UK to build submarine dry docks
Chancellor John Healey will announce today that, subject to a commercial competition, the floating dry docks required for RN nuclear submarine maintenance at Faslane...
Mine clearance ability still vital
By Admiral Massimo Vianello, Italian Navy (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli, Italian Navy (Ret.)*
Introduction
Throughout naval history, few weapons have demonstrated the...
Thames operation to prevent explosion
By Tim Cooper
It's just after 8am and I'm standing about 200 yards offshore on what is known as Queenborough All Tide Landing in the...
US Navy seeking more uncrewed vessels
The Navy is ushering in a new phase of integrating and testing medium unmanned surface vessels (MUSV) — and is seeking new solutions to...
First OPV to Homeport in Cairns
It was announced on 29 September that at least two RAN Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) will be homeported at HMAS Cairns. The...
RNZAF finds sailors after yacht hits whale
On 27 September it was announced that a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft located four sailors from Australian yacht...
The Wargame reveals defence weaknesses
By Tom Sharpe
Last week, Sky aired its new series The Wargame, a TV adaptation of last year’s award-winning podcast of the same name. In...
UK’s Vanguard-class subs over-stretched
Four boats is the minimum the Royal Navy’s nuclear deterrence mission allows: one on patrol, one working up or returning, one in short maintenance,...
Putin’s yacht moved to the Pacific
Russian President Vladimir Putin's luxury yacht, Kosatka, has been transferred to the Pacific via the Northern Sea Route, accompanied by the notorious salvage ship...
UK tests anti-sub technology
A British maritime technology company is testing a distributed anti-submarine surveillance network made up of six small robotic sailboats at the multinational REPMUS26 exercise...