A US Marine Corps attack helicopter fired a new missile towards a moving sea target in the Pacific. It marked a first for the AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile. The JAGM faced earlier testing challenges, but it is considered key to boosting the lethality of US attack helicopters. A US Marine Corps attack helicopter fired off a […]
By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship. Iran-aligned Houthi militants first launched drone and missile strikes on the important trade route in November in what […]
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, China’s coast guard said. The coast guard said a Philippine supply ship entered waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands that’s part of territory claimed […]
A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, China’s coast guard said. The coast guard said the Philippines ship entered waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands that is part of territory claimed by several nations. […]
A Philippine ship and a Chinese vessel collided near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, Beijing’s Coast Guard said. Beijing claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, brushing aside competing claims from several Southeast Asian nations including the Philippines and an international ruling that its stance has no […]
The Palm Beach Police Department says four people who came ashore the island this morning have been detained. In an alert issued about 7:45 a.m., the department said it wanted to “inform the community of a maritime-based immigration incident that occurred early this morning” near 1200 N. Ocean Blvd. A beached vessel was reported and […]
Feadship’s Project 713 is the third launch in three months that has been built around sustainable technology. With its blue-gray steel and white superstructure, the svelte 195-footer is the first Feadship to carry solar cells for auxiliary power generation, combined with its diesel-electric main propulsion. The solar panels, which were custom-made in the Netherlands, are […]
The ongoing drone wars in Ukraine may be entering yet another new phase. Video has emerged showing what is claimed to be a Russian First Person-View (FPV) drone attacking a Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel (USV). It is the first time we have seen this kind of engagement. The 13-second video shows the FPV drone, rotors […]
DUBAI (Reuters) -A merchant vessel off the Yemeni coast took on water and tilted to one side after being targeted with three missiles, British security firm Ambrey said on Tuesday. The vessel issued a distress call stating it had sustained damage to the cargo hold and was taking on water about 54 nautical miles southwest […]
May 25—Charybdis, the 472-foot offshore wind turbine installation vessel contracted for work in New England waters, is not coming to New London after all. Dominion Energy, the company that constructed this first U.S.-built vessel of its kind, confirmed this week it had canceled a contract with Ørsted and Eversource, the partners that had planned to […]
Florida investigators identified and seized a “vessel of interest,” possibly connected to a Key Biscayne boating hit-and-run that left a 15-year-old girl dead, officials said Tuesday. Relying on accounts from witnesses, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were able to quickly identify “a vessel that fits the description” of the boat that allegedly struck […]
There was a booming noise, several plumes of smoke and then a splash as millions of pounds of Francis Scott Key Bridge debris fell into the Patapsco River Monday evening. Crews had previously placed linear shaped charges — explosive cutting devices — on the large piece of bridge that has sat on the front of […]