French board shadow oil tanker
"We will not tolerate any violation," said President Emanuell Macron as special forces from the French Navy took control of a 250-metre-long tanker carrying...
Chinese maritime coercion near Taiwan
By Anthony Marco and Nils Peterson*
On September 13th, 2025, a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel entered the restricted waters around the Republic of China’s...
2000 Chinese fishing vessels in ‘blockade’
Twice in recent weeks, China has mobilized thousands of fishing boats to practice forming massive “floating barriers” stretching roughly 460 kilometers. The New York...
Taiwan Strait transit
A pair of U.S. naval vessels carried out Washington’s first reported Taiwan Strait transit of 2026, according to Chinese and U.S. officials. (From: US...
US and Japan expand joint training
The U.S. and Japan have pledged to further expand joint training across Japan’s southwest region, including the first island chain, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...
American supercarrier ‘opens fire’ in Pacific
Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has carried out live-fire exercises in the South China Sea as part of routine operations by the carrier strike...
How the US took a shadow-fleet oil tanker
By Tom Sharpe*
Last week, in the distant waters of the Greenland-Iceland-UK gap, the US Coast Guard cutter Munro seized the oil tanker now known...
Show of force in South Atlantic
In a powerful display of joint capability and commitment to safeguarding sovereignty across the South Atlantic Islands, the UK Armed Forces have successfully executed...
China shows force at Scarborough Shoal
China deployed several warships, cutters and a bomber combat patrol escorted by fighters to Scarborough Shoal in a show of force against Philippine and...
China holds warning exercises around Taiwan
China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island's key areas, as a warning against "separatist forces", the...