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The Royal Moroccan Navy has participated lately in a naval surface fire support (NSFS) exercise with U.S. ballistic missile defense ship USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) while operating in the Atlantic Ocean. This joint exercise, “Handshake’’, involves warships providing artillery or missile fire for troops ashore, practicing coordination with ground forces to simulate clearing enemy […]
Türkiye and Egypt began a joint naval exercise on Monday, 22 September 2025, their first in over a decade, signaling a significant thaw in relations between the two countries. The five-day drill, codenamed *Bahr El Sadaka* (“Friendship Sea”), runs until 26 September in the Eastern Mediterranean, with Türkiye contributing frigates, submarines, fast attack craft, and […]
As Russia, China and South Africa have started joint naval drills amid Ukraine war, Moscow said its military will not test-fire a hypersonic missile during the exercises, contradicting earlier reports in Russian state media. A senior Russian naval official told a news conference that the contentiously-timed war games this week would not include Russia’s military […]