Report: Iran Nears Deal to Buy Supersonic Antiship Missiles From China

Published Feb 24, 2026 10:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran may be closing on a deal to buy supersonic antiship missiles from China, which would complicate planning for the U.S. Navy in...

Iran Motivates Trump's Opposition to Transfer of Diego Garcia

Published Feb 24, 2026 9:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a further twist to the Diego Garcia saga, Trump has issued a clear and unambiguous statement on the United States’ attitude tow...

Published Feb 24, 2026 8:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

In the latest sign of rising tensions between China and Japan, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced export bans on 20 leading Ja...

Published Feb 24, 2026 8:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine has taken its attacks on Russian oil export infrastructure further upstream, hitting a major pipeline pumping station belo...

Published Feb 24, 2026 7:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

Three days after President Donald Trump declared that he had ordered a hospital ship to Greenland, the hospital ship USNS Mercy ha...

Published Feb 24, 2026 6:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

One of the longest-serving support ships and the last active survivor of the UK’s Falklands War, the Royal Navy confirmed that RFA...

Published Feb 24, 2026 5:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

China's militia of military-trained fishing crews spent more time deployed in the South China Sea than ever before last year, acco...

Published Feb 24, 2026 4:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Timed to the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the UK announced what it is calling the biggest sanction package again...

Published Feb 24, 2026 10:46 AM by The Maritime Executive

The Pentagon confirmed that U.S. forces interdicted a third runaway tanker, named Bertha, while it was sailing in the Indian Ocean...

Published Feb 23, 2026 10:27 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Monday morning, U.S. forces struck and destroyed a drifting suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, killing three. It was the sec...