maritime

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It also stressed the "critical importance" of safeguarding maritime routes to ensure the "uninterrupted flow of energy".

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

“What makes this especially notable is the combination of SFC-UNL with an extraordinary 40-day duration—and no announced exercise,” said Ray Powell, director of the SeaLight project at Stanford University, which tracks Chinese maritime activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Beginning with signals intelligence, and satellite and electronic surveillance of activity in the strait, such a mission would likely include maritime patrol aircraft and drones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

One French- and another Japanese-owned vessel are among a handful of vessels to have crossed the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, maritime tracking data showed Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Pizarro came to Cajamarca by means of European maritime technology, which built the ships that took him across the Atlantic from Spain to Panama, and then in the Pacific from Panama to Peru.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond