Boarding a blow to Putin: UK Defence Secretary
The Armed Forces' boarding operation has dealt a blow to Russia, the Defence Secretary has said, after the news that Royal Marines and National...
US plans to cut NATO contribution
The United States plans to significantly reduce the aircraft and warships it makes available for NATO operations in Europe, the New York Times reported...
US names RIMPAC lead ship
Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) will lead the U.S. participation in this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 exercise, the service announced....
De-mining the Strait of Hormuz
By Clive Williams*
Sea mine contamination in the Strait of Hormuz represents the principal obstacle to the restoration of normal commercial shipping operations in the...
Russia watching NATO drill
The Russian Northern Fleet’s intelligence-gathering vessel Yuri Ivanov is loitering in the Norwegian Sea as NATO conducts its anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose. While...
UK and Norway go after subs
HMS Prince of Wales is carrying helicopters set to play a key role as NATO forces conduct submarine detection training in the Norwegian Sea...
Russian nuclear exercise in Arctic
The three-day joint Russian-Belarusian nuclear weapons exercise has concluded (May 2026) with ballistic missile exchanges between the Barents Arctic region and the Russian Far...
China’s Liaoning Carrier Task Group deploys to Western Pacific
On 19 May the People’s Liberation Army-Navy announced that a naval task group centred on the aircraft carrier Liaoning had departed its homeport for...
RNZN USVs conduct narcotics trafficking patrol
On 22 May it was announced by the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) that its two Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) completed the second of...
China’s grey-zone fleet pressures Taiwan
By Nathan Attrill*
China’s pressure on Taiwan increasingly relies on vessels that aren’t warships. Instead, Beijing is deploying a maritime grey-zone fleet: a network of...