https://www.defencetalk.com Navy news at defence talk related to naval ships, warships, naval technology and submarines. Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:26:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-not-ready-to-escort-tankers-through-hormuz-strait-80761/ https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-not-ready-to-escort-tankers-through-hormuz-strait-80761/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:26:38 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80761 The US military is currently “not ready” to escort tankers through the critical Strait of Hormuz because all its assets are focused on striking Iran, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday. Wright’s comments came as an attack on two oil tankers off Iraq killed at least one person, and oil prices briefly soared past $100. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-not-ready-to-escort-tankers-through-hormuz-strait-80761/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-not-ready-to-escort-tankers-through-hormuz-strait-80761/feed/ 0 https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-kim-oversees-naval-destroyer-cruise-missile-test-80697/ https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-kim-oversees-naval-destroyer-cruise-missile-test-80697/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:53:36 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80697 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests this week of his country’s naval destroyer, claiming Pyongyang is in the process of “arming the Navy with nuclear weapons”, state media reported Thursday. The tests, including a launch of a sea-to-surface cruise missile, come shortly after Kim led a major once-in-five-years Party Congress, at which he […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-kim-oversees-naval-destroyer-cruise-missile-test-80697/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/north-koreas-kim-oversees-naval-destroyer-cruise-missile-test-80697/feed/ 0 https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-it-has-sunk-more-than-30-iranian-ships-80689/ https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-it-has-sunk-more-than-30-iranian-ships-80689/#respond Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:46:44 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80689 The United States has sunk more than 30 Iranian ships during the ongoing war, while ballistic missile and drone attacks by Tehran’s forces are down substantially, a top US military officer said Thursday. “We’re now up over 30 ships (sunk), and in just the last few hours, we hit an Iranian drone carrier ship, roughly […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-it-has-sunk-more-than-30-iranian-ships-80689/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/us-says-it-has-sunk-more-than-30-iranian-ships-80689/feed/ 0 https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-says-us-navy-could-escort-tankers-iran-aimed-to-strike-first-80676/ https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-says-us-navy-could-escort-tankers-iran-aimed-to-strike-first-80676/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:25:03 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80676 President Donald Trump said Tuesday the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through a crucial Gulf shipping route, as he justified his war on Iran by saying he believed Tehran was about to strike first. Trump has given often conflicting explanations for the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran, while the president who once […]https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-says-us-navy-could-escort-tankers-iran-aimed-to-strike-first-80676/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/trump-says-us-navy-could-escort-tankers-iran-aimed-to-strike-first-80676/feed/ 0 https://www.defencetalk.com/canadian-warship-in-taiwan-strait-undermines-peace-says-china-80528/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:35:18 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80528 A Canadian warship passing through the Taiwan Strait “undermines peace” in the sensitive waterway, China’s military said Monday. Beijing views self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and claims jurisdiction over the body of water that separates the island from the Chinese mainland. The Canadian vessel passed through the strait on Sunday and was the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/canadian-warship-in-taiwan-strait-undermines-peace-says-china-80528/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-holds-first-dual-aircraft-carrier-drills-in-south-china-sea-80489/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:21:47 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80489 China has conducted its first military drills with its two operational aircraft carriers in the contested South China Sea, state media said Thursday. State media did not specify when the exercises with the Liaoning and Shandong vessels took place, though it said the broader naval mission had overlapped with public holidays that spanned late September […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-says-holds-first-dual-aircraft-carrier-drills-in-south-china-sea-80489/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-and-germany-sign-milestone-defence-deal-80423/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:41:22 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80423 London and Berlin on Wednesday hailed a “milestone” in military cooperation, as they signed a new defence pact that would see German submarine-hunting planes operate from British bases and counter threats from Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Europe’s two biggest defence spenders said the Trinity House Agreement, signed by defence ministers John Healey […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-and-germany-sign-milestone-defence-deal-80423/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/china-launches-live-fire-exercise-in-taiwan-strait-80393/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:25:26 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80393 China’s military began a live-fire exercise near Taiwan on Tuesday, maintaining pressure on the self-ruled island after staging large-scale drills and President Xi Jinping called for troops to prepare for war. China’s Communist Party has never ruled the island, but it claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-launches-live-fire-exercise-in-taiwan-strait-80393/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/enabling-autonomous-naval-warfare-with-off-the-shelf-systems-80388/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:16:06 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80388 Naval warfare continues to evolve, with uncrewed systems poised to play a critical role as near-peer adversaries expand their fleets. These technologies will help the U.S. Navy project power and enhance mission execution capabilities. Northrop Grumman, a leader in autonomous systems technology, has developed two key autonomous capabilities for smaller uncrewed aerial systems (UAS): Helix […]https://www.defencetalk.com/enabling-autonomous-naval-warfare-with-off-the-shelf-systems-80388/]]> https://www.defencetalk.com/german-unifil-warship-intercepts-drone-off-lebanon-80372/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:11:11 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/?p=80372 A German warship deployed as part of the UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon has shot down a drone off the Lebanese coast, the German army said Thursday. “An unidentifiable unmanned aerial vehicle was detected in the vicinity” of the “Ludwigshafen am Rhein” corvette and was “brought down in a controlled manner”, an army spokesman said. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-unifil-warship-intercepts-drone-off-lebanon-80372/]]>