Key UK N-sub program lagging
The Core Production Capability programme, tasked with delivering safe nuclear reactor cores for the UK’s submarine fleet, remains under pressure as highlighted in the...
Australia’s Virginia acquisition doubts
By Peter Briggs*
Australia’s plan to acquire Virginia-class submarines from the United State is looking increasingly improbable. The US building program is slipping too badly....
Pakistani OPV on delivery voyage
The newly commissioned Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessel PNS Yamama, is on her delivery voyage from Romania to Pakistan. En-route Yamama visited Golcuk and Aksaz...
Missile re-loading hurdle
U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers needing to leave the ongoing battle against Iran-backed Houthi rebel missile and drone barrages in the Red Sea to...
China’s big new combat aircraft
By Bill Sweetman*
The speed, agility, range and stealth of an individual aircraft type are still important, but they’re no longer the whole story of...
History: N-sub’s escape after sea mount crash
With their ability to stay hidden within the depths of the oceans and charge with fury when a threat is detected, nuclear submarines are...
US forces strike Houthi weapon storage
On 8 January the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced its forces had conducted multiple precision strikes against two Iranian-backed Houthi underground Advanced Conventional Weapon...
HMAS Brisbane returns home
On 6 January the destroyer HMAS Brisbane returned to Sydney after a five-month deployment, which included the successful launch of Australia’s first-ever Tomahawk cruise...
Will the US Navy be ready for war with China in 2027?
By Justin Katz*
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti has ordered the US Navy to be prepared for the possibility of conflict with China...
US’s $1 trillion ship build
The 2025 plan to recapitalize the Navy’s fleet will cost about $40.1 billion annually — about double what the service has received from Congress...