Chinese navy’s South China Sea drills
The Chinese navy has carried out a series of “confrontational drills” in the South China Sea, state media has reported, after a United States...
Plug and play idea for carrier strike group
U.S. Fleet Forces is rethinking how to deploy carrier strike groups by changing how it would train and maintain its guided-missile destroyers, commander Adm....
Extraordinary role of dolphins and sea lions
By Gidget Fuentes*
Since 1959, the US Navy has trained a small force of bottlenose dolphins and sea lions to recover lost equipment, intercept intruders...
Reawakening Malabar
By Ben Stevens*
After a false start 15 years ago, the annual Malabar naval exercise has become a key strategic development for the Quadrilateral Security...
Canada flexing in the Pacific
By David Scott*
Canada has been conducting annual Pacific deployments of strategic import, including Westploy in 2016, Operation Poseidon Cutlass in 2017, and Operation Projection...
Six RAN ships welcomed home
This month, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is welcoming home more than 1,000 personnel and six ships from maritime training exercises with regional partners. The...
Bangladesh holds its First International Fleet Review
From 6-9 December the Bangladesh Navy held International Fleet Review (IFR) 2022 to commemorate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 deployment completes
Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2022 (IPE22) concluded after a successful three months engaging with 14 countries across the region, Defence news reports.
IPE22 finished with a busy...
Five NATO navies in major exercise
NATO navies are holding manoeuvres in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea throughout November, bringing together five aircraft carriers, numerous warships and thousands of...
Successful Japanese missile tests
Two Japanese Maya-class destroyers successfully test-fired SM-3 interceptors against ballistic missile targets off Hawaii last week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) announced (Nov...