(Provided by masterSergeant/iStockPhotos) Ships flying under Taiwan’s flag off the island country’s east coast should ignore requests from China’s coast guard to come aboard, Taiwanese officials said. If necessary, Taiwan will act to prevent inspection by the Chinese military, Reuters reported. China has recently deployed coast guard ships off the Taiwanese coast as part of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX — In a stark warning that U.S. borders are closed “by land or sea,” the U.S. Coast Guard opened fire to disable a noncompliant vessel attempting to smuggle 25 Chinese nationals into the country off the coast of Florida. The Department of Homeland Security…
Armed robot dogs could be used to patrol Taiwan’s islands in the South China Sea and guard against attacks from Beijing. Four-legged military machines have been developed for reconnaissance, surveillance and firepower, in the hope that they could deter a Chinese invasion. Experts say there is a “pressing need” for patrols and inspections along the…
In the vast, turquoise expanse of the South China Sea, hundreds of fishing boats sit idle off China’s southern coast. But the people on these vessels aren’t there to fish. “They’re there to maintain presence,” said Gregory Poling from the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). “Philippine surveillance shows crew members sitting around…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joint Russian and Chinese military aircraft and vessels have entered the U.S. Arctic air defense identification zone (ADIZ) near Alaska dozens of times in recent months, Sen. Dan Sullivan said in an interview with Fox News Digital, warning the activity amounts to coordinated pressure on America’s northern…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: After U.S. officials detected a sharp rise in Russian and Chinese military incursions near Alaska — including a growing number of joint operations — Sen. Dan Sullivan is warning that the Arctic has become an active security front. And he’s pushing Congress to accelerate icebreaker construction,…
On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral boat crew rescued a person after their 24-foot boat capsized on the Banana River near Kelly Park. Officials say the rescue started when a Good Samaritan alerted the Coast Guard at noon via VHF-FM channel 16 about a capsized vessel with one person. The Coast Guard…
The search for a missing UK Navy crew member off the north-west coast of Ireland has ended and they have not been found, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has said. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Tidesurge crew member was last seen at about 10.30pm on Friday. A large-scale multi-agency search has been taking place in…
A wooden skiff believed to have been ferrying migrants toward the U.S. capsized in stormy seas near San Diego, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard said Saturday. The U.S. Border Patrol found the vessel in the surf off Imperial Beach late Friday night. Six people were found on the…
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s coast guard on Wednesday raised the country’s red and yellow flag to celebrate its National Day in the waters near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, shortly after declaring the area a nature reserve. In a video posted by state-owned media outlet Global Times on Douyin, the Chinese version…