Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman
Incidents

Danger zone widens as unknown projectile strikes vessel off UAE

Reuters
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and US Navy test in the mid-Pacific.
Weaponry

Pentagon continues to replenish US Navy missile stocks with $6.3b deal

Reuters
A Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel sails by the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald during US Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem, April 21, 2021.
Naval

OPINION | Not like the old days: modern sea control will be episodic and local

Sean Andrews
Amphibious combat vehicle
Non-Naval Security

US Marine Corps awards $230m contract for new amphibious recovery vehicles

Will Xavier
Brahmos missile test fire
Weaponry

India orders BrahMos launchers and fire-control systems for navy ships

Alan Bosworth
Alfa Watan
Incidents

Syria demands inquiry into Black Sea sinking with nine Syrians missing

Reuters
Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman
Tankers

Iran threats put critical Strait of Hormuz tanker routes on edge

Reuters
Vessels of the Chinese Maritime Militia spotted off Whitsun Reef west of Palawan province, Philippines, March 27, 2021
Non-Naval Security

Chinese militia boat seen lurking off eastern Taiwan for the first time

Reuters
HMNB Devonport
Crime & Piracy

Royal Navy sailor charged over plot to leak data to unnamed foreign power

Reuters
Rendering of three US Coast Guard waterways commerce cutters
Dredging

Dredging begins at St Petersburg coast guard basin in Florida to accommodate new inland cutter

Will Xavier
Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

Tanker traffic faces growing peril in Strait of Hormuz as weekly attacks surge

Reuters
Rendering of an AV-L
Non-Naval Security

Work begins on new amphibious vehicle prototype for Australian Army

Alan Bosworth
Map showing Iran's "expanded" area of control in the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Iran targets Oman coastal route in planned Strait of Hormuz crackdown

Reuters
Acceptance firing of an M51.3 missile from the French submarine Le Vigilant
Weaponry

Russia says France's submarine missile launch signals confrontation

Reuters
Aerial drone taking off from a boat
Unmanned Security Systems

VIDEO | US Army tests patrol boat with autonomous drones during exercise

Will Xavier
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush docks at the NATO Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Greece, October 9, 2022, during a scheduled port visit. Naval Base
Naval

NATO member Greece is cementing its security alliance with the US

Reuters
Alfa Watan
Incidents

No survivors found: Bulgaria ends search for crew of drone-hit Black Sea vessel

Reuters
H-561
Coast Guard

VESSEL REVIEW | H-561 – Indian Coast Guard acquires locally built patrol and rescue hovercraft

Baird Maritime
China Fisheries Administration 33036
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

VESSEL REVIEW | China Fisheries Administration 33036 – Chinese patrol boat for coastal fisheries enforcement and emergency response

Baird Maritime
Strait of Hormuz
Incidents

12 injured in attack on tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Will Xavier
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