Kharg Island: Trump’s calculated option?
By Clive Williams*
As the Iran conflict approaches its fifth week, President Trump faces a defining choice: continue applying pressure through diplomacy and precision strikes...
US CNO visits Australia & Singapore
The US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle traveled more than 18,000 miles across the US Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility during a...
HMAS Canberra leads review
Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra has led the largest gathering of foreign warships in Sydney Harbour in more than a decade. Warships from...
Escorting tankers through Hormuz
India and Pakistan mobilized their respective fleets to protect nationally-owned tankers in the Gulf of Oman as traffic trickles through the Strait of Hormuz...
RN and France in Russian tanker seizure
HMS Cutlass of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron has assisted French forces in the boarding of a suspect tanker in the western Mediterranean. The...
Ukraine aims for long-range naval drones
Ukraine is preparing to deploy a new generation of long-range naval drones capable of operating far beyond coastal waters, marking a significant expansion of...
Hormuz exposes a stretched RN
With the Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s southern coast virtually closed, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the UK is working with its...
US options to combat mine warfare
The U.S. military possesses several capabilities that it could wield to combat naval mine warfare in the Strait of Hormuz, the Navy Times reports....
Whole class of Iranian vessels wiped
Since the United States and Israel began their joint offensive against Iran on Feb. 28, the U.S. has targeted and taken out more than...
Australia right to aid Gulf states
By Jennifer Parker*
In the second week of the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, Australia on 10 March announced a limited...