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Who rules the seas? Torpedoed Iran ship brings focus underwater

Who rules the seas? Torpedoed Iran ship brings focus underwater

A US submarine this week torpedoing an Iranian warship during the Middle East conflict raised the crucial question of who controls the seas during wartime. The sinking of IRIS Dena on Wednesday in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka killed at least 86 crew members, in what Iranian

Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship fearing new US sub attack

Sri Lanka takes control of Iranian ship fearing new US sub attack

Sri Lanka has offloaded crew of an Iranian navy vessel and assumed countrol of it, the South Asian nation's president said Thursday, a day after a deadly US submarine attack on another ship. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in a televised address that his country's navy

Argentine sub in 2017 implosion was seaworthy, trial told

Argentine sub in 2017 implosion was seaworthy, trial told

The Argentine naval submarine that imploded in 2017, killing 44 sailors, was seaworthy, the highest-ranking of four former officers said Wednesday on the second day of their trial. "The charges are unjust, they are false, and I am innocent," Claudio Villamide, commander of the submarine force at

At least 87 dead after US sinks Iranian warship

At least 87 dead after US sinks Iranian warship

A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing at least 87 sailors and leaving dozens missing, officials said. The sinking came as the war sparked by a joint US-Israel attack on Iran continued to spread across the Middle East. "An

2017 implosion of Argentine submarine was 'foreseeable,' trial hears

2017 implosion of Argentine submarine was 'foreseeable,' trial hears

The submarine implosion that killed 44 Argentine sailors in November 2017, the country's worst naval disaster since the Falklands War, was "foreseeable," prosecutors argued as the trial over the disaster got underway Tuesday. The sinking of the ARA San Juan, in circumstances that remain unclear, was

Trump: U.S. Navy to provide escorts for tankers through Strait of Hormuz

(The Center Square) – Over concerns that Iran is blocking vital tankers from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Navy will begin escorting tankers through the area. “Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very

Maersk suspends vessel transit through Strait of Hormuz

Maersk suspends vessel transit through Strait of Hormuz

Maersk, the major container shipping company, said Sunday it was halting passage through the Suez Canal and the narrow Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, next to Iran, for "safety" reasons. The Danish group was the latest of several shipping groups to make similar announcements after Iran'