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...
China uses car ferries to take assault craft
The Chinese military held a major exercise to prove how the People’s Liberation Army Navy could use large civilian ferries to launch a massive...
Russian N-subs traverse under Arctic ice sheet
Two of Russia’s newest nuclear-powered submarines have completed a 5,500 nm voyage under the Arctic ice cap, the Barents Observer reports.
Built at Sevmash shipyard...
Russia flexes naval muscle in the north
Hundreds of Northern Fleet soldiers are killed in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Others are sent on exercise to the northernmost tip of...
Japan & India conduct maritime exercise
The sixth edition of the Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2022, JIMEX 2022, was hosted by the Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal.
It concluded on...
Exercise Sea Raider 2022
The ADF has recently completed Exercise Sea Raider which involved elements of the Australian Amphibious Force (AAF) including HMAS Adelaide. The Army contingent consisted of infantry, armoured...
Kakadu, Navy’s largest exercise, closes
By Commander Emily Curtis and Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring
Exercise Kakadu 2022 has come to a close, with the theme of ‘partnership, leadership and friendship’...
Kaladu 2022 exercise under way
By Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring
While people across the globe have come together to mourn Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the nearly 3000 people gathered...
42nd Rotation of PLA-N Task Group in the Gulf of Aden
On 21 September the 42nd Rotation of the PLA-N task group operating in the Gulf of Aden departed its homeport of Qingdao. The task...
ADV Reliant begins first deployment
On 13 September the Pacific Support Vessel, Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Reliant, has commenced her inaugural deployment from Cairns. Timor-Leste is Reliant’s first stop...