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The EU Council has extended the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED IRINI through March 2029, adding new tasks to monitor Russian shadow fleets and safeguard critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) 🇪🇺 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

On September 18, 2026, Navantia celebrated the naming ceremony of the Spanish Navy’s new Underwater Intervention Maritime Action Vessel (BAM-IS), A-21 Poseidón 🇪🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

[VIDEO] Royal Danish Navy Fleet Renewal: Latest on New Frigates, Arctic Ships & Drones | DALO 2026 🇩🇰 Naval News Chief Editor speaks with Commodore Claus Andersen, Director of Naval Programs for an update on the renewal of the Royal Danish Navy fleet www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAT8...

1/ Ukrainian footage of the first-ever battle between two unmanned surface vessels (USVs), won by a Ukrainian USV armed with a machine gun, has prompted Russian warbloggers to predict a future of robotic naval battles. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/unit...

During the U.S. Navy’s Lanternfish 2026 exercise, Ultra Maritime demonstrated an integrated passive-active sonar architecture combining its Sea Spear passive array and SSQ-125B active sonobuoy to detect and track UUVs 🇺🇸 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

🚨🚨🚨 Interesting Russian naval movements in the North Atlantic. The hydrographic ship 🇷🇺 ROMUALD MUKLEVICH was reported northwest of Ireland this morning, heading northeast. Its position had remained unknown for roughly a month, during which it may have operated as far south as the 🇵🇹 Azores.

The Italian Navy’s PPA ITS Thaon di Revel has boarded the EU-sanctioned Shadow Fleet tanker Toa Payoh in the central Mediterranean during an Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI mission 🇮🇹 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Here are some of the songs I've been listening to this summer. It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week. Our hearts go out to his family.

🇮🇪 defending itself. Good letter in todays @IrishTimes on 🇮🇪 lack of defence capability and the continuing lack of political will to address the crisis. @micheal-martin.bsky.social @simonharrisireland.bsky.social

Singapore’s new initiative over fears seabed becoming global battlefield

Thales Canada has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Canada to supply the S2087, a member of the low‑frequency towed array sonars CAPTAS family, for the Royal Canadian Navy’s future River‑class destroyers 🇨🇦 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

The Royal Navy is introducing a new approach to Initial Naval Training that will see officers and ratings complete the same 10-week foundation course at HMS Raleigh. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=68996

Naval chiefs from across Northern Europe are to launch a multinational maritime force to defend Northwest Europe and the High North with the UK at the helm. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-launches-new-maritime-force-to-defend-europe/

Britain to create joint naval force with nine European countries as ‘complement’ to Nato

Why is Jack Chambers so coy about designating offshore wind as critical infrastructure?

‘We see you’: Britain claims it rumbled ‘secret’ Russian plot to interfere with subsea cables. www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

We may not be running out of gas but we still need a serious strategic gas reserve | Nils Pratley

Inocea Group to Acquire UK’s Wave-class Fast Naval Replenishment Fleet to Return Proven NATO Capability to Active Service www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Nothing to see here. Just the US State Department mimicking the talking points of Germany's far right AfD

Britain is examining ways to strengthen underwater security around naval bases and ports as part of a broader effort to protect critical maritime infrastructure, according to new parliamentary answers from the Ministry of Defence. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-explores-...

German authorities today detained two men accused of attempting to disable German Navy vessels, amid a broader wave of suspected sabotage incidents across Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ministers say new pay incentives and flexible service terms are beginning to improve retention among engineering and technical specialists, despite continued competition from the civilian labour market. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65006

‘Ukraine’s most successful battlefield’: Black Sea wins keep Odesa port open for business

The idea that the only beneficiaries of Ukrainians resisting invasion are Western arms companies is absurd and shameful. It is another way of saying, again, that whether Ukraine maintains its independence or is subjugated and crushed is a matter of indifference...

What kind of president will Catherine Connolly be on foreign policy?

Ukraine war briefing: Shadow fleet is launchpad for Russian drones harassing Europe – Zelenskyy

Really important explanation by Macron of the reason Europe is showing up in Washington tomorrow.

EU-US Trade Fight: EU: We are considering the ANTI-COERCION INSTRUMENT! US: Huh? EU: It means we could hit back at you! (Whispers…In a measured way of course). US: Could? So, it just means you “could” hit us? And why haven’t you done that already? EU: 🤷‍♀️. You’re NATO’s daddy. US: 30%!

The UK Royal Navy has commissioned a former offshore support vessel (OSV) into the front-line fleet to accelerate Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) Block 1 operational development and integration 🇬🇧 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

OPINION: Like so many other wonder weapons once thought revolutionary and invincible, drone supremacy has already had its moment on the modern battlefield.

Royal Navy warships and helicopters tracked five Russian vessels in and around UK waters over the first week of July, as part of a surge in maritime monitoring operations. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=60687

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it will spend over £4 billion on uncrewed and autonomous military systems during this Parliament, as part of a major shift in how the UK Armed Forces fight future wars. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=60680

European Commission: buy European ! Denmark: OKAY GIVE ME EVERY EUROPEAN SYSTEM AND TAKE MY MONEY

The Defence Forces has released footage of LE William Butler Yeats as it took part in the interdiction of €31 million worth of cocaine in Cork yesterday. Two naval boarding parties on rigid hull inflatable boats chased down two the suspects and detained them

Ireland must stop ‘free-riding’ on security ‘gifted by others’, says former Chief of Staff

“He who commands the sea has command of everything,” the ancient Athenian general Themistocles said. By that standard, the United States has command of very little. Arnav Rao on how a new era of American maritime greatness can still be possible: https://theatln.tc/VUpZhr4m

The Government has unveiled a new UK-wide veteran support initiative known as VALOUR, backed by £50 million in funding, aimed at streamlining access to services for former Armed Forces personnel across the country. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=59318

Latest news article: 🇩🇰Denmark unveils major naval investment programme www.navylookout.com/denmark-unve...

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed that the government is actively pursuing plans to expand its hybrid capabilities at sea, including the protection of undersea cables, with particular emphasis on leveraging successful foreign models and greater ukdefencejournal.org.uk/pollard-uk-n...

Evidence of IDF beyond edge of buffer zone in Syria. This photo captured about 0.7kms into #Syria, approx 32.996983, 35.884601. Source: x.com/ytirawi/stat... IDF have since confirmed its troops are operating beyond the demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

🚨BREAKING: German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said "nobody believes" that two broken telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea were "accidentally cut."

Telecoms cable in Baltic Sea may have been severed, says Finnish owner