New Chinese task group in Gulf of Aden
The latest People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) task group deployed to the Gulf of Aden. The new 46th Rotation task group took over from the...
Russians, NATO in northern exercises
They are the Russian navy’s newest large warships and both are armed with Tsirkon missiles, a hypersonic weapon with a said operational range of...
Big NATO exercise in the Med
As reported by NATO on February 26, 2024, in Catania, Italy, the Mediterranean Sea is the setting for a significant NATO exercise known as...
Coast Guard seeks bigger Pacific role
Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), has been visiting allies in the South Pacific – such as Samoa,...
MILAN 2024 under way
India’s MILAN 2024 Multilateral Naval Exercise is underway. Scheduled from 19-27 February it is being held in and off Visakhapatnam the aegis of Eastern...
HMAS Warramunga in multi-national South China Sea transit
On 9 February it was reported that the frigate HMAS Warramunga conducted a multilateral transit through the South China Sea with US and Japanese...
Regional defence deployments resume
The Australian Defence Force has deployed a Royal Australian Navy warship to conduct the first regional presence deployment for 2024. The Anzac class frigate...
Expanded Nordic response exercise
The bi-annual winter wargame previously known as Cold Response has changed its name to Nordic Response, the Barents Observer reports. While Norway used to be...
Four uncrewed ships return from tests
The U.S. Navy completed its first deployment of four unmanned ships, which spent five months in the Pacific testing concepts for how to integrate...
RAAF in Guam ASW exercise
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam to participate in the United States Navy-led exercise Sea Dragon...