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Sunday, December 21, 2025
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Topic: US Navy

What the illegal entry of USS John Paul Jones into India’s EEZ could mean

In episode 721 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta unpacks the issues of international relations through the sea laws after the US ship sailed through Indian EEZ without intimation.

US Navy ship violates Indian law as it sails through exclusive zone in ‘messaging to China’

External affairs ministry says incident has been raised through diplomatic channels with US. Ex-Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash says US violated India's rules but not international law.

US plans new fleet for Indo-Pacific region as it focuses on ties with India, countering China

US Navy intends to resurrect its First Fleet, disbanded in 1973, to cover the Indo-Pacific region and could be based near Singapore.

Quad countries come together for complex second phase of Malabar naval exercise

US Navy’s Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, India’s Vikramaditya Carrier Battle Group will join Japanese Navy and Australian Navy for the exercise that will go on until 20 November.

US military aircraft refuels at Indian base for first time under defence pact

The aircraft landed over a week ago at an airstrip in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for refuelling under an agreement signed between India and US in 2016.

US put its ‘doomsday planes’ in air just before Trump’s Covid announcement

The launch of the two E-6B Mercury aircraft is being seen as a sign of America's defence and preparedness for any eventuality.

US Forces chief pledges to help Japan deal with incursions by Chinese ships

Tensions are flaring in an area known for rich fishing opportunities, as Chinese vessels spend increasingly long periods of time inside what Japan sees as its territorial waters.

US Navy aircraft carrier returns to sea after virus outbreak

Captain Brett Crozier had been relived of his command of U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt in April for sending a memo pleading in urgent terms for all but a skeleton crew to be removed amid the outbreak.

Why we must take UFO sightings by US Navy more seriously

Humanity has a long history of being caught unaware by outside arrivals; we should pay more attention to that bias in ourselves, like we should have for Covid-19.

US Navy wants to reinstate captain fired for highlighting Covid-19 outbreak on carrier

Captain Brett E. Crozier was fired after a letter he wrote to top Navy officials about a Covid-19 outbreak on USS Theodore Roosevelt was leaked to media.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.