071:1755_1200x675_80_0_0_b49c0e26371c08d786d5fadb446d2407.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009151080467826-russias-su-27-scrambled-to-intercept-us-spy-plane-over-baltic-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled on Tuesday to intercept a US Air Force patrol plane over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre said. “On 15 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea”, the statement says. In order to identify an air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a Su-27 fighter from the Western Military District’s air defence forces was scrambled. “The crew of the Russian fighter approached the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107897/84/1078978475_0:320:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_9e67a26cf7c84231250774f7cc4062b7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009141080455870-russian-fighters-scrambled-to-intercept-3-us-bombers-over-black-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighters Su-27 and Su-30 were scrambled to intercept three US Air Force bombers over the Black Sea, no violation of the Russian border was allowed, the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Defense Control Centre (NDCC) said on Monday. “Radar reconnaissance of the Southern Military District’s air defence forces detected three air targets approaching the Russian state border from Ukraine over the Black Sea. To identify the detected air targets and prevent violation of the Russian state border, two Su-27 fighters and two Su-30 fighters were from the Southern Military District’s air […]
Iran increased its military activity in waters off its shores in the wake of a major escalation of tensions with Washington after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Since then, the region has witnessed a series of tanker sabotage attacks and seizures, drone shootdowns, and the alleged ‘harassment’ of US warships by Iranian gunboats. Iran’s armed forces are preparing to launch three days of drilling in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, Tasnim has reported, citing Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the veteran Iranian officer who will command the exercises. The drills, dubbed ‘Zolfaqar-99’, will kick off […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105492/76/1054927630_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_77536212fe78eac66067fad7e1040782.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009091080403596-video-of-russian-su-27-intercepting-us-spy-aircraft-over-baltic-sea-emerges-online/ Recently, the Russian Defence ministry has repeatedly scrambled fighter jets to turn away numerous foreign reconnaissance aircraft from the country’s borders. Over the past two days, Russian fighter jets have responded to five similar incidents. Russian Su-27 fighter aircraft on Tuesday escorted two foreign reconnaissance planes over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said in a statement. “On September 8, Russian air control systems detected two air targets approaching the Russian state border over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. To identify air targets and prevent […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106609/41/1066094141_0:4:1200:679_1200x675_80_0_0_654e6a9f507af0e1d68ab7a19e1c0e63.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080401207-russias-mig-29-intercepts-second-norwegian-spy-plane-over-barents-sea-in-one-day/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet MiG-29 was scrambled due to a Royal Norwegian Air Force electronic reconnaissance and combat aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defence Control Center (NDCC) said on Tuesday. “On 8 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. To identify the target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-29 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty was scrambled”, the statement says. The crew of the Russian fighter […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107980/55/1079805515_0:181:3291:2032_1200x675_80_0_0_8208a299a5bcef8f3b50393f11a88549.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009071080389526-american-warships-are-combing-northern-arabian-sea-for-missing-sailor/ The man went missing as his ship, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, was on a mission in a region routinely visited by the US Navy, despite objections from Iran. The latter argues that regional security must be upheld by forces from the Gulf alone. The US 5th Fleet Command has revealed that two of its ships, the supercarrier USS Nimitz and missile cruiser USS Princeton, have been dispatched to the northern part of the Arabian Sea to conduct search and rescue operations after a sailor went missing and was presumed to have […]
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Military tensions are growing between the US and China as Washington continues to pursue a policy of attempting to dominate global affairs, Mike Wong, the vice president of the San Francisco chapter of Veterans for Peace, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Friday. “There’s been a steady upbeat in US naval exercises in both the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait,” Wong told host Brian Becker on Friday. “We sent two carrier battle groups together running through the South China Sea. That started it off. Now, we’re doing other ships. We sent a missile cruiser by just yesterday and, of […]
Donald Trump’s national security advisor has tried to justify Washington’s air and sea operations in the South China Sea by saying the US has the “freedom” to do so, and dismissing all of Beijing’s objections. “The US always reserves its right to have freedom of navigation and freedom of aviation,” Robert O’Brien told the Atlantic Council on Friday. “I certainly reject any Chinese claims that flights over the South China Sea … constitute some sort of breach of a norm or a rule.” He added that, to him, it seems Beijing seeks “to annex a vast swath of the Western Pacific […]
