USNS Mercy heads to Indo-Pacific
Medical and dental personnel aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy got underway Tuesday from San Diego for an annual humanitarian mission in the Indo-Pacific,...
Exercise Sama Sama 2023
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey, Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force destroyer JS Akebono, the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver, the Royal Navy...
Third nuclear submarine shipyard needed
The Pentagon needs a third shipyard that can build nuclear-powered ships so the U.S. can keep pace with China and Russia’s nuclear modernization, a...
RNZAF Poseidon finds missing Fijian fishermen
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found three Fijian fishermen nine days after they were reported missing aboard their 8.5-metre...
US unmanned vessels monitor Iranian ship
The Navy’s 5th Fleet said today it had successfully integrated 12 different unmanned platforms while conducting routine patrols in and around the Strait of...
Remains of submersible Titan recovered
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the...
The fraught task of submarine rescue
By Andrew Song*
In the race against time, recent history demonstrates that technology remains limited for submarine search and rescue efforts. (The Centre for International...
DSR: what now?
By Robbin Laird (Second Lines of Defense)
During my current visit to Australia to support the Williams Foundation Seminar held on 27 September 2023, I...
USS Eisenhower bound for Europe
“The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group will depart from Norfolk, Va., in the coming week in line with its standard deployment schedule,” said...
USS Ford adds options for Israel
Following the deadly attacks by Hamas on Israel over the weekend, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday ordered the Gerald R. Ford carrier strike...