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Topic: US Navy

Trump says US nuclear submarines are near Russian waters

The US president said the submarines are ‘in the region, where they have to be’. On Friday, he ordered their deployment near Russia after ex-president Medvedev called sanctions a ‘step towards war’.

From competing to beating US in numbers and tonnage, here’s how China built its shipping empire

PLA Navy now fields more warships than US Navy and is on track to deploy 425-ship fleet by 2030, sustained by industrial base capable of replacing, repairing vessels way faster than US yards.

US Navy ship shoots down its own jet in friendly fire incident over Red Sea; pilots eject to safety

The USS Gettysburg shot down a F/A-18 F Super Hornet as it was taking off from USS Harry S. Truman. Incident occurs as US forces strike Houthi’s storage facilities in Yemen. 

US Navy sails its first warship through Taiwan Strait, riles Beijing

US Navy says the destroyer USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that was 'beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state'.

Most advanced aircraft carrier, cruiser & 4 destroyers — what is US Navy force sent to support Israel

In US Navy, a Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is a naval formation led by an aircraft carrier — USS Gerald R. Ford, in this case — with several surface and subsurface ships.

Boost to India-US ties: 5-yr deal signed, L&T shipyard is now repair hub for American naval ships

Master Shipyard Repair Agreement is a direct outcome of 2022 US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. USNS Salvor arrived at Kattupalli shipyard for repairs Sunday.

US Coast Guard investigating cause of Titanic submersible implosion that killed all 5 aboard

The findings will be shared with the International Maritime Organization and others 'to help improve the safety framework' for global submersible operations, the Coast Guard said.

5 Titan submersible passengers died instantly in ‘catastrophic implosion’, debris field found

The vessel carried Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French explorer Paul Henry Nargeolet, and OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush.

Chinese aircraft surveils US, Japan, Canada, France navy drills in Pacific, says Global Times

A Y-9 cargo plane variant fitted with intelligence-gathering equipment most likely monitored and collected intelligence on the exercise, China’s state-backed reported.

US Navy releases video of Chinese warship’s ‘unsafe interaction’ near Taiwan

In the video, released by the US Navy, a Chinese warship can clearly be seen sailing across the path of the Chung-Hoon in calm waters. The Chung-Hoon does not change course.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.