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Earlier this week, Washington slapped sanctions on 24 Chinese companies over their alleged role in building military fortifications on artificial islands in the South China Sea. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper slammed Beijing during his visit to Palau, stating that China has repeatedly fallen short of promises to follow international laws. “Communist China is exerting financial and political pressure, publicly and privately, on many Indo-Pacific and European nations – large and small – while pursuing new strategic relationships worldwide… In fact, the smaller the country, the heavier the hand of Beijing”, Esper said. The official stressed that Beijing seems to be […]
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A new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter from Sikorsky has completed sea trials, according to a company news release. “364 landings and takeoffs, day and night, from all nine deck spots. Two weeks of sea trials complete,” the release states. Testing took place on the USS Wasp, a landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ship operated by the U.S. Navy, and was the first opportunity to operate the King Stallion in a modern naval environment. The June sea trials were the first in a series of three planned sea exercises to fully evaluate the aircraft’s performance and shipboard compatibility. – ADVERTISEMENT […]
On Monday, a Russian Aerospace Forces jet spotted a Swedish reconnaissance plane flying toward Russia’s maritime borders in the Baltic Sea, with US and German military aircraft detected nearby. Despite formal neutrality, Sweden regularly participates in NATO drills, and took part in the bloc’s bombing campaign against Libya in 2011. The headquarters of the Swedish Armed Forces announced Tuesday that the military had initiated a “high readiness action” in the southern and southeastern Baltic Sea due to “the current, extensive military activity in the Baltic Sea region.” “There is currently extensive military activity in the Baltic Sea, conducted by Russian as […]
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Heavy rain has battered the northeastern Turkish province of Giresun and caused a flash flood overnight. The disaster has claimed at least four lives while almost a dozen people remain missing. One security officer and three civilians have been confirmed killed, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a Sunday morning update. Eleven people were reported missing. The flood hit the mountainous coastal province early on Sunday morning after a downpour in the central part of Giresun. Water levels rapidly roze by at least one meter, flooding some areas and causing landslides. Başta Dereli olmak üzere selden etkilenen tüm vatandaşlarımıza geçmiş […]
The announcement by the Turkish defence ministry came as Ankara and Athens continue to argue over gas and oil exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkish air and naval forces conducted joint drills in the Aegean Sea, the country’s defence ministry said amid a spiralling row with neighbouring Greece over hydrocarbon resources. F-16 fighter jets took part in the exercises alongside warships to “enhance, maintain and improve the operational capability of joint inter-forces operations,” the ministry posted on Twitter. Conflicting Interests in Eastern Mediterranean The news came as Turkey and Greece, both NATO members since 1952, have been at loggerheads over […]
Two Russian Tu-95MS bombers have been escorted by Japanese fighter jets during a routine military exercise over the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Ministry of Defence has said. The nuclear-capable planes were flying over neutral waters. The bombers were cruising above the Sea of Japan (also known as the East Sea in Russia) and the northwestern Pacific Ocean, as part of a pre-planned military drill. “The flight duration was more than seven hours. At some stages of the route, Russian aircraft were accompanied by Japanese Air Force fighters,” the Defense Ministry, in Moscow, said on Wednesday. Russian long-range strategic bombers regularly fly […]
US and Chinese warships both conducted drills in the South China Sea over the weekend, with a corvette from the Hong Kong garrison engaging in live-fire target practice while a US aircraft carrier carried out flight operations. On Sunday, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) corvette Huizhou practiced shooting at a variety of targets in the South China Sea, and the Hong Kong garrison’s Sina Weibo account posted a video of the drills. A Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette, the 295-foot, 1,500-ton warship is dwarfed even by destroyers and commonly used for escort duties and coastal defense. The Chinese Type 056 corvette […]
An aerial picture taken on Sunday shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption AFP via Getty Images An aerial picture taken on Sunday shows the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground and broke into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius. AFP via Getty Images A Japanese cargo ship that ran aground in late July off the coast of Mauritius has broken in two. Most of the 4,000 tons of fuel oil and diesel on the […]
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The incident comes in the wake of weeks of intensified US and NATO reconnaissance activity near Russia’s maritime borders, from the Barents and Baltic Seas in the northwest to the Black Sea in the southwest to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan in the Far East. A lone Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled to intercept a US spy plane near Russia’s borders in the Black Sea, the Russian defence ministry announced on Saturday. According to the MoD, the foreign aircraft changed course after being approached by the Russian fighter, with the jet scrambled after Russian radars picked […]
