Russian Pacific Fleet activity increases
In 2021 the Russian Pacific Fleet increased its activity levels by 30-50% over the previous year. For the first time in recent memory an...
Chinese Naval Task Group escort shipping in Gulf of Aden
A PLA-N task group consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi, guided-missile frigate Yantai and the replenishment ship Taihu is operating in the Gulf of...
Pumice gums up US expeditionary ship
The brand-new expeditionary sea base ship Miguel Keith was nearly sidelined last month after debris from a massive undersea volcanic eruption gummed up vital...
RAN-PNGDF exercise off Darwin
Patrol boats from the Royal Australian Navy and Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) maritime element worked together to conduct maritime surveillance and constabulary...
Sea-legs for defence vehicles tested
The two vehicles under consideration for Australia’s multi-billion dollar infantry fighting vehicle project have undergone sea transportability trials on Sydney Harbour, the Australian Defence...
NZ-led force’s big drug seizures
During an intensive period of operations in November, units under the New Zealand-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 command completed eight successful interceptions in...
Carrier Strike Group mission ends
Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has led the Carrier Strike Group (CSG21) across three oceans and five seas, sailing 49,000 nautical miles. Forces Net...
Russia takes part in first naval exercise with ASEAN
The Russian Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev took part in the ASEAN exercise AENEX 2021 on 1-3 December, the Ministry of Defence for the...
NZ and Fiji in border patrol operation
Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Wellington has rendezvoused with Republic of Fiji Navy Ship (RFNS) Savenaca to carry out coordinated patrols as part of...
Del Boy run into Singapore
HMS Queen Elizabeth dispatched tanker RFA Tidespring on a rapid ‘Del Boy Run’ into Singapore to pick up all the supplies for the nine-ship...