Doubts over UK Pacific exercise
By Bill Sweetman*
Operation Highmast got underway in late April, as the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and supporting warships embarked on an...
UK Carrier Strike Group approaches the Mediterranean
On 29 April the Royal Navy reported that its flagship HMS Prince of Wales is leading warships, aircraft and a submarine of the UK...
ASWEX 2025 Wraps Up
By Lieutenant Marcus Middleton
The RAN’s largest and most complex anti-submarine exercise in more than a decade, ASWEX, has concluded off the West Australian coast....
Value of UK’s strike force into Indo-Pacific
On 22nd April, the HMS Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to join the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 2025 (CSG2025) – named Operation HIGHMAST...
JMSDF begins Indo-Pacific deployment 2025
On 21 April units of the JMSDF sailed from Japan to conduct Indo-Pacific Deployment 2025 (IPD25). The deployment’s objectives are to improve the JMSDF...
Operation Sea Spirit
Operation Sea Spirit by Pakistan-led CTF 151 commenced on 21 April. The operation’s aim is to combat maritime piracy and armed robbery off the...
HMAS Sydney takes part in Bersama Shield
Australia’s role as an active security partner in the Indo-Pacific will continue to strengthen, with the launch of Exercise Bersama Shield 2025.
The annual exercise,...
RAN conducts ASWEX 25
Four of Australia’s seven Anzac-class frigates sailed in formation off the Western Australian coast for ASWEX 25 this month. Their mission: to hunt Australian...
China’s exercise in intimidating Taiwan
The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) made its first deployment to the Western Pacific for 2025 and was a major unit in Tuesday’s...
UK leads NATO anti-sub force
The UK is leading NATO’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Smart Defence Initiative, focusing on the rapid exploitation of maritime uncrewed systems to strengthen undersea surveillance...