A tale of two fleets: gunboat diplomacy in an era of rising military power
When the US Navy’s Great White Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1908, it was an unmistakeable signal of imperial might, a ...
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FROM PORT ROYAL.; The Movements against Savannah--Torpedoes found by the Gunboats--Arrival of a Cargo of Cotton.
We announced the arrival of the steamship Atlantic, from Port Royal, in our morning edition. She reports that the gunboats on Bight River and in Wall's Cut have met with and removed several ...
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Trump allows US Navy to shoot Iranian gunboats “out of the water” if they get too close
US Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close 'out of the water,' President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after 11 vessels from Iran's elite fighting force came dangerously close ...
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In Navy destroyer's mission to Texas coast, a return of 'gunboat diplomacy'
The Pentagon wants a U.S. Navy destroyer to help shake things up ... For the Standard, the deployment brought to mind "gunboat diplomacy," a pillar of 19th and early 20th-century foreign policy ...
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UK's Royal Navy Monitors Russian Warship, Latest to Sail Through Channel
UK's Royal Navy Monitors Russian Warship, Latest to Sail Through Channel LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Navy said on Wednesday it monitored a Russian warship and merchant vessel this week on a ...