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The Iranian paramilitary guard attempted to seize a U.S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf Monday, but the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet retrieved the unmanned vehicle.

US Navy prevents Iranian attempt to capture American maritime drone in Persian Gulf

An Iranian ship seized an American military unmanned research vessel in the Gulf but released it after a US Navy patrol boat and helicopter were deployed to the location, the Pentagon said Tuesday.The US Central Command's 5th Fleet said a support ship from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, the Shahid Baziar, was spotted towing the seven-meter (23-foot) Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) late Monday.

U.S. forces late Monday night foiled an Iranian attempt to capture an uncrewed American vessel sailing the Persian Gulf, Pentagon officials said.

The US Navy prevented an Iranian ship from capturing an American maritime drone in the Arabian gulf overnight Monday into Tuesday local time in what a senior US commander called

The U.S. government should develop a coherent and coordinated strategy for South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The United States has a number of vital interests at stake in the region that includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the vast Indian Ocean. Perhaps most important, the region has become an increasingly vital theater of competition with China, which poses a direct threat to the security and prosperity of the United States ...

The Kuwait Naval Force handed over the command of CTF 152 to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force in Bahrain on August 25.

DUBAI: Officials from the UAE and the US on Friday met to explore ways to further enhance military ties. Rear Admiral Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan, commander of the Naval Forces, received Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command, and his delegation as both sides reiterated the friendly relations between both countries. During

Sri Lanka’s economic collapse will have ramifications that stretch beyond its own borders. How should the U.S. consider the effects of the crisis on its own regional interests?

Pakistan has turned over command of a multinational naval task force of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) to Brazil.