Another US Navy carrier strike group is headed to the Middle East. The USS Theodore Roosevelt and its escort warships will take over counter-Houthi operations. It will be the Pentagon’s third strike group to enter the region since the fall. Two US Navy carrier strike groups have come and gone as conflicts in the Middle […]
Russia has split up the naval flotilla that docked in Havana earlier this week, sending its nuclear submarine back north to the Atlantic and the rest of its warships south, where they are expected to make a port call in Venezuela, a U.S. official told McClatchy and the Miami Herald on Tuesday. U.S. and Canadian […]
Multiple social media posts have misrepresented photos of a 2017 joint patrol between US and Japanese navies in the Sea of Japan, falsely claiming they show recent images of “warships from all over the world” heading to the disputed South China Sea. The false posts were shared hundreds of times amid escalating confrontations between Chinese […]
A fleet of Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, has left Havana’s port after a five-day visit to Cuba following planned military drills in the Atlantic Ocean. The exercise has been seen by some as a show of strength by Moscow against the backdrop of tensions as the US and other Western nations support Kyiv […]
The US Navy has spent over six months battling the Houthis in the Red Sea. It’s a resource-consuming conflict with no end in sight, raising questions about sustainability. Experts say the Houthis are managing to threaten shipping lanes despite the US Navy’s efforts. The US Navy warships deployed to the Middle East have found themselves […]
By Dmitry Antonov and Nelson Acosta MOSCOW/HAVANA (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that the United States should not be nervous about Russian warships in Cuba but that the West appeared deaf to any diplomatic signals from Moscow and only took notice when the army or navy took action. A Russian navy frigate and a […]
When a flotilla of Russian warships passed close to South Florida’s shores Tuesday on their way to Havana, some Floridians were keeping close track, using services that allow the tracking of ships globally. Maps taken from services such Marinetraffick and Fleetmon, among others, began circulating through social media soon after the Russian ships were spotted […]
A US Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. US Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters near the US base in Cuba on Thursday, just a […]
U.S. Navy warships plan to follow a Russian naval flotilla visiting the region if it crosses the Caribbean and sails to Venezuela, as is expected, two U.S. officials told McClatchy and the Miami Herald. The U.S. vessels — including three destroyers, a Coast Guard cutter and a maritime reconnaissance aircraft — have closely monitored the […]
The presence of a Russian military flotilla passing by South Florida and conducting military exercises just miles from the coast is evoking for some the 13 days of white-knuckle tension in October 1962 when the Soviet Union placed nuclear weapons in Cuba, right at the doorstep of the United States. What become known as the […]
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -A Russian navy frigate and a nuclear-powered submarine churned into Havana harbor on Wednesday, a stopover the U.S. and Cuba said posed no threat but which was widely seen as a Russian show of force as tensions rise over the Ukraine war. Curious onlookers, fishermen and police lined the Malecon […]
A fleet of Russian warships has reached Cuban waters ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean in what some see as a projection of strength as tensions grow over western support for Ukraine. Three ships slowly crossed the mouth of Havana Bay accompanied by small boats that guided them through the narrow channel. The […]