Navy Maritime Patrol Planes Flying From Cold War Base In Bermuda For First Time In Decades
The ballooning presence of Russian submarines and new interest in the region from China has made the Navy up its maritime patrol game in the Atlantic.
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Video Emerges Of Venezuelan Navy Ship Firing On And Colliding With Cruise Ship Before Sinking
The hardened ice-breaking bow of the cruise ship made quick work of the Venezuelan naval vessel.
New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations
The Pentagon has released a map showing areas of increased Russian and Chinese naval activities, as well as the locations of major undersea cables, around the world as part of its most recent budget request for the 2021 Fiscal Year. This is perhaps the most granular detail on these subjects that the U.S. government has provided to date after years of warning about the threats that these patrols, especially by Russian submarines, pose to American national interests.
Russia’s Most Modern Warship And Its Escorts Have Entered The Caribbean Sea
One of Russia’s most modern warships, the first-in-class Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov is in the Caribbean, which might incite the ire of the United States, especially if it also makes a visit to a port in Venezuela, where the U.S. government and Russia continue to support competing political factions. Wherever it sails, its impact might be somewhat muted by the fact that the rest of its flotilla consists of three support ships, including a heavy tug that often shadowed the Russian Navy’s accident-prone and now indefinitely out of commission aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
That USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint Caribbean Spy Flight Was Far More Common Than Most Think
The sortie might have been related to the crisis in Venezuela, but the big intelligence gathering platforms fly many other missions in the region.