Russian state media say three MiG-31 fighter jets approached a U.S. Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk high-altitude, remotely-piloted, surveillance aircraft over the Chukchi Sea Tuesday. MiG-31 fighters intercepted two RQ-4B surveillance aircraft that flies over neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea. The U.S. spy drone remained in international airspace and at no time did they enter Russian sovereign airspace. “After the RQ-4B Global Hawk spy drone moved away from Russia’s state border, the Russian fighter safely returned to its home airfield,” the National Defense Control Center said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Also stressed that the Russian fighters’ flight […]
The People’s Liberation Army forces reportedly hold massive landing drills amid U.S. recent increased military activities in the South China Sea region. Ministry of the National Defense People’s Republic of China said that Ground and naval forces have been on concentrated schedules in amphibious landing and maritime exercises in the past weeks and will continue to do so in the weeks to come, at a time when the US has been frequently conducting provocative military activities near the island of Taiwan and in the South China Sea. “The PLA drills are a show of capability and determination, and the US should […]
F-15 fighter-bombers of the Oregon Air National Guard, the legitimate state militia. by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow (1816) – First published … August 08, 2020 – Talk of war with war between the US and China is the only real news, but is it? With the planet paralyzed from COVID 19, military operations are largely curtailed. COVID 19 has secretly swept through America’s military, particularly the US Navy, crippling its capability. Trump is planning a war with China to save his regime from disgrace and himself from prison but the Pentagon may well not be […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080078068_0:0:1366:768_1200x675_80_0_0_7a50cc442e6b253716941a590adb61ea.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008051080078114-video-chinas-type-075-helicopter-carrier-sets-sail-for-first-sea-trials/ China’s first amphibious assault ship, the Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD), has been put to sea for the first time on Wednesday. Photos and video on social media showed the warship being escorted away from the docks by the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai by tugboats on Wednesday morning, before steaming away under its own power. Judged to be between 35,000 and 40,000 tons displacement, the Type 075 is the rough equivalent of the US Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ships. This class of warship has both a flight deck for launching helicopters or […]
The Type 075 LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock), China’s first domestically built amphibious warfare ship, has been conducting sea trials, according to Chinese state media. The Type 075 LHD departed the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. on 5 August to conduct sea trials. China’s amphibious assault ship at around 1:30 PM local time departing its pier at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard, according to local sources. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Type 075 (NATO reporting name Yushen-class landing helicopter assault) is a class of Chinese newest amphibious assault ship intended for the transport and landing of troops, military vehicles, logistics […]
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded a contract modification from the Naval Air Systems Command for Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS). The contract modification, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $182 million and covers production, delivery and integration of 24 ALFSs for the government of India; eight ALFSs for the Navy and seven ALFS for the government of Denmark, into MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. The ALFS is the primary undersea warfare sensor of the MH-60R multi-mission helicopter. This integrated dipping sonar system enables the MH-60R to accomplish the assigned ASW missions of submarine detection, […]
The Norwegian sector of the North Sea is estimated as the richest, possessing about half of the North Sea oil and gas reserves. However, more than half of these reserves have been drained over the past several decades, according to official estimates. This year’s largest oil discovery to date has been made in the Dugong well in the North Sea, west of the Norwegian town of Florø. The oil company Neptune Energy, the operator of the Dugong license, estimated the discovery as up to 120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents. The Dugong license is located 158 kilometres west of Florø. […]
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet intercepted Norwegian Air Force Falcon 20 reconnaissance aircraft over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center said in a statement. “On August 4, 2020, the Russian airspace control systems detected an air target over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea approaching Russia’s state border. A MiG-31 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defense quick reaction alert forces was scrambled to intercept the target,” the Center said. The Russian fighter’s crew approached the air target at a safe distance and identified it as a Norwegian Air Force Falcon 20 radio-technical reconnaissance […]
by Asif Haroon Raja Role of Jewish lobby Washington has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands, changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of aggression in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. After the demise of USSR and end of the Cold War, the US locked horns with another communist giant China, and is also engaged in neo-colonizing the Muslim world. Zionists and the American-Jewish lobby have been influencing the minds of the policy makers in Washington and have had a big role in the election of the US president. Without their support, no […]
