Exercise Alon 25 Underway
Exercise Alon 25 commenced on 15 August at locations around the islands of Palawan and Luzon in the Philippines. It is the largest overseas...
Dramatic video of Chinese vessels colliding
The Philippines has released dramatic footage of a Chinese warship colliding with a vessel from its own coastguard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat...
A niche for UK carriers
By Euan Graham*
Britain has had an aircraft carrier strike group in the Indo-Pacific since May, raising an obvious question: what would its two carriers...
Taiwan’s sea-to-air uncrewed exercise
Taiwan has conducted preliminary tests on launching an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from an attack unmanned surface vessel (USV), according to Taiwanese press reports....
Projection of naval power
Aircraft carriers from the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States have gathered in the Northern Philippine Sea in a high-profile demonstration of allied...
Japanese warships in NZ
Japanese warships have docked in Wellington, part of showing their presence in the Indo-Pacific region. JS Ise, a helicopter-carrier destroyer, and JS Suzunami, a...
The need for a new Indo-Pacific exercise
PACAF Chief Kevin Schneider* explains how REFORPAC, an exercise in the Indo-Pacific, can improve readiness for the US. (From: Breaking Defense.)
I have been fortunate...
Russian-Chinese Exercise Joint Sea 2025
On 31 July a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) task group arrived in Vladivostok to take part in Exercise Joint Sea with the Russian Navy....
HMAS Sydney returns to Fleet Base East
After participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre, the Royal Australian Navy air warfare destroyer HMAS Sydney has started the journey home to Fleet Base East.
Sydney...
First UK carrier in Australia for 28 years
Jets of water from the cannon of appreciative tugs today welcomed the UK’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales into Darwin – the first Royal...