U.S. Launches New Wave of Strikes on Targets in Iran

Published Jul 15, 2026 11:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Overnight Wednesday, U.S. forces carried out another wave of strikes against targets in Iran, the fifth day in a row of a back-and...

Video: U.S. Disables Iran-Linked Tanker With Hellfire Missiles

Published Jul 15, 2026 6:23 PM by The Maritime Executive

For the first time since the reimposition of the naval blockade on Iran's seaports, the U.S. military has conducted an enforcement...

Published Jul 15, 2026 12:46 PM by CIMSEC

[By Captains Al Collins and Kevin Eyer] Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the...

Published Jul 14, 2026 10:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

Repeated exchanges of fire with U.S. forces appear to be prompting Iranian leaders to contemplate further escalation. Late Tuesday...

Published Jul 14, 2026 8:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

As naval forces begin to get used to the idea of unmanned surface vessels and put together a concept of operations for how to use...

Published Jul 14, 2026 3:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United States is resuming its blockade of shipping related to Iran today, July 14, but in a reversal of course, Donald Trump n...

Published Jul 14, 2026 10:23 AM by The Maritime Executive

While the effect had already been almost completely achieved, the U.S. Navy attack on the submarine maintenance facility in the Ba...

Published Jul 13, 2026 10:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

TOTE Services, which pioneered the idea of a third-party construction manager for U.S. government shipbuilding programs, has won t...

Published Jul 12, 2026 9:04 PM by CIMSEC

[By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek] Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single question: what causes are worth figh...

Published Jul 12, 2026 8:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last December, in a sudden reversal of fortune, Emirati-backed forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) were forced to ce...