US warship reaches Georgian port

"A US warship has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi carrying the first delivery of aid supplies by sea. Russian forces are still in control of the military port of Poti, to the north of Batumi, after Moscow withdrew most of its combat troops from the country. French...

Explorers find 1780 British warship in Lake Ontario

A 22-gun warship that sunk in Lake Ontario during the American Revolution has been discovered at the bottom of the lake. It is well preserved in the cold, deep water, and has long since been known as one of the 'Holy...

American Revolution warship found in Lake Ontario

Apparently they're not going to try to raise the ship but what a treasure trove of memorabilia it must hold.  It will be fascinating to see what the divers will find in coming years."SYRACUSE, N.Y. ...

Viking Warship "Sea Stallion" Arrives In Dublin - But There Is A More Interes...

Today was an exciting day in Dublin because the Viking "Sea Stallion" finally arrived. I have tracked the progress of the Sea Stallion since it set sail from Roskilde (Denmark) on the 30th. June until it arrived in...

Visit to Montreal of the Emden was a coup for the Nazi regime

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn 1936,the first post WW I German Warship to come into service as the Nazi Regimes flagship Emden paid a visit to Montreal in time for Germany's 11th Olympiad.  The...

HMAS Sydney Wreckage Found

AUSTRALIAN PM KEVIN RUDD announces wreckage of HMAS Sydney, sunk off the West Australian coast during World War II, has been found.  Sydney's entire crew of 645 went down with the ship in the Indian Ocean in...

$60M to shoot a satellite?

A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy satellite that had been malfunctioning 130 miles above the Earth. The price tag for the endeavor has been pegged at upward of $30 million and even as high as $60 million, depending on the news report....

Why is it so expensive to shoot down a satellite?

That is one pricey missile. And that can't be no ordinary spy satellite if it's worth a $30 million expense to take it out of commission."A missile fired from a Navy warship on Wednesday night shot down a U.S. spy...

US missile hits failed satellite over Pacific

"The US Navy has successfully hit a falling spy satellite with a missile fired late Wednesday by a warship in the Pacific Ocean, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed.The US targeted the satellite because it carries a toxic fuel that could be harmful if the spacecraft drifted back...

POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

"POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel Analysis by Gareth Porter* Credit:Press-TV Image from Iranian video depicting the Jan. 7 encounter with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media...

Navy preparing 20 warships for joint exercise in Sengata

"A spokesman for the Balikpapan Naval Base, Major Arif, said here on Tuesday the presence of the warships from the Eastern Fleet was only aimed at supporting the operation of the naval exercise which would take place from December 14 to 16, 2007. In addition, the navy will...

Indonesian navy`s corvette arrives from Netherlands

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - A Dutch-made corvette of the Sigma type belonging to the Indonesian Navy arrived at Tanjung Priok port here on Friday night. Named KRI Diponegoro-365, the Indonesian warship moored at...

Ghettoizing Baghdad by Felicity Arbuthnot

"The world has seen America's little President declaring 'Mission accomplished' staged on a warship, geared up in a dinky flying suit (which did some strange things to his lower organs) 'milestones', the 'surge' and now the ghettoization of Baghdad. As the Nazis in Warsaw,...

British wreck could yield $1bn in treasure

"Up to a billion dollars worth of gold and silver on a sunken 17th-century English warship may soon be recovered following an agreement with Spanish authorities."

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