UK to Transfer Two Minehunters to Ukraine
said he was grateful to Britain and Norway for launching the new coalition to support his country."Together, we will strengthen the Ukrainian navy, safeguard maritime transportation routes, and secure freedom of navigation," Zelenskiy said in a post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.After the United States, Britain has been the second-largest supplier of military aid to Ukraine since the war started in February 2021. London has also provided military training courses to around 20,000 Ukrainians over the past year.(Reuters - Reporting by Sarah Young, Editing by Kylie MacLellan
Inside the Subsea Cable Firm Secretly Helping America Take on China
that included himself and Albanese, both with broad grins, celebrating the cable and the team that made “dreams come true.”Albanese’s office did not respond to a request for comment about the project, its funding or potential military uses. In an Oct. 22, 2022, tweet sent from his Twitter account, he lauded the cable’s speed, security and reliability, and boasted that it could stream “over 65 million Netflix shows simultaneously.”The government of Oman did not respond to a request for comment.Levers of powerSubCom’s role in the project marked a return to its
Titanic Sub Pieces Found on Ocean Floor; No Survivors
was assessed to be from the submersible, citing an internal U.S. Coast Guard document.An unmanned deep-sea robot deployed from a Canadian ship discovered a "debris field" near where the century-old wreck is located, 2-1/2 miles (4 km) below the surface, the U.S. Coast Guuard said earlier on Twitter. The agency has scheduled a press conference for 3 p.m. ET (1900 GMT) to discuss the findings.Rescue teams from several countries have spent days searching thousands of square miles of open seas with planes and ships for any sign of the 22-foot (6.7-meter) Titan, operated by U.S.-based OceanGate
Titanic Sub Search: Debris Field Found, Oxygen Feared to Have Run Out
was expected to run out for the five people aboard, but officials vowed to continue scouring the remote North Atlantic.A remotely operated vehicle deployed from a Canadian vessel to the ocean floor discovered a "debris field" near the Titanic, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday morning on Twitter, adding that experts were "evaluating the information."Another robot from a French research ship was also sent diving toward the seabed to search for signs of the 22-foot (6.7-meter) Titan submersible.The van-sized Titan, operated by U.S.-based OceanGate Expeditions, began what was to
Missing Titanic Submersible Update: Searchers Detect Subsea Sounds
by the Coast Guard as the clock ticked down to the last 24 hours of the missing craft's presumed oxygen supply.Robotic undersea search operations were diverted to the area where the sounds seemed to originate, but there was still no tangible sign of the missing vessel, the Coast Guard said on Twitter.The 21-foot-long submersible Titan, operated by U.S.-based OceanGate Expeditions, lost contact with its parent surface vessel on Sunday morning about one hour, 45 minutes into what should have been a two-hour dive to the site of the world's most famous shipwreck.The mini-sub was designed to
Titanic Exploration Submersible Missing, Rescue Efforts Underway
Expeditions said in a statement on Monday that it was "mobilizing all options" to rescue those on the underwater vessel, which typically has five people on board.British billionaire Hamish Harding is among the passengers, according to a social media post from a relative.The Coast Guard said on Twitter that a boat on the surface, the Polar Prince, lost contact with the submersible about an hour and 45 minutes after it began diving toward the wreckage site on Sunday morning.U.S. and Canadian authorities have launched a search-and-rescue operation, including aerial and surface searches, according
Philippines Places Buoys to Assert Sovereignty in South China Sea
of Chinese maritime vessels moored in 2021."This move highlights the Philippines' unwavering resolve to protect its maritime borders and resources and contribute to the safety of maritime trade," Commodore Jay Tarriela, the coast guard spokesperson on South China Sea issues, said on Twitter.China's embassy in Manila did not immediately respond to a request for comment.In May 2022, the coast guard installed five navigational buoys on four islands in the Spratlys.China's claim of sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea was invalidated by an international arbitration
Fact Check: Underwater Photograph Shows Diving Site, Not MH370 Wreckage
the caption: "Tristar Airplane Wreck Red Sea, Aqaba JO”.The fate of the lost Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER (here) remains unknown, although debris believed to be from the aircraft has been found along the coast of Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean.On Facebook (here), (here) and Twitter (here), the miscaptioned image of a dilapidated aircraft on the ocean floor appears alongside text claiming that it is: “Malaysia Airplane MH370 that disappeared 9 years ago has been found under ocean with no human skeleton. The plane had 239 passengers on board”.But according to Aqaba&rsquo
New Coral Reef Discovered in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands
, the country's environment ministry said on Monday."A deepwater scientific expedition has found the first totally pristine coral reef, approximately two kilometers (1.2 miles) long, at 400 meters (deep), on the summit of a submarine mountain," Environment Minister Jose Davalos said on Twitter. "Galapagos surprises us again!"Scientists had believed that the only Galapagos reef to survive El Nino weather in 1982 and 1983 was one called the Wellington reef, along the coast of Darwin Island, but the new discovery shows other coral has persisted, the ministry said in a statement
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