# Maritime security
Latest news and articles about Maritime security
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Pakistan Sends Chinese-Built Frigate into Strait of Hormuz, Shifting the Naval Balance
Pakistan has deployed the Chinese-built Type 054A/P frigate Shahjahan to escort its merchant ships in the Gulf of Oman and eastern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a move framed as a sovereign, non-aligned effort to protect vital trade and energy flows. The mission gives Islamabad greater autonomy and helps break the U.S.–Iran naval duopoly in the waterway, while highlighting capability gaps that will likely push Pakistan toward acquiring larger destroyers and deeper logistical arrangements.
New Year Tensions: Philippines’ Spratly Provocation Tests China as Washington and Tokyo Hold Back
Over Lunar New Year’s Eve the Philippines staged a high-profile maritime exercise near the Spratly Islands that China treated as a provocation, prompting a measured but forceful Chinese deployment and documentation of the incident. Washington and Tokyo remained conspicuously restrained, reflecting a cautious approach to balancing alliance reassurance with the risks of direct confrontation with Beijing.
France Sends Nuclear Carrier to North Atlantic as Greenland Tensions Rise
France has dispatched its nuclear carrier Charles de Gaulle to join Orion 26, a large multinational exercise scheduled for February–April that French media place in the North Atlantic. The deployment, timed with diplomatic talks between Paris, Copenhagen and Greenland’s autonomous government, underlines Paris’s bid to shape security dynamics around Greenland and project high-end naval power in a strategically sensitive region.