Four nations in Maritime Cooperative Activity
Between 7-8 August maritime units of Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and the United States conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Armed Forces...
China conducts naval exercise in East Africa
Warships from the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) has conducted Exercise Peace Unity 2024 with the defence forces of Mozambique and Tanzania between 6-8 August....
HMNZS Aotearoa’s vital RIMPAC role
Over the course of RIMPAC, HMNZS Aotearoa has played a vitally important role in the exercise by refuelling 13 participating naval vessels. But their...
HMAS Sydney first RAN ship to fire SM6 missile.
The Royal Australian Navy has fired a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during a military exercise near Hawaii, in a move the federal government said...
RIMPAC’s 40 ships from 29 nations
Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface...
Need for whole-of-nation exercises
By Eric Lies and Jeremy Stredwick*
Australia must develop robust, interdepartmental and whole–of–nation exercises based on potential conflict scenarios or it risks discovering when lives...
Singapore Navy and Air Force respond to tanker collision
On 20 July the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Formidable class frigate RSS Supreme responded to a distress call from two merchant vessels. They...
Indian & Chinese warships converge on Casablanca
In separate visits warships from India and China visited the Moroccan port of Casablanca at the same time. India’s frigate, INS Tabar arrived at...
Chinese strike group in Philippine Sea
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Philippine Sea, marking the first time this year that the...
Tonga stages fleet review
On 4 July 2024 to mark His Majesty King Tupou VI's 65th birthday and the 50th Anniversary of the Tongan Navy, a Fleet Review...