Seoul (ANTARA News/Yonhap) – A North Korean defector who was living in South Korea crossed the tensely guarded western sea border on a fishing boat he stole, military officials said Thursday, amid high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Lee Hyeok-chul, 28, stole a 9-ton crab fishing boat on the border island of Yeonpyeong and…
Accompanied by azure blue skies and a stiff breeze, the Navy christened and launched its newest oceanographic survey ship, USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), the last of its class at VT Halter Marine’s shipyard in Moss Point, Miss., in a traditional Navy ceremony on March 27. The 350-foot ship is named for Cmdr. Matthew F.…
GPS satellites have become the new lodestar for lost drivers and modern navigators, but things are not always so simple if you live in South America. An atmospheric kink caused by the interplay of solar flares and Earth’s magnetic field called ionospheric scintillation can scramble satellite signals and leave travelers at sea. Literally. It’s one…
Egyptian navy forces seized a ship carrying heavy weapons as it entered Egyptian territorial waters in the Red Sea late on Wednesday, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The Togolese-flagged ship, called COMR, was found 12 nautical miles north of Ras Muhammad in the Sinai Peninsula, general staff spokesman Ahmed Mohamed Ali said on…