The Heart Of The Matter In The South China Sea By Pepe Escobar, The Alt World. August 2, 2020 The Heart Of The Matter In The South China Sea2020-08-022020-08-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/chinasea-e1596382411451.jpg200px200px Above photo: The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation, in the South China Sea, Monday, July 6, 2020. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP. The battle for the contested maritime region is over before the shooting even begins and China has won. When the USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups recently engaged in “operations” in […]
Chinese newest H-6J bombers successfully conducted high-intensity training in the South China Sea, Chinese Ministry of Defense spokesperson Ren Guoqiang told a press conference on Thursday, noting such military training is Navy’s routine arrangement. The naval aviation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command recently conducted intensive training in day and night that involved new bomber models including the H-6G and H-6J maritime striker bombers in the South China Sea. According to The Diplomat, the H-6J is a new missile carrier that replacing H-6G maritime striker bombers, which first entered service with the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force […]
Ukrainian Su-27 fighters carried out their first exercise in close-air support with the U.S Navy maritime patrol aircraft. Su-27s escorted a U.S Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft over the Black Sea during Exercise Sea Breeze 2020. The P-8A was escorted by Ukrainian Air Force Su-27UB fighter jets, assigned to the 831st Brigade of Tactical Aviation. The Su-27s carried out patrol escorts of NATO aircraft in the joint combat formations with P-8A Poseidon in certain areas of the Black Sea to support the actions of groups of ships. They also carried out air-fighter cover for the actions of the aviation of the Navy […]
On Monday, the Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet press release said that the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), departed Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Jul. 27, on the ship’s inaugural deployment following its commissioning in March. The “Woody” Williams is optimized to support a variety of maritime-based missions and designed around four core capabilities: aviation facilities, berthing, equipment staging support and command and control assets. ESBs can be enhanced to meet special operations force missions through increased communications, aviation and unmanned aircraft system support. The ESB 4 has an aviation hangar and flight deck that include two […]
South China Sea Provocations And Meeting China Halfway By Dr. Joseph Gerson, IPS News. July 26, 2020 South China Sea Provocations And Meeting China Halfway2020-07-262020-07-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/scs-e1595779763698.jpg200px200px Above photo: Ships from the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the America Expeditionary Strike Group transit the South China Sea, March 15, 2020. Brandon Richardson/U.S. Navy. In the words of (ret.) Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff, the Trump Administration has been dangerously “poking China in the eye.” After sending aircraft carriers and destroyers to the precincts of the Taiwan Strait, last week the Pentagon dispatched two aircraft carrier strike groups […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107494/85/1074948580_0:76:3371:1972_1200x675_80_0_0_0beaa72a34752203d6bea51368b47579.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007251079980554-beijing-has-no-legal-basis-for-claims-in-south-china-sea-australian-government-says/ Earlier, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States aims to form a new alliance with other countries to counter China with combined economic and military force. Australia’s mission to the UN wrote in a filing that there is no legal basis to China’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea. “There is no legal basis for China to draw straight baselines connecting the outermost points of maritime features or ‘island groups’ in the South China Sea,” Australia’s mission said. “Australia rejects China’s claim to ‘historic rights’ or ‘maritime rights and interests’ as […]
The latest incident comes less than a day after Russian warplanes intercepted NATO spy planes flying near Russia’s borders in the Black and Baltic Seas. A Russian Aerospace Forces Sukhoi Su-27 fighter was scrambled to intercept and shadow a US P-8A Poseidon spy plane over the Black Sea, Russia’s National Defence Management Center announced Thursday. “The crew of the Russian fighter jet approached to within a safe distance of the aerial object, identified as an American P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft,” the Center said in a statement. The Su-27 was said to have returned to its airfield after the US plane turned […]
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) entered the Black Sea July 19, 2020 to participate in exercise Sea Breeze 2020. This is Porter’s third trip to the Black Sea since the beginning of 2020. During its previous trips to the region, Porter participated in multiple tactical maneuvering, communications, and air defense exercises with regional partners. Sea Breeze, now in its 20th iteration, is an annual exercise held in the Black Sea co-hosted by Ukraine and the United States. The exercise will focus on multiple warfare areas including air defense, anti-submarine warfare, damage control, and search and rescue. U.S. participating […]
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A new study published in the Nature Climate Change journal on Monday states that polar bears could face extinction if climate change continues to melt sea ice. The study found that polar bears in the Arctic may near extinction by the end of the century due to climate change-induced melting of ice. The findings were based on models of greenhouse gas emissions. The researchers’ study foresees a dwindling population of bears, with their model suggesting that “with high greenhouse gas emissions, steeply declining reproduction and survival will jeopardize the persistence of all but a few high-Arctic subpopulations by 2100.” “Moderate emissions […]
Fans of Leeds United celebrated wildly to mark their team’s promotion to the Premier League. But the aftermath was far from pretty, as residents of the English city woke up to mountains of rubbish on Monday morning. The streets of the Yorkshire town were littered with a truly extraordinary amount of trash, leaving council workers with a mammoth clean-up operation. Thousands of beer bottles and cans were strewn around Millennium Square in the city center along with heaps of food packaging and other waste. It comes after the storied local football club secured its return to the top flight of English […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States’ guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) is headed to the Black Sea to participate in joint naval exercises with Ukraine, the 6th Fleet of the US Naval Forces Europe-Africa said in a statement on Sunday. “The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) began its northbound transit to the Black Sea, July 19, 2020, to enhance regional maritime stability by participating in the 20th iteration of U.S.-Ukrainian cohosted exercise Sea Breeze 2020,” the statement read. It added that this was the fifth US warship that entered the waters of the Black Sea since the beginning […]
Alarm had earlier been voiced over the abandoned tanker, which has continued to erode, unattended, off the war-torn Yemeni coast of Al Hudaydah since 2015; it is believed to contain 1.14 million barrels of oil. An eroding unattended oil tanker in the Red Sea near the Houthi-controlled coast of war-torn Yemen is believed to contain over 1 million barrels of crude and has the potential to create a major environmental and humanitarian disaster if it explodes or ruptures, Fox News reports. The UN Security Council highlighted the risks posed by the FSO Safer tanker ahead of a meeting to discuss the issue, […]
A senior US diplomat has asked other countries to vote against the candidate for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeking a judge’s seat at the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea in upcoming elections, saying the country’s actions in the South China Sea should disqualify it. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell is apparently under the assumption that once an international body has ruled against a nation, that nation is permanently barred from taking part in said body. During an online event hosted by the hawkish Center for Strategic […]
Scientists have issued new warnings over the Thwaites Glacier in the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, saying its collapse could result in substantial sea-level rises. In interviews with the Financial Times, several scientists noted that the collapse of the ice mass – which has been referred to as the “doomsday glacier” – could increase sea levels by around 65 centimeters by itself. However, its fall could lead to a runaway collapse of other ice in West Antarctica, causing sea levels to increase by up to 6 feet. The Thwaites Glacier’s melting is already responsible for about 4% of global sea-level rises, […]
The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that L3 Technologies won a $35 million for a contract for an entirely new class of unmanned sea surface vehicle. The contract, from Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., covers the detail design and fabrication of a prototype Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV), with options to procure up to eight additional MUSVs. The award follows a full and open competitive procurement process. “The award of Medium USV is the culmination of a great dialogue with industry to right-size the requirements for a capable, reliable, and affordable unmanned surface vehicle that will employ a variety […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107982/32/1079823231_0:253:3069:1979_1200x675_80_0_0_ceab1202c3b0a0c47cd1c6710fb7c1a4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007141079884029-us-navy-warship-navigates-through-contested-waters-in-south-china-sea-statement-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Navy destroyer Ralph Johnson on Tuesday navigated through contested waters in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement. “The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson – DDG 114 steams near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea,” the statement said. “Ralph Johnson is deployed conducting maritime security operations and theatre security cooperation efforts for a free and open Indo-Pacific.” On Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States rejected Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the […]
NATO Maritime Command has announced that standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) units have entered the Black Sea for the second time this year to conduct further routine operations, and to participate in two regional exercises organised by the Bulgarian and Ukrainian navies. SNMG2 arrived to the Black Sea on 9 July, and is composed of three frigates from Spain, Romania and Turkey, led by Rear Admiral Manuel Aguirre of the Spanish Navy, with the Spanish frigate Álvaro de Bazán (F-101) as the flagship. SNMCMG2 vessels HS Aliakmon (flagship), ESPS Tambre, TCG Amasra […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0e/1079878470_0:0:3359:1890_1200x675_80_0_0_4d3f5aaa0b9f193333dcb21d9e0ae0d7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007141079878508-philippines-strongly-supports-us-position-on-south-china-sea-defence-ministry-says-/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Philippines has expressed strong support for the latest position voiced by the United States regarding the territorial claims in the South China Sea, the country’s Department of National Defence said in a statement on Tuesday. “We strongly agree with the position of the international community that there should be a rules-based order in the South China Sea,” the statement said in response to the US position on maritime claims in the South China Sea. The statement also urged China to comply with the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling, which […]
Deep Sea Mining Threatens More Than The Seafloor By Climate and Capitalism. July 13, 2020 Deep Sea Mining Threatens More Than The Seafloor2020-07-132020-07-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/deep-sea-mining-e1594660491587.jpg200px200px Above photo: Screen shot from video. The damage caused by proposed deep sea mining projects can extend hundreds to thousands of feet up. A previous C&C article, Capitalism’s growing assault on the oceans, argued that the world is entering “a new phase in humanity’s relationship with the biosphere, where the ocean is not only crucial but is being fundamentally changed.” It cited research that described and graphed capital’s growing drive to industrialize the oceans and sea beds — a process […]
China has accused the US of trying to inflame tensions among powers that have stakes in the South China Sea. The rebuke comes after Washington formally rejected China’s territorial claims in the region on behalf of US allies. In a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday, the Chinese embassy in the US demanded that Washington keep its distance from the disputes between Beijing and other nations claiming sovereignty over contested territorial waters and islets in the South China Sea. “We advise the US side to earnestly honor its commitment of not taking sides on the issue of territorial sovereignty, respect regional countries’ efforts […]
Earlier, the US Secretary of State labeled Beijing’s territorial claims to the waters and an exclusive economic zone beyond the 12-nautical mile (22 kilometres) around the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea as “unlawful”, outlining that the United States does not accept the terms. The former US national security adviser, John Bolton, praised in a tweet Washington’s move to decline Beijing’s maritime claims in the South China Sea, urging to “move beyond freedom of navigation exercises to oppose China’s coercive behavior in the region”. The former Trump appointee stressed that “this is not a Chinese provence and will not […]
Russian Su-35S and MiG-35BM fighter jets intercepted U.S. Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said. The Russian military scrambled fighter planes after it saidRC-135W Rivet Joint strategic reconnaissance aircraft flying approached the state border of the Russian Federation over the neutral waters over the Sea of Japan. “For identification and interception of the target, Su-35S and MiG-31BM fighters from the Air Defense Forces of the Eastern Military District were scrambled, which, after approaching, identified it as a US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft RC-135,” the Ministry of Defense said. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106428/23/1064282303_0:114:3236:1934_1200x675_80_0_0_a2b3ae378b4813070a6638472833c073.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202007111079856532-russia-scrambles-2-fighters-to-intercept-us-spy-jet-over-sea-of-japan/ MOSCOW, (Sputnik) – Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday to intercept the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft of the US air force over the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Russian Defenсe Ministry said. “On 11 July, the Russian airspace surveillance identified an air target over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan [East Sea], flying in the direction of the state border of the Russian Federation”, the ministry said in a statement. Russian fighter jets escorted the reconnaissance aircraft at a safe distance and returned to the home base after […]
The Foreign Ministry in Beijing said on Monday that the United States had deliberately sent its ships to the South China Sea to flex its muscles. China also accused Washington of trying to drive a wedge between the countries in the region. Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the comments in response to a question about two US aircraft carriers conducting operations and exercises in South China Sea. US Navy aircraft carriers are conducting exercises in the contested sea within sight of Chinese naval vessels spotted near the flotilla, the commander of one of the carriers, the USS Nimitz, told Reuters on […]
The U.S. Forces are carrying out a series of large-scale military exercises in the South China Sea amid border tensions between India and China. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carriers and several warships were deployed to the South China Sea to demonstrate U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s commitment to the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region. High-end integrated exercises build unmatched flexibility, endurance, maneuverability, and firepower in an all-domain warfighting environment. These efforts support enduring U.S. commitments to stand up for the right of all nations to fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows. Sailors from both carrier strike groups […]
Amid pressure from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China has committed to resuming negotiations aimed at drawing up a Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (COC). The news comes amid controversial Chinese naval drills near islands also claimed by Hanoi. At the 26th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation on Wednesday, Beijing committed to resuming discussions on creating a legally binding COC for the South China Sea, a waterway in which China’s claims overlap with those of five other nations, four of which are part of ASEAN. However, no specific date or place has yet been set, […]
On June 25, the German Navy took delivery of its new NH90 NTH Sea Lion multi-role helicopter, according to a service statement. “In the medium term, it will replace the Sea King Mk 41 and take over its tasks, including search and rescue,” it said in a statement. Also noted that the new NH90 in the NTH (Naval Transport Helicopter) configuration could be used for reconnaissance and it has significantly more sensors than the version of the army – such as navigation devices and 360-degree maritime surveillance radar. – Advertisement – In total, 18 Sea Lions have been ordered for the […]