USS Gerald R Ford hones air operations
With nearly all of Carrier Air Wing 8 is embarked aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford for its initial deployment, the pilots and...
Five nations in Exercise Sama Sama Lumbas
In October the navies of Australia, Japan, the Philippines, the US and the UK took part in Exercise Sama Sama Lumbas in the Sulu...
Singapore & India conduct bilateral exercise
From 26-30 October The Indian Navy hosted the 29th edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) in the Bay of Bengal.
SIMBEX-2022 was conducted...
US unmanned scale-up in Mid-East
The U.S. Navy and its partners in the Middle East are scaling up the number and the complexity of unmanned boats and artificial intelligence...
Multinational mine-warfare exercise in Korea
In October the Republic of Korea hosted the week-long Multinational Mine Warfare Exercise (MN- MIWEX). The participants nations besides the hosts were Australia, Belgium, Canada,...
Chinese operations in Gulf of Aden
On 25 October the PLA-N’s 42nd rotation of a Task Group in the Gulf of Aden commenced operations. The Task Group, from the Northern...
US, Japan & S Korea in ballistic missile exercise
On 6 October a trilateral ballistic missile defence (BMD) exercise was held in the waters between Korea and Japan. This follows the Democratic People’s...
US & UK conduct surface drone exercise in Arabian Gulf
On 7 October Exercise Phantom Scope, took place in international waters off the Bahraini coast with forces from US 5th Fleet and the Royal...
$100m drug haul in Gulf of Oman
A U.S. Navy destroyer and a Coast Guard cutter operating in the Gulf of Oman seized close to $100 million worth of hashish and...
Biggest military exercise in UK begins
The biggest military exercise in the UK has begun with more than 11,000 sailors, soldiers and aircrew wage a 12-day ‘war’ around the British...