Analysis: Larger NATO Baltic Sea Exercise Sends Important Message to Russia
Summer is exercise season in the Baltic Sea region, and one of the largest ones is BALTOPS 16, which runs…
Opinion: Russia, Middle East Will Define NATO’s Emerging Maritime Century
NATO may be best known for its protracted counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan, or for its current efforts to shore up…
Finns Drop Depth Charges Against ‘Possible Underwater Object’ Near Helsinki
The Finnish Navy dropped low yield depth charges near the capital of Helsinki following sightings of an object that could…
Top Stories 2014: Foreign Developments
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts, and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Lessons from Sweden’s Sub Hunt
The Swedish navy was pushed into its largest anti-submarine effort since the close of the Cold war last week.…
Swedes Call Off Search For Mystery Submarine
The Swedish Navy has called off a week-long search for a suspected submersible in Swedish territorial waters after an assessment,…
Swedes Could be Searching for Covert Russian Midget Sub
The mystery submersible spotted in Swedish waters near Stockholm on Friday could be one of a handful of Soviet-era midget…
Swedish Navy Hunts for Mystery Underwater Object, Russia Denies Involvement
Elements of the Swedish Navy spent the weekend searching for evidence of “foreign underwater activity,” following a Friday announcement from…
Singapore Buys New Class of German Attack Submarines
Singapore has inked a deal with German submarine builder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for two new Type 218SGs— a previously unknown…
U.S. Coast Guard’s 2013 Review of Major Icebreakers of the World
The following is the July 18, 2013 review by the U.S. Coast Guard of Major Icebreakers of the World. The…