China’s exercise in intimidating Taiwan
The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) made its first deployment to the Western Pacific for 2025 and was a major unit in Tuesday’s...
UK leads NATO anti-sub force
The UK is leading NATO’s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Smart Defence Initiative, focusing on the rapid exploitation of maritime uncrewed systems to strengthen undersea surveillance...
US marine and sailors arrive in Darwin
U.S. Marines and sailors have arrived in Australia’s Northern Territory to kick off the 14th annual rotation of the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin...
China-Iran-Russia naval exercise
On 10 March the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) announced that their task group participating in the China-Iran-Russia "Security Belt-2025" naval exercise arrived in the...
Operation Kitay – a story of what might have happened
By Tim Coyle
The military component commanders, senior staff officers, together with a select group of defence civilians and foreign affairs representatives settled into their...
Iranian training squadron visits India
On 26 February it was announced by the Indian Navy that the Iranian Navy's training squadron, comprising the amphibious ship IRIS Lavan and the...
Chinese war-games: danger of over-reacting
By Jennifer Parker*
The Chinese naval task group’s deployment in our region is clearly aimed at sending a message and testing Australia’s responses – not...
N Korea objects to US N-sub visit
North Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a...
UK ships ‘charging at’ submarines
HMS Somerset has been honing its anti-submarine warfare skills in the Norwegian fjords, charging at allied submarines at full speed as part of Exercise...
European navies maintain Asian presence
By Emma Salisbury*
The European continent is consumed with local geopolitical problems, with Ukraine fighting an existential war for its future and Russia’s aggression knowing...