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      <title>How U.S. Navy Ships Move From Keel to Commissioning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A guide to the four documented milestones that turn a hull under construction into a commissioned warship, drawn from Naval History and Heritage Command and Naval Sea Systems Command records.]]></description>
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      <title>Dhow Hijackings Kept Somali Piracy Active Through 2025 as Global Incidents Rose</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ICC International Maritime Bureau logged 45 incidents worldwide in the first quarter of 2025, and dhows and fishing vessels were hijacked off Somalia a]]></description>
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      <title>The Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Entered Fourth Fleet on November 11, 2025</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After seven Baltic cable cuts between November 2024 and January 2025, NATO stood up Baltic Sentry with frigates, patrol aircraft, and naval drones to guard]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On September 2, 2025, the Coast Guard sent its polar icebreaker to query the Chinese research vessel JIDI about 265 miles northwest of Utqiagvik, part of a]]></description>
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      <title>Formidable Shield 2025: Allied Navies Fired Against Ballistic and Drone Targets for Three Weeks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The May 2025 live-fire exercise, led by U.S. 6th Fleet and STRIKFORNATO, tested allied air and missile defense from May 3 to May 23, 2025.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[NAVSEA's April 2025 award to Textron Systems funds software and payload integration on the MCM USV, the unmanned craft at the center of the Navy's mine cou]]></description>
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      <title>The Navy&apos;s FY2026 Budget Put Unmanned Surface Vessels in the Shipbuilding Line</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Operation Aspides: How the EU&apos;s Red Sea Escort Mission Reached Mid-2025</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Houthi Attacks Sank Two Bulk Carriers in the Southern Red Sea in July 2025</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Magic Seas and Eternity C were struck and sunk within seventy-two hours in July 2025, the first fatal attacks on Red Sea merchant shipping in about a y]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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