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China warns Australia to act prudently in naval operations in the South China Sea

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A visiting Chinese official has warned Australia to act with “great prudence” in deploying warships in the South China Sea after a recent confrontation between the two navies ByROD MCGUIRK Associated Press November 28, 2023, 5:46 AM Liu Jianchao, right, Minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, … Read more

Ukrainian sabotage of Crimea bridge ‘overturns’ naval operations -intelligence head

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(Reuters) – A Ukrainian sea drone attack on Russia’s Crimean bridge in July had “overturned” naval operations and forced Moscow to resort to ferries to move weaponry, the head of Ukraine’s main intelligence agency said in a video broadcast on Friday. Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), said the second of … Read more

China is pushing the naval ‘grey zone’. Sooner or later, the shooting will start

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Late last week there was an interesting and potentially very dangerous development in China’s ongoing bullying behaviour at sea in the Far East. An Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy stopped to conduct diving operations (to clear fishing nets that had fouled its propellors) in international waters off Japan when it was approached by … Read more

Russian naval ships struck by exploding drone boats in the night sank to the bottom of the Black Sea, Ukraine says

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Ukraine says its sea drones hit and sank two Russian Black Sea Fleet landing ships. Video footage released by Ukraine shows the attack and its explosive aftermath in occupied Crimea. Ukraine has relied on its fleet of explosive drone boats to trouble Russian ships in the Black Sea. Ukraine’s explosive sea drones have struck again, … Read more

Italy approves new migrant detention as speak turns to naval blockade to forestall launching of boats

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ROME — The Italian authorities accepted new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was once more overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration concern returned to middle stage in Europe with speak of a naval blockade. The measures accepted by the Cupboard … Read more

Assault on Russian warships at a Black Sea naval base exhibits Ukraine’s large offensive is greater than meets the attention and making Crimea ‘untenable’ for Moscow’s forces

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Smoke rises from the shipyard that was reportedly hit by Ukrainian missile assault in Sevastopol, Crimea, on this nonetheless picture from video taken September 13, 2023.REUTERS TV through REUTERS Ukraine on Wednesday launched an enormous missile strike on a Russian naval facility in occupied Crimea. The cruise missile assault on the shipyard in Sevastopol left … Read more