UK envoy talks up AUKUS value
The United Kingdom's top AUKUS envoy has backed Australia's "massive" contributions to the defence technology pact, saying the agreement delivers "enormous value" to the...
Six Japanese destroyers handed to Philippines
According to information published by Yomiuri on July 6, 2025, Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro have confirmed the...
LHDs in scandalous state
By David Uren*
The Defence budget squeeze has starved the Royal Australian Navy of sustainment funding. We see this in the scandalous state of two...
Freedom of navigation questions
By Euan Graham*
A freedom-of-navigation activity that the Australian and British navies jointly conducted near the Spratly Islands last month was notable. It was the...
Go home: US official to HMS Prince of Wales
An influential figure in the American government is not pleased about the Royal Navy flagship being deployed to the Indo-Pacific, the Portsmouth News reports.
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US N-sub visits Iceland
The port visit of USS Newport News (SSN 750) to Iceland on 9 July marks the first time a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has docked...
US jet’s quick refuel on UK carrier
HMS Prince of Wales has welcomed a foreign visitor – a US Marine Corps F-35B – as Carrier Strike Group 25 prepares to take...
India commissions diving support ship
On 8 July the Indian Navy commissioned INS Nistar. She is the Navy’s first indigenously designed and constructed Diving Support Vessel with a local...
Chinese aircraft carrier’s Hong Kong Visit
The People's Liberation Army-Navy 70,000 tonne aircraft carrier Shandong has completed a port visit to Hong Kong during 3-7 July. As part of the...
ANI at 50: Rear Admiral Richard Hill
In the latter part of the 20th Century a small number of maritime strategists emerged whose origin was as long serving naval officers. These...