Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat” is a well-known axiom attributed to the ancient Chinese military general and strategist, Sun Tzu. With the Iran war now at the one-month mark, it ...

Raw chunks of iron and other artifacts recovered from an ancient shipwreck are challenging archaeologists’ understanding of trade and war in the Middle East 2,600 years ago.

EUNAVFOR ASPIDES was established on 8 February 2024 and launched on 19 February 2024 in response to threats to maritime security in the Red Sea. Its mandate has been extended until 28 February 2027 ...

Divers have discovered a perfectly preserved 2,400-year-old Greek ship deep in the Black Sea, the oldest intact shipwreck ever found.

Often, when we think about antiquity and ancient military technologies, we fall into the usual view of ancient warfare. You ...

In a 1974 interview with the shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the US journalist Mike Wallace briefly referred to the ...

The fireships were a weapon of necessity used by the skilled sailors in Greece to a devastating, asymmetric effect during the ...

From the Valley of Stars to underground missiles, Qeshm Island is strategic ground zero for the US-Israel war on Iran.

For much of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, battleships represented the peak of naval power. These massive armored vessels carried the largest guns and symbolized national strength at sea. But ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

Concerns are growing as the People’s Republic of China steams ahead on its remarkably quick naval power buildup. By 2030—in just four years—China will have 130 more battle force ships than the United ...