territorial waters
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The Khoryv cargo ship, flying the Comoros flag, was "struck by a drone and sank near Romanian territorial waters", Dan said in a Facebook post.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Romania is looking into "accelerated development of maritime surveillance capabilities, mine countermeasures and effective countermeasures against drones that intrude unauthorised into national airspace and territorial waters", the presidency said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Ministers said they hoped the new powers would apply across the "full extent" of undersea services, including outside the UK's territorial waters, which extend up to 12 nautical miles from the coast.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Contemporary disputes involve the right of innocent passage through other countries’ territorial waters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Now it is precisely in the territorial waters of the British American provinces that the vast schools of mackerel and herring strike.
From The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 by Archibald MacMechan
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