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U.S. warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit

Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory.

Reuters

Is Australia in danger of becoming the US's 'deputy sheriff' in the South China Sea?

Recent comments by Defence Minister Richard Marles about Australia, China and the international law of the sea raise the spectre of Australia acting as an Indo-Pacific “deputy sheriff” for the United States, enforcing the rules-based international order.

The Conversation

Top Gun fighter jet worth £56m recovered from ocean floor after storm flung it into sea

The F/A-18E Super Hornet - the same aircraft model as piloted by Tom Cruise in the recent Maverick movie - disappeared overboard the USS Harry S. Truman "due to unexpected heavy weather" on July 8

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Taliban Say They’ve Not Found Body of Qaeda Leader

The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in Kabul last month. The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-Navy pilot rips DeSantis "cosplay"

Pilot Ken Harbaugh calls it an "example of a GOP politician appropriating the honor of others because he has none"

Salon

Former Navy pilot brands Ron DeSantis ‘Top Gun’ advert ‘pathetic’

‘This tough guy act is pathetic’, says veteran

The Independent UK

Chicago Air and Water Show persists through rain and late director’s absence: ‘Seeing this, it gives me joy’

The annual lakefront spectacular returned to the city Saturday after two years of altered or canceled shows due to the pandemic.

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Valor Games: where veterans compete and connect

The three-day sporting competition, organized locally by the Chicago Park District, is for disabled veterans and wounded, ill or injured service members. It wrapped up Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge rejects plea deal for former Navy engineer and his wife in submarine spy case

Navy commander says former engineer “captured some of the most secure and sensitive information about our nuclear-powered fleet”

The Independent UK

US Navy Warship Wreck Discovered Which Has Been Missing Since 1917

“The ship, lost for over 100 years, has been on a lot of people’s wish lists because of its historical weight.

Zenger

Brit divers find shipwrecked WW1 US Navy boat missing for more than 100 years

Divers discovered the missing USS Jacob Jones off the southwest coast of England last week - it was one of six destroyers built for the Navy before World War One

Daily Mirror

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The Hindu

In a first, U.S. Navy Ship arrives in India for repairs

It will undergo maintenance activities at L&T’s Shipyard in Chennai for 11 days

The Hindu

China drills 'reveal plans for blockade'

Beijing’s largest-ever exercises around Taiwan have offered key clues into its plans for a gruelling blockade in the event of a war to take the self-ruled island, and revealed an increasingly emboldened Chinese military, experts told AFP.

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Reuters

Taiwan tensions reveal challenges for U.S. navy as Chinese threat grows

(This story refiles to correct spelling of Antietam in paragraph 15)

Reuters

U.S. Navy say carrier USS Ronald Reagan conducting operations in Philippine Sea

The U.S. Navy on Thursday said the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was conducting scheduled operations in the Philippine Sea in the Western Pacific, a 5.7 million square kilometre (2.2 million square mile) stretch of ocean that includes waters southeast of Taiwan.

The Independent UK

Wife of Navy lieutenant jailed in Japan makes impassioned plea to Biden for his release

Brittany Alkonis says her two children are ‘paying the price’ for US-Japan alliance after husband Ridge Alkonis was jailed for three years

Al Jazeera

US Navy deploys warships east of Taiwan ahead of Pelosi ‘trip’

Military activity has increased near Taiwan as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared ready to make controversial visit.

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US Navy Deploys Four Warships East of Taiwan as Pelosi Heads to Taipei

As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four US warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on "routine" deployments. The carrier USSR Ronald Reagan had transited the South China Sea and was currently…

Bangkok Post

US Navy deploys four warships east of Taiwan as Pelosi heads to Taipei

HONG KONG: As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four US warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on "routine" deployments.

Reuters

U.S. Navy deploys four warships east of Taiwan as Pelosi heads to Taipei

Four U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of Taiwan on what the U.S. Navy called routine deployments on Tuesday amid Chinese anger over U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit the island.

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‘You fight and you win, or you swim.’ USS Fort Lauderdale commissioned with reminders of global challenges

As Capt. James Quaresimo spoke during Saturday’s commissioning of the USS Fort Lauderdale, a sense of readiness could be felt throughout the invitation-only, civilian-heavy crowd of about 4,000.

Los Angeles Times

Possible Pelosi visit elicits shrugs in Taiwan, long the focal point of geopolitical standoff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — On the top of Iris Hsueh’s list of concerns living in Taipei are COVID-19 restrictions, electricity prices and, if she’s being honest, the latest news on Taiwanese pop stars. Nowhere on that list is the proposed visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the potential Chinese backlash.

The Independent UK

US aircraft carrier sails to South China Sea ahead of potential Pelosi trip to Taiwan

USS Ronald Regan and strike vessels sailed into the hotly contested waters “in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region,” Navy says

The Independent UK

US official warns Asian aggressors will face Western might

The U.S. secretary of the Navy has warned that any Asian aggressor who violates the sovereignty of other countries in the region risks punitive counter actions just like what Russia is confronting for its invasion of Ukraine

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