@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump administration weighs naval blockade to halt Cuban oil imports (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/trump-administration-weighs-naval-blockade-to-halt-cuban-oil-imports-00744708
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p76#a260123p76
@benb@osintua.euRussia, Iran hold naval drills as tensions rise over potential US strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/russia-iran-hold-naval-drills.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Says U.S. 'Armada' Is Heading to Iran (Abdi Latif Dahir/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/world/middleeast/trump-armada-iran-naval-force.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p64#a260123p64
@benb@osintua.euUkrainian naval drone strike reportedly cripples Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in Black Sea, SBU source says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/ukrainian-naval-drone-strike-reportedly.html
@qbi@freie-re.deDie chinesische Mauer wird jetzt auf dem Meer "gebaut".
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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/16/world/asia/china-ships-fish…
@markhburton@mstdn.social"US is establishing a naval base at Ushuaia, south Argentina
"Approved by US/Israel client Javier Milei while Biden was in White House
"Will cement US dominance of South Atlantic and Antarctic
"US client regime in London already has huge airbase on nearby Malvinas (Falklands)"
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@karlauerbach@sfba.socialSo, now that Orange Trump is sabre rattling about invading and militarily taking Greenland from Denmark we ought to remember the Satyandra's adivice: That those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.
So let's remember some history...
The news is that Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and other European nations are starting to build up defense forces on Greenland and in the waters around it.
About 20 years ago the US participated in naval war games with variou…
@UP8@mastodon.socialHere's the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, a submarine base, as seen from the deck of the elevator bridge
#photo #photgraphy #cranespotting
@paun@digitalcourage.social#Taiwan’s first Indigenous Defence #Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711), also known as #Narwhal, successfully completed its first submerged sea trials on January 29, 2026.
@servelan@newsie.socialRussia Sends Naval Vessel to Escort Oil Tanker U.S. Is Pursuing - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/russia-tanker-bella.html
@j_honegger@swiss.socialFrom #AnnafromUkraine @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
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RUSSIAN #SHADOWFLEET COLLAPSES UNDER NAVAL STRIKES Vlog 1243: War in #Ukraine
Ukrainian naval
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
@cdarwin@c.imThe Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable,
telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022,
and the NATO military alliance has boosted its presence with frigates, aircraft and naval drones
The latest incident was made public five days after Finnish police seized a cargo vessel en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion of sabotaging an undersea telecom cable running from Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland to Estoni…
@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.socialHeute vor 57 Jahren: Am 14. Januar 1969 verursachte eine Explosion einer Luft-Boden-Rakete auf dem atombetriebenen Flugzeugträger USS Enterprise (CVN-65) einen Brand bei dem 28 Menschen starben. Es entstand außerdem ein Schaden in Höhe von 126 Millionen Dollar.
@primonatura@mstdn.social"New ship hull modifications to slash fuel use"
#Ships #Vehicles
https://techxplore.com/ne…
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialWatch Malcolm Nance explain exactly how the KGB recruited Trump.
Malcolm Nance, prominent former U.S.
Naval Intelligence officer, and decorated counter-terrorism expert, narrates this video.
Nance was an advisor for U.S. Special Operations, Homeland Security, and intelligence agencies.
#malcolmnance
@benb@osintua.euRussia joins China, Iran for naval drills in South Africa: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/10/russia-joins-china-iran-for.html
@cdarwin@c.im“Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10am Friday,” wrote the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.
“I’m grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.”
US officials also indicated the talks in Oman will go forward.
They will take place amid a massive buildup of US naval and airpower in the region and appear to be a last chance for Tehran to avert a US strike against the country’s leadership and nuclear …
@cdarwin@c.imTrump has ordered a massive naval deployment off Venezuela’s northern coast.
“You can save yourself and those closest to you,
but you must leave the country now,”
Trump reportedly said,
offering safe passage for Maduro,
his wife and his son
“only if he agreed to resign right away”.
However, Venezuela’s president reportedly refused to step down immediately
and allegedly made a series of counter-demands,
including worldwide immunity from pr…
@cdarwin@c.imThough an outright war is still unlikely,
the concentration of American air and naval forces near Venezuela
points to concentrated airstrikes if things were to kick off.
The US troop levels right now are a bit too low for a full land invasion,
but if things kick off with air strikes, Maduro’s troops might struggle due to their ageing weapons.
@cdarwin@c.imThe US navy knew of potentially dangerous levels of airborne plutonium in San Francisco
for almost a year
before it alerted city officials
after it carried out testing that detected radioactive material in November last year, public health advocates allege.
The plutonium levels exceeded the federal action threshold
at the navy’s highly contaminated, 866-acre Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
It was detected in an area adjacent to a residential neighborhood fil…
