N Korea’s new nuclear submarine
North Korea has launched the Hero Kim Gun-ok nuclear submarine. Kim Jong Un attended the ceremony, Naval News reports.
The new North Korean submarine is...
WWII wrecks polluting 89 years on
Lukeson Chekani recalls seeing an inky-black mass spreading across the ocean. It was late last year when a magnitude-7.0 earthquake had just struck his...
How Putin’s yacht escaped sanctions
According to Aleksei Navalny's team of investigators, Vladimir Putin sent his much beloved Graceful through the icy and remote Arctic waters in order to...
US Navy completes first ammunitioning in Eden
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta completed the first ammunitioning for a US warship in Eden when it rearmed its Vertical Launch...
Philippines to commission two ex-USN patrol boats
On 11 September the Philippine Navy (PN) will commission into service two gifted US Navy Cyclone-class patrol vessels. They will be known as the...
Drone’s historic flight
A pilotless plane has flown on and off a British aircraft carrier for the first time. The W Autonomous Systems (WAS) drone flew from...
Indian ships visit Royal Australian Naval College
Members of the Royal Australian Naval College (RANC) have hosted a delegation from the Indian Navy as part of a relationship-building exercise between the...
China’s new frigate
The new class of guided missile frigate for the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N), the Type 054B, will feature a longer operational range, more functions...
Thinking through surface combat needs
By Andrew Watts*
The possible outcome of the review of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet has generated a fair amount of public commentary,...
US Navy officers’ convictions vacated
The felony convictions of four former Navy officers in one of the worst bribery cases in the maritime branch’s history were vacated Wednesday following...