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US sending jets, warship to Gulf to protect ships from Iranian seizure

The Pentagon is sending the Thomas Hudner, a destroyer, and F-35 fighter jets after Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strait early this month.

10 months ago

Divers find WWI Navy destroyer, the first to be sunk by enemy fire

The wreckage of the USS Jacob Jones was recently discovered off the southwest coast of England by a group of UK diving experts.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

21 months ago

Watch: Implications of President Trump’s tweet to ‘shoot down and destroy’ Iranian gunboats

The president’s instructions could carry an array of implications.

4 years ago

11 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels harass US warships in the Persian Gulf

NAVCENT said the Iranian ships “repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range and high speeds” and even came within 50 yard “closest point of approach” of the Puller and 10 yards of Maui’s bow.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: March 15, 2020

Flying high in the Arctic, multinational exercises in the Indo-Pacom region and standing watch in the Gulf of Oman, here's the best photos from around the military.

4 years ago

Congress wrestles with deterring China ― beyond nukes

The U.S. must form a new and creative strategy to deter China using conventional means, experts told Congress.

4 years ago

Best pics of the week: Jan. 5, 2020

Rapid response forces head to the Middle East, Marines secure the embassy in Baghdad and more pics from the services in this week's Frontline Photos.

4 years ago

US destroyer made ‘historic’ visit to Beirut as regional tensions mount

The port visit by the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Ramage to Beirut was the first in 36 years.

5 years ago

British navy says 3rd warship sailing to Persian Gulf

London says the air-defence destroyer Defender, a Type 45 warship, will join the Type 23 Duke-class frigates Kent and Montrose.

5 years ago

UK joins US in Strait of Hormuz naval security mission

Britain said Monday that it would join a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran’s seizure of merchant vessels has raised tensions with the West. Earlier, Iran’s foreign minister lambasted recent U.S. financial sanctions against him, calling the move a “failure” for diplomacy.

5 years ago

Iran offers to swap seized oil tanker for another taken by UK

In the meantime, Britain continues plans to deploy a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" to safeguard shipping in the area after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press

5 years ago

London sending warship to the Persian Gulf

The British navy said Thursday it had stopped three Iranian paramilitary vessels from disrupting the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.

5 years ago