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  Trump sending military to open Strait of Hormuz? USS Tripoli with 2,000 marines heads to Middle East

  World | March 20, 2026 18:26 IST

  Latest satellite images show the USS Tripoli, an amphibious-class ship, is heading towards the Middle East with more than 2,000 marine soldiers onboard.

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  Israel-Iran tension: US sends ship-based Navy fighter jets to base in Middle East

  World | August 07, 2024 8:33 IST

  Roughly a dozen F-22s are expected to arrive in the Middle East in the coming days to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, said a US official.

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  Yemen's Houthis target two US warships as Red Sea crisis continues amid Gaza war

  World | March 06, 2024 10:12 IST

  A US destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by the Houthi rebels towards it on Tuesday, as the group vowed to not stop unless the Israel-Hamas war ends. Houthis' Red Sea attacks have disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys.

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  China accuses America of 'provocation' after US warship sails through Taiwan Strait

  World | January 26, 2024 15:09 IST

  The US Navy said the USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait, which was "beyond the territorial sea of any coastal state". The development came after China agreed to resume military contacts with the US at a meeting last November between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.

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  US warship sails through Taiwan strait amid China tensions

  World | July 25, 2019 12:56 IST

  Taiwan says the U.S. Navy is free to sail through its strait after an American warship did so shortly following warnings from Beijing against foreign interference in its relationship with the island.

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  10 sailors missing after US warship collides with tanker near Singapore

  World | August 21, 2017 7:57 IST

  U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca.

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  US warship near South China Sea island 'serious provocation': Beijing

  World | July 03, 2017 7:10 IST

  The passage of a US warship close to a disputed island in the South China Sea was a "serious political and military provocation", Beijing said, one that could further strain relations between the superpowers

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  In a first under Trump administration, US warship sails close to South China Sea island

  World | May 25, 2017 14:26 IST

  USS Dewey sailed within 20 km of Mischief Reef (a man-made Chinese island), in the Spratly Island chain, in a "freedom of navigation operation".

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  ‘Iranian boats harassed US warship near Persian Gulf’

  World | August 25, 2016 12:04 IST

  US Navy has alleged that four Iranian small boats harassed its warship in “Strait of Hormuz” near Persian Gulf on Tuesday although no missiles were fired by them.

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  US warship reaches Chennai for joint naval exercise

  India | November 04, 2013 22:35 IST

  Chennai: Over 300 American Naval personnel arrived at Chennai port aboard  U.S. warship guided missile destroyer - USS McCampbell, on Monday  to undertake a joint exercise later this week with the Indian Navy in  the

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  US moves warship, sea-based radar closer to North Korean coast

  World | April 02, 2013 12:28 IST

  Washington, Apr 2: Amid raging tension in the Korean peninsula, the US is moving some of its key military assets, including a warship and a sea-based radar platform, closer to the North Korean coast to

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