US Navy Archives - Defence Monitor

09 Jun

MT Marivex exchanged communication with US Navy before fire incident: MEA

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India on Tuesday said that there had been an exchange of communication between the Palau-flagged vessel MT Marivex and the US Navy before the fire incident that disabled the ship off the coast of Oman. Addressing the weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that all 24 Indian crew members aboard the vessel had been rescued safely and expressed gratitude to the Omani government for its support in the rescue operation. "The ship MT Marivex was disabled off the coast of Oman. We have learned that it…

17 Jan

Two US Navy SEALs missing in operation near Somalia

Washington, Jan 17, The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that two Navy SEALs were missing in a recent operation conducted by the American military near the coast of Somalia to seize what it said were Iranian weapon components being supplied to the Houthi militia in Yemen. In a statement on Tuesday, the CENTCOM said that US forces on Januay 11 conducted a night-time seizure of a dhow conducting illegal transport of advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces in Yemen as part of the militia's ongoing attacks against international merchant shipping in the Red Sea. The Navy SEALS…

08 Feb

US Navy releases photos of Chinese spy balloon debris

Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) The US Navy has released photos of debris of the suspected Chinese spy balloon which was shot down by an American F-22 fighter jet over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4. The photos were published on Tuesday by the US Fleet Forces Command on its social media handles. The balloon was retrieved off the coast of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina a day after it was shot down, the BBC reported. According to the Navy, the balloon's debris was spread over 11 km of the Atlantic Ocean, and two naval ships were sent to the area. The…