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Sep 3, 2026
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Top 500K sites
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · James Borton

    U.S. turns to South Korea to help close China's shipbuilding gap - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    Sept. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean shipbuilders are pouring investment, technology and expertise into a U.S. maritime industry struggling with shrinking capacity, worker shortages and competition from China, offering Washington a potential path to rebuild American shipyards without sending ship construction overseas. The growing partnership also raises a difficult question: How much foreign participation is the United States prepared to accept in an industry considered essential to national security?

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · James Borton

    U.S. turns to South Korea to help close China's shipbuilding gap - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    Sept. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean shipbuilders are pouring investment, technology and expertise into a U.S. maritime industry struggling with shrinking capacity, worker shortages and competition from China, offering Washington a potential path to rebuild American shipyards without sending ship construction overseas. The growing partnership also raises a difficult question: How much foreign participation is the United States prepared to accept in an industry considered essential to national security?

  3. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · James Borton

    Closing U.S. consulate in Indonesia may undermine Indo-Pacific strategy - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Trump administration's decision to close the U.S. Consulate in Medan, Indonesia, may save relatively little money. But it risks weakening American influence in one of the Indo-Pacific's most strategically important regions at a time when Washington says competition with China is its foremost foreign policy priority. The Medan consulate is small compared with the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta or major diplomatic posts elsewhere in Asia. Yet, its strategic value has long exceeded it

  4. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · James Borton

    Maine's new training ship brings high-tech tools to age-old seafaring - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    CASTINE, Maine, July 30 (UPI) -- The new State of Maine has arrived in historic Castine, where Revolutionary War history and maritime tradition converge on the shores of Penobscot Bay, bringing advanced technology to the Maine Maritime Academy as it trains the next generation of merchant mariners. The $330 million, 525-foot ship is the third of five National Security Multi-Mission Vessels built for the U.S. Maritime Administration to prepare the next generation of merchant mariners. The ship acc

  5. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · James Borton

    Chinese research fleet creates strategic presence in Asian waters - UPI.com (opens the original)

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    July 9 (UPI) -- China's expanding marine research fleet is giving Beijing a powerful new instrument in the South China Sea and western Pacific: ships that sail under the banner of science but collect data with strategic value. From Philippine waters near Scarborough Shoal and Reed Bank to Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and the waters around Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island, Chinese research and survey vessels are increasingly operating in contested maritime spaces. Their stated missions often

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