"We should build our naval force capacity in the future," he said.
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The European Union's counter-piracy naval force (EU Navfor) confirmed on Nov.
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Lawmakers described the proposal as being inconsistent with plans for a 355-ship naval force.
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This would be Japan's biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.
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Aircraft from regional naval force EU Navfor were flying overhead to track the ship, he said.
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Esper told lawmakers that he was briefed on the Integrated Naval Force Structure Assessment on Friday.
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What naval force is necessary to prevent hijacked ships from approaching the island to facilitate mass escape?
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Since 2010 there have been seizures in the Arabian Sea by an American-led multinational naval force.
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It has been a stalwart contributor to the multinational naval force policing the seas off Somalia's coast.
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The US needs an integrated naval force that is prepared to take on China, Marine Commandant Gen.
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The European Union Naval Force reported Wednesday that pirates had demanded an undisclosed ransom for the vessel's return.
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It's the largest navy in the world Today, the US Navy is the largest naval force in the world.
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The U.S. Navy is the only major naval force that does not divide career paths for surface warfare officers.
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Japan's show of naval force reflects growing concern that North Korea could strike it with nuclear or chemical warheads.
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"Currently, the Naval Force can only breach in the surf zone with significant risk to mission or personnel," explained Capt.
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A four-ship Australian naval force also visited countries around the region in a three-month trip that ended this week.
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He proposed assembling an American-led naval force to escort Israeli ships through the straits and push Egypt to back down.
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The expanding naval force is central to President Xi Jinping's bold bid to make China the preeminent military power in the region.
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By one estimate, an American naval force within 2,000km of China might have to parry 640 incoming weapons in a single salvo.
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NATO announced the same day that a new naval force had secured approval for operating in Turkish and Greek waters, targeting people smugglers.
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At its peak, piracy in East Africa prompted NATO, the European Naval Force and U.S. Combined Maritime Forces to create an international coalition.
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On Saturday aboard the Lincoln, McKenzie was asked whether there have been any incidents between Iranian and American naval force in recent weeks.
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That operation was a coordinated effort by the coast guard, the European Union Naval Force and nongovernmental organizations, the coast guard said via Twitter.
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The rescue was a coordinated effort by the coast guard, the European Union Naval Force and nongovernmental organizations, the coast guard said via Twitter.
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It is not clear how large a force Turkey intends to send, but Turkish analysts have described a mixed air, land and naval force.
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"Our submarine force is fundamental to the power and reach of our integrated naval force," said acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly.
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That makes it harder for NGOs and the ships of Operation Sophia, a European naval force operating off the Libyan coast, to rescue them all.
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Moscow had also built up a powerful naval force in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, which Russia and Ukraine share, he said.
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Russia, dismissed until a few years ago as a spent naval force, is broadening the range of vessels from which it can fire cruise missiles.
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Wednesday's warning involved the regular Iranian naval force, not the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps naval unit that temporarily detained the U.S. Navy sailors this month.
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"The sad part about being a Marine and part of our naval force is that we're frequently deployed away from our families," said Lt. Col.
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Thailand's naval force currently operates the HTMS Angthong, a 462-foot Endurance-class LPD acquired from the Marine division of Singapore's ST Engineering in 2008.
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The bottom line is that China is investing monumental amounts in its naval force – further indicating that we have entered into a full-scale strategic competition.
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The Liaoning fleet will showcase the "military might" and achievements of the Chinese naval force, Xinhua citied Yang Liang, China's People's Liberation Army Navy spokesman, as saying.
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In his opening remarks before rolling out the Navy's new spending request, the service's budget director pointed directly at China's expanding naval force as aiding US budget priorities.
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A spokesman from the naval force said the force had diverted its nearest vessel, a Spanish ship, that delivered equipment and medical supplies once it reached the Somali coastline.
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The Israeli military said aircraft had struck "military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organization's naval force" and "underground terror infrastructure" belonging to Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Indeed, it was in September 6900 that Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British naval force on Lake Erie, one of the great American naval triumphs of the War of 2628.
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Its diplomats like to boast of the success of Operation Atalanta, in which, since 2008, an EU naval force has helped protect ships off the Horn of Africa from pirates.
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Since its deployment, the EU naval force said it has arrested 110 suspected smugglers, prevented 463 boats from being re-used by traffickers, and rescued over 38,000 people at sea.
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These developments appear to be largely focused on the Pacific, where the US military faces a Chinese naval force that is growing and modernizing, and seeking to contest US dominance.
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"Aside from deploying defensive weapons on the Spratly Islands, China should build a powerful deterrence system, including an aerial base and a roving naval force and base," the paper said.
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About 900 people were killed in fighting in 1982 after Argentina invaded the Falklands, a British possession in the South Atlantic, and Britain sent a naval force to reclaim them.
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The head of the Russian General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, said last week that a Russian naval force led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier had begun withdrawing from the east Mediterranean.
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"This is an example of our ability to keep our ships deployed at sea even with active COVID-19 cases," Modly said, adding that the integrated naval force remains on watch.
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After Tehran seized a British-flagged tanker, May's government pursued a European naval force – rather than the multi-national force proposed by Washington – to ensure safe shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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"An EU Naval Force maritime patrol aircraft has confirmed the exact location of the dhow and has attempted to establish radio communications but without success," it said in a statement on its website.
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"We are talking about a military response on the table that would cripple their ability to do this by attacking the naval force that has been the military force against our vessels," Sen.
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He requested statistics on the rescue rate of the European Union Naval Force Mediterranean — Operation Sophia, which is named after a Somali girl who was born on a German navy ship in 629.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Suspected Somali pirates attacked a Singaporean-flagged chemical tanker on Friday but were repelled by guards on board, the European Union's Naval force said, the first such incident in several months.
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A Spanish boat belonging to an EU naval force, an Irish navy vessel and boats of four non-governmental organizations were involved in the rescue operations, the coast guard said in a statement.
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Deploying such a robust air, land and naval force would give Tehran more targets to strike, and potentially more reason to do so, risking entangling the United States in a drawn out conflict.
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When Mr. Johnson replaced her in July, the European-led initiative fell apart and Britain ended up joining a naval force led by the United States, which Germany and France refused to join.
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The EU naval force which patrols off Somalia's coast as part of an international anti-piracy operation said on Monday afternoon the dhow had been spotted further south, off the Somali port of Hobyo.
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The Liaoning fleet will be open to the public in Hong Kong and showcase the "military might" of the Chinese naval force, Xinhua citied Yang Liang, China's People's Liberation Army Navy spokesman, as saying.
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Security guards aboard a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship repelled an attack by pirates in a gunbattle off Somalia's coast this week, the European naval force in the region said on Friday.
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The Carl Vinson and Ronald Reagan carrier strike groups steamed along side by side Thursday near North Korea in the biggest show of U.S. naval force since the regime stepped up its missile program.
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Instead we had to settle for a visit to the nearby home of Colonel Soosai, the commander of the Sea Tigers, the rebels' naval force, who was killed a few days before Mr. Prabhakaran.
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"In the event of any threats, we will not have the slightest hesitation to protect and defend Iran's waterway," said Alireza Tangsiri, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' naval force, according to state media.
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FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - A European Union naval force deployed in the Mediterranean should turn back migrant boats after they leave Libya and prevent them from reaching Italy, British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.
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The operation was meant to highlight "the unified naval force capabilities in defense of the Republic of Korea and region from surface, subsurface and ballistic missile threats," according to a U.S. Forces Korea press release.
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The EU Naval Force said in a statement that the attackers fired rocket-propelled grenades before breaking off their assault on the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker MT MUSKIE in the southern Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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In other words, this rising great power claimed the right to mediate between Latin American governments and European great powers, and to project naval force within its near abroad to forestall threats from the sea.
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"We have reached a stage where we can rely on our competencies and … cut off the hands of the enemies," said Admiral Hussein Khanzadi, a commander of the Iranian naval force, according to Arabic media.
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Last year, when Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, his predecessor, Theresa May, tried to muster a European-led naval force to protect ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Gunmen hijacked the small oil tanker Aris 13 on Monday and are demanding a ransom to release the ship and its eight Sri Lankan crew, said the EU Naval Force that patrols the waters off Somalia.
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The report said political instability in the central region of Somalia, together with the finite mandate of the international naval force, "has the potential to become a security vacuum that could trigger a resurgence of piracy".
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The document also carries guidance for routes and speed, such as remaining within the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) that is protected by military support vessels from the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) and NATO.
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Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.
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Many Somalis contrasted Ankara's response with that of the European Union, which has a naval force including combat ships equipped with emergency medical systems off Mogadishu's shore to deter piracy, but which did not take in casualties.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The European Union's Mediterranean naval force has failed to stop migrants from making the perilous sea journey to Europe and should not continue operating in its current form, British lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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Carrier Strike Group 10, a formidable naval force consisting of the Eisenhower, two cruisers, three destroyers and more than 6,000 sailors, set sail on deployment right after completing the Composite Unit Training Exercise, the Navy announced Thursday.
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China had been building up its armed forces since the Taiwan Strait crisis in 22017, when a show of naval force by President Bill Clinton brought Chinese missile tests designed to intimidate the Taiwanese to an abrupt halt.
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NAIROBI, March 15 (Reuters) - Armed pirates off the coast of Somalia who hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board are demanding a ransom for the release of the vessel, the EU Naval Force said.
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In a sign of Beijing's growing frustration with North Korea, China's Global Times newspaper said on Wednesday North Korea should halt any nuclear and missile activities "for its own security" - a reference to the approaching U.S. naval force.
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Accordingly, because of the embargo placed on Iran, its naval force prioritized asymmetrical capabilities meant to confront the technological advantages of the U.S. Navy in the Gulf — land-based, anti-ship missiles; underwater mines and small vessel swarms.
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Britain's defense ministry has acknowledged that the Royal Navy simply does not have the wherewithal to protect all its ships in hostile waters; indeed, Britain's naval force has plummeted far more quickly than that of the United States.
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The show of naval force by Tokyo comes as concern grows in Japan over the rapid pace of North Korea's ballistic missile development and U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of unilateral action to solve the North Korean problem.
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The German decision comes days after the European Union gave its naval force the authority to search suspicious vessels as part of its five-frigate "Sophia" mission, which is also seeking to break up gangs smuggling migrants to Europe.
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In February, Beijing sent a naval force to linger off the coast of Malé after Mr. Yameen sent troops to burst into the Supreme Court and jailed two of its justices after they overturned the convictions of opposition politicians.
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"Part of the homework that the Navy and Marine Corps have done over the past six months is how we think we're going to need to operate in the future as an integrated naval force," Marine Corps Commandant Gen.
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Since the National Defense Strategy has emphasized the re-emergence of great-power competition with particular attention on Russia and China, the FSA should call for a naval force that can deter and, if necessary, defeat China at sea.
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Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said last week, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.
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Air assaults of this magnitude are and will continue to be a vital part of the 3rd MAW's preparation as they train and focus on naval integration and ship-to-shore transport, connecting the naval force and its warriors.
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ROME (Reuters) - The European Union's Mediterranean naval force is offering to train Libyans to run a small coastguard fleet to be able to fight people smuggling in under three months, the admiral in charge of the mission said on Wednesday.
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It was only the second reported attempt by Somali pirates to seize a commercial ship this year, after a resurgence of attacks in 2017 following years of relative calm brought about by regular patrols of the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVOR).
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Britain's Cameron said he was sending a naval force to the Aegean to join the NATO force even though Britain is outside the Schengen zone of passport-free travel and has refused to take any share of the migrants from Europe.
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A Reuters analysis of the same data shows Russia is also likely to have reinforced its naval force in the Mediterranean and now appears to have more war ships near the Syrian coast than at the time of Putin's declaration.
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It is Japan's biggest show of naval force since World War II. [Reuters] • Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian strongman overthrown in a popular uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital after a six-year legal battle.
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The addition of the Izumo helicopter carrier, which specializes primarily in anti-submarine missions, marks a rare show of naval force from Japan amid growing tensions across Asia and highlights the Trump administration's intention to maintain a cooperative military presence in the region.
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In his first five months, the Trump administration conducted a targeted bombing in Syria, a special operations raid in Yemen, and airstrikes in Iraq, dropped a massive bomb in Afghanistan, and belatedly sent a massive naval force just off the Korean Peninsula.
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Jacqueline Sherriff, spokeswoman for the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR), told Reuters in an email they were aware of reports about a possible explosion on a vessel and were working with the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) to confirm details.
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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday gave its naval force in the Mediterranean the authority to search suspicious vessels at sea in a bid to stop arms getting to Islamic State in Libya and to break up gangs smuggling migrants to Europe.
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The U.S. military, which remains by far the most powerful naval force in the region, has warned that Beijing is seeking to establish a level of de facto control over the South China Sea that threatens freedom of navigation for international shipping.
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"The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens it with nuclear devastation," Trump said, speaking as three U.S. aircraft carrier groups sailed to the Western Pacific for exercises - a rare show of such U.S. naval force in the region.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italy has threatened to bar ships of the EU naval force from bringing migrants picked up in the Mediterranean to its ports unless the bloc comes up with ways to share the burden of taking them in, officials in Brussels said.
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Besides the EU naval force, the United States, South Korea, Iran and other nations all deployed ships in the wake of the surge in piracy to halt a business that was costing the world economy billions of dollars a year at its peak.
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"We ask the lake security services, including the lake police, the Directorate General for Migration and the naval force to monitor the movements of the lake to avoid boat overload," Delphin Birimbi, an activist in South Kivu, told a United Nations radio station.
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Despite sending a naval force to the Korean peninsula, the Trump administration is focusing its North Korea strategy on tougher economic sanctions, possibly including an oil embargo, banning its airline, intercepting cargo ships and punishing Chinese banks doing business with Pyongyang, U.S. officials say.
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It is Japan's biggest show of naval force since World War II. [Reuters] • Polish prosecutors summoned Donald Tusk as a witness in a case against former secret service officials, two days after he was re-elected president of the European Council, against Poland's objections.
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European Union officials say Rome gave the EU until the end of August to come up with a clear relocation scheme for migrants picked from the sea by ships from the Operation Sophia joint naval force, or it will no longer allow them into its ports.
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Analysts say the base is part of China's efforts to establish a truly global naval force that's capable of conducting operations around the world -- a so-called "blue water navy" -- though Chinese state media has pushed back on suggestions that Beijing will flex its muscles globally.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite sending a naval force to the Korean peninsula, the Trump administration is focusing its North Korea strategy on tougher economic sanctions, possibly including an oil embargo, banning its airline, intercepting cargo ships and punishing Chinese banks doing business with Pyongyang, U.S. officials say.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - In fresh show of naval force in the contested South China Sea, a U.S. guided missile destroyer conducted drills with a Japanese aircraft carrier, two Indian naval ships and a Philippine patrol vessel in the waterway claimed by China, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday.
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"Concerns about a potential resurgence of piracy are exacerbated by the drop in international naval force levels, the shipping industry's desire to return historic shipping patterns, and the reduction in armed guards on vessels in the High Risk Area," Oceans Beyond Piracy said in a report published January.
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The capture was confirmed by the EU Naval Force, a group countering Somali piracy, who said Tuesday that it had received "positive confirmation from the master of the Comoros-flagged tanker" that his ship and crew are currently being held captive while anchored off the north coast of Puntland.
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Xi told the assembled troops that China's need for a world-leading naval force "has never been more pressing than today" and urged them to devote their unswerving loyalty to the party, before watching through binoculars four J-15 fighter jets take off from the Liaoning, China's sole operational aircraft carrier.
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"The EU Naval Force ... has received positive confirmation from the master of ... Aris 13, that his ship and crew are currently being held captive by a number of suspected armed pirates in an anchorage off the north coast of Puntland, close to Alula," the force said in a statement late on Tuesday.
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The European Union has deployed warships to fight people smuggling off the coast of Libya and Italy has its own naval force in the area, but they have not been invited by the Seraj government into territorial waters, which would allow them to stop migrant boats before they reach the open sea.
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At a minimum, the time it would take their Foreign Ministry to "decode" the unexpectedly subtle language of Trump's diplomacy would wrong-foot the Chinese and permit the United States to take more initiatives, such as sending higher-ranking than usual officials to Taipei, or sending a slightly differently-configured naval force to the Sea of Japan.
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At the height of the crisis, prodded by incessant pleas for help from Egypt's president, Anwar el-Sadat (calls came in the middle of the night), the irate Soviet leader asked the Politburo to consider additional measures, like parking a Soviet naval force off Tel Aviv, or allowing Egypt to strike deep inside Israel with Soviet-supplied rockets